12 August 2012
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It was six long days before Helen Glover and Heather Stanning started the Great Britain gold rush at London 2012
Britain's first gold medals of the Games came as Helen Glover (left) and Heather Stanning became the first British women to win rowing gold in the women's pair
After his Tour de France win, Bradley Wiggins proved himself to be king of the road once again as he claimed Great Britain's second gold of the Games
Tim Baillie and Etienne Stott secured Britain's first ever canoe slalom gold, pipping fellow Brits David Florence and Richard Hounslow into second place
Peter Wilson held his nerve to shoot his way to victory in the men's double trap event and claim Britain's first shooting medal for over a decade
A new world record was set at the Velodrome as Chris Hoy, Philip Hindes and Jason Kenny raced to victory in the men's team sprint
Chris Hoy fought back tears on the podium as he stepped up to collect his record-equalling fifth gold medal
Unbeaten since 2010, Katherine Grainger and Anne Watkins were victorious in the women's double sculls, easily defeating nearest rivals Australia who finished three seconds behind
Katherine Grainger then met Brazilian football legend Pele, after both received honorary degrees from Edinburgh University
Defending champions Ed Clancy and Geraint Thomas were joined by Steven Burke and Peter Kennaugh to shatter their own world record in chasing down the Australians in the final of the team pursuit
Victoria Pendleton wins gold in the women's keirin to become the first female winner in the event, but bows out of the Olympics by winning silver in the women's sprint
New boy Alex Gregory joined reining champions Andy Triggs-Hodge, Pete Reed and Tom James to successfully defend the coxless fours title
Kat Copeland can hardly believe she has just rowed to victory with Sophie Hosking in the lightweight double sculls, joining the gold rush at Eton Dorney
Dani King and her 'sisters' Joanna Rowsell and Laura Trott celebrate their team pursuit gold in front of an adoring Velodrome
London 2012's poster girl Jessica Ennis won her final heptathlon event, the 800m, on 'Super Saturday' to finish with a British record of 6,955 points and take home gold for Team GB
Greg Rutherford became the first British long jumper to win Olympic gold for almost half a century, setting an unbeaten 8.31m with his fourth jump
Mo Farah delighted the crowd, his daughter and his pregnant wife in the Olympic Stadium by winning Great Britain's first ever long-distance medal in the 10,000m race
Ben Ainslie was selected to carry the Union flag at the closing ceremony after he became an Olympic sailing champion for the fourth consecutive Games
Just a month after Andy Murray's dramatic Wimbledon defeat to Roger Federer, the British number one overcame his old foe in straight sets in the men's singles final
The four of (left-right) Nick Skelton, Ben Maher, Scott Brash and Peter Charles took gold in the men's team showjumping after a jump-off against Netherlands
Jason Kenny had world champion Gregory Bauge on his tail in the sprint final
The Frenchman could not catch the Bolton cyclist who grabbed his second gold of London 2012
Alistair Brownlee's (left) decision to quit studying medicine and concentrate on a career in triathlon paid off as he won gold at Hyde Park ahead of brother Jonny who finished with a bronze medal
Great Britain's trio of Carl Hester, Charlotte Dujardin and Laura Bechtolsheimer made history by becoming the first British winners in Olympic dressage
20-year-old Laura Trott added an individual omnium gold to her earlier team pursuit win
The podium tears returned as Chris Hoy collected his sixth Olympic gold to make him the most successful British Olympian of all time
Charlotte Dujardin and her horse Valegro performed to snippets of Land of Hope and Glory and the Great Escape theme to bring home individual dressage gold
Nicola Adams (left) was up against three-time world champion Ren Cancan and made history by becoming the first woman to collect a boxing gold medal
Jade Jones had lost to Chinese opponent Yuzhou Hou at the World Championships last year, but the 19-year-old took revenge in London by beating her 6-4 to claim gold
Trainee accountant Ed McKeever lived up to his billing as the 'Usain Bolt of the water' by paddling ferociously to victory in the 200m Kayak sprint
Even Usain Bolt was impressed with Mo Farah's exploits. Farah added 5,000m gold to his 10,000m victory a week before
Hull-born Luke Campbell became the first British boxer to win gold in the bantamweight division for more than a century after overcoming Ireland's John Joe Nevin in the final
Anthony Joshua started his boxing career just four years ago, but won his super-heavyweight bout on countback to round off London 2012
Anthony Joshua's victory saw Great Britain bow out of London 2012 with 29 gold medals
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