It might not have been the three gold medals of four years ago – but only the most miserable of souls could class this as anything other than yet another Super Saturday for Team GB’s terrific trio.
A gold, a silver and a bronze all on the same night in the Rio Olympic Stadium would be classed as a triumph by any nation in the world.
Mo Farah is re-writing the long-distance record books with such alacrity that they will soon have to devote a whole new edition to him.
Jessica Ennis-Hill narrowly missed out on defending her heptathlon crown, but produced a final 800m of such stunning determination and trademark grit that it made you proud to be British.
That she ended up missing out on the top spot of the podium by the slimmest of margins to an inspired Nafissatou Thiam was not the coda to her career that she sought.
But the Belgian youngster was sublime – producing five personal bests across the seven disciplines and there is no shame in coming second to that.
And as for Greg Rutherford, he found himself embroiled in one of the most compelling long jump finals in recent memory that went right down to the wire.
He produced when it mattered most – as he seemingly always does – to secure a bronze with his final jump and summed up the mood best – four years on from that magical night in London
“Does this still count as a Super Saturday? I hope so, I think it does – for all of us to medal again four years on is fantastic,” he said.
“Four years ago was a wonderful day for us and everyone in London. It’s great that four years on everyone of us has medalled again
“Even if we are getting old – we have done it again and hopefully they will still class this as a Super Saturday.”
There is at tinge of sadness because that could be the last time we see an Ennis-Hill heptathlon – the Sheffield star indicating afterwards that retirement is the likeliest outcome for her.
But let us dwell for a moment on the magic of Mo.
For while we will not see Rutherford or Ennis-Hill again at these Games, Farah is only halfway through what would be a truly historic double double.
The 33-year-old normally makes it look so easy. Well, as easy as running 10,000m can ever look, but this time he had to do it the hard way.
From the outset this looked like it would follow the familiar script that has led Farah to eight world and Olympic golds – a total that no other man in history can come close to.
The defending champion was coolness personified in the build-up, playing up to the camera in the warm-up area, exhorting the crowd on the jog to the start line and sitting at the back of the field for the first few laps as the Kenyans and Ethiopians – for all their pre-match hype, looked to be playing into his hands all over again.
But as he slowly started to work his way through the field disaster struck on lap ten – Farah was clipped by his training partner and friend Galen Rupp and sent tumbling to the track.
“When I fell down I was thinking – get up as fast as I can – don’t panic, don’t panic, dont panic,” he admitted afterwards.
“I got up and there were quite a few laps left to get my rhythm back, to try and not panic and each lap as I got through it I got back into it.
“But at that point I was thinking – is the race done? And I was telling myself no – I have worked too hard for this.”
There was no stopping Farah in the end, indeed it almost felt like London 2012 on a dramatic final lap as the crowd – with Union Jacks ubiquitous – cranked up the volume and cheered him home.
The customary Mo-bot came out on the finish line and what makes it all the more remarkable is Farah is not done there.
His daughter Rihanna will get this gold after his twins Aisha and Amani claimed the London 2012 medals.
But the 5,000m next Saturday will be for his son Hussein.
“I promised my daughter Rihanna a gold medal. I wasn’t going to let her down and that was all i was thinking in my mind,” he added.
“I've won an Olympic gold for three of my children. Now I'd like to win the 5,000m gold for my little boy.”
His rivals better watch out – even if you knock Farah down he gets back up again – they will need to think of something new, and fast.
From Charlie Talbot Smith, Sportsbeat, in Rio
Sportsbeat 2016