Beijing is now the most succesful Olympics Games in British history, after success in athletics, track cycling and sailing on day 11 took the team's tally to 16 gold medals, beating the previous record of 15 won at the 1920 Games in Antwerp.
Awesome Ohuruogu powers to gold
Awesome Ohuruogu powers to gold
Athletics
Christine Ohuruogu ran a perfectly-executed 400m to become GB's 16th gold medal winner at the Beijing Games.
The reigning world champion allowed her competitors to pull away during the opening 200m, but reeled them in on the home straight and powered home in emphatic fashion to record a dramatic victory.
Britain's Germaine Mason won silver in the men's high jump to secure Britain's first track and field medal of the Games. The Jamaican born athlete who has been representing Britain since 2006 equalled his personal best by jumping 2.34m. Tom Parson and Martyn Bernard both cleared 2.25m to finish eight and ninth respectively.
Jade Johnson struggled in the long jump qualifying session but claimed a spot in the final with her third round jump of 6.61m and Goldie Sayers booked her place in the javelin final with her second round throw measuring 62.99m.
Emily Freeman safely progressed into the semi-finals of the women's 200m as she finished third in her second round heat in a time of 22.95.
Jo Pavey withdrew just before the start of her 5,000m semi-final with the same stomach problem which affected her during the 10,000m.
Sarah Claxton finished eighth in the final of the women's 100m hurdles.
Andy Baddeley also had a disappointing evening, coming home ninth in the final of the men's 1500m.
Martyn Rooney ran a personal best time of 44.60 to finish second in his semi-final of the men's 400m but Andrew Steele found the pace in his race too great and is out.
Christian Malcolm managed to sneak into the final of the 200m as he finished fourth in his semi in a time of 20.25. Marlon Devonish was only seventh in the other semi and is out.
Andy Turner and Allan Scott were fifth and sixth in their respective heats in the second round of the 110m hurdles but that wasn't enough to move on.
Cycling
Victoria Pendleton won the Olympic title in the women's sprint, while Chris Hoy added another gold in the men's event.
Britain finished the cycling track competition with seven gold medals out of ten contests.
Pendleton proved she was the dominant female sprinter at the Olympics from early on in the qualifying rounds before easily beating Australia's Anna Meares in the final.
Hoy beat compatriot Jason Kenny in the men's sprint final to make it a British one-two.
World champions Britain, who had been heavily favoured to win the madison with the team of Bradley Wiggins and Mark Cavendish, never managed to pick up enough speed or momentum to lap the bunch and finished far back in ninth.
Wiggins, who won gold medals in the team and individual pursuit, had hoped to bag a third gold medal.
Britain's coach Shane Sutton said Wiggins was tired after the team pursuit race.
"It's a shame for Brad, it's a shame for Mark, but you can't win them all," Sutton said.
Sailing
Paul Goodison secured Britain's third gold of the Olympic regatta by winning the Laser title.
"It's been a testing week but I hung in there and delivered yesterday, which made it a bit easier today," the 30-year old from Rotherham said.
Nick Dempsey was fifth in race ten and goes into the men's windsurfer medal race just one point behind the leader, Frenchman Julien Bontemps.
Bryony Shaw is poised in third place in the women's RS:X after taking second in race ten.
Penny Clark finished tenth in the Laser Radial.
Boxing
Sunderland's Tony Jeffries ensured Great Britain's boxing team of a second medal as he won his light-heavyweight quarter-final against Imre Szello of Hungary by 10-2 on points. It means he is assured of at least a bronze medal. He now faces a semi-final on Friday against Ireland's Kenny Egan, a bronze medallist at the 2006 European Championships.
A proud Jeffries said: "This is a dream come true. It's everything I've trained for - those cold early morning runs and the hard sessions in the gym have paid off."
Triathlon
Alistair Brownlee enjoyed a successful swim and cycle leg of the triathlon and was with the leaders for the first 5km of the run before fading badly in the final section and recording a 12th placed finish.
Will Clarke came home just two places lower in 14th while former world champion Tim Don, battling with a stomach bug for a number of days, failed to finish.
"I was having the run of my life, but then I just couldn't keep with it. Hopefully a bit more maturity and experience will make the difference and I'll be up there in the medals next time," 20-year-old Brownlee said.
Canoe/Kayak Flatwater
Tim Brabants returns to action in the heats of the men's 500m K1 kayak at 08:30 while Lucy Wainwright goes in the women's 500m K1 kayak and Jessica Walker and Anna Hemmings paddle in the women's double K2 500m heats.
Equestrian
In Hong Kong, Emma Hindle competed on her horse Lancet in the individual grand prix freestyle but her final points total of 72.345 was only good enough for seventh.
Synchronised Swimming
Teenage pair Jenna Randall and Olivia Allison failed to advance to Wednesday"s free routine final despite another solid performance. Following their technical programme on Monday, which put them in fourteenth position overnight, the duo scored 44.667 in their quality free routine to maintain that placing.
"Top 16 was our aim and we've bettered that with 14th less than a point from making the final. That's an amazing achievement," said Randall.
"We received three nines in that score and that means "excellent". In just 18 months we've gone from scoring sevens to nines and that's a big leap."
Hockey
A late goal just denied Team GB an impressive final men's victory over reigning Olympic champions Australia. They have to settle for a 3-3 draw and third in the group though. Barry Middleton, Jamie Tindall and Rob Moore got the British goals.Eurosport
Christine Ohuruogu ran a perfectly-executed 400m to become GB's 16th gold medal winner at the Beijing Games.
The reigning world champion allowed her competitors to pull away during the opening 200m, but reeled them in on the home straight and powered home in emphatic fashion to record a dramatic victory.
Britain's Germaine Mason won silver in the men's high jump to secure Britain's first track and field medal of the Games. The Jamaican born athlete who has been representing Britain since 2006 equalled his personal best by jumping 2.34m. Tom Parson and Martyn Bernard both cleared 2.25m to finish eight and ninth respectively.
Jade Johnson struggled in the long jump qualifying session but claimed a spot in the final with her third round jump of 6.61m and Goldie Sayers booked her place in the javelin final with her second round throw measuring 62.99m.
Emily Freeman safely progressed into the semi-finals of the women's 200m as she finished third in her second round heat in a time of 22.95.
Jo Pavey withdrew just before the start of her 5,000m semi-final with the same stomach problem which affected her during the 10,000m.
Sarah Claxton finished eighth in the final of the women's 100m hurdles.
Andy Baddeley also had a disappointing evening, coming home ninth in the final of the men's 1500m.
Martyn Rooney ran a personal best time of 44.60 to finish second in his semi-final of the men's 400m but Andrew Steele found the pace in his race too great and is out.
Christian Malcolm managed to sneak into the final of the 200m as he finished fourth in his semi in a time of 20.25. Marlon Devonish was only seventh in the other semi and is out.
Andy Turner and Allan Scott were fifth and sixth in their respective heats in the second round of the 110m hurdles but that wasn't enough to move on.
Cycling
Victoria Pendleton won the Olympic title in the women's sprint, while Chris Hoy added another gold in the men's event.
Britain finished the cycling track competition with seven gold medals out of ten contests.
Pendleton proved she was the dominant female sprinter at the Olympics from early on in the qualifying rounds before easily beating Australia's Anna Meares in the final.
Hoy beat compatriot Jason Kenny in the men's sprint final to make it a British one-two.
World champions Britain, who had been heavily favoured to win the madison with the team of Bradley Wiggins and Mark Cavendish, never managed to pick up enough speed or momentum to lap the bunch and finished far back in ninth.
Wiggins, who won gold medals in the team and individual pursuit, had hoped to bag a third gold medal.
Britain's coach Shane Sutton said Wiggins was tired after the team pursuit race.
"It's a shame for Brad, it's a shame for Mark, but you can't win them all," Sutton said.
Sailing
Paul Goodison secured Britain's third gold of the Olympic regatta by winning the Laser title.
"It's been a testing week but I hung in there and delivered yesterday, which made it a bit easier today," the 30-year old from Rotherham said.
Nick Dempsey was fifth in race ten and goes into the men's windsurfer medal race just one point behind the leader, Frenchman Julien Bontemps.
Bryony Shaw is poised in third place in the women's RS:X after taking second in race ten.
Penny Clark finished tenth in the Laser Radial.
Boxing
Sunderland's Tony Jeffries ensured Great Britain's boxing team of a second medal as he won his light-heavyweight quarter-final against Imre Szello of Hungary by 10-2 on points. It means he is assured of at least a bronze medal. He now faces a semi-final on Friday against Ireland's Kenny Egan, a bronze medallist at the 2006 European Championships.
A proud Jeffries said: "This is a dream come true. It's everything I've trained for - those cold early morning runs and the hard sessions in the gym have paid off."
Triathlon
Alistair Brownlee enjoyed a successful swim and cycle leg of the triathlon and was with the leaders for the first 5km of the run before fading badly in the final section and recording a 12th placed finish.
Will Clarke came home just two places lower in 14th while former world champion Tim Don, battling with a stomach bug for a number of days, failed to finish.
"I was having the run of my life, but then I just couldn't keep with it. Hopefully a bit more maturity and experience will make the difference and I'll be up there in the medals next time," 20-year-old Brownlee said.
Canoe/Kayak Flatwater
Tim Brabants returns to action in the heats of the men's 500m K1 kayak at 08:30 while Lucy Wainwright goes in the women's 500m K1 kayak and Jessica Walker and Anna Hemmings paddle in the women's double K2 500m heats.
Equestrian
In Hong Kong, Emma Hindle competed on her horse Lancet in the individual grand prix freestyle but her final points total of 72.345 was only good enough for seventh.
Synchronised Swimming
Teenage pair Jenna Randall and Olivia Allison failed to advance to Wednesday"s free routine final despite another solid performance. Following their technical programme on Monday, which put them in fourteenth position overnight, the duo scored 44.667 in their quality free routine to maintain that placing.
"Top 16 was our aim and we've bettered that with 14th less than a point from making the final. That's an amazing achievement," said Randall.
"We received three nines in that score and that means "excellent". In just 18 months we've gone from scoring sevens to nines and that's a big leap."
Hockey
A late goal just denied Team GB an impressive final men's victory over reigning Olympic champions Australia. They have to settle for a 3-3 draw and third in the group though. Barry Middleton, Jamie Tindall and Rob Moore got the British goals.Eurosport
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