2008 Summer Olympics medal table

Map of the world showing the achievements of each country during the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, People's Republic of China.
Gold for countries achieving at least one gold medal.
Silver for countries achieving at least one silver medal.
Brown for countries achieving at least one bronze medal.
Green for countries that did not win a medal.
Black for countries that did not participate.
A yellow square displays the host city (Beijing).
Blue asterisks display countries achieving their first medal ever in a Summer Olympics.

The 2008 Summer Olympics medal table is a list of National Olympic Committees (NOCs) ranked by the number of gold medals won by their athletes during the 2008 Summer Olympics, held in Beijing, the capital of the People's Republic of China, from 8 August to 24 August 2008. Approximately 11,028 athletes from 204 NOCs participated in 302 events in 28 sports.[1]

Athletes from 86 countries won medals, leaving 118 countries without a medal, and 54 of them won at least one gold medal. Both of these categories set new records. Athletes from China won 51 gold medals. Athletes from the United States won the most total medals, with 110. Afghanistan,[2] Mauritius,[3] Sudan,[4] Tajikistan[5] and Togo[6] won their first Olympic medals. Athletes from Mongolia (which previously held the record for most medals without a gold)[7] and Panama[8] won their first gold medals. Serbian swimmer Milorad Čavić won the first medal for the country as an independent NOC. Serbian athletes have previously won medals as nationals of Yugoslavia and Serbia and Montenegro.[9]

Medal table

From left to right: Tore Brovold from Norway (silver), Vincent Hancock from USA (gold) and Anthony Terras from France (bronze) with the medals they earned in Men's skeet shooting
Maarten van der Weijden from the Netherlands won a gold medal in the men's 10 km Open Water.
Left to right: Lu Chunlong (gold), Dong Dong (bronze), both from China, and Jason Burnett from Canada (silver) won medals in gymnastics – Men's trampoline
Femke Dekker from the Netherlands won a silver medal in the Women's eights in rowing.
From left to right: Ryan Lochte (bronze), Michael Phelps (gold), both from USA, and László Cseh from Hungary (silver) show off the medals they earned from the men's 400 metre individual medley.
Ketleyn Quadros from Brazil won a bronze medal in women's 57 kg judo.
Emma Snowsill (left) and Emma Moffatt (right) from Australia show off their gold and bronze medals after the women's triathlon.

The ranking in this table is based on information provided by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and is consistent with IOC convention in its published medal tables. By default, the table is ordered by the number of gold medals the athletes from a nation have won (in this context, a "nation" is an entity represented by a National Olympic Committee). The number of silver medals is taken into consideration next and then the number of bronze medals. If nations are still tied, equal ranking is given and they are listed alphabetically by IOC country code.

In boxing, judo, taekwondo and wrestling, two bronze medals are awarded in each weight class.[10] Therefore, the total number of bronze medals is greater than the total number of gold or silver medals. Exception was men's 84 kg Greco-Roman wrestling, where Ara Abrahamian was stripped his medal due to his conduct during the medal ceremony. Additionally there was a tie for the silver medal in the women's 100 metres in athletics and no bronze was awarded.[11] Ties for third in swimming's men's 100 metre backstroke and men's 100 metre freestyle meant that two bronze medals were awarded for those events.[12]

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Key

  *   Host nation (China)

2008 Summer Olympics medal table
 Rank  NOC Gold Silver Bronze Total
1  China (CHN)* 51 21 28 100
2  United States (USA) 36 38 36 110
3  Russia (RUS) 23 21 29 73
4  Great Britain (GBR) 19 13 15 47
5  Germany (GER) 16 10 15 41
6  Australia (AUS) 14 15 17 46
7  South Korea (KOR) 13 10 8 31
8  Japan (JPN) 9 6 10 25
9  Italy (ITA) 8 9 10 27
10  France (FRA) 7 16 18 41
11  Ukraine (UKR) 7 5 15 27
12  Netherlands (NED) 7 5 4 16
13  Kenya (KEN) 6 4 4 14
14  Jamaica (JAM) 6 3 2 11
15  Spain (ESP) 5 10 3 18
16  Belarus (BLR) 4 5 9 18
17  Romania (ROU) 4 1 3 8
18  Ethiopia (ETH) 4 1 2 7
19  Canada (CAN) 3 9 7 19
20  Poland (POL) 3 6 1 10
21  Hungary (HUN) 3 5 2 10
22  Norway (NOR) 3 5 1 9
23  Brazil (BRA) 3 4 8 15
24  Czech Republic (CZE) 3 3 0 6
25  New Zealand (NZL) 3 2 4 9
26  Slovakia (SVK) 3 2 1 6
27  Georgia (GEO) 3 0 3 6
28  Cuba (CUB) 2 11 11 24
29  Kazakhstan (KAZ) 2 4 7 13
30  Denmark (DEN) 2 2 3 7
31  Mongolia (MGL) 2 2 0 4
 Thailand (THA) 2 2 0 4
33  Switzerland (SUI) 2 1 4 7
34  North Korea (PRK) 2 1 3 6
35  Argentina (ARG) 2 0 4 6
36  Mexico (MEX) 2 0 1 3
37  Turkey (TUR) 1 4 3 8
38  Zimbabwe (ZIM) 1 3 0 4
39  Azerbaijan (AZE) 1 2 4 7
40  Uzbekistan (UZB) 1 2 3 6
41  Slovenia (SLO) 1 2 2 5
42  Bulgaria (BUL) 1 1 3 5
 Indonesia (INA) 1 1 3 5
44  Finland (FIN) 1 1 2 4
45  Latvia (LAT) 1 1 1 3
46  Belgium (BEL) 1 1 0 2
 Dominican Republic (DOM) 1 1 0 2
 Estonia (EST) 1 1 0 2
 Portugal (POR) 1 1 0 2
50  India (IND) 1 0 2 3
51  Iran (IRI) 1 0 1 2
52  Cameroon (CMR) 1 0 0 1
 Panama (PAN) 1 0 0 1
 Tunisia (TUN) 1 0 0 1
55  Sweden (SWE) 0 4 1 5
56  Croatia (CRO) 0 2 3 5
 Lithuania (LTU) 0 2 3 5
58  Greece (GRE) 0 2 2 4
59  Trinidad and Tobago (TRI) 0 2 0 2
60  Nigeria (NGR) 0 1 3 4
61  Austria (AUT) 0 1 2 3
 Ireland (IRL) 0 1 2 3
 Serbia (SRB) 0 1 2 3
64  Algeria (ALG) 0 1 1 2
 Bahamas (BAH) 0 1 1 2
 Colombia (COL) 0 1 1 2
 Kyrgyzstan (KGZ) 0 1 1 2
 Morocco (MAR) 0 1 1 2
 Tajikistan (TJK) 0 1 1 2
70  Chile (CHI) 0 1 0 1
 Ecuador (ECU) 0 1 0 1
 Iceland (ISL) 0 1 0 1
 Malaysia (MAS) 0 1 0 1
 South Africa (RSA) 0 1 0 1
 Singapore (SIN) 0 1 0 1
 Sudan (SUD) 0 1 0 1
 Vietnam (VIE) 0 1 0 1
78  Armenia (ARM) 0 0 6 6
79  Chinese Taipei (TPE) 0 0 4 4
80  Afghanistan (AFG) 0 0 1 1
 Egypt (EGY) 0 0 1 1
 Israel (ISR) 0 0 1 1
 Moldova (MDA) 0 0 1 1
 Mauritius (MRI) 0 0 1 1
 Togo (TOG) 0 0 1 1
 Venezuela (VEN) 0 0 1 1
Total (86 NOCs) 302 303 353 958

Changes in medal standings

Tony André Hansen was stripped of his bronze medal when his horse tested positive for a banned substance.

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.[13]

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.[14]

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.[15]

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.[16] However, both of the Belarusian athletes had their medals reinstated because the doping tests weren't handled properly.[17]

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.[18]

On November 18, 2009, the IOC announced that two medalists had been stripped of their medals. First, 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 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. Also, 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.[19] The silver medal was later awarded to Fabian Cancellara of Switzerland (the original bronze medal recipient) and the bronze medal was awarded to Alexandr Kolobnev of Russia.[20][21]

In 2012 IAAF retested doping samples from the 2005 World Athletics Championships and shotputter Andrei Mikhnevich was found positive for 3 anabolic steroids: Clenbuterol, Methandienone and Oxandrolone. In August 2014 IOC disqualified his results from the 2008 Summer Olympics and allocated the bronze medal.[22]

List of changes in medal standings
Ruling date Sport Event Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
August 15, 2008 Shooting Men's 10 metre air pistol  North Korea (PRK) −1 −1
 United States (USA) +1 +1
Men's 50 metre pistol  North Korea (PRK) −1 −1
 China (CHN) +1 −1
 Russia (RUS) +1 +1
August 16, 2008 Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman 84 kg  Sweden (SWE) −1 −1
August 22, 2008 Athletics Women's heptathlon  Ukraine (UKR) −1 −1
 United States (USA) +1 −1
 Russia (RUS) +1 +1
December 22, 2008 Equestrian Team jumping  Norway (NOR) −1 −1
 Switzerland (SUI) +1 +1
November 18, 2009 Athletics Men's 1500 metres  Bahrain (BRN) −1 −1
 Kenya (KEN) +1 −1
 New Zealand (NZL) +1 −1
 France (FRA) +1 +1
November 18, 2009 Cycling Men's road race  Italy (ITA) −1 −1
 Switzerland (SUI) +1 −1
 Russia (RUS) +1 +1
August 20, 2014 Athletics Men's shot put  Belarus (BLR) −1 −1
 Canada (CAN) +1 +1

See also

References

General

Specific

  1. ↑ "NOC entry forms received" (Press release). International Olympic Committee. 2008-08-01. Archived from the original on 8 August 2008. Retrieved 2008-08-08. (...) confirmed the qualification of 11,028 athletes, including 363 supplement athletes holding a P card.
  2. ↑ "Afghans win first Olympic medal". BBC Sport. 2008-08-20. Archived from the original on 21 August 2008. Retrieved 2008-08-20.
  3. ↑ "Mauritian delight at first ever medal". Times of India. 2008-08-22. Archived from the original on 27 August 2008. Retrieved 2008-08-26.
  4. ↑ Osman, Mohamed (2008-08-24). "Darfur runner wins Sudan's first Olympic medal". The New York Times. Retrieved 2009-06-05.
  5. ↑ Talmadge, Eric (2008-08-11). "Italy, Azerbaijan win golds". The New York Times. Retrieved 2009-06-05.
  6. ↑ "Togo claims first Olympic medal". BBC News. 2008-08-12. Archived from the original on 13 August 2008. Retrieved 2008-08-12.
  7. ↑ "Naidan wins Mongolia's first gold". BBC News. 2008-08-14. Archived from the original on 15 August 2008. Retrieved 2008-08-14.
  8. ↑ "Liu out, Isinbayeva gets world record". The New York Times. 2008-08-18. Retrieved 2009-06-05.
  9. ↑ "Serbian PM congratulates swimmer on winning medal in Beijing Olympics". Chinaview.cn. 2008-08-17. Archived from the original on 18 August 2008. Retrieved 2008-08-18.
  10. ↑ "Beijing 2008–Games of the XXVIV Olympiad". International Olympic Committee. Archived from the original on 10 August 2008. Retrieved 2008-08-10.
  11. ↑ Randy Harvey (2008-08-17). "Jamaicans 1-2-3 in women's 100". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on 18 August 2008. Retrieved 2008-08-17.
  12. ↑ "GOLD: x2 for U.S.". The Globe and Mail. 2008-08-12. Archived from the original on 17 August 2008. Retrieved 2008-08-12. Arkady Vyatchanin of Russia and Hayden Stoeckel of Australia tied for bronze.
  13. ↑ "2 more athletes fail doping tests". CBC Sports. 2008-08-15. Archived from the original on 2009-06-01. Retrieved 2009-06-05.
  14. ↑ Longman, Jere (2008-08-16). "Swede Stripped of His Medal After His Angry Reaction". The New York Times. Retrieved 2009-06-05.
  15. ↑ "Ukrainian Blonska stripped of silver medal in heptathlon". ESPN. 2008-08-22. Retrieved 2009-06-05.
  16. ↑ The Canadian Press (2008-12-11). "Belarusian hammer throwers stripped of medals". The Sports Network. Archived from the original on 2009-06-01. Retrieved 2009-06-05.
  17. ↑ "CAS Reinstates Medals for Hammer Throwers". ESPN. Associated Press. June 10, 2010. Retrieved 2011-08-08.
  18. ↑ The Canadian Press (2008-12-22). "Norwegian rider stripped of Olympic medal". The Sports Network. Retrieved 2009-06-05.
  19. ↑ Young, Chris (2009-11-19). "Young: Olympians lose medals after retroactive doping test". Toronto Star. Archived from the original on 22 November 2009. Retrieved 2009-11-19.
  20. ↑ "CAS rejects Davide Rebellin's appeal on doping positive in Beijing". VeloNation Press. 2010-07-30. Retrieved 2010-08-02.
  21. ↑ Cycling News (2010-12-18). "Cancellara receives silver medal from Beijing Olympic road race". Cyclingnews. Retrieved 2010-12-19.
  22. ↑ IOC: IOC Latest News Olympic Highlights, olympic.org

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