Raise a glass to Richard Thompson of Trinidad and Tobago, who captured his nation's only medal by taking home the silver in the men's 100m dash. He came in .21 seconds behind the winner, Jamaica's Usain Bolt. Aficionados will, as they down their ales in Thompson's honor, also bear in mind the great Hasely Crawford.
Interesting medal-race side note: I see that if the old Soviet Union were still intact, it would have by my back-of-the-envelope calculations 84 medals and thus be far ahead of America and China. For what it's worth.
