On August 7, Beijing time, the track and field events of the Paris Olympics were in full swing, Zhao Jie won the bronze medal in the hammer throw, Mo Jiadie missed the 400-meter hurdles final, and Zhang Mingkun and Wang Jiannan won the seventh and eighth places in the long jump respectively; The United States won two gold medals in a single day.
In the men's 400m semifinals, Grenada's James set a new personal season best in 43.78 seconds, and the United States trio (Hall, Norman and Pele) advanced.
In the women's hammer throw final, Zhao Jie won the bronze medal with the second throw of 74.27 meters, only 0.04 meters ahead of the fourth place, which is both luck and strength, she still has a lot of room for improvement, and looks forward to continuing to move forward and achieve better results, it is worth mentioning that this is the third medal of the Chinese track and field team. Canada's Rogers won gold and United States silver.
In the semifinals of the women's 400m hurdles, Mo Jiadie's second lane in the third group, 55.63 seconds, missed the promotion, which was lower than the personal best of the repechage, but this performance was good enough. United States' McLaughlin was No. 1 in 52.13 seconds, while Netherlands' Bor was in 52.57 seconds.
In the men's long jump final, Zhang Mingkun ranked seventh with 8.07 meters, and Wang Jianan won the eighth place with 8.03 meters, but it was a pity that he failed to achieve a breakthrough. Greece's Tentoglo won gold with 8.48m, with his first five jumps all over 8.2m, while Jamaica's Pinnock and Italy's Furrani won silver and bronze medals respectively.
In the men's 1500m final, United States' Hawke won the championship with an Olympic record of 3:27.65, and the pace of the race was almost perfectly controlled, and he continued to improve his ranking until he rushed to the lead in the final 100 meters, which was a bit unexpected. Kerr of United Kingdom won silver, and Nuguser of United States won copper. Tokyo Olympic champion Jacob of Norway led the race but fell short, finishing fourth and missing a medal.
In the final of the women's 3000m steeplechase, Bahrain's naturalized Yavi won the gold in 8:52.76, breaking the record and improving by more than 6 seconds. Uganda and Kenya won silver and bronze medals respectively.
In the women's 200m final, Thomas of the United States reached the top, with an absolute speed advantage, and she crossed the line in the sprint stage, and she was the only one to run in 22 seconds. St. Lucia's 100m flyer champion Alfred took silver, while another athlete from the United States, Brown, won bronze.