Photos of the Day

October 1
September 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30.

October 1

• Ethiopia's Gezahgne Abera runs past the Olympic flame in Olympic Stadium as he finishes the men's marathon to win the gold medal. See photo.
• American basketball players join hands after their win over France in the men's final basketball match. USA beat France 85-75 to win the gold medal. See photo.
• The Netherlands' Jeroen Dubbeldam jumps a fence with his horse Sjiem during the jump off at the Sydney International Equestrian Centre. Dubbeldam received the gold medal for Indiviual Jumping. See photo.
• Russia's Yulia Bursukova performs with the ribbon during the Women's Rhythmic Gymnastics Individual All-Around Final. Bursukova finished first and took the gold medal. See photo.
• This man nearly sank his boat as he went out to make some adjustments to the sprint course at the Sydney International Regatta Center. High winds caused the canoe and kayak finals to be delayed. See photo.
• Kate Allenby, right, and Stephanie Cook, both of Great Britain, embrace each other after Allenby won bronze and and Cook won a gold medal in the Modern Pentathlon. See photo.
• Cuba's Alexis Rodriguez does a flip after defeating Iran's Abbas Jadidi in a 130 kg freestyle wrestling consolation match to win the bronze. See photo.
• Members of the Denmark women's handball team throw one of the coaches in the air after they defeated Hungary in their gold medal game. Denmark won 31-27. See photo.
• Model Elle McPherson waves to the crowd during closing ceremonies of the Summer Olympics. See photo.
• Singer Kylie Minogue performs "Dancing Queen" during the closing ceremony. See photo.
• IOC President Juan Antonio Samaranch makes a speech in the Olympic Stadium in Sydney during the closing ceremony. See photo.
• Juan Antonio Samaranch, left, hands over the Olympic flag to Dimitris L. Avramopoulos, Lord Mayor of Athens, in front of Gianna Angelopoulos-Daskalaki, President of the Athens 2004 Olympic Games Organising Committee, back center, during the closing ceremony. See photo.
• The Olympic flag is lowered during closing ceremony. See photo.
• The Olympic flame goes out as Nikki Webster, 13, performs on a raised platform. See photo.
• With its afterburner firing, an F-111 airplane roars over Olympic Stadium as the Olympic flame is extinguished. See photo.
• Ballroom dancers perform around a giant kewpie doll during the closing ceremony. See photo.
• Fireworks explode over Australia Stadium at the end of the closing ceremony. See photo.
• Fireworks light up Sydney's Harbour Bridge during the finale to the closing ceremony (1). See photo.
• Fireworks light up Sydney's Harbour Bridge (2). See photo.

September 30

• The German women's K4 team, Birgit Fischer, Manuela Mucke, Anett Schuck, and Katrin Wagner celebrate winning the gold in the 500m sprint in the K4 kayak class. Hungary won the silver and Romania the bronze. See photo.
• Cameroon's Pierre Wome, right, scores the winning goal for an overall score of 7-5 in the penalty shootout during the men's football final Spain vs. Cameroon. At left is Spanish goalie Aranzubia. See photo.
• Norway's Trine Hattestad watches her javelin sail throught the air during the women's final. Hattestad won the gold medal in the event. See photo.
• Debbie Ferguson of the Bahamas, front, takes the baton from teammate Pauline Davis-Thompson for the last leg of the 4x100 relay. The team from the Bahamas won the gold. See photo.
• Jonathan Drummond of the United States, celebrates with the crowd after the U.S. 4x100 relay team won the gold medal. See photo.
• U.S. runner La Tasha Colander-Richardson finishes the anchor leg of the women's 4 x 400 meter relay to win the gold medal as Russia's Irina Privalova, second from left, Australia's Cathy Freeman, left, and Jamaica's Lorraine Graham, right finish behind her. The U.S. won the gold medal, Jamaica won the silver medal, and Russia won the bronze medal in the event. See photo.
• The U.S. women's 4x400 meters relay team celebrates after winning the event. L to R: Jearl Miles-Clark, Marion Jones, La Tasha Collander-Richardson and Monique Hennagan. See photo.
• Russia's Dimitri Torgovanov, left, prepares to take a shot as Sweden's Martin Fraendesjoe defends during the men's handball finals. Russia won 28-26 and took the gold medal. See photo.
• Michael Johnson of the United States, runs in the last leg of the 4x400-meter relay. The U.S. team won the gold medal in the race. See photo.
• USA's Natalie Williams tries to gain control of the ball as Australia's Jenny Whittle, left, and Trish Fallon, right, look on during first half action in the women's gold medal basketball game between United States and Australia. U.S. won 76-54 and took gold medal. See photo.
• Russia's Yelena Yelesina clears the bar during the women's high jump final. Yelesina won the gold medal in the event. See photo.
• Members of Russia's women's volleyball team sit dejected on the bench after losing to Cuba in the gold medal match. Russia finished with silver and Brazil with the bronze medal. See photo.
• U.S. runner Suzy Favor Hamilton falls during the women's 1,500 meter final. Gold medal winner Nouria Merah-Benida of Algeria is at right. See photo.
• Ethiopia's Gete Wami, left, and Derartu Tulu, second right, and Portugal's Fernanda Ribeiro compete in the 10000-meter race. Tulu won the gold, Wami won the silver and Ribeiro won the bronze in the race. See photo.
• Brahim Asloum, of France, in white, punches Rafael Lozano Munoz, of Spain during the finals of 48 kg fight. Asloum went on to defeat Munoz and received the gold medal. See photo.
• Korea's Kim Yong-Bae, left, tackles Teun De Nooijer, right, of Netherlands during the gold medal match. Netherlands won the match 5-4 on penalty strokes. See photo.
• The Denmark Olympic Soling class gold medal winners crewman Thomas Jacobsen in the water after the match racing final on Sydney Harbour. See photo.
• Dominique Bosshart of Canada, left, in action against Natasa Vezmar of Croatia during the over 67 kg women's Taekwondo Bronze match. Dominique beat Natasa 11-8. See photo.
• Spain's Daniel Moro, left, concentrates on the pool, as teammate Daniel Ballart is unable to watch, during the final minutes of a sudden death playoff in their Olympic water polo semifinal against Russia. Russia went on to win the match 8-7. See photo.
• Georgii Tchimeris of the Ukraine, left, and Peter Sarfalvi of Hungary compete in the fencing portion of the Modern Pentathlon. The pentathlon includes shooting, fencing, swimming, equestrian and running. See photo.
• Alexander Leipold, from Germany, lies on his back celebrating, after he won the gold medal in the 76 kg free style wrestling classification. He defeated Brandon Slay, of the United States. See photo.
• The Russian Federation team performs with clubs during the group all-around rhythmic gymnastics Olympic finals round. Russia won the gold with Belarus the silver and Greece the bronze. See photo.
• Bulgaria's Tzanko Hantov falls off his horse after the horse failed to clear a jump during the equestrian portion of the Modern Pentathlon. He was eliminated from the equestrian competition after his horse missed two jumps. See photo.
• China's Tian Liang competes in the men's 10-m platform competition. Liang edged out teammate Hu Jia to win the gold medal in the event. See photo.
• Lance Armstrong, of the United States, rides his bike to win the bronze medal in the men's individual time trials at the cycling road course. See photo.
• Cuba's Felix Savon, in red, and Russia's Sultanahmed Ibzagimov, in blue, fall against the ropes during their 91 kg boxing finals. Savon won and became only the third boxer to win three Olympic gold medals. See photo.
• Cuba's Felix Savon waits for his corner man to remove his head gear after beating Sultanahmed Ibzagimov in the gold medal bout. See photo.
• Ethiopia's Milon Wolde, center, and teammates Dagne Alemu, left, and Fita Bayissa, right, celebrate Wolde's gold medal in the men's 5,000 meter run. See photo.
• Ethiopian runner Dereartu Tulu crosses the finish line to win the gold medal in the women's 10,000 meter run. See photo.

September 29

• Italy's Arturo de Mezza, left, and Germany's Robert Ihly, right, cool off at a water station during the men's 50 km race walk. Poland's Robert Korzeniowski won the gold medal. See photo.
• Bloods flows from the forehead of North Korea's Yong Sam Ri as he locks up with Georgia's David Pogosian during Olympic 58 kg freestyle wrestling. Pogosian won the match. See photo.
• Italian players argue with referee Paraskevas Chasekioglou, left, after being defeated by Hungary 8-5 in their men's Olympic quarterfinal waterpolo match. See photo.
• Canada's synchronized swimming team performs free routine. Canada won bronze medal. See photo.
• Russia's synchronized swimming team performs the free routine. The Russians scored 99.146 out of a possible 100 points. They earned two perfect 10s for technical marks and two 10s for artistic impression, with a variety of pattern changes, lifts and throws. Russia took gold medal. See photo.
• The Italian team performs their routine underwater during the Olympic synchronized swimming final competition. The team finished in sixth place. See photo.
• Kenya's Reuben Kosgei (2383) leads the pack over a jump in the men's 3, 000 meter steeplechase as Spain's Luis Miguel Martin (1595), and Kenya's Wilson Boit Kipketer (2380) and Bernard Barmasai (2368). Kosgei went on to win the gold medal in the event, Kipketer won the silver, and Ali Ezzine of Morocco, shown at far left, won the bronze medal. See photo.
• Germany's Heike Drechsler competes in the women's long jump final. Drechsler won the gold medal in the event. See photo.
• Kevin Garnett of the United States reacts after being fouled by Lithuania's Mindaugas Timinskas during the men's semifinal basketball. USA won 85-83. See photo.
• Lithuania's Sarunas Jasikevicius reacts after missing a 3 point attempt at the buzzer in Lithuania's 85-83 loss to the United States. See photo.
• Australia's Jenny Morris (30) and Alison Peek (7) celebrate after scoring against Argentina in their field hockey gold medal game. Australia won 3-1. See photo.
• Norway handball supporter looks sad after his team lost the women's handball semifinals match. Hungary defeated Norway 28-23. See photo.
• Nick Hysong of the United States clears the bar at 5.90 meters to win the men's pole vault final. Hysong beat team mate Lawrence Johnson to win the gold medal. See photo.
• Kenya's Noah Ngeny (C) celebrates as he crosses the finish line ahead of Morocco's Hicham El Guerrouj (R) and Kenya's Bernard Lagat in the men's 1500-meter final. Ngeny won in a time of three minutes 32.07 seconds while El Guerrouj placed second in 3:32.32 and Lagat came third in 3:32.44. See photo.

September 28

• Ukraine's Zhanna Pintusevych (R) congratulates American Marion Jones after winning the 200 meter final. Jones won in a time of 21.84, Bahama's Pauline Davis-Thompson was second with 22.27 and Sri Lanka's Susanthika Jayasinghe was third in 22.28. Pintusevych was eighth with 22.66. See photo.
• Greece's Konstantinos Kenteris (R), Britain's Darren Campbell (C) and Barbados' Obadele Thompson cross the line in the 200-meter final. Kenteris won the race in a time of 20.09, Campbell was second with 20.14, Trinidad's Ato Boldon was third with 20.20. See photo.
• Cuba's Ivan Pedroso is hugged by former Olympic champion Alberto Juan Torena, center, as his coach Milan Matos, right, congratulates him after he won the gold medal in the long jump. See photo.
• Australian long jumper Jai Taurima competes in the men's long jump final. Taurima won the silver medal in the event. See photo.
• Members of Japan's synchronized swimming team suspend themselves upside down as part of their team technical routine in the Olympic Aquatic Center. See photo.
• German decathlete Frank Busemann, upper right, lies on the track after finishing the men's decathlon 1,500 meter race while at left, Tomas Dvorak of the Czech Republic hugs U.S. bronze medalist Chris Huffins and Jiri Ryba (lower left), of the Czech Republic, and Russia's Lev Lobodin (right, in blue). See photo.
• Germany's Doerte Lindner competes in the finals of the women's 3-m springboard diving. Lindner took the bronze medal in the event. See photo.
• Australia's Dean Pullar, rear, and Robert Newbery, foreground, compete in the final of the men's 3-meter synchronized diving. Australia won bronze medal in the event. See photo.
• Brazil's Rodrigo Pessoa rides his horse Baloubet du Rou during the team show jumping competition. Brazil won the bronze medal, beating out France in a jump off. See photo.
• Germany's Otto Becker, riding his horse Cento, holds a flag as he and his teammates, from left, Marcus Ehning, riding For Pleaseure, Ludger Beerbaum, riding Goldfever 3, and Lars Nieberg, riding Esprit Frh, take a victory lap after winning the gold medal for team show jumping. See photo.
• The ball drops on Norway's Dagny Mellgren (R) before she scored the winning goal against the United States in the women's gold medal football match. Norway won 3-2 in extra time to win the gold medal. See photo.
• Romanian gymnast Andreea Raducan answers questions regarding the loss of her gold medal after arbitrators upheld the International Olympic Committee's decision to disqualify the all-round champion. Raducan was disqualified for taking a cold medicine that contained the banned stimulant pseudo-ephedrine. See photo.
• The Russian Federation group rhythmic gymnastics Olympic team work with their clubs during the group all-around qualification round. Greece finished first, Russian Federation second and Belarus third in this qualification round. See photo.
• Poland's captain Robert Grzeszczak, left, and his teammate defend during a penalty shootout in men's hockey classification 9-12 competition game. Canada defeated Poland 3-2. See photo.
• The gold medal winners of the Olympic Men's and Women's 470 class skipper Tom King on left and Belinda Stowell are pushed in the water after the final race on Sydney Harbour. See photo.
• Jae-Eun Jung of Korea, left, in action against Hieu Ngan Tran of Vietnam in the final of the women's 57 kilogram taekwondo competition. Jung won the gold and Tran the silver. See photo.
• Sisters Venus, left, and Serena Williams of the United States celebrate after they won the gold medal during the Olympic women's doubles tennis. See photo.
• Russia's Yevgeny Kafelnikov waves his nation's flag to celebrate defeating Germany's Tommy Haas for the gold medal in men's tennis singles. See photo.
• Athletes compete in the women's 20 kilometer walk final. See photo.
• The gold medal winners of the Olympic Men's 470 class Australians skipper Tom King and Mark Turnbull on left sail with the American silver medalist on the right during the last race on Sydney Harbour. See photo.
• USA's Cary Kolat is thrown on his head by defending world champion from Iran Mohammad Talaei in a qualifying freestyle wrestling match. Kolat defeated Talaei earlier in the day but the two were asked to wrestle a second time when the Iranians protested the outcome. Kolat lost the second match. See photo.

September 27

• United States baseball players Ben Sheets (28), Sean Burroughs (10) and Anthon Sanders run past a downcast Cuban player after winning the Olympic gold 4-0 over Cuba. See photo.
• Germany's Jan Ullrich, right, and Andreas Kloeden, center, ride their bikes to win the gold and bronze medals in the men's road race. Kazakhstan Alexandre Vinokourov (left) won the silver medal. See photo.
• Ukraines's Sergey Bubka walks off after failing on his third and last attempt in qualifying for the pole vault. See photo.
• Angelo Taylor of the United States, competes in the 400-meter hurdles. Taylor won the gold medal in the event. See photo.
• Alexandre Kareline, from Russia, tries to find a way to control Rulon Gardner, from the United States, during their 130 kg gold medal Greco Roman wrestling match. This was the first international loss for Kareline, who has won three gold medals at past Olympics. See photo.
• American Gail Devers falls at a hurdle in her 100-meter semifinal as she races alongside France's Nicole Ramalalanirina (R) and Linda Ferga (L). See photo.
• German sprinter Nils Schumann, left, falls to the ground after winning the gold medal in the men's 800 meter run. At right is Denmark's Wilson Kipketer, who won the silver medal. See photo.
• Australia's Lauren Burns, right, kicks Urbia Melendez Rodriguez of Cuba during the final of the women's 49 kilo Taekwondo division. Burns defeated Melendez Rodriguez to take the gold medal. See photo.
• USA's Venus Williams lunges for a return to Russia's Elena Dementieva in their Olympic gold medal tennis match. Williams won 6-2, 6-4 for the gold medal in women's singles. See photo.
• Canadian doubles team Sebastien Lareau, above left, and Daniel Nestor, above right, celebrate after winning the Olympic gold medal in men's tennis doubles. Lareau and Nestor defeated Australia's Mark Woodforde, below left, and Todd Woodbridge 5-7, 6-3, 6-4, 7-6. See photo.

September 26

• Leontien Zijlaard of the Netherlands celebrates as she crosses the finish line to win the gold medal in the women's road race. See photo.
• Russia's Olga Brusnikina and Maria Kisseleva swim their way to a gold medal in the duet free-routine syncronized swimming final. See photo.
• The Soling Olympic match racing between New Zealand on left and the Netherlands on right on Sydney Harbour. See photo.
• The USA's Eric Fonoimoana, left, celebrates their win with his teammate Dain Blanton as they fall to the sand at the final against Brazil. America defeated Brazil winning the gold medal for mens' beach volleyball. See photo.
• China's Xiong Ni competes in the men's 3m springboard diving. Xiong won the gold medal in the event. See photo.
• United States softball player Laura Berg, top, jumps on teammate Jennifer McFalls after McFalls scored the winning run on Berg's fly ball against Japan for the gold medal. See photo.
• Romanian gymnast Andreea Raducan has been stripped of her all round gold medal after testing positive for a drug banned by the International Olympic Committee. See photo.
• Jelena Dokic of Australia reacts during her 6-1, 6-4 loss to USA's Monica Seles in the bronze medal match in Olympic women's singles tennis. See photo.
• Russia's Mourat Kardanov, left, shoves down the head of USA's Matt Lindland during a 76 kg Greco-Roman wrestling final. Kardanov defeated Lindland to take the gold medal. See photo.
• Australia's Andrei Kovalenko emerges a bit disheveled after an underwater battle with an opponent from Italy during Olympic waterpolo competition. See photo.
• Spain's Jose Mari, on the ground, is congratulated by teammate Tamudo after Jose Mari scored against the USA during their semifinal football match. Spain won 3-1. See photo.
• Iran's Hossein Rezazadeh celebrates after lifting 260 kilos (573 pounds) during the clean and jerk to set a new total world record for the men's 105 kilos-plus at. Rezazadeh won the gold medal for the category and set a new world record with a total of 472.5 kg. See photo.

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