Africa put the seal on its dominance of long-distance running in the closing days of the Olympics. On Saturday alone, African athletes won seven medals, sweeping up all the medals in both the men's 800m and 5000m races.
Ethiopia's Kenenisa Bekele, already the gold medallist in the men's 10000m, took gold in the men's 5000m, where Africans took the top six places. His countrywoman, Tirunesh Dibaba, had on Friday added a gold medal for the women's 5000m race to her gold for the 10000m earlier in the week.
Kenya won five medals on Saturday, making it Africa's biggest medal-winner this Olympics, with total of 13 (four of them gold). It is in 16th place on the international medals log.
Ethiopia is Africa's second most successful winner, with six medals (four of them gold). Zimbabwe is in third place, with four medals, all of them won by swimmer Kirsty Coventry.
On Saturday, Sudan won a medal for the first time - Ahmed Ismail took silver in the men's 800m.
