Summer Olympics 2012: Medal Predictions and Results for Day 14

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 14 of medal competition at the London Games, August 10.

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.

Swimming: Men's 10km Marathon

Event time: 7 a.m. EST

Venue: Hyde Park

Medal Winners

Gold: Oussama Mellouli, Tunisia

Silver: Thomas Lurz, Germany

Bronze: Richard Weinberger, Canada

Predicted Medalists

Gold: Thomas Lurz, Germany

Silver: Spyridon Gianniotis, Greece

Bronze: Valerio Cleri, Italy

Of note: Lurz won bronze in Beijing. 

Sailing: Men's 470-Two Person Dinghy Final

Event time:  7 a.m. ET

Venue: Weymouth and Portland

Note: The final race in this class was postponed from Thursday.

Actual Medalists

Gold: Mat Belcher and Malcolm Page, Australia

Silver: Stuart Bithell and Luke Patience, Great Britain

Bronze: Lucas Calabrese and Juan de la Fuente, Argentina

Predicted Medalists

Gold: Mat Belcher and Malcolm Page, Australia

Silver: Stuart Bithell and Luke Patience, Great Britain

Bronze: Lucas Calabrese and Juan de la Fuente, Argentina

Of note: Page won gold in 2008.

Sailing: Women's 470-Two Person Dinghy Final

Event time:  8 a.m. EST

Venue: Weymouth and Portland

Actual Medalists

Gold: Jo Aleh and Olivia Powrie, New Zealand

Silver: Hannah Mills and Saskia Clark, Great Britain

Bronze: Lisa Westerhof and Lobke Berkhout, Netherlands

Predicted Medalists

Gold: Jo Aleh and Olivia Powrie, New Zealand

Silver: Hannah Mills and Saskia Clark, Great Britain

Bronze: Lisa Westerhof and Lobke Berkhout, Netherlands

Of note: Aleh won the 2007 World Championships in the 420 class. 

Synchronized Swimming: Team Final

Event time: 10 a.m. ET

Venue: Aquatics Centre

Medal Results

Gold: Russia

Silver: China

Bronze: Spain

Note: This event was mistakenly left out of our predictions.

Cycling: Women's BMX Final

Event time: 11:18 a.m. EST

Venue: BMX Track

Actual Medalists

Gold: Mariana Pajon, Colombia

Silver: Sarah Walker, New Zealand

Bronze: Laura Smulders, Netherlands

Predicted Medalists

Gold: Sarah Walker, New Zealand

Silver: Mariana Pajon, Colombia

Bronze: Magalie Pottier, France

Of note: Walker won the 2009 BMX World Championship.

Cycling: Men's BMX Final

Event time: 11:29 a.m. EST

Venue: BMX Track

Actual Medalists

Gold: Maris Strombergs, Latvia

Silver: Sam Willoughy, Australia

Bronze: Carlos Mario Oquendo, Colombia

Predicted Medalists

Gold: Joris Daudet, France

Silver: Sam Willoughy, Australia

Bronze: Maris Strombergs, Latvia

Of note: Stromsbergs won gold in 2008.

Wrestling: Men's Freestyle 74kg (163 Pounds) Final

Event time: 1:25 p.m. EST

Venue: ExCeL-North Arena 2

Predicted Medalists

Gold: Jordan Burroughs, USA

Silver: Sadegh Saeed Goudarzi, Iran

Bronze: Denis Tsargush, Russia

Bronze: Soslan Tigiev, Uzbekistand

Predicted Medalists

Gold: Jordan Burroughs, USA

Silver: Denis Tsargush, Russia

Bronze: Sadegh Saeed Goudarzi, Iran

Bronze: Ashraf Aliyev, Azerbaijan

Of note: Burroughs won gold at the 2011 World Championships.

Wrestling: Men's Freestyle 55kg (121 Pounds) Final

Event time: 1:25 p.m. EST

Venue: ExCeL-North Arena 2

Predicted Medalists

Gold: Jamal Otarsultanov, Russia

Silver: Vladimer Khinchegashvili, Georgia

Bronze: Yang Kyong Il, North Korea

Bronze: Shinichi Yumoto, Japan

Predicted Medalists

Gold: Jamal Otarsultanov, Russia

Silver: Bayaraa Naranbaatar, Mongolia

Bronze: Hassan Rahimi, Iran

Bronze: Radoslav Velikov, Bulgaria

Of note: Velikov won bronze in Beijing. 

Track and Field: Men's Pole Vault

Event time: 2:00 p.m. EST

Venue: Olympic Stadium

Actual Medalists

Gold: Renaud Lavillenie, France

Silver: Bjorn Otto, Germany

Bronze: Raphael Holzdeppe, Germany

Predicted Medalists

Gold: Renaud Lavillenie, France

Silver: Bjorn Otto, Germany

Bronze: Brad Walker, USA

Of note: Lavillenie won gold at the 2012 World Indoor Championships. 

Track and Field: Women's Hammer Throw Final

Event time: 2:35 p.m. EST

Venue: Olympic Stadium

Actual Medalists

Gold: Tatyana Lysenko, Russia

Silver: Anita Wlodarczyk, Poland

Bronze: Betty Heidler, Germany

Predicted Medalists

Gold: Betty Heidler, Germany

Silver: Zhang Wenxiu, China

Bronze: Anita Wlodarczyk, Poland

Of note: Heidler won gold at the 2007 World Championships. 

Track and Field: Women's 5,000 Meters

Event time: 3:05 p.m. EST

Venue: Olympic Stadium

Actual Medalists

Gold: Meseret Defar, Ethiopia

Silver: Vivian Cheruiyot, Kenya

Bronze: Tirunesh Dibaba, Ethiopia

Predicted Medalists

Gold: Vivian Cheruiyot, Kenya

Silver: Tirunesh Dibaba, Ethiopia

Bronze: Sally Kipyego, Kenya

Of note: Cheruiyot won gold at the 2011 World Championships. 

Field Hockey: Women's Final

Event time: 3 p.m. EST

Venue: Riverbank Arena

Actual Medalists

Gold: Netherlands

Silver: Argentina

Bronze: Great Britain

Predicted Medalists

Gold: Netherlands

Silver: Argentina

Bronze: Great Britain

Of note: Netherlands won gold in 2008.

Track and Field: Women's 4x100 Relay

Event time: 3:40 p.m. EST

Venue: Olympic Stadium

Actual Medalists

Gold: USA

Silver: Jamaica

Bronze: Ukraine

Predicted Medalists

Gold: Jamaica

Silver: USA

Bronze: Ukraine

Of note: The Americans dropped the baton and did not reach the finals in Beijing. 

Track and Field: Women's 1500 Meters

Event time: 3:55 p.m. EST

Venue: Olympic Stadium

Actual Medalists

Gold: Asli Cakir Alptekin, Turkey 

Silver:  Gamze Bulut, Turkey

Bronze: Maryam Jamal, Bahrain

Predicted Medalists

Gold: Maryam Jamal, Bahrain

Silver:  Abeba Aregawi, Ethiopia 

Bronze: Morgan Uceny, USA

Of note: American Jenny Simpson won the 2011 World Championships but didn't reach the final in London. 

Track and Field: Men's 4x400 Relay

Event time: 4:20 p.m. EST

Venue: Olympic Stadium

Predicted Medalists

Gold:  Bahamas

Silver: USA 

Bronze: Trinidad and Tobago

Predicted Medalists

Gold: USA

Silver: Great Britain 

Bronze: Bahamas 

Of note: The Americans were the defending champs.

Taekwondo: Women's 67kg (148 Pounds) Final

Event time: 5:15 p.m. EST

Venue: ExCeL-South Arena 1

Actual Medalists

Gold: Hwang Kyung-seon, South Korea

Silver: Nur Tatar, Turkey

Bronze: Paige McPherson, U.S.

Bronze: Helene Fromm, Germany

Predicted Medalists

Gold: Sarah Stevenson, Great Britain

Silver: Hwang Kyung-seon, South Korea

Bronze: Franka Anic, Slovenia

Bronze: Helene Fromm, Germany

Taekwondo: Men's 80kg (176 Pounds) Final

Event time: 5:30 p.m. EST

Venue: ExCeL-South Arena 1

Actual Medalists

Gold: Sebastian Crismanich, Argentina

Silver: Nicolas Garcia, Spain

Bronze: Lutalo Muhammad, Great Britain

Bronze: Mauro Sarmiento, Italy

Predicted Medalists

Gold: Nicolas Garcia, Spain

Silver: Steven Lopez, USA

Bronze: Tommy Mollet, Netherlands

Bronze: Farkhod Negmatov, Tajikistan 

Of note: Lopez has medaled in this event three times.