The British Olympic team head into the last three days of action just one gold ahead of Russia in the battle for third place in the medal table.

I've spent a bit of time looking up all the gold medals available on the final Friday of the Games, and the headline is that there are seven gold medals available to GB and nine available to Russia.

When I say "available", I mean it in the loosest sense. Daniel Awde, placed in the 20s last I looked in the decathlon, is not going to win for GB - but then the Russian decathletes don't look odds-on for gold either.

Of Friday's finals, I reckon Britain can reasonably expect some success in two - Shanaze Reade in the BMX and Tim Brabants in the canoeing - while Russia have a good chance in four, maybe five.

Scroll down for the full list of GB and Russian competitors (with Aussies thrown in for good measure).

The Russians are gold medal favourites in the men's 50km walk, where there are no GB entrants. In the long jump, GB have Jade Johnson, but her PB of 6.81m is eclipsed by Russian Tatynana Lebedeva's 7.33m. Brazil's Maurren Higa Maggi or Sweden's Carolina Kluft are also in the running for gold - Maggi has the best jump this year, 6.99m.

Russia's Evgeny Lukyanenko has the top PB, 6.01m, in the men's pole vault, where three Russians compete, but no Brits entered. Russia's two entrants in the women's 5000m final - devoid of Brits - are third and fourth in terms of 2008's best times. Ethiopians and Kenyans in the field will give them a real run for their money, though.

Russia and Great Britain go head to head in the women's 4x100m relay, with Russia just shading it on best times so far this year. Both teams finished second in their respective heats on Thursday - GB came home in 43.02, Russia in 42.87.

Tim Brabants has a strong GB medal chance in the K1 1000m canoeing final, in which Russia has no representation, but the tables are turned in the men's C2 1000m event, and Russia also has a boat in the men's K4 1000m final. In the BMX, Shanaze Reade is a distinct medal prospect for GB, but Russia has no BMX competitors.

Both Britain and Russia have two competitors in the women's modern pentathlon, where GB's Katy Livingston was bronze medallist at the world championships in May. Young Aaron Cook is not a medal hope but could spring a surprise in Friday's taekwondo, where Russia have no competitors.

Here is the full list of British and Russian competitors competing in Friday's finals (according to the official Beijing 2008 website, so subject to change). For the benefit of those keen to compare Britain's fortunes to those of the fifth-placed Australian team, I've also thrown in the events where Australian athletes are competing...

ATHLETICS (PBs in brackets)
Men's 50km walk
Aus Jared Tallent (3:44.45)
Aus Adam Rutter (3:52.49)
Aus Luke Adams (3:53.19)
Rus Denis Nizhegorodov (3:34.14)
Rus Sergey Kirdyapkin (3:38.03)
Rus Igor Erokhin (3:38.08)

Men's pole vault
Aus Steve Hooker (5.80)
Rus Dmitry Starodubtsev (5.75)
Rus Igor Pavlov (5.90)
Rus Evgeny Lukyanenko (6.01)

Women's long jump
Gbr Jade Johnson (6.81)
Rus Tatyana Lebedeva (7.33)
Rus Oksana Udmurtova (7.02)

Women's 5000m
Rus Lilia Shobukhova (14:23.75)
Rus Gulnara Galkina-Samitova (14:33.13)

Women's 4x100m
Gbr season's best is 42.95
Rus season's best is 42.80

Decathlon
Rus Alexander Pogorelov is currently seventh
Rus Aleksey Drozdov is currently 13th
Rus Alexey Sysoev is currently 14th
Gbr Daniel Awde is currently 26th

CANOEING
Men's K1 1000m
Aus Ken Wallace
Gbr Tim Brabants

Women's K4 500m
Aus

Men's C2 1000m
Rus

Men's K4 1000m
Rus

CYCLING
Women's BMX
Gbr Shanaze Reade
Aus Nicole Callisto
Aus Tanya Bailey

Men's BMX
Aus Jared Graves
Aus Kamakazi

MODERN PENTATHLON
Women
Gbr Katy Livingston
Gbr Heather Fell
Rus Evdokia Gretchichnikova
Rus Tatiana Mouratova
Aus Angie Darby

TAEKWONDO
Men's -80kg
Gbr Aaron Cook