Day 6

The rowing was rained off, there was still not enough wind for sailing and no swimming finals for Michael Phelps, so quite a quiet day all in all.

Good points were the pleasing, if unexpected, news that two Brits – Emma Hindle and Laura Bechtolsheimer – are through to the individual dressage final, and Rebecca Adlington setting a new Olympic record (and second-fastest time ever) in the 800m freestyle.

Elsewhere: Robertson and Emms out in the mixed doubles badminton … the Swedish bronze medallist in the Greco-Roman wrestling discarding his medal in protest at the ‘politics’ in the event … Federer run ragged, and eventually knocked out by James Blake (USA), and Serena Williams also out … various plucky but ultimately unsuccessful young Brits, most of whom are now being tipped for 2012 by the ever-optimistic BBC … Oh, and A levels are getting easier, apparently.

So, on to the totaliser:

GB medals by event
Men 0 gold, 1 silver, 0 bronze
Women 2 gold, 1 silver, 2 bronze
+ 1 bronze in team eventing (mixed team: four women, one man)

On points (gold = 3, silver = 2, bronze = 1)
Men 2
Women 10
Mixed 1

Or on total number of metal discs
Men 0 gold, 1 silver, 1 bronze
Women 2 gold, 1 silver, 6 bronze

Sports in which medals have been won
Men canoeing, eventing
Women cycling, swimming, eventing

Now to look at the trend across all nations …