Ethiopia's Tirunesh Dibaba has set a new Olympic record after running a perfect race to take gold in the women's 10000m today, overtaking Turkey's Elvan Abeylegesse with 350m to go and powered home in a time of 29:54.68.
Abeylegesse settled for silver in 29:56.43 and American Shalane Flanagan claims bronze in 30:22.22.
Fourth placed Kenyan Linet Chepkwemoi Masai set a new world junior record as well as a new Kenyan record with a time of 30:26.50.
The previous Olympic record of 30:17.49 was held by Dibaba's fellow Ethiopian heroine Derartu Tulu.
Fasuba, Metu, Zakari crash out
Nigeria's sprint duo of Olusoji Fasuba - the world Indoor 60m champion, Obinna Metu - the reigning national champion, and Ghanaian Aziz Zakari have all crashed out of the Beijing Olympics Games men's 100m at the second round today at the Bird's Nest stadium.
Fasuba, fourth in the 2nd rd heat2 in a time of 10.21secs failed to make it as the fastest loser as he was overtaken in the time ranking by Qatar's Nigeria born Samuel Francis, who ran 10.11secs to place fourth in his heat3 won comfortably in 9.92 by the World record-holder and favourite Usain Bolt of Jamaica.
Mutola looks strong
Mozambique's only ever Olympic gold medalist, Maria Lurdes Mutola led the qualifers for the 800m semis in 1:58.91. She won heat four just ahead of Marilyn Okoro of Great Britain, who ran a time of 1:59.09.
Day One results
Women's 10000m Finals
1 Tirunesh Dibaba (Eth) 29:54.66 Gold OR
2 Elvan Abeylegesse (Tur) 29:56.43 Silver
3 Shalane Flanagan (US) 30:22.22 Bronze
4 Linet Chepkwemoi Masai (Ken) 30:26.50
5 Maria Konovalova (Rus) 30:35.84
6 Inga Abitova (Rus) 30:37.35
7 Lucy Kabuu Wangui (Ken) 30:39.96
8 Lornah Kiplagat (Ned) 30:40.27
Men's 400m hurdles semi-finals qualifiers:
Bershawn Jackson (US), Pieter de Villiers (SA), Manhau Suguimati (Brz), Jonathan Williams (Blz), Angelo Taylor (US), Danny Mcfarlane (Jam), Alwyn Myburgh (SA), Bayano Ali Kamani Redman (Pan), Alexander Derevyagin (Rus), Markino Buckley (Jam), Lj van Zyl (SA), MArek Plawgo (Pol), Javier Gulson Perez (Pur), Kerron Clement (US), Periklis Iakovakis (Gre), Isa Phillips (Jam)
Women's triple jump final qualifiers:
Yargelis Savigne (Cub), Victoria Gurova (Rus), Olga Rypakova (Kaz), Anna Pyatykh (Rus), Marija Sestak (Slo), Hrysopiyi Devetzi (Gre), Tatyana Lebedeva (Rus) Francoise Mbango Etone (Cam), Olga Saladukha (Ukr), Xie Limei (Chn), Kaire Leibak (Est), Tricia-Kaye Smith (Jam)
Men's shot put final:
1 Tomasz Majewski (Pol) 21.51m Gold
2 Christian Cantwell (US) 21.09m Silver
3 Andrei Mikhnevich (Blr) 21.05m Bronze
4 Dylan Armstrong (Can) 21.04m
5 Pavel Lyzhyn (Blr) 20.98m
6 Yuriy Bilonog (Ukr) 20.63m
7 Reese Hoffa (US) 20.53
8 Pavel So'fin (Rus) 20.42
9 Rutger Smith (Ned) 20.41
10 Yury Bialou (Blr) 20.06
11 Ivan Yushkov (Rus) 19.67
12 Adam Nelson (US) NM
Women's discus final qualifiers:
Stephanie Brown Trafton (US), Iryna Yatchenko (Blr), Yarelys Barrios (Cub), Melina Robert Michon (Fra), Dani Samuels (Aus), Nicoleta Grasu (Rom), Aretha Thurmond (US), Song Aimin (Chn), Vera Cechlova (Cze), Li Yanfeng (Chn)
Women's Heptathlon standings after 4th round:
1 Hyleas Fountain (US) 4060 points
2 Nataliia Dobrynska (Ukr) 3996
3 Kelly Sotherton (GB) 3938
4 Anna Bogdanova (Rus) 3922
5 Lyudmila Blonska (Ukr) 3912
6 Jessica Zelinka (Can) 3866
7 Jolanda Keizer (Ned) 3864
8 Karolina Tyminska (Pol) 3813
9 Kylie Wheeler (Aus) 3802
10 Tatiana Chernova (Rus) 3749
Selected other: 33 Julie Hollman (GB) 3400
Women's Heptathlon 200m results:
1 Hyleas Fountain (US) 23.21
2 Kelly Sotherton (GB) 23.39
3 Karolina Tyminska (Pol) 23.39
4 Jessica Zelinka (Can) 23.64
5 Tatiana Chernova (Russia) 23.95
6 Jolanda Keizer (Ned) 23.97
7 Lyudmila Blonska (Ukr) 24.14
8 Anna Bogdanova (Rus) 24.24
9 Kylie Wheeler (Aus) 24.28
10 Olga Kurban (Rus) 24.34
Selected other: 33 Julie Hollman (GB) 25.41
Women's 3000m steeplechase 2nd round qualifiers:
Gulnara Galkina-Samitova (Rus), Ruth Bosibori Nyangau (Ken), Wioletta Frankiewicz (Pol), Cristina Casandra (Rom), Tatiana Petrova (Rus), Roisin Mcgettigan (Ire), Jennifer Barringer (US), Zulema Fuentes-Pila (Spa), Eunice Jepkorir (Ken), Marta Dominguez (Spa), Ekaterina Volkova (Rus), Zemzem Ahmed (Eth), Elena Romagnolo (Ita), Anna Willard (US), Habiba Ghribi (Tun)
Women's Heptathlon shot put results:
1 Nataliia Dobrynska (Ukr) 17.29m
2 Austra Skujyte (Lit) 17.02m
3 Jolanda Keizer (Ned) 15.15m
4 Laurien Hoos (Ned) 14.98m
5 Niina Kelo (Fin) 14.82m
6 Lilli Schwarzkopf (Ger) 14.61m
7 Kamila Chudzik (Pol) 14.34
8 Sonja Kesselschlager (Ger) 14.33
9 Lydundmila Blonska (Ukr) 14.29
10 Rebecca Wardell (NZ) 14.28
Selected others: 13 Kelly Sotherton 13.87m (GB), 32 Julie Hollman 12.45m
Men's 100m semi-finals qualifiers:
Churandy Martina (Aho), Michael Frater (Jam) Naoki Tsukahara (Jpn), Richard Thompson (Tri), Tyson Gay (US), Martial Mbandjock (Fra), Marc Burns (Tri), Kim Collins (Skn), Tyrone Edgar (GB), Usain Bolt (Jam) Darvis Patton (US), Francis Obikwelu (Por), Asafa Powell (Jam), Walter Dix (US), Derrick Atkins (Bah), Samuel Adelebari Francis (Qat)
Did not qualify: Simeon Williamson (GB), Craig Pickering (GB)
Men's 1500m second round qualifiers:
Mehdi Baala (Fra), Nicholas Willis (NZ), Daham Naim Bashir (Qat), Tarek Boukensa (Alg), Deresse Mekonnen (Eth), Asbel Kipruto Kiprop (Ken), Nathan Brannen (Can), Juan Carlos Higuero (Spa), Bernard Lagat (US) Antar Zerguelaine (Alg), Juan van Deventer (SA), Arturo Casado (Spa), Andy Baddeley (GB), Abdalaatu (Mor), Lopez Lomong (US), Rashid Ramzi (Bhr), Mohamed Moustaoui (Mor), Augustine Kiprono Choge (Ken), Christian Obrist (Ita), Kevin Sullivan (Can), Carsten Schlangen (Ger), Mulugeta Wendimu (Eth)
Did not qualify: Tom Lancashire (GB)
Women's Heptathlon high jump results:
1 Hyleas Fountain (US) 1.89m
2 Kylie Wheeler (Aus) 1.89m
3 Lyudmila Blonska (Ukr) 1.86m
4 Anna Bogdanova (Rus)
5 Marie Collonville (Fra) 1.86m
6 Lucimara Silva (Brz) 1.83m
7 Kelly Sotherton (GB) 1.83m
8 Ganna Melnichenko (Ukr) 1.80m
9 Lilli Schwarzkopf (Ger) 1.80m
10 Jennifer Oeser (Ger) 1.80m
Selected other: 14 Julie Hollman (GB) 1.77m
Men's hammer finalists:
Libor Charfreitag (Svk), Pekka-Olli Karajalainen (Fin), Dilshod Nazarov (Tjk), Ivan Tsikhan (Blr), Koji Murofushi (Jpn), Andras Haklits (Cro), Szymom Ziolkowski (Pol), Vadim Devyatovskiy (Blr), Primoz Kozmus (Slo), James Steacy (Can), Markus Esser (Ger), Krisztian Pars (Hun)
Women's 800m 2nd round qualifiers:
Svetlana Klyuka (Rus), Rosibel Garcia (Col), Anna Rostkowska (Pol), Yuliya Krevsun (Ukr), Tatiana Andrianova (Rus), Jennifer Meadows (GB), Pamela Jelimo (Ken), Kenia Sinclair (Jam), Elodie Guegan (Fra), Maria Mutola (Moz), Marilyn Okoro (GB), Lucia Klocova (Svk), Zulia Calatayud (Cub), Hasna Benhassi (Mor), Ekaterina Kostetskaya (Rus), Janeth Jepkosgei Busienei (Ken), Tetiana Petlyuk (Ukr), Brigita Langerholc (Slo), Egle Balciunaite (Lit), Elisa Cusma Piccione (Ita)
Men's 100m 2nd round qualifiers:
Usain Bolt (Jam), Daniel Bailey (Ant), Vicente Lima (Brz), Jenris Vizcaino (Cub), Asafa Powell (Jam), Kim Collins (Skn), Craig Pickering (GB), Daniel Grueso (Col), Dariusz Kuc (Pol), Richard Thompson (Tri), Martial Mbandjock (Fra), Simone Collio (Ita), Aziz Zakari (Gha), Andrew Hinds (Bah), Michael Frater (Jam), Pierre Browne (Can), Darrel Brown (Tri), Nobuharu Asahara (Jpn), Tyson Gay (US), Olusoji Adetokunbo Fasuba (Nga), José Carlos Moreira (Brz),Angel David Rodriguez (ESP), Tyrone Edgar (GB), Doc Patton (US), Ronald Pognon (Fra), Hu Kai (Chn), Francis Obikwelu (Por), Obinna Metu (Nga), Walter Dix (US), Anson Henry (Can), Derrick Atkins (Bah), Andrey Epishin (Rus), Jaysuma Saidy Ndure (Nor), Uchenna Emedolu (Nga), Samuel Adelebari Francis (Qat), Marc Burns (Tri), Matic Osovnikar (Slo), Churandy Martina (Nan), Naoki Tsukahara (Jpn), Simeon Williamson (GB), Tobias Benjamin Unger (Ger).