Team GB has climbed into third in the Olympic medals table with an array of medals across a wide range of disciplines.

On one of the most successful days in the history of GB athletics, Jessica Ennis, the Sheffield heptathlete the media dubbed the "face of the games", rose to the challenge with a spectacular gold medal victory on 4 August.

Finishing more than 300 points ahead of the pack, Ennis had the Olympic stadium in hysterics as she streaked ahead in the 800m to win. 

Shortly afterwards, Greg Rutherford was the first GB athlete to win the long jump since 1964 and Mo Farah closed the evening with a nail-biting victory in the 10,000 metres.

Team GB continued its dominance of the Velodrome, with the men's and women's pursuit teams winning gold in emphatic style, each setting a new world record.

Elsewhere, Ben Ainslie became the world's most successful sailor by fighting his way to a gold medal in a hard-fought competition at Weymouth. 

The crowds at Wimbledon witnessed Andy Murray put in one of his greatest performances as he swept Roger Federer aside in three straight sets, clinching the gold medal. An emotional Murray then climbed into the crowds to embrace his family.

There were tears of happiness at Eton Dorney as Katherine Copeland and Sophie Hosking won gold in the lightweight double scull. The pair, who had only been in a boat together for four months, appeared flabbergasted by their own victory.

The men's four, mad up of Peter Reed, Andy Triggs-Hodge, Tom James and Alex Gregory also snatched gold in their event, collapsing on the boat after a fierce battle to the line.

IBTimes UK rounds up the weekend's gold, silver and bronze successes for Team GB: 

As the 'face of the Olympics', heptathlete Jessica Ennis did not bow to the pressure, winning the gold medal by a margin of more than 300 points.
The emotional athlete from Sheffield devastated the field in the 800m to clinch the title, before enjoying a tearful lap of honour brandishing a flag emblazoned with her name.

Greg Rutherford flew into the record books with a gold medal in the long jump. He is the first GB competitor to win the event since 1964.
The Milton Keynes-born athlete topped the event with a leap of 8.31 metres. He admitted that he had considered giving up athletics after a poor performance in Beijing.

Mo Farah made history to cap off an extraordinary night of success for GB athletics.
The Olympic stadium was filled with the roar of the crowd as Farah fought his way to the front of the 10,000 metres, winning gold with a time of 27 min 30.42secs.
An ecstatic Farah couldn't believe what he had done and embraced his training partner Galen Rupp of the US, who clinched silver.
He was then joined on his lap of honour by his daughter Rihanna and pregnant wife Tania.

Ben Ainslie was named the world's most successful competitive sailor with his fourth straight gold medal.
Ainslie kept the Weymouth crowd guessing throughout the competition, in which he developed a fierce rivalry with Denmark's Jonas Hoegh-Christenson.
Ainslie looks likely to retire at the top of his game. Speaking after the race, he said: 'I don't want to go through anything like that again. There was nothing left in me.'

(L-r) Geraint Thomas, Steven Burke, Edward Clancy and Peter Kennaugh set a new world record with their time of 3 mins 52.499 seconds in the 4km men's team pursuit.

The women's team pursuit saw Team GB continue its dominance of the Velodrome, with a gold medal and world record for Dani King, Laura Trott and Joanna Rowsell.
The trio cycled a spectacular time over 3km of 3min 14:051sec, demolishing their US opposition.

Andy Murray put his Wimbledon disappointment behind him by destroying Roger Federer in the Olympic final.
Murray climbed up into the crowds to hug his mother after winning in straight sets, 6-2, 6-1, 6-4.
He went on to narrowly miss out on a gold medal in the mixed doubles, losing the final on a tie-break with partner Laura Robson.

Katherine Copeland and Sohpie Hosking could not hold back the tears on the podium as they collected their gold medals for the women's lightweight double sculls.
The pair reacted with utter disbelief when they crossed the line in first, having only been in a boat together for just over four months.

Christine Ohuruogu powered her way through the last 100m of the 400m final in typical fashion, winning the silver medal.
The result marked the cumination of four tough years for Ohuruogu, who has battled with injuries and looked unlikely to recapture her old form.
Despite the quality of her performance, she admitted she was 'heartbroken' that she had failed to keep her title.

The men's four of Andrew Triggs-Hodge, Tom James, Peter Reed and Alex Gregory manage an exhausted celebration after battling their way to the gold medal.

Team GB's Zac Purchase and Mark Hunter gave everything in the final of the lightweight men's double sculls, but were unable to keep their title, being narrowly beaten to gold by Denmark.
Hunter said after the race: 'We feel like we've let everyone down by not winning.'

Iain Percy and Andrew Simpson were disappointed to miss out on the gold medal in the star series.
The pair only needed to finish in the top four in the final race, having dominated the field throughout the earlier stages. However they finished in eighth and silver medal position overall.

Ed Clancy, fresh from his gold medal in the team pursuit, put in an outstanding solo display in the men's omnium event, picking up a bronze medal.
Clancy had been in fifth place in the event leading up to the final 1km time trial, in which he clocked a time of under 1min 1sec.

GB gymnast Louis Smith was shocked when his spectacular pommel horse routine failed to earn him the gold medal.
His point score for the routine was exactly the same as Hungary's Kristian Berki, but as Berki's routine had a higher difficulty rating, he took gold.
Fellow Briton Max Whitlock also took bronze in the competition.