Britain's Samantha Murray holds her silver medal during the victory ceremony for the women's modern pentathlonPhotograph: Darren Staples/ReutersAnthony Joshua of Great Britain celebrates after fighting against Roberto Cammarelle of Italy during the Men's Super Heavy (+91kg) Boxing final bout. Joshue won the gold medalPhotograph: Scott Heavey/Getty ImagesFreddie Evans of Great Britain defends against Serik Sapiyev of Kazakhstan during the welterweight (69kg) boxing final. Evans won the silver medalPhotograph: Jack Guez/AFP/Getty Images
A bronze for Tom Daley leads to exuberant celebrations which colminate wth the 10m diver (and his team-mates) taking an early bathPhotograph: Michael Dalder/ReutersJohn Joe Nevin avoids a big right from Luke Campbell during their Bantamweight boxing final which Campbell won to take gold Photograph: Antonio Olmos for the ObserverA thoughtful looking Mo Farah stands on the podium after receiving his gold medal for winning the men's 5000mPhotograph: Tom Jenkins for the ObserverEd Mckeever celebrates after winning the gold medal in the kayak single 200m men's final Photograph: JACK GUEZ/AFP/Getty ImagesLiam Heath and Jon Schofield win Bronze in the Men's Kayak Double 200mPhotograph: Paul Childs/Action ImagesLutalo Muhammad lands a kick onto the head of Arman Yeremyan of Armenia whilst on his way to victory in the Men's 80kg Bronze Medal finalPhotograph: Ian Langsdon/EPAHannah Mills, left, and Saskia Clark on their way to finishing second and taking the silver medal in the Women's 470 Class Sailing Photograph: Laurence Griffiths/Getty ImagesGreat Britain celebrate their win over New Zealand for a bronze medal in the HockeyPhotograph: Owen Humphreys/PAGreat Britain's Anthony Ogogo salutes the crowd after winning bronze in the Men's Middle-Weight Boxing at the Excel Arena.Photograph: Julien Behal/PALuke Patience, right, and Stuart Bithell of Great Britain celebrate their silver medal of the men's 470 Class Sailing at their first ever Olympic GamesPhotograph: Francois Mori/AP Jade Jones of Great Britain celebrates defeating Yuzhuo Hou of China during the Women's -57kg Taekwondo gold medal finalPhotograph: Hannah Johnston/Getty ImagesNicola Adams celebrates winning her bout and a gold medal against Cancan Ren of China during the Women's Fly (51kg) boxing final at ExCeLPhotograph: Scott Heavey/Getty ImagesCharlotte Dujardin of Great Britain riding Valegro competes in the individual dressage grand prix freestyle event where they won the gold medealPhotograph: Jim Hollander/EPABronze medal winner Laura Bechtolsheimer of Great Britain celebrate her medal in the individual dressage grand prix freestyle event in Greenwich ParkPhotograph: Neil Munns/EPARobert Grabarz during the men's high jump final where he won a bronze medalPhotograph: Dave Thompson/PAChris Hoy celebrates winning gold in the men's Keirin making it the sixth gold medal of his careerPhotograph: Tom Jenkins for the GuardianVictoria Pendleton celebrates with her silver medal in the Individual Sprint at the VelodromePhotograph: Paul Childs/Action ImagesLaura Trott wins gold medal in the women's Omnium at the VelodromePhotograph: Tom Jenkins for the GuardianCarl Hester on Uthopia, Charlotte Dujardin of Great Britain on Valegro and Laura Bechtolsheimer on Mistral Hojris celebrate with their gold medals during the medal cerermony for the Team DressagePhotograph: Alex Livesey/Getty ImagesAlistair Brownlee reacts as he crosses the finish line to win the gold medal in the men's triathlon at tHyde ParkPhotograph: Jae C. Hong/APJonathan Brownlee running home in the final part of the men's triathlon to win a bronze medalPhotograph: Adam Pretty/Getty ImagesNick Dempsey of Great Britain celebrates after winning silver in the men's RS:X Sailing at the Weymouth & Portland Venue Photograph: Laurence Griffiths/Getty ImagesGreat Britain's Jason Kenny celebrates defeating France's Gregory Bauge to win the gold medal in the men's sprint final at the VelodromePhotograph: John Giles/PAGreat Britain's Nick Skelton, Ben Maher, Scott Brash and Peter Charles celebrate with their Gold medals after the Equestrian Team JumpingPhotograph: Steve Parsons/PAElizabeth Tweddle of Britain celebrates winning a bronze medal in the women's gymnastics asymmetric bars final in the North Greenwich Arena Photograph: Mike Blake/ReutersChristine Ohuruogu wins silver with an amazing run down the back straight in the women's 400m Photograph: Tom Jenkins/NOPPAndy Murray and Laura Robson get silver in the tennis's mixed doubles competition Photograph: David Levene for the GuardianEdward Clancy of Britain celebrates a bronze in the Men's Omnium at the track cycling competition at the VelodromePhotograph: Ian Langsdon/EPAAndy Murray wins gold by beating Roger Federer in the men's tennis final at WimbledonPhotograph: Action imagesGreat Britain's gymnast Louis Smith competes during the men's pommel horse final, winning a silver medalPhotograph: Ben Stansall/AFP/Getty ImagesGymnast Max Whitlock competes on the pommel horse, taking bronzePhotograph: Thomas Coex/AFP/Getty ImagesBen Ainslie wins gold in the men's Finn classPhotograph: Chris Ison/PAIain Percy and Andrew Simpson take the silver medal in the men's Star classPhotograph: David Jones/PAMo Farah takes gold in the men's 10,000m finalPhotograph: Adrian Dennis/AFP/Getty ImagesGreg Rutherford takes gold in the men's long jumpPhotograph: Lars Baron/Getty ImagesJessica Ennis wins the gold in the women's heptathlonPhotograph: Jason O'Brien/Action ImagesZac Purchase and Mark Hunter take silver in the men's lightweight double scullsPhotograph: Olivia Harris/ReutersDani King, Laura Trott, and Joanna Rowsell with their gold medals for the women's team pursuit track cyclingPhotograph: Alex Livesey/Getty ImagesKatherine Copeland and Sophie Hosking brandish gold medals for the women's lightweight double scullsPhotograph: Mark Pain/NOPPPete Reed, Andrew Triggs Hodge, Alex Gregory and Tom James with gold medals for the men's coxless rowing foursPhotograph: Harry How/Getty ImagesRebecca Adlington shows her bronze medal for the women's 800m freestylePhotograph: Al Bello/Getty ImagesGeorge Nash and William Satch celebrate winning bronze in the rowing men's pair • VideoPhotograph: Andrew Boyers/Action ImagesAlan Campbell regains the use of his legs to show his bronze medal for the men's single scullsPhotograph: Stephen Pond/PAAfter beating Kazakhstan's Gulzhan Issanova in the quarter-final, pictured here, Karina Bryant went on to take bronze in the women's over-78kg judo Photograph: Steven Paston/Action ImagesVictoria Pendleton celebrates after winning the women's keirin gold medalPhotograph: Tom Jenkins/NOPPEd Clancy, Geraint Thomas, Steven Burke and Peter Kennaugh of Britain's men's cycling pursuit team pose with ther gold medalsPhotograph: Ian Langsdon/EPAAnna Watkins and Katherine Grainger took gold in the women's double scullsPhotograph: Bradley Ormesher/NOPPChris Bartley, Richard Chambers, Rob Williams and Peter Chambers landed silver in the lightweight men's rowing fourPhotograph: Chris Carlson/APGemma Gibbons celebrates her silver medal in the women's under-78kg judoPhotograph: Franck Fife/AFP/Getty ImagesTim Baillie and Etienne Scott win gold in the men's canoe slalom doublePhotograph: Paul Childs/Action ImagesDavid Florence and Richard Hounslow take silver in the men's canoe doublesPhotograph: Orestis Panagiotou/EPAPeter Wilson celebrates his gold medal for the men's shooting double trapPhotograph: Marwan Naamani/AFP/Getty ImagesJason Kenny, Philip Hindes, and Chris Hoy won gold in the men's track cycling sprint teamPhotograph: Tom Jenkins/NOPPAlex Partridge, James Foad, Tom Ransley, Richard Egington, Mohamed Sbihi, Greg Searle, Matthew Langridge and Constantine Louloudis and cox Phelan Hill took bronze in the men's eight rowingPhotograph: Matthew Childs/Action ImagesChris Froome took bronze in the men's cycling individual time trial • Time trial as it happenedPhotograph: Paul Childs/Action ImagesBradley Wiggins approaches the finish line before taking gold in the men's individual time trial road eventPhotograph: Odd Andersen/AFP/Getty ImagesMichael Jamieson took silver in the men's 200m breastrokePhotograph: John Sibley/Action ImagesHeather Stanning and Helen Glover win gold in the women's rowing pair – Team GB's first gold in the Games and the first gold for a British female rowerPhotograph: Eric Feferberg/APNicola Wilson, Mary King, Zara Phillips, Kristina Cook and William Fox-Pitt took silver in the eventing team jumping final equestrian event • VideoPhotograph: Alex Livesey/Getty ImagesKristian Thomas, Louis Smith, Sam Oldham and Daniel Purvis celebrate after winning bronze in the men's artistic gymnastics team eventPhotograph: Emmanuel Dunand/AFP/Getty ImagesRebecca Adlington took bronze in the women's 400m freestylePhotograph: Steven Paston/Action ImagesLizzie Armitstead, on the right, takes silver in the women's cycling road racePhotograph: Stefano Rellandini/Reuters
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