At the pool, Americans were also collecting gold medals, including one that made Olympics history.
Wiltshire-based Dunham, 59, has already won gold medals in previous games in Atlanta, Sydney and Athens.
He will be favourite to win gold medals at successive Games, but for different countries.
There's a good atmosphere in the camp, and we're ready to win some gold medals.
The Russians have just 10 gold medals so far this Olympics after winning 23 in Beijing.
"Winning four gold medals is simply a higher achievement than winning four bronze medals, " Murray said.
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There are a few Olympians with less gold medals but some pretty good recognition.
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Phelps's eight gold medals in Beijing also raised the bar a bit for everyone.
Oregon had four gold medals, while California, Idaho, Illinois and Ohio each took three.
In 2008 he projected the Chinese would collect 40 gold medals and 79 overall.
Johnson was closer to the mark on the U.S., projecting 34 gold medals and 98 overall.
In the field events, Great Britain once again looked strong, winning four gold medals.
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Of the 28 sports here we've only won gold medals in 12 of them.
At the last Commonwealths, when he was just 15, Thorpe picked up five gold medals.
Weir won four gold medals in the 5, 000m, 1500m, 800m and marathon at the 2012 Paralympics.
Its Ole Einar Bjoerndalen , the Carl Lewis of snow, won four biathalon gold medals alone.
Norway took nine of its gold medals in cross-country skiing, the biathalon and alpine skiing.
Robertson and Emms won Olympic silver in 2004 before collecting Commonwealth and World gold medals in 2006.
He won three gold medals at the Commonwealth Youth Games in 2008 which were held in India.
Even Olympic swimmer Michael Phelps cited Jeezy's music as inspiration for his streak of eight gold medals.
From 1928 through 1980, India won 11 consecutive Olympic medals in field hockey, including eight gold medals.
Janet Evans, the only American woman to win four Olympic gold medals in swimming, put it best.
For one last time the crowds will cheer, Union Jacks will wave, gold medals will be flourished.
For his part, Craig DeMartino won two gold medals at the Extremity Games and he's in Greeley, Colorado.
He had competed at a number of World Games winning gold medals in both hockey and five-a-side football.
Uchishiba brought gold medals home from the Athens and Beijing Games, and was feted as a national hero.
The ban was backdated to 23 October meaning Frederiksen, who won five European gold medals, can now compete.
Adlington, 19, from Mansfield, became the first British swimmer in 100 years to win two Olympic gold medals.
She started her career as a swimmer, winning two gold medals at Barcelona in 1992 before turning to cycling.
But the coverage increased as the North's athletes started to win gold medals.
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