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Michael Phelps (pictured) won eight medals at the 2008 Summer Olympics, the most of any competing athlete
Official medal table of the Summer Olympic Games in Beijing. Find an alphabetical list of medals and celebrate the achievements of 2008's finest athletes.
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- Modern and Ancient
- First Medals
Beijing was the Games of records and superlatives. The Opening Ceremony was unforgettable; the athletes’ achievements were astonishing, the organisation was excellent; the venues, breathtaking and the anti-doping tests were stricter. Several hundred million watched worldwide on TV as more than 40 world records and over 130 Olympic records were brok...
The National Stadium, nick-named the “Bird’s Nest”, and the National Swimming Centre, known as the “Water Cube”, were both stunning symbols of the new Beijing. In cycling, the road race followed the Great Wall and passed in front of the “Forbidden City”—two symbols of the thousand-year-old history of the city.
A record 204 National Olympic Committees took part in the Games. Some 87 of them celebrated their medal-winning athletes. Tajikistan, Afghanistan, Mauritius and Togo all experienced podium finishes for the first time. Tajikistan won its first medals thanks to Rasul Boqiev in judo and Yusup Abdusalomov in wrestling; Afghanistan stepped up on to the ...
Find out which countries and athletes won the most medals in the 2008 Beijing Olympics, and how many gold, silver and bronze medals were awarded in each sport. See the records, controversies and statistics of the 302 events in 28 sports.
EventGoldSilverBronzeMen's 100 m detailsUsain Bolt JamaicaRichard Thompson Trinidad and TobagoWalter Dix United StatesWomen's 100 m detailsShelly-Ann Fraser JamaicaSherone Simpson JamaicaNoneWomen's 100 m detailsShelly-Ann Fraser JamaicaKerron Stewart JamaicaNoneMen's 200 m detailsUsain Bolt JamaicaShawn Crawford United StatesWalter Dix United StatesAn unprecedented 87 countries won at least one medal during the 2008 Games. Host nation China won the most gold medals (48), and became the seventh different team to top the Summer Olympics medal standings, winning a total of 100 medals overall.
Official list of medal winners and results by sport at the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games. Celebrate medal-winning moments by the world's top athletes.
Olympic Games, medal table, 2008 Beijing. Sports: 34 Events: 302 National Teams: 204 Participants: 10,901
