China’s men’s gymnastics team, from left, Zhe Feng, Weiyang Guo, Yibing Chen, Chenglong Zhang and Kai Zou celebrate winning the gold medal in the men’s gymnastic team competition. (Rolf Vennebernd / EPA)
Some of the top moments from the day’s activities.
John Orozco suffers a bad landing in the vaulting competition. The U.S. team finished in fifth place. (Wally Skalij / Los Angeles Times)
U.S. swimmers Matt Grevers, left, and Nick Thoman celebrate after they finished one-two in the men’s 100m backstroke final. Grevers set an Olympic record of 52.16. (Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times)
U.S. swimmer Missy Franklin smiles after winning the gold medal in the women’s 100m backstroke final. (Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times)
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Yanquan Zhang, left, and Yuan Cao of China earn a gold medal in the men’s 10m synchronized diving competition. (Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times)
United States’ Lindsay Whalen and Angola’s Catarina Camufal battle during a preliminary game of women’s basketball. (Wally Skalij / Los Angeles Times)
Kim Un Guk of North Korea celebrates a gold medal lift. (Hassan Ammar / Associated Press)
A. Lam Shin of South Korea cries after losing to Britta Heidemann of Germany in the women’s epee individual fencing semifinals. (Hannah Johnston / Getty Images)
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Mariusz Prudel, left, and Grzegorz Fijalek of Poland celebrate an upset victory over the United States in a men’s beach volleyball preliminary match. (Ryan Pierse / Getty Images)
A beach volleyball fan from Brazil attends match at the 2012 London Olympics. (Dave Martin / Associated Press)
Damien Hopper of Australia looks back at the staggered Marcus Browne of United States. Hopper won their light heavyweight boxing match. (Scott Heavey / Getty Images)
United States’ Destinee Hooker rests her highly decorated hands during a timeout in a women’s preliminary volleyball match against Brazil. (Jeff Roberson / Associated Press)
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Kristina Franic of Croatia is tackled by Nair Almeida of Angola during a women’s handball match. (Jeff Gross / Getty Images)
Automne Pavia of France celebrates her judo bronze medal victory over Hedvig Karakas of Hungary. (Julian Finney / Getty Images)