Great Britain, which took gold in the team show jumping event this week and its first ever dressage team gold Tuesday, could only manage equal fifth for rider Nick Skelton, disappointing the home crowds.
He was named coach of the U.S. national team in 2009, having been an assistant coach to the gold medalist 2000 team that competed in Sydney, Australia.
Cyclist Sir Chris Hoy won gold in the team sprint - his sixth Olympic medal in total, and fifth gold.
Historically gold companies calculated total cash costs per ounce by including only mining, processing, selling and royalty costs, said Imaru Casanova, senior gold analyst and investment team member of the Van Eck International Investors Gold Fund (INIVX) and the Van Eck Global Hard Assets Fund (GHAAX).
Overall, Douglas will leave London with much to celebrate: A gold medal win with Team USA, re-writing history with her gold medal win in the all-around, and a plethora of opportunities by which to earn endorsement dollars.
He took gold in the team sprint event at the velodrome in London in August.
Dunham, who will be appearing in her fourth Games, also won team gold.
He will become an Honorary Freeman of the Borough in Pendle after winning gold in the team pursuit track cycling.
Ekimov, from St Petersburg, first won Olympic gold in the team pursuit for the Soviet Union at the 1988 Games.
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Pearson and Criddle, who will be appearing in their third Games, both won two individual titles and a team gold four years ago.
The Welsh rider will again pair up with Prinz Heinrich, whom she rode to two individual bronze medals and a team gold in Athens.
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As the glamorous wife of Joe Philips, one of the brightest stars of the 1936 Indian Olympic gold-medal team, she has experienced the highs the sport offers.
Grimsby's Haywood, 23, won 100m breaststroke bronze as Leisel Jones took gold ahead of team-mate Samantha Marshall, despite a goggle crisis in the immediate build-up to her final.
Over at the Aquatics Center, scene of many U.S. swimming victories last week, Russia's graceful performers won the gold in the team synchronized swimming final, while China took silver and Spain bronze.
"We are younger this time, but the 1996 team actually won gold so you'd say they are a better team, " he said.
The session was not completely negative for mining as Gerald Panneton, president and chief executive officer of Detour Gold, described how he and his team brought the Detour Lake gold mine in Ontario to production from an exploration project.
But Wiggins said the inspiration for his gold medal quest had been British cycling team boss Chris Boardman's gold-winning performance in Barcelona in 1992.
"Now our focus is on the Olympics as Pakistan hasn't won an Olympic gold for quite some time and this team has the ability to win a gold in London, " said Ashraf.
She was part of Australia's gold medal winning 4x400m team at the Commonwealth Games in Manchester last year.
Postboxes were painted in the hometowns of every gold medal-winning Team GB Olympic and Paralympic athlete last year.
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The United States track and field team, though, had reason to celebrate earlier when its women's 4 X 100-meter team earned gold.
Michael Phelps became the most decorated Olympian ever, setting a record with his 19th medal after anchoring the U.S. men's 4x200-meter freestyle team to gold.
Last summer, Royal Mail rushed out stamps of all gold medal winners from Team GB and Paralympics GB, within 24 hours of each athlete's victory.
Thomas has improved each year since he turned his focus from the track - which brought him an Olympic team pursuit gold medal - to the road.
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Hoy won sprint, keirin and team sprint gold medals in Beijing to become the first Briton to win three gold medals at the same Games for 100 years.
After a glorious Saturday night on the track, any British fan with cash left in the wallet went to see Khan go for one last Team GB gold.
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At the last European Championships in Gothenburg in 2006, Campbell refused to share a lap of honour with Chambers after they had won gold with the relay team.
Krzyzewski, 62-1 as Team USA's coach since taking over the program in 2006, joined Henry Iba as the only U.S. coaches to lead the team to gold in consecutive Olympics.
Earlier on Saturday, Jamaica added the world 4x100m women's relay title to their impressive haul of sprint medals in Berlin as 100m champion Shelly-Ann Fraser guided the team to gold.
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