<page_title> Chronological summary of the 2008 Summer Olympics </page_title> <section_title> Day 1: August 9 </section_title> <table> <cell> Fencing <col_header> Gold medalists </col_header> <col_header> Sport </col_header> </cell> <cell> Women's sabre <col_header> Gold medalists </col_header> <col_header> Event </col_header> </cell> <cell> Mariel Zagunis <col_header> Gold medalists </col_header> <col_header> Competitor(s) </col_header> </cell> <cell> United States <col_header> Gold medalists </col_header> <col_header> NOC </col_header> </cell> </table>
In Fencing, the United States won a medal in the women's sabre event, where Mariel Zagunis took the gold.