Summer Olympics 2012: Medal Predictions and Results for Day 2

The Olympics are about pageantry, national pride, lifelong dreams and competitive ideals. And they're about medals. 

That's where this slideshow comes in: medals—who's expected to win them and who does win them on Day 2 of medal competition at the London Games, July 29.

Bleacher Report's predictions for today's medal winners are based on research of the picks from Sports Illustrated and USA Today, event previews at SI.com and Yahoo, information from sport-specific websites and the expertise of Bleacher Report's Olympic writers.

Throughout the day, this slideshow will update with the actual winners of each event.

Shooting: Women's 10m Air Pistol

Event time: 6:45 a.m. EST

Venue: Royal Artillery Barracks

Actual Medalists

Gold: Guo Wenjun, China

Silver: Celine Goberville, France

Bronze: Olena Kostevych, Ukraine

Predicted Medalists

Gold: Olena Kostevych, Ukraine

Silver: Viktoria Chaika, Belarus

Bronze: Zorana Arunovic, Serbia

Of note: Kostevych won gold in this event in 2004.

Cycling: Women's Road Race

Event time: 7 a.m. EST

Venue: London city streets and nearby towns

Actual Medalists

Gold: Marianne Vos, Netherlands

Silver: Elizabeth Armitstead, Great Britain

Bronze: Olga Zabelinskaya, Russia

Predicted Medalists

Gold: Giorgia Bronzini, Italy

Silver: Marianne Vos, Netherlands

Bronze: Emma Johansson, Sweden

Of note: Vos has won titles in every discipline in cycling except BMX (via BBC). This road race is 140 kilometers, or almost 87 miles.

Shooting: Women's Skeet

Event time: 9 a.m. EST

Venue: Royal Artillery Barracks

Actual Medalists:

Gold: Kim Rhode, U.S.

Silver: Wei Ning, China

Bronze: Danka Bartekova, Slovakia

Predicted Medalists:

Gold: Kim Rhode, U.S.

Silver: Wei Ning, China

Bronze: Sutiya Jiwechaloemmit, Thailand

Of note: Rhode is looking to be the first American to medal in five straight Olympics (via SI).

Diving: Women's 3m Synchronized Springboard

Event time: 10 a.m. ET

Venue: Aquatics Centre

Actual Medalists

Gold: He Zi, Wu Minxia, China

Silver: Kelci Bryant, Abby Johnston, U.S.

Bronze: Jennifer Abel, Emilie Heymans, Canada

Predicted Medalists

(We forgot to account for this in our original slideshow. These were Sports Illustrated's picks.)

Gold: He Zi, Wu Minxia, China

Silver: Tania Cagnoto, Francesca Dallape, Italy

Bronze: Kelci Bryant, Abby Johnston, U.S.

Weightlifting: Women's 53kg (117 lbs.)

Event time: 10:30 a.m. EST

Venue: ExCeL-South Arena 3

Actual Medalists

Gold: Zulfiya Chinshanlo, Kazakhstan

Silver:  Hsu Shu-Ching, Taiwan

Bronze: Cristina Iovu, Moldova

Predicted Medalists

Gold: Zhou Jun, China

Silver:  Chen Xiaoting, China

Bronze: Zulfiya Chinshanlo, Kazakhstan

Of note: Chinshanlo holds the national title of Honored Master of Sport (via London 2012).

Judo: Men's 66kg (145.5 lbs.)

Event time: 11:10 a.m. EST

Venue: ExCeL-North Arena 2

Actual Medalists

Gold: Lasha Shavdatuashvili, Georgia

Silver: Miklov Ungvari, Hungary

Bronze: Cho Jun-Ho, South Korea

Bronze: Masashi Ebinuma, Japan

Predicted Medalists

Gold: Musa Mogushkov, Russia

Silver: Tsagaanbaatar Khashbaatar, Mongolia

Bronze: Jun-Ho Cho, South Korea

Bronze: Masashi Ebinuma, Japan

Of note:  Khashbaatar’s 2004 bronze medal was the first Mongolian medal since 1996 (via SI). There are two bronzes awarded in judo events.

Archery: Women's Team

Event time: 1 p.m. EST

Venue: Lord's Cricket Ground

Actual Medalists

Gold: South Korea

Silver: China

Bronze: Japan

Predicted Medalists

Gold: South Korea

Silver: China

Bronze: India

Of note: South Korea has won all six golds in this event's history.

Weightlifting: Men's 56kg (123 lbs.)

Event time:  2 p.m. EST

Venue: ExCeL-South Arena 3

Actual Medalists

Gold: Om Un Choi, North Korea

Silver: Wu Jingbiao, China

Bronze: Valentin Hristov, Azerbaijan

Predicted Medalists

Gold: Wu Jingbiao, China

Silver: Valentin Hristov, Azerbaijan

Bronze: Tran Le Quoc Toan, Vietnam

Of note: Azerbaijan paid Bulgaria to let Hristov compete for the country (via NBC Olympics).

Fencing: Men's Individual Sabre

Event time: 2:10 p.m. EST

Venue: ExCeL-South Arena 1

Actual Medalists

Gold: Aron Zvilagyi, Hungary

Silver: Diego Occhiuzzi, Italy

Bronze: Nikolay Kovalev, Russia

Predicted Medalists

Gold: Aldo Montano, Italy

Silver: Rares Dumitrescu, Romania

Bronze: Alexey Yakimenko, Russia

Of note: Montano’s father and grandfather have medaled in the Olympics (via NBC Olympics).

Swimming: Women's 100-Meter Butterfly

Event time: 2:30 p.m. EST

Venue: Aquatics Centre

Actual Medalists

Gold: Dana Vollmer, USA

Silver: Lu Ying, China

Bronze: Alicia Coutts, Australia

Predicted Medalists

Gold: Dana Vollmer, USA

Silver: Sarah Sjostrom, Sweden

Bronze: Alicia Coutts, Australia

Of note: Sjostrom is the world-record holder, but Vollmer won this event at the World Championships. 

Swimming: Men's 100-Meter Breaststroke

Event time: 3:08 p.m. EST

Venue: Aquatics Centre

Actual Medalists

Gold: Cameron van der Burgh, South Africa

Silver: Christian Sprenger, Australia

Bronze: Brendan Hansen, USA

Predicted Medalists

Gold: Brendan Hansen, USA

Silver: Kosuke Kitajima, Japan

Bronze: Cameron van der Burgh, South Africa

Of note: Kitajima won this event in 2008. 

Swimming: Women's 400-Meter Freestyle

Event time: 3:15 p.m. EST

Venue: Aquatics Centre

Actual Medalists

Gold: Camille Muffat, France

Silver: Allison Schmitt, USA

Bronze: Rebecca Adlington, Great Britain

Predicted Medalists

Gold: Rebecca Adlington, Great Britain

Silver: Federica Pellegrini, Italy

Bronze: Allison Schmitt, USA

Of note: Adlington won gold in this event in 2008.

Swimming: Men's 4x100 Freestyle Relay

Event time: 3:54 p.m. EST

Venue: Aquatics Centre

Actual Medalists

Gold: France

Silver: United States

Bronze: Russia

Predicted Medalists

Gold: Australia

Silver: United States

Bronze: Russia

Of note: The Americans won in 2008, but Australia is the defending world champion.