The 2008 Summer Olympics were held in Beijing, People's Republic of China, from 8 August to 24 August 2008.[Note 1] A total of 10,942 athletes from 204 National Olympic Committees (NOC) participated. Overall, 302 events in 28 sports were held; 165 events were opened to men, 127 were opened to women and 10 were mixed events.[1] In total there was one more event than in the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece.[2]
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Nine new events were held, including two from the new cycling discipline of BMX. Women competed in the 3000 metre steeplechase for the first time. Marathon open water swimming events for men and women, over the distance of 10 kilometres, were added to the swimming discipline. Team events (men and women) in table tennis replaced the doubles events.[3] In fencing, women's team foil and women's team sabre replaced men's team foil and women's team épée.[Note 2] Two sports were open only to men, baseball and boxing, while one sport and one discipline were open only to women, softball and synchronized swimming. Equestrian is the only sport in which men and women compete together in the same events.[4][5] Baseball and softball may have made their last appearances in Olympics history during these Games, as the International Olympic Committee voted to remove them from the programme of the 2012 Olympics.[6] A total of 958 medals for events (302 gold, 303 silver and 353 bronze) were awarded. In boxing, judo, taekwondo and wrestling, two bronze medals are awarded in each weight class.[7] Therefore, the total number of bronze medals is greater than the total number of gold or silver medals. Additionally there were ties for a silver medal and two bronze medals.[8][9]
A total of 1,881 individual athletes won medals. Chinese athletes won the most gold medals with 48 (100 total), and the United States won the most total medals with 112 (including 36 gold).[10] Athletes from 87 countries won medals, while 55 nations won at least one gold medal, both setting new records for Olympic Games.[11] Athletes from Afghanistan (Rohullah Nikpai – Taekwondo, men's 58 kg),[12] Mauritius (Bruno Julie – boxing, bantamweight),[13] Sudan (Ismail Ahmed Ismail – athletics, men's 800 m),[14] Tajikistan (Rasul Boqiev – judo, men's 73 kg),[15] and Togo (Benjamin Boukpeti – canoeing, men's K-1 slalom)[16] won their NOCs' first Olympic medal. Athletes from Mongolia (Naidangiin Tüvshinbayar – judo, men's 100 kg),[17] and Panama (Irving Saladino – athletics, men's long jump)[18] won their nations' first gold medal.
American swimmer Michael Phelps was the most successful athlete, winning eight gold medals and setting a new record for most golds won in a single edition of the Olympics (the previous record, seven, had been set in 1972 by Mark Spitz).[19] Phelps also set a new record for most career gold medals (14), and his 16 total medals were ranked second all-time behind Soviet gymnast Larisa Latynina (18) at the time. In 2012 Phelps set a record for most total medals.[20] Several records for career medals in a sport were tied or surpassed, including cycling (Bradley Wiggins of the United Kingdom won two gold, tied for record with six career medals); judo (Ryoko Tani of Japan won a bronze, five career medals); softball (Laura Berg of the United States won a gold and Natalie Ward, Melanie Roche and Tanya Harding of Australia won a bronze; all have four career medals); swimming (Michael Phelps, 16 career medals); taekwondo (Steven López of the United States won a bronze and Hadi Saei of Iran won a gold, both three career medals); and table tennis (Wang Nan of China won a gold and silver medal, five career medals).[20]
2008 Olympics has the most medals stripped for doping violations (50). The leading country is Russia with 14 medals stripped.
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Statistics References |
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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Men's individual details |
Viktor Ruban![]() |
Park Kyung-Mo![]() |
Bair Badënov![]() |
Women's individual details |
Zhang Juanjuan![]() |
Park Sung-hyun![]() |
Yun Ok-hee![]() |
Men's team details |
![]() Im Dong-Hyun Lee Chang-hwan Park Kyung-Mo |
![]() Ilario Di Buò Marco Galiazzo Mauro Nespoli |
![]() Jiang Lin Li Wenquan Xue Haifeng |
Women's team details |
![]() Joo Hyun-Jung Park Sung-hyun Yun Ok-hee |
![]() Chen Ling Guo Dan Zhang Juanjuan |
![]() Virginie Arnold Sophie Dodemont Bérengère Schuh |
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
---|---|---|---|
Men's 100 m details |
Usain Bolt![]() |
Richard Thorempson![]() |
Walter Dix![]() |
Women's 100 m details |
Shelly-Ann Fraser![]() |
Sherone Simpson![]() |
None |
Kerron Stewart![]() | |||
Men's 200 m details |
Usain Bolt![]() |
Shawn Crawford![]() |
Walter Dix![]() |
Women's 200 m details |
Veronica Campbell-Brown![]() |
Allyson Felix![]() |
Kerron Stewart![]() |
Men's 400 m details |
LaShawn Merritt![]() |
Jeremy Wariner![]() |
David Neville![]() |
Women's 400 m details |
Christine Ohuruogu![]() |
Shericka Williams![]() |
Sanya Richards![]() |
Men's 800 m details |
Wilfred Kipkemboi Bungei![]() |
Ismail Ahmed Ismail![]() |
Alfred Kirwa Yego![]() |
Women's 800 m details |
Pamela Jelimo![]() |
Janeth Jepkosgei Busienei![]() |
Hasna Benhassi![]() |
Men's 1500 m details |
Asbel Kipruto Kiprop![]() |
Nicholas Willis![]() |
Mehdi Baala![]() |
Women's 1500 m details |
Nancy Jebet Langat![]() |
Iryna Lishchynska![]() |
Nataliya Tobias![]() |
Men's 5000 m details |
Kenenisa Bekele![]() |
Eliud Kipchoge![]() |
Edwin Cheruiyot Soi![]() |
Women's 5000 m details |
Tirunesh Dibaba Kenene![]() |
Not Awarded | Meseret Defar Tola![]() |
Men's 10,000 m details |
Kenenisa Bekele![]() |
Sileshi Sihine![]() |
Micah Kemboi Kogo![]() |
Women's 10,000 m details |
Tirunesh Dibaba Kenene![]() |
Shalane Flanagan![]() |
Linet Chepkwemoi Masai![]() |
Men's marathon details |
Samuel Kamau Wanjiru![]() |
Jaouad Gharib![]() |
Tsegaye Kebede Wordofa![]() |
Women's marathon details |
Constantina Diţă-Tomescu![]() |
Catherine Nyambura Ndereba![]() |
Zhou Chunxiu![]() |
Men's 110 m hurdles details |
Dayron Robles![]() |
David Payne![]() |
David Oliver![]() |
Women's 100 m hurdles details |
Dawn Harper![]() |
Sally McLellan![]() |
Priscilla Lopes-Schliep![]() |
Men's 400 m hurdles details |
Angelo Taylor![]() |
Kerron Clement![]() |
Bershawn Jackson![]() |
Women's 400 m hurdles details |
Melaine Walker![]() |
Sheena Tosta![]() |
Tasha Danvers![]() |
Men's 3000 m steeplechase details |
Brimin Kipruto![]() |
Mahiedine Mekhissi-Benabbad![]() |
Richard Kipkemboi Mateelong![]() |
Women's 3000 m steeplechase details |
Gulnara Samitova-Galkina![]() |
Eunice Jepkorir![]() |
Yekaterina Volkova![]() |
Men's 4 × 100 m relay details |
![]() Keston Bledman Marc Burns Emmanuel Callender Richard Thompson Aaron Armstrong |
![]() Naoki Tsukahara Shingo Suetsugu Shinji Takahira Nobuharu Asahara |
![]() Vicente Lima Sandro Viana Bruno de Barros José Carlos Moreira |
Women's 4 × 100 m relay details |
![]() Olivia Borlée Hanna Mariën Élodie Ouédraogo Kim Gevaert |
![]() Ene Franca Idoko Gloria Kemasuode Halimat Ismaila Oludamola Osayomi Agnes Osazuwa |
![]() Rosemar Coelho Neto Lucimar de Moura Thaissa Presti Rosângela Santos |
Men's 4 × 400 m relay details |
![]() LaShawn Merritt Angelo Taylor David Neville Jeremy Wariner Kerron Clement Reggie Witherspoon |
![]() Andretti Bain Michael Mathieu Andrae Williams Christopher Brown Avard Moncur Ramon Miller |
![]() Martyn Rooney Andrew Steele Robert Tobin Michael Bingham |
Women's 4 × 400 m relay details |
![]() Mary Wineberg Allyson Felix Monique Henderson Sanya Richards Natasha Hastings |
![]() Shericka Williams Shereefa Lloyd Rosemarie Whyte Novlene Williams Bobby-Gaye Wilkins |
![]() Christine Ohuruogu Kelly Sotherton Marilyn Okoro Nicola Sanders |
Men's 20 km walk details |
Valeriy Borchin![]() |
Jefferson Pérez![]() |
Jared Tallent![]() |
Women's 20 km walk details |
Olga Kaniskina![]() |
Kjersti Tysse Plätzer![]() |
Elisa Rigaudo![]() |
Men's 50 km walk details |
Alex Schwazer![]() |
Jared Tallent![]() |
Denis Nizhegorodov![]() |
Men's high jump details |
Andrey Silnov![]() |
Germaine Mason![]() |
Yaroslav Rybakov![]() |
Women's high jump details |
Tia Hellebaut![]() |
Blanka Vlašić![]() |
Anna Chicherova![]() |
Men's pole vault details |
Steven Hooker![]() |
Yevgeny Lukyanenko![]() |
Derek Miles![]() |
Women's pole vault details |
Yelena Isinbayeva![]() |
Jennifer Stuczynski![]() |
Svetlana Feofanova![]() |
Men's long jump details |
Irving Saladino![]() |
Godfrey Khotso Mokoena![]() |
Ibrahim Camejo![]() |
Women's long jump details |
Maurren Higa Maggi![]() |
Tatyana Lebedeva![]() |
Blessing Okagbare![]() |
Men's triple jump details |
Nelson Évora![]() |
Phillips Idowu![]() |
Leevan Sands![]() |
Women's triple jump details |
Françoise Mbango Etone![]() |
Not Awarded | Not Awarded |
Men's shot put details |
Tomasz Majewski![]() |
Christian Cantwell![]() |
Dylan Armstrong![]() |
Women's shot put details |
Valerie Vili![]() |
Dylan Armstrong![]() |
Gong Lijiao![]() |
Men's discus throw details |
Gerd Kanter![]() |
Piotr Małachowski![]() |
Virgilijus Alekna![]() |
Women's discus throw details |
Stephanie Brown Trafton![]() |
Olena Antonova![]() |
Song Aimin![]() |
Men's hammer throw details |
Primož Kozmus![]() |
Vadim Devyatovskiy [A]![]() |
Ivan Tsikhan [A]![]() |
Women's hammer throw details |
Yipsi Moreno![]() |
Zhang Wenxiu![]() |
Manuela Montebrun![]() |
Men's javelin throw details |
Andreas Thorkildsen![]() |
Ainārs Kovals![]() |
Tero Pitkämäki![]() |
Women's javelin throw details |
Barbora Špotáková![]() |
Mariya Abakumova![]() |
Christina Obergföll![]() |
Men's decathlon details |
Bryan Clay![]() |
Andrei Krauchanka![]() |
Leonel Suárez![]() |
Women's heptathlon details |
Nataliya Dobrynska![]() |
Hyleas Fountain [B]![]() |
Tatyana Chernova [B]![]() |
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
---|---|---|---|
Men's singles details |
Lin Dan![]() |
Lee Chong Wei![]() |
Chen Jin![]() |
Women's singles details |
Zhang Ning![]() |
Xie Xingfang![]() |
Maria Kristin Yulianti![]() |
Men's doubles details |
![]() Markis Kido Hendra Setiawan |
![]() Cai Yun Fu Haifeng |
![]() Hwang Ji-man Lee Jae-jin |
Women's doubles details |
![]() Du Jing Yu Yang |
![]() Lee Hyo-jung Lee Kyung-won |
![]() Wei Yili Zhang Yawen |
Mixed doubles details |
![]() Lee Yong-dae Lee Hyo-jung |
![]() Nova Widianto Liliyana Natsir |
![]() He Hanbin Yu Yang |
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
---|---|---|---|
Light flyweight details |
Zou Shiming![]() |
Pürevdorjiin Serdamba![]() |
Paddy Barnes![]() |
Yampier Hernández![]() | |||
Flyweight details |
Somjit Jongjohor![]() |
Andry Laffita![]() |
Georgy Balakshin![]() |
Vincenzo Picardi![]() | |||
Bantamweight details |
Enkhbatyn Badar-Uugan![]() |
Yankiel León![]() |
Bruno Julie![]() |
Veaceslav Gojan![]() | |||
Featherweight details |
Vasyl Lomachenko![]() |
Khedafi Djelkhir![]() |
Yakup Kılıç![]() |
Shahin Imranov![]() | |||
Lightweight details |
Aleksei Tishchenko![]() |
Daouda Sow![]() |
Hrachik Javakhyan![]() |
Yordenis Ugás![]() | |||
Light welterweight details |
Manuel Félix Díaz![]() |
Manus Boonjumnong![]() |
Roniel Iglesias![]() |
Alexis Vastine![]() | |||
Welterweight details |
Bakhyt Sarsekbayev![]() |
Carlos Banteaux![]() |
Hanati Silamu![]() |
Kim Jung-Joo![]() | |||
Middleweight details |
James DeGale![]() |
Emilio Correa![]() |
Darren Sutherland![]() |
Vijender Singh![]() | |||
Light heavyweight details |
Zhang Xiaoping![]() |
Kenny Egan![]() |
Tony Jeffries![]() |
Yerkebulan Shynaliyev![]() | |||
Heavyweight details |
Rakhim Chakkhiev![]() |
Clemente Russo![]() |
Osmay Acosta![]() |
Deontay Wilder![]() | |||
Super heavyweight details |
Roberto Cammarelle![]() |
Zhang Zhilei![]() |
Vyacheslav Glazkov![]() |
David Price![]() |
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
---|---|---|---|
Men's slalom C-1 details |
Michal Martikán![]() |
David Florence![]() |
Robin Bell![]() |
Men's slalom C-2 details |
![]() Peter Hochschorner Pavol Hochschorner |
![]() Jaroslav Volf Ondřej Štěpánek |
![]() Mikhail Kuznetsov Dmitry Larionov |
Men's slalom K-1 details |
Alexander Grimm![]() |
Fabien Lefèvre![]() |
Benjamin Boukpeti![]() |
Women's slalom K-1 details |
Elena Kaliská![]() |
Jacqueline Lawrence![]() |
Violetta Oblinger-Peters![]() |
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
---|---|---|---|
Men's road race details |
Samuel Sánchez![]() |
Fabian Cancellara [G]![]() |
Alexandr Kolobnev [G]![]() |
Men's time trial details |
Fabian Cancellara![]() |
Gustav Larsson![]() |
Levi Leipheimer![]() |
Women's road race details |
Nicole Cooke![]() |
Emma Johansson![]() |
Tatiana Guderzo![]() |
Women's time trial details |
Kristin Armstrong![]() |
Emma Pooley![]() |
Karin Thürig![]() |
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
---|---|---|---|
Men's cross-country details |
Julien Absalon![]() |
Jean-Christophe Péraud![]() |
Nino Schurter![]() |
Women's cross-country details |
Sabine Spitz![]() |
Maja Włoszczowska![]() |
Irina Kalentieva![]() |
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
---|---|---|---|
Men's BMX details |
Māris Štrombergs![]() |
Mike Day![]() |
Donny Robinson![]() |
Women's BMX details |
Anne-Caroline Chausson![]() |
Laëtitia Le Corguillé![]() |
Jill Kintner![]() |
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
---|---|---|---|
Men's 3 m springboard details |
He Chong![]() |
Alexandre Despatie![]() |
Qin Kai![]() |
Women's 3 m springboard details |
Guo Jingjing![]() |
Yuliya Pakhalina![]() |
Wu Minxia![]() |
Men's 10 m platform details |
Matthew Mitcham![]() |
Zhou Lüxin![]() |
Gleb Galperin![]() |
Women's 10 m platform details |
Chen Ruolin![]() |
Émilie Heymans![]() |
Wang Xin![]() |
Men's synchronized 3 m springboard details |
![]() Qin Kai Wang Feng |
![]() Dmitri Sautin Yuriy Kunakov |
![]() Illya Kvasha Oleksiy Prygorov |
Women's synchronized 3 m springboard details |
![]() Guo Jingjing Wu Minxia |
![]() Yuliya Pakhalina Anastasia Pozdniakova |
![]() Ditte Kotzian Heike Fischer |
Men's synchronized 10 m platform details |
![]() Lin Yue Huo Liang |
![]() Patrick Hausding Sascha Klein |
![]() Gleb Galperin Dmitriy Dobroskok |
Women's synchronized 10 m platform details |
![]() Wang Xin Chen Ruolin |
![]() Briony Cole Melissa Wu |
![]() Paola Espinosa Tatiana Ortiz |
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
---|---|---|---|
Men's individual all-around details |
Yang Wei![]() |
Kōhei Uchimura![]() |
Benoît Caranobe![]() |
Men's team all-around details |
![]() Chen Yibing Huang Xu Li Xiaopeng Xiao Qin Yang Wei Zou Kai |
![]() Takehiro Kashima Takuya Nakase Makoto Okiguchi Koki Sakamoto Hiroyuki Tomita Kōhei Uchimura |
![]() Alexander Artemev Raj Bhavsar Joseph Hagerty Jonathan Horton Justin Spring Kevin Tan |
Men's floor exercise details |
Zou Kai![]() |
Gervasio Deferr![]() |
Anton Golotsutskov![]() |
Men's horizontal bar details |
Zou Kai![]() |
Jonathan Horton![]() |
Fabian Hambüchen![]() |
Men's parallel bars details |
Li Xiaopeng![]() |
Yoo Won-Chul![]() |
Anton Fokin![]() |
Men's pommel horse details |
Xiao Qin![]() |
Filip Ude![]() |
Louis Smith![]() |
Men's rings details |
Chen Yibing![]() |
Yang Wei![]() |
Oleksandr Vorobiov![]() |
Men's vault details |
Leszek Blanik![]() |
Thomas Bouhail![]() |
Anton Golotsutskov![]() |
Women's individual all-around details |
Nastia Liukin![]() |
Shawn Johnson![]() |
Yang Yilin![]() |
Women's team all-around details |
![]() Cheng Fei Deng Linlin He Kexin Jiang Yuyuan Li Shanshan Yang Yilin |
![]() Shawn Johnson Nastia Liukin Chellsie Memmel Samantha Peszek Alicia Sacramone Bridget Sloan |
![]() Andreea Acatrinei Gabriela Drăgoi Andreea Grigore Sandra Izbaşa Steliana Nistor Anamaria Tămârjan |
Women's balance beam details |
Shawn Johnson![]() |
Nastia Liukin![]() |
Cheng Fei![]() |
Women's floor exercise details |
Sandra Izbaşa![]() |
Shawn Johnson![]() |
Nastia Liukin![]() |
Women's uneven bars details |
He Kexin![]() |
Nastia Liukin![]() |
Yang Yilin![]() |
Women's vault details |
Hong Un Jong![]() |
Oksana Chusovitina![]() |
Cheng Fei![]() |
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
---|---|---|---|
individual all-around details |
Yevgeniya Kanayeva![]() |
Inna Zhukova![]() |
Anna Bessonova![]() |
team all-around details |
![]() Margarita Aliychuk Anna Gavrilenko Tatiana Gorbunova Yelena Posevina Daria Shkurikhina Natalia Zuyeva |
![]() Cai Tongtong Chou Tao Lü Yuanyang Sui Jian-Shuang Sun Dan Zhang Shuo |
![]() Olesya Babushkina Anastasia Ivankova Ksenia Sankovich Zinaida Lunina Glafira Martinovich Alina Tumilovich |
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
---|---|---|---|
Men's details |
Lu Chunlong![]() |
Jason Burnett![]() |
Dong Dong![]() |
Women's details |
He Wenna![]() |
Karen Cockburn![]() |
Ekaterina Khilko![]() |
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
---|---|---|---|
Men's 60 kg details |
Choi Min-Ho![]() |
Ludwig Paischer![]() |
Rishod Sobirov![]() |
Ruben Houkes![]() | |||
Men's 66 kg details |
Masato Uchishiba![]() |
Benjamin Darbelet![]() |
Yordanis Arencibia![]() |
Pak Chol-Min![]() | |||
Men's 73 kg details |
Elnur Mammadli![]() |
Wang Ki-Chun![]() |
Rasul Boqiev![]() |
Leandro Guilheiro![]() | |||
Men's 81 kg details |
Ole Bischof![]() |
Kim Jae-Bum![]() |
Tiago Camilo![]() |
Roman Gontiuk![]() | |||
Men's 90 kg details |
Irakli Tsirekidze![]() |
Amar Benikhlef![]() |
Hesham Mesbah![]() |
Sergei Aschwanden![]() | |||
Men's 100 kg details |
Naidangiin Tüvshinbayar![]() |
Askhat Zhitkeyev![]() |
Movlud Miraliyev![]() |
Henk Grol![]() | |||
Men's +100 kg details |
Satoshi Ishii![]() |
Abdullo Tangriev![]() |
Oscar Braison![]() |
Teddy Riner![]() | |||
Women's 48 kg details |
Alina Alexandra Dumitru![]() |
Yanet Bermoy![]() |
Paula Pareto![]() |
Ryoko Tani![]() | |||
Women's 52 kg details |
Xian Dongmei![]() |
An Kum-Ae![]() |
Soraya Haddad![]() |
Misato Nakamura![]() | |||
Women's 57 kg details |
Giulia Quintavalle![]() |
Deborah Gravenstijn![]() |
Xu Yan![]() |
Ketleyn Quadros![]() | |||
Women's 63 kg details |
Ayumi Tanimoto![]() |
Lucie Décosse![]() |
Elisabeth Willeboordse![]() |
Won Ok-Im![]() | |||
Women's 70 kg details |
Masae Ueno![]() |
Anaysi Hernández![]() |
Ronda Rousey![]() |
Edith Bosch![]() | |||
Women's 78 kg details |
Yang Xiuli![]() |
Yalennis Castillo![]() |
Jeong Gyeong-Mi![]() |
Stéphanie Possamaï![]() | |||
Women's +78 kg details |
Tong Wen![]() |
Maki Tsukada![]() |
Lucija Polavder![]() |
Idalys Ortiz![]() |
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
---|---|---|---|
Men's details |
Andrey Moiseyev![]() |
Edvinas Krungolcas![]() |
Andrejus Zadneprovskis![]() |
Women's details |
Lena Schöneborn![]() |
Heather Fell![]() |
Not Awarded |
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
---|---|---|---|
Men's sailboard details |
Tom Ashley![]() |
Julien Bontemps![]() |
Shahar Tzuberi![]() |
Women's sailboard details |
Yin Jian![]() |
Alessandra Sensini![]() |
Bryony Shaw![]() |
Men's Laser details |
Paul Goodison![]() |
Vasilij Žbogar![]() |
Diego Romero![]() |
Women's Laser Radial details |
Anna Tunnicliffe![]() |
Gintarė Volungevičiūtė![]() |
Xu Lijia![]() |
Men's 470 details |
![]() Nathan Wilmot Malcolm Page |
![]() Nick Rogers Joe Glanfield |
![]() Nicolas Charbonnier Olivier Bausset |
Women's 470 details |
![]() Elise Rechichi Tessa Parkinson |
![]() Marcelien de Koning Lobke Berkhout |
![]() Fernanda Oliveira Isabel Swan |
49er details |
![]() Jonas Warrer Martin Kirketerp |
![]() Iker Martínez de Lizarduy Xabier Fernández |
![]() Jan-Peter Peckolt Hannes Peckolt |
Finn details |
Ben Ainslie![]() |
Zach Railey![]() |
Guillaume Florent![]() |
Men's Star details |
![]() Iain Percy Andrew Simpson |
![]() Robert Scheidt Bruno Prada |
![]() Fredrik Lööf Anders Ekström |
Tornado details |
![]() Antón Paz Blanco Fernando Echavarri |
![]() Darren Bundock Glenn Ashby |
![]() Santiago Lange Carlos Espínola |
Women's Yngling details |
![]() Sarah Ayton Sarah Webb Pippa Wilson |
![]() Mandy Mulder Annemieke Bes Merel Witteveen |
![]() Sofia Bekatorou Sofia Papadopoulou Virginia Kravarioti |
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
---|---|---|---|
Men's 10 m air pistol details |
Pang Wei![]() |
Jin Jong-oh![]() |
Jason Turner[D]![]() |
Women's 10 m air pistol details |
Guo Wenjun![]() |
Natalia Paderina![]() |
Nino Salukvadze![]() |
Men's 10 m air rifle details |
Abhinav Bindra![]() |
Zhu Qinan![]() |
Henri Häkkinen![]() |
Women's 10 m air rifle details |
Kateřina Emmons![]() |
Lioubov Galkina![]() |
Snježana Pejčić![]() |
Women's 25 m pistol details |
Chen Ying![]() |
Otryadyn Gündegmaa![]() |
Munkhbayar Dorjsuren![]() |
Men's 25 m rapid fire pistol details |
Oleksandr Petriv![]() |
Ralf Schumann![]() |
Christian Reitz![]() |
Men's 50 m pistol details |
Jin Jong-oh![]() |
Tan Zongliang [D]![]() |
Vladimir Isakov [D]![]() |
Men's 50 m rifle three positions details |
Qiu Jian![]() |
Jury Sukhorukov![]() |
Rajmond Debevec![]() |
Women's 50 m rifle three positions details |
Du Li![]() |
Kateřina Emmons![]() |
Eglis Yaima Cruz![]() |
Men's 50 m rifle prone details |
Artur Ayvazyan![]() |
Matthew Emmons![]() |
Warren Potent![]() |
Men's skeet details |
Vincent Hancock![]() |
Tore Brovold![]() |
Anthony Terras![]() |
Women's skeet details |
Chiara Cainero![]() |
Kim Rhode![]() |
Christine Brinker![]() |
Men's trap details |
David Kostelecký![]() |
Giovanni Pellielo![]() |
Aleksei Alipov![]() |
Women's trap details |
Satu Mäkelä-Nummela![]() |
Zuzana Štefečeková![]() |
Corey Cogdell![]() |
Men's double trap details |
Walton Eller![]() |
Francesco D'Aniello![]() |
Hu Binyuan![]() |
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
---|---|---|---|
Women's team details |
![]() Naho Emoto Motoko Fujimoto Megu Hirose Emi Inui Sachiko Ito Ayumi Karino Satoko Mabuchi Yukiyo Mine Masumi Mishina Rei Nishiyama Hiroko Sakai Rie Sato Mika Someya Yukiko Ueno Eri Yamada |
![]() Monica Abbott Stacey Nuveman Crystl Bustos Jennie Finch Laura Berg Lauren Lappin Lovieanne Jung Cat Osterman Tairia Flowers Andrea Duran Jessica Mendoza Victoria Galindo Kelly Kretschman Caitlin Lowe Natasha Watley |
![]() Jodie Bowering Kylie Cronk Kelly Hardie Tanya Harding Sandy Lewis Simmone Morrow Tracey Mosley Stacey Porter Melanie Roche Justine Smethurst Danielle Stewart Natalie Titcume Natalie Ward Belinda Wright Kerry Wyborn |
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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duet details |
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![]() Andrea Fuentes Gemma Mengual |
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team details |
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![]() Alba María Cabello Raquel Corral Andrea Fuentes Gemma Mengual Thaïs Henríquez Laura López Gisela Morón Irina Rodríguez Paola Tirados |
![]() Gu Beibei Huang Xuechen Jiang Tingting Jiang Wenwen Liu Ou Luo Xi Sun Qiuting Wang Na Zhang Xiaohuan |
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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Men's singles details |
Ma Lin![]() |
Wang Hao![]() |
Wang Liqin![]() |
Women's singles details |
Zhang Yining![]() |
Wang Nan![]() |
Guo Yue![]() |
Men's team details |
![]() Ma Lin Wang Hao Wang Liqin |
![]() Timo Boll Dimitrij Ovtcharov Christian Süß |
![]() Oh Sang-Eun Ryu Seung-Min Yoon Jae-Young |
Women's team details |
![]() Guo Yue Wang Nan Zhang Yining |
![]() Feng Tianwei Li Jiawei Wang Yuegu |
![]() Dang Ye-Seo Kim Kyung-Ah Park Mi-Young |
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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Men's 58 kg details |
Guillermo Pérez![]() |
Gabriel Mercedes![]() |
Chu Mu-yen![]() |
Rohullah Nikpai![]() | |||
Men's 68 kg details |
Son Tae-Jin![]() |
Mark López![]() |
Servet Tazegül![]() |
Sung Yu-Chi![]() | |||
Men's 80 kg details |
Hadi Saei![]() |
Mauro Sarmiento![]() |
Zhu Guo![]() |
Steven López![]() | |||
Men's +80 kg details |
Cha Dong-Min![]() |
Alexandros Nikolaidis![]() |
Chika Chukwumerije![]() |
Arman Chilmanov![]() | |||
Women's 49 kg details |
Wu Jingyu![]() |
Buttree Puedpong![]() |
Daynellis Montejo![]() |
Dalia Contreras![]() | |||
Women's 57 kg details |
Lim Su-Jeong![]() |
Azize Tanrıkulu![]() |
Diana López![]() |
Martina Zubčić![]() | |||
Women's 67 kg details |
Hwang Kyung-Seon![]() |
Karine Sergerie![]() |
Gwladys Épangue![]() |
Sandra Šarić![]() | |||
Women's +67 kg details |
María del Rosario Espinoza![]() |
Nina Solheim![]() |
Sarah Stevenson![]() |
Natália Falavigna![]() |
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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Rafael Nadal![]() |
Fernando González![]() |
Novak Djokovic![]() |
Women's singles details |
Elena Dementieva![]() |
Dinara Safina![]() |
Vera Zvonareva![]() |
Men's doubles details |
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![]() Simon Aspelin Thomas Johansson |
![]() Bob Bryan Mike Bryan |
Women's doubles details |
![]() Serena Williams Venus Williams |
![]() Anabel Medina Garrigues Virginia Ruano Pascual |
![]() Yan Zi Zheng Jie |
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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Men's details |
Jan Frodeno![]() |
Simon Whitfield![]() |
Bevan Docherty![]() |
Women's details |
Emma Snowsill![]() |
Vanessa Fernandes![]() |
Emma Moffatt![]() |
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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Men's details |
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![]() Márcio Araújo Fabio Magalhães |
![]() Ricardo Santos Emanuel Rego |
Women's details |
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![]() Tian Jia Wang Jie |
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Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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Men's 56 kg details |
Long Qingquan![]() |
Hoàng Anh Tuấn![]() |
Eko Yuli Irawan![]() |
Men's 62 kg details |
Zhang Xiangxiang![]() |
Diego Fernando Salazar![]() |
Triyatno![]() |
Men's 69 kg details |
Liao Hui![]() |
Vencelas Dabaya![]() |
Yordanis Borrero![]() |
Men's 77 kg details |
Sa Jae-Hyouk![]() |
Li Hongli![]() |
Gevorg Davtyan![]() |
Men's 85 kg details |
Lu Yong![]() |
Tigran Martirosyan![]() |
Jadier Valladares![]() |
Men's 94 kg details |
Szymon Kołecki![]() |
Arsen Kasabiev![]() |
Yoandry Hernández![]() |
Men's 105 kg details |
Andrei Aramnau![]() |
Dmitry Klokov![]() |
Marcin Dołęga![]() |
Men's +105 kg details |
Matthias Steiner![]() |
Evgeny Chigishev![]() |
Viktors Ščerbatihs![]() |
Women's 48 kg details |
Chen Wei-ling![]() |
Im Jyoung-hwa![]() |
Pensiri Laosirikul![]() |
Women's 53 kg details |
Prapawadee Jaroenrattanatarakoon![]() |
Yoon Jin-Hee![]() |
Raema Lisa Rumbewas![]() |
Women's 58 kg details |
Chen Yanqing![]() |
O Jong Ae![]() |
Wandee Kameaim![]() |
Women's 63 kg details |
Pak Hyon Suk![]() |
Lu Ying-chi![]() |
Christine Girard![]() |
Women's 69 kg details |
Oksana Slivenko![]() |
Leydi Solís![]() |
Abeer Abdelrahman![]() |
Women's 75 kg details |
Alla Vazhenina![]() |
Lydia Valentín![]() |
Damaris Aguirre![]() |
Women's +75 kg details |
Jang Mi-Ran![]() |
Ele Opeloge![]() |
Mariam Usman![]() |
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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Men's 55 kg details |
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Men's 60 kg details |
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Men's 66 kg details |
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Men's 74 kg details |
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Men's 84 kg details |
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Men's 96 kg details |
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Men's 120 kg details |
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Women's 48 kg details |
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Women's 55 kg details |
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Women's 72 kg details |
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Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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Men's 66 kg details |
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Men's 84 kg details |
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Athletes that won at least three gold medals or at least four total medals are listed below.
Athlete | Nation | Sport | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total | |
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Michael Phelps | ![]() |
Swimming | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
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Chris Hoy | ![]() |
Cycling | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
Zou Kai | ![]() |
Gymnastics | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
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Stephanie Rice | ![]() |
Swimming | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
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Libby Trickett | ![]() |
Swimming | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
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Ryan Lochte | ![]() |
Swimming | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
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Nastia Liukin | ![]() |
Gymnastics | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 |
Kirsty Coventry | ![]() |
Swimming | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | |
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Shawn Johnson | ![]() |
Gymnastics | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
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Natalie Coughlin | ![]() |
Swimming | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 |
Source:[21]
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^ A. Belarusian athletes Vadim Devyatovskiy and Ivan Tsikhan, who won silver and bronze respectively in the men's hammer throw, both tested positive for abnormal levels of testosterone. After attending a disciplinary hearing in September, they were stripped of their medals on December 11, 2008. Krisztián Pars of Hungary was given the silver medal, and Koji Murofushi of Japan was given the bronze.[22] On June 10, 2010, following a successful appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport, Devyatovskiy and Tsikhan had their medals reinstated.[23]
^ B. Ukrainian athlete Lyudmyla Blonska, who finished second in the women's heptathlon, tested positive for the steroid methyltestosterone. On August 22, 2008, the International Olympic Committee officially stripped Blonska of her medal, and as a result, the silver medal went to Hyleas Fountain of the United States, and the bronze medal to Tatyana Chernova of Russia.[24]
^ C. Norwegian equestrian athlete Tony André Hansen's horse tested positive for the pain relieving medication capsaicin, a banned substance. Hansen, who won a bronze medal in the team jumping event, was disqualified. In the team jumping system, the top three scores garnered by the four riders are counted. Hansen had the best score on his team, and it was removed from the total. Without Hansen's score, his team was below the bronze medal threshold so the medal was awarded to the team from Switzerland on December 22, 2008.[25]
^ D. On August 15, 2008, the International Olympic Committee announced North Korean shooter Kim Jong-su had tested positive for the banned substance propranolol and was stripped of his two medals. He had won a bronze medal in the 10 metre air pistol and silver in the 50 metre pistol. After Kim Jong-su was disqualified, the bronze medal in the 10 metre air pistol went to Jason Turner of the United States; in the 50 metre pistol, the silver medal went to Tan Zongliang of China, and the bronze medal to Vladimir Isakov of Russia.[26]
^ E. Swedish wrestler Ara Abrahamian was originally awarded a bronze medal in the Greco-Roman 84 kg event. However, at the medal ceremony he walked off the podium and dropped his medal on the mat in protest of the judging in his event. On August 16, 2008, the International Olympic Committee decided to strip him of his medal because they felt it amounted to a political demonstration and was disrespectful to other athletes.[27]
^ F. On November 18, 2009, the IOC announced that Rashid Ramzi of Bahrain had been stripped of the gold medal in the men's 1500 m race. Ramzi had been the first athlete from Bahrain to win an Olympic gold medal. His frozen blood sample was re-tested and found to contain traces of Continuous erythropoietin receptor activator (CERA), a stamina-building blood-booster. Kenyan Asbel Kipruto Kiprop was upgraded to gold, Nicholas Willis of New Zealand was given the silver and Mehdi Baala of France received the bronze.[28]
^ G. On November 18, 2009, the IOC announced that Italian cyclist Davide Rebellin had tested positive for Cera and had been stripped of the silver medal he earned in the men's road race. Switzerland's Fabian Cancellara was upgraded to silver and Russia's Alexandr Kolobnev was given the bronze.[28]
^ Note 1. Although the official opening of the Games was on 8 August 2008, football matches were held beginning on 6 August.[29]
^ Note 2. The fencing programme included six individual events and four team events, though the team events were a different set than were held in 2004. The International Fencing Federation's rules call for events not held in the previous Games to receive automatic selection and for at least one team event in each weapon to be held. Voting is conducted to determine the fourth event. In 2004, the three men's team events and the women's épée were held. Thus, in 2008, the women's foil and sabre events and men's épée were automatically selected. Men's sabre was chosen over foil by a 45–20 vote.[30]
Arkady Vyatchanin of Russia and Hayden Stoeckel of Australia tied for bronze.
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