Русская версияTwo cycling wins and a sailing triumph brought Team GB's gold medal haul to 15 as Britain retained third place in the Olympic medals table.
Scotland's Chris Hoy became the first Briton to win three golds at one Games for 100 years as he beat Jason Kenny in an all-GB men's sprint cycling final.
Earlier, Victoria Pendleton was victorious in the women's sprint.
Sailor Paul Goodison had started the latest gold rush by claiming victory in the Laser class.
Britain's all-time record is 56 gold medals, at the 1908 Olympics in London.
That tally came amid a haul of 146 medals in total, but will almost certainly never be surpassed, given there were only British entries in some events including figure skating, polo, rackets and tug of war.
On Tuesday, Goodison clinched Britain's third sailing gold of the Olympics.
"It just feels unbelievable. It's going to take a while to sink in but wow," said 30-year-old Goodison.
His triumph was followed up at the Laoshan cycling velodrome, where Pendleton claimed Britain's seventh cycling title of the Games before Hoy added an eighth.
The double triumph on the track followed the men's pursuit team of Bradley Wiggins, Paul Manning, Geraint Thomas and Ed Clancy who destroyed Denmark to bring up Team GB's 12th overall gold on Monday.
Elsewhere, world champion Christine Ohuruogu is a strong contender in the final of the women's 400m in athletics starting at 1510 BST.
After sailing duo Nick Rogers and Joe Glanfield took silver in the men's 470 medal race on Monday, Britain's overall medal tally now stands at 31, including eight silver and eight bronze.
Aside from cycling, the other gold medals have come in rowing (two), sailing (three) and swimming (two).
British super-heavyweight boxer David Price is guaranteed to add a ninth bronze to the total having made it through to a semi-final bout on Friday.
Looking further ahead, Team GB, who will hold a victory parade in London upon their return from Beijing, can expect to challenge for gold in three more sailing events, women's BMX cycling, the men's triple jump and men's flatwater canoeing.
(BBC)
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