Summer Olympics 2012: Medal Predictions and Results for Day 11
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 going to win them, and who does win them, on Day 11 of medal competition at the London Games, August 7.
Bleacher Report's predictions for today's medal winners are based on research into 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 in each event.
Equestrian: Mixed Dressage Team Final
1 of 21Event time: 5 a.m. EST
Venue: Greenwich Park
Actual Medalists
Gold: Great Britain
Silver: Germany
Bronze: Netherlands
Predicted Medalists
Gold: Nethlerlands
Silver: Great Britain
Bronze: Germany
Of note: Germany won gold in this event in 2008.
Triathlon: Men's Final
2 of 21Event time: 6:30 a.m. EST
Venue: Hyde Park
Actual Medalists
Gold: Allistair Brownlee, Great Britain
Silver: Javier Gomez, Spain
Bronze: Jonathan Brownlee, Great Britain
Predicted Medalists
Gold: Allistair Brownlee, Great Britain
Silver: Javier Gomez, Spain
Bronze: Jonathan Brownlee, Great Britain
Of note: The Brownlee brothers finished one and three at the world championships.
Sailing: Men's RS:X-Windsurfer Final
3 of 21Event time: 8 a.m. EST
Venue: Weymouth and Portland
Actual Medalists
Gold: Dorian van Rijsselberge, Netherlands
Silver: Nick Dempsey, Great Britain
Bronze: Przemyslaw Mianczyhski, Poland
Predicted Medalists
Gold: Dorian van Rijsselberge, Netherlands
Silver: Nick Dempsey, Great Britain
Bronze: Przemyslaw Mianczyhski, Poland
Of note: Dempsey won bronze in 2004.
Gymnastics: Men's Parallel Bars
4 of 21Event time: 9 a.m. EST
Venue: North Greenwich Arena
Actual Medalists
Gold: Feng Zhe, China
Silver: Marcel Nguyen, Germany
Bronze: Hamilton Sabot, France
Predicted Medalists
Gold: Feng Zhe, China
Silver: Vasileios Tsolakidis, Greece
Bronze: Zhang Chenglong, China
Of note: Zhe won this event at the 2010 World Championships.
Sailing: Women's RS:X-Windsurfer Final
5 of 21Event time: 9 a.m. EST
Venue: Weymouth and Portland
Actual Medalists
Gold: Mariana Alabau Neira, Spain
Silver: Tuuli Petaja, Finland
Bronze: Zofia Noceti-Klepacka, Poland
Predicted Medalists
Gold: Lee Korzits, Israel
Silver: Mariana Alabau Neira, Spain
Bronze: Tuuli Petaja, Finland
Of note: Korzits is the back-to-back world champion.
Gymnastics: Women's Beam
6 of 21Event time: 9:47 a.m. EST
Venue: North Greenwich Arena
Actual Medalists:
Gold: Deng Linlin, China
Silver: Sui Lu, China
Bronze: Aly Raisman, U.S.
Predicted Medalists:
Gold: Sui Lu, China
Silver: Catalina Ponor, Romania
Bronze: Larisa Iordache, Romania
Of note: Ponor won gold in this event in Athens.
Table Tennis: Women's Team Final
7 of 21Event Time: 10:30 a.m. EST
Venue: ExCeL-North Arena 1
Actual Medalists
Gold: China
Silver: Japan
Bronze: Singapore
Predicted Medalists
Gold: China
Silver: Japan
Bronze: Singapore
Of note: This event was not featured in 2008.
Gymnastics: Men's Horizontal Bar
8 of 21Event time: 10:37 a.m. EST
Venue: North Greenwich Arena
Actual Medalists
Gold: Epke Zonderland, Netherlands
Silver: Fabian Hambuechen, Germany
Bronze: Zou Kai, China
Predicted Medalists
Gold: Zou Kai, China
Silver: Danell Leyva, United States
Bronze: Epke Zonderland, Netherlands
Of note: Zou is the defending Olympic champ.
Synchronized Swimming: Duet
9 of 21Event time: 10 a.m. ET
Venue: Aquatics Centre
Actual Medalists
Gold: Natalia Ischenko and Svetlana Romashina, Russia
Silver: Ona Carbonell Ballestero and Andrea Fuentes Fache, Spain
Bronze: Xuechen Huang and Liu Ou, China
Editor's note: This event was mistakenly left out of our predictions.
Gymnastics: Women's Floor Exercise
10 of 21Event time: 11:23 a.m. EST
Venue: North Greenwich Arena
Predicted Medalists:
Gold: Lauren Mitchell, Australia
Silver: Aly Raisman, USA
Bronze: Jordyn Wieber, USA
Of note: Raisman won bronze in this event at the 2011 World Championships.
Cycling; Women's Omnium Final
11 of 21Event time: 11:50 a.m. EST
Venue: Velodrome
Actual Medalists
Gold: Tara Whitten, Canada
Silver: Sarah Hammer, USA
Bronze: Annette Edmondson, Australia
Predicted Medalists
Gold: Tara Whitten, Canada
Silver: Sarah Hammer, USA
Bronze: Laura Trott, Great Britain
Of note: Whitten was first in this event in the 2011 Track World Championships.
Cycling: Men's Keirin Final
12 of 21Event time: 1 p.m. EST
Venue: Velodrome
Actual Medalists
Gold: Chris Hoy, Great Britain
Silver: Maximillian Levy, Germany
Bronze: Teun Mulder, Netherlands
Bronze: Simon Van Velthooven, New Zealand
Predicted Medalists
Gold: Chris Hoy, Great Britain
Silver: Teun Mulder, Netherlands
Bronze: Maximillian Levy, Germany
Of note: Hoy won three golds in Beijing.
Wresting: Men's Greco-Roman 96kg (212 Pounds) Final
13 of 21Event time: 1:25 p.m. EST
Venue: ExCeL-North Arena 2
Actual Medalists
Gold: Ghasem Rezaei, Iran
Silver: Rustam Totrov, Russia
Bronze: Artur Aleksanyan, Armenia
Bronze: Jimmy Lidberg, Sweden
Predicted Medalists
Gold: Jimmy Lidberg, Sweden
Silver: David Vala, Czech Republic
Bronze:Daigoro Timoncini, Italy
Bronze: Rustam Totrov, Russia
Of note: Sweden has medaled 11 times in this event, the most of any country.
Cycling: Women's Sprint Final
14 of 21Event time: 1:41 p.m. EST
Venue: Velodrome
Actual Medalists
Gold: Anna Meares, Australia
Silver: Victoria Pendleton, Great Britain
Bronze: Guo Shang, China
Predicted Medalists
Gold: Victoria Pendleton, Great Britain
Silver: Simona Krupeckaite, Lithuania
Bronze: Anna Meares, Australia
Of note: Meares has medaled in this event twice.
Wrestling: Men's Greco-Roman 66kg (146 Pounds) Final
15 of 21Event time: 1:25 p.m. EST
Venue: ExCeL-North Arena 2
Actual Medalists
Gold: Kim Hyeonwoo, South Korea
Silver: Tamas Lorincz, Hungary
Bronze: Manuchar Tskhadaia, Georgia
Bronze: Steeve Guenot, France
Predicted Medalists
Gold: Manuchar Tskhadaia, Georgia
Silver: Pedro Issac Mullen, Cuba
Bronze: Tsutomu Fujimura, Japan
Bronze: Saeid Mourad Abdvali, Iran
Of note: Tskhadaia won silver at the 2011 World Championships.
Diving: Men's 3m Springboard Final
16 of 21Event time: 2 p.m. EST
Venue: Aquatics Centre
Actual Medalists
Gold: Ilya Zakharov, Russia
Silver: Qin Kai, China
Bronze: He Chong, China
Predicted Medalists
Gold: He Chong, China
Silver: Qin Kai, China
Bronze: Ilya Zakharov, Russia
Of note: Chong won gold in 2008.
Weightlifting: Men's +105kg (+231 Pounds) Final
17 of 21Event time: 2 p.m. EST
Venue: ExCeL-South Arena 3
Actual Medalists
Gold: Behdad Salimi, Iran
Silver: Saijad Anoushiravani, Iran
Bronze: Ruslan Albegov, Russia
Predicted Medalists
Gold: Behdad Salimi, Iran
Silver: Saijad Anoushiravani, Iran
Bronze: Jeon Sang-guen, South Korea
Of note: The Iranians finished one-two at the 2011 world championships (via SI).
Track and Field: Men's High Jump
18 of 21Event time: 2 p.m. EST
Venue: Olympic Stadium
Actual Medalists
Gold: Ivan Ukhov, Russia
Silver: Erik Kynard, U.S.
Bronze: Robert Grabarz, Great Britain
Bronze: Mutaz Essa Barshim, Qatar
Bronze: Derek Drouin, Canada
Predicted Medalists
Gold: Jesse Williams, USA
Silver: Ivan Ukhov, Russia
Bronze: Robert Grabarz, Great Britain
Of note: Williams is the reigning world champ.
Track and Field: Men's Discus Throw
19 of 21Event time: 2:45 p.m. EST
Venue: Olympic Stadium
Actual Medalists
Gold: Robert Harting, Germany
Silver: Ehsan Hadidi, Iran
Bronze: Gerd Kanter, Estonia
Predicted Medalists
Gold: Robert Harting, Germany
Silver: Virgilijus Alekna, Lithuania
Bronze: Gerd Kanter, Estonia
Of note: Harting won the 2011 World Championship.
Track and Field: Women's 100 Meter Hurdles
20 of 21Event time: 4:00 p.m. EST
Venue: Olympic Stadium
Actual Medalists
Gold: Sally Pearson, Australia
Silver: Dawn Harper, USA
Bronze: Kellie Wells, USA
Predicted Medalists
Gold: Sally Pearson, Australia
Silver: Kellie Wells, USA
Bronze: Lolo Jones, USA
Of note: Jones famously stumbled on the second-to-last hurdle in Beijing, a stumble that cost her gold.
Track and Field: Men's 1,500 Meters
21 of 21Event time: 4:15 p.m. EST
Venue: Olympic Stadium
Actual Medalists
Gold: Taoufik Makhloufi, Algeria
Silver: Leo Manzano, U.S
Bronze: Abdalaati Iguider, Morocco
Predicted Medalists
Gold: Nixon Chepseba, Kenya
Silver: Aspel Kiprop, Kenya
Bronze: Silas Kiplagat, Kenya
Of note: Chepseba won the 2011 Diamond Series.

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