Damien Bolton, the helmsman from the Port Isaac crew, received a silver medal for gallantry.
And, to put the cherry on the sundae, he actually wins a silver medal.
The U.S.'s Michael Tinsley picked up a silver medal, finishing 0.28 seconds behind Sanchez's 47.63-second performance.
Gao used to play for China and won a silver medal at the 1992 Olympics in Barcelona.
Adams, from Leeds, beat India's Mary Kom and is on course for at least a silver medal.
Kenya's Priscah Jeptoo, who took home a silver medal at the 2012 Olympics, was the top female finisher.
Even though Crawford modestly says he didn't deserve it, he is now the recipient of a silver medal.
Sir Chris also won a silver medal at the Sydney Olympics in 2000.
She won a silver medal as part of Team GB's equestrian eventing team.
To much hype, Khan turned pro at age 19 after winning a silver medal for Britain in the 2004 Olympics.
Too often in the presidential race, though, Romney was forced to settle for a silver medal, as he put it.
Khan, 18, has been constantly linked with a move to the pros since winning a silver medal at the Athens Olympics.
Once we were in the final it never occurred to me that we had won at least a silver medal, I wanted the gold.
The 47-year--old, a silver medal winner in the three-day team event at the 2002 Games, suffered head, neck and chest injuries and never regained consciousness.
The four-time Paralympic Games gold medalist won a silver medal as part of South Africa's 4x400-meter relay at the world championships in Daegu, South Korea, last year.
"In a sense, this is the biggest lesson to learn: that there really aren't heroes, " said Jason Richardson, a hurdler who won a silver medal in London.
He entered his first international science competition in the sixth grade and won a silver medal and then won gold medals in the 7th, 8th and 9th grades.
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Fleming was part of three Olympic coaching staffs for Canada, winning a silver medal in Albertville in 1992 and a gold medal in Salt Lake City in 2002.
Magnussen was the clear favorite heading into the event at London this year, but he walked away with a silver medal after losing out to American Nathan Adrian.
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He was part of a silver medal-winning relay team at the 1994 Lillehammer Games and, after his skating career ended, served a term as president of U.S. Speedskating.
In his comeback race Chambers claimed a silver medal at the World Indoor Championships in Valencia, setting a personal best time of 6.54 seconds in the 60 meters.
After Maroney got a silver medal for her performance on the vault during the summer Olympics in London, she was caught by a Reuters photographer making this disappointed expression.
"All I can look forward to is the next competition coming up, and I just have to accept that I have a silver medal and that's not too bad, " she said.
At the Alexandre Medved Tournament in Belarus in March, Krasimir Krastanov won a silver medal in the 55kg to add to the bronze he picked up in a tournament in the Ukraine.
At the 2008 Beijing Olympic games, Foluke was an alternate to Team USA and in London 2012, she was a huge factor in the United States winning a Silver Medal in volleyball.
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Although she took home a silver medal and likely completed the best floor routine she has ever done, it was almost impossible for her to define her Olympic experience as anything other than a loss.
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She made her last comeback at the Beijing Games in 2008, where she earned a silver medal in the 50-meter freestyle and the title of the oldest American woman to swim for the U.S. team.
England's women gained a silver medal at Canada's expense in the 4x100m freestyle relay , Friday's finale, as the Canadians - who finished the race in second place - found themselves disqualified for a takeover offence.
Hamm is the only American man to win the world and Olympic titles, in 2003 and 2004, and he led the team to a silver medal in Athens, its first Olympic team medal in 20 years.
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