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The '''2008 Summer Olympics medal table''' is a list of [[National Olympic Committee]]s (NOCs) ranked by the number of [[medal]]s won by their athletes during the [[2008 Summer Olympics]], held in [[Beijing]], the capital of the [[People's Republic of China]], from [[August 8]] to [[August 24]], [[2008]]. Approximately 11,028 athletes from 204 NOCs participated in 302 events in 28 sports.<ref name="athletes_number">{{cite press release|title=NOC entry forms received|publisher=[[International Olympic Committee]]|date=2008-08-01 |url=http://en.beijing2008.cn/news/official/preparation/n214496035.shtml|accessdate=2008-08-08|quote=(...) confirmed the qualification of 11,028 athletes, including 363 supplement athletes holding a P card.}}</ref> |
The '''2008 Summer Olympics medal table''' is a list of [[National Olympic Committee]]s (NOCs) ranked by the number of [[medal]]s won by their athletes during the [[2008 Summer Olympics]], held in [[Beijing]], the capital of the [[People's Republic of China]], from [[August 8]] to [[August 24]], [[2008]]. Approximately 11,028 athletes from 204 NOCs participated in 302 events in 28 sports.<ref name="athletes_number">{{cite press release|title=NOC entry forms received|publisher=[[International Olympic Committee]]|date=2008-08-01 |url=http://en.beijing2008.cn/news/official/preparation/n214496035.shtml|accessdate=2008-08-08|quote=(...) confirmed the qualification of 11,028 athletes, including 363 supplement athletes holding a P card.}}</ref> |
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Athletes from 87 countries won medals, and 55 of them won at least one gold medal, and both of these categories set new records. [[China at the 2008 Summer Olympics|China]] |
Athletes from 87 countries won medals, and 55 of them won at least one gold medal, and both of these categories set new records. [[China at the 2008 Summer Olympics|Team China]] ranked first on the IOC medal table with an unprecedented 51 gold medals. The [[United States at the 2008 Summer Olympics|United States]] won the most total medals, with 110, including 36 golds. [[Afghanistan at the 2008 Summer Olympics|Afghanistan]],<ref>{{cite web | title = Afghans win first Olympic medal | publisher = [[BBC|BBC Sports]] | url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/olympics/taekwondo/7572409.stm | accessdate = 2008-08-20|date = 2008-08-20}}</ref> [[Bahrain at the 2008 Summer Olympics|Bahrain]],<ref>{{cite news |title = Ramzi takes first gold for Bahrain |publisher = ''[[The Guardian]]'' |author=Balazs Koranyi|url = http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/feedarticle/7736920 |date = [[2008-08-19]] |accessdate = 2008-08-19}}</ref> [[Mauritius at the 2008 Summer Olympics|Mauritius]],<ref name=iht> {{cite news |first= |last=|title=Mauritian delight at first ever medal|url=http://olympics.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Mauritian_delight_at_first_ever_medal/articleshow/3394390.cms|publisher''[[Times of India]]''|date=2008-08-22|accessdate=2008-08-26}}</ref> [[Sudan at the 2008 Summer Olympics|Sudan]],<ref> {{cite news | title=Darfur runner wins Sudan's first Olympic medal | url=http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/08/24/africa/AF-Sudan-First-Medal-Ever.php | publisher = ''[[International Herald Tribune]]'' | date=2008-08-24}}</ref> [[Tajikistan at the 2008 Summer Olympics|Tajikistan]]<ref name="judo">{{cite web | title = Italy, Azerbaijan win golds | publisher = ''International Herald Tribune'' | url = http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/08/11/sports/olyjudo11.php | accessdate = 2008-08-12 }}</ref> and [[Togo at the 2008 Summer Olympics|Togo]]<ref>{{cite news |title = Togo claims first Olympic medal |publisher = [[BBC|BBC News]] |url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/7556266.stm |date = [[2008-08-12]] |accessdate = 2008-08-12}}</ref> won their first Olympic medals. [[Bahrain at the 2008 Summer Olympics|Bahrain]], [[Mongolia at the 2008 Summer Olympics|Mongolia]] (which had previously held the record for most medals without a gold)<ref>{{cite web | title = Naidan wins Mongolia's first gold | publisher = [[BBC|BBC News]] | url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/olympics/judo/7560951.stm | accessdate = 2008-08-14 |date = 2008-08-14 }}</ref> and [[Panama at the 2008 Summer Olympics|Panama]]<ref>{{cite web | title = Saladino wins first gold for Panama | publisher = ''International Herald Tribune'' | url = http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/08/18/sports/AS-OLY-ATH-Saladinos-Night.php | accessdate = 2008-08-18|date = 2008-08-18 }}</ref> won their first gold medals. [[Serbia at the 2008 Summer Olympics|Serbia]] won its first medal as an independent NOC, having previously won medals as part of [[Yugoslavia at the Olympics|Yugoslavia]] and [[Serbia and Montenegro at the Olympics|Serbia and Montenegro]].<ref>{{cite web | title = Serbian PM congratulates swimmer on winning medal in Beijing Olympics | publisher = Chinaview.cn | url = http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-08/17/content_9416202.htm | accessdate = 2008-08-18|date = 2008-08-17 }}</ref> |
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Revision as of 02:26, 29 August 2008
The 2008 Summer Olympics medal table is a list of National Olympic Committees (NOCs) ranked by the number of medals won by their athletes during the 2008 Summer Olympics, held in Beijing, the capital of the People's Republic of China, from August 8 to August 24, 2008. Approximately 11,028 athletes from 204 NOCs participated in 302 events in 28 sports.[1]
Athletes from 87 countries won medals, and 55 of them won at least one gold medal, and both of these categories set new records. Team China ranked first on the IOC medal table with an unprecedented 51 gold medals. The United States won the most total medals, with 110, including 36 golds. Afghanistan,[2] Bahrain,[3] Mauritius,[4] Sudan,[5] Tajikistan[6] and Togo[7] won their first Olympic medals. Bahrain, Mongolia (which had previously held the record for most medals without a gold)[8] and Panama[9] won their first gold medals. Serbia won its first medal as an independent NOC, having previously won medals as part of Yugoslavia and Serbia and Montenegro.[10]
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The ranking in this table is based on information provided by the International Olympic Committee (IOC). The ranking sorts by the number of gold medals the athletes from a nation have earned (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.[11] Therefore, the total number of bronze medals is greater than the total number of gold or silver medals. Additionally there was a tie for the silver medal in the women's 100 metres in athletics and no bronze was awarded.[12] 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.[13]
Host nation (China)
To sort this table by nation, total medal count, or any other column, click on the 
icon next to the column title.
| 1 |  China (CHN) |
51 | 21 | 28 | 100 |
| 2 |  United States (USA) |
36 | 38 | 36 | 110 |
| 3 |  Russia (RUS) |
23 | 21 | 28 | 72 |
| 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 | 10 | 10 | 28 |
| 10 |  France (FRA) |
7 | 16 | 17 | 40 |
| 11 |  Ukraine (UKR) |
7 | 5 | 15 | 27 |
| 12 |  Netherlands (NED) |
7 | 5 | 4 | 16 |
| 13 |  Jamaica (JAM) |
6 | 3 | 2 | 11 |
| 14 |  Spain (ESP) |
5 | 10 | 3 | 18 |
| 15 |  Kenya (KEN) |
5 | 5 | 4 | 14 |
| 16 |  Belarus (BLR) |
4 | 5 | 10 | 19 |
| 17 |  Romania (ROU) |
4 | 1 | 3 | 8 |
| 18 |  Ethiopia (ETH) |
4 | 1 | 2 | 7 |
| 19 |  Canada (CAN) |
3 | 9 | 6 | 18 |
| 20 |  Poland (POL) |
3 | 6 | 1 | 10 |
| 21 |  Hungary (HUN) |
3 | 5 | 2 | 10 |
| 21 |  Norway (NOR) |
3 | 5 | 2 | 10 |
| 23 |  Brazil (BRA) |
3 | 4 | 8 | 15 |
| 24 |  Czech Republic (CZE) |
3 | 3 | 0 | 6 |
| 25 |  Slovakia (SVK) |
3 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
| 26 |  New Zealand (NZL) |
3 | 1 | 5 | 9 |
| 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 |
| 31 |  Thailand (THA) |
2 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| 33 |  North Korea (PRK) |
2 | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 34 |  Argentina (ARG) |
2 | 0 | 4 | 6 |
| 34 |  Switzerland (SUI) |
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 |
| 42 |  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 |
| 46 |  Dominican Republic (DOM) |
1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 46 |  Estonia (EST) |
1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 46 |  Portugal (POR) |
1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 50 |  India (IND) |
1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 51 |  Iran (IRI) |
1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 52 |  Bahrain (BRN) |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 52 |  Cameroon (CMR) |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 52 |  Panama (PAN) |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 52 |  Tunisia (TUN) |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 56 |  Sweden (SWE) |
0 | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| 57 |  Croatia (CRO) |
0 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 57 |  Lithuania (LTU) |
0 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 59 |  Greece (GRE) |
0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 60 |  Trinidad and Tobago (TRI) |
0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 61 |  Nigeria (NGR) |
0 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 62 |  Austria (AUT) |
0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 62 |  Ireland (IRL) |
0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 62 |  Serbia (SRB) |
0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 65 |  Algeria (ALG) |
0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 65 |  Bahamas (BAH) |
0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 65 |  Colombia (COL) |
0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 65 |  Kyrgyzstan (KGZ) |
0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 65 |  Morocco (MAR) |
0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 65 |  Tajikistan (TJK) |
0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 71 |  Chile (CHI) |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 71 |  Ecuador (ECU) |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 71 |  Iceland (ISL) |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 71 |  Malaysia (MAS) |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 71 |  South Africa (RSA) |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 71 |  Singapore (SIN) |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 71 |  Sudan (SUD) |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 71 |  Vietnam (VIE) |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 79 |  Armenia (ARM) |
0 | 0 | 6 | 6 |
| 80 |  Chinese Taipei (TPE) |
0 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 81 |  Afghanistan (AFG) |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 81 |  Egypt (EGY) |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 81 |  Israel (ISR) |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 81 |  Moldova (MDA) |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 81 |  Mauritius (MRI) |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 81 |  Togo (TOG) |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 81 |  Venezuela (VEN) |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Total | 302 | 303 | 353 | 958 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Changes in medal standings
On August 15 2008, the International Olympic Committee announced North Korean shooter Kim Jong Su had tested positive for the banned substance of propranolol and thus stripped of his two medals from the 2008 Summer Olympics, making Kim the first medal winning athlete to test positive for a banned substance at the 2008 Olympic Games. He was originally placed 3rd in the 10 metre air pistol and 2nd 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.[14]
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. 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.[15]
Ukrainian athlete Lyudmila 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 went to Tatyana Chernova of Russia.[16]
Notes
- ^ "NOC entry forms received" (Press release). International Olympic Committee. 2008-08-01. Retrieved 2008-08-08.
(...) confirmed the qualification of 11,028 athletes, including 363 supplement athletes holding a P card.
- ^ "Afghans win first Olympic medal". BBC Sports. 2008-08-20. Retrieved 2008-08-20.
- ^ Balazs Koranyi (2008-08-19). "Ramzi takes first gold for Bahrain". The Guardian. Retrieved 2008-08-19.
{{cite news}}: Check date values in:|date=(help); Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|publisher=(help) - ^ "Mauritian delight at first ever medal". 2008-08-22. Retrieved 2008-08-26.
{{cite news}}: Text "publisherTimes of India" ignored (help) - ^ "Darfur runner wins Sudan's first Olympic medal". International Herald Tribune. 2008-08-24.
{{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|publisher=(help) - ^ "Italy, Azerbaijan win golds". International Herald Tribune. Retrieved 2008-08-12.
{{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|publisher=(help) - ^ "Togo claims first Olympic medal". BBC News. 2008-08-12. Retrieved 2008-08-12.
{{cite news}}: Check date values in:|date=(help) - ^ "Naidan wins Mongolia's first gold". BBC News. 2008-08-14. Retrieved 2008-08-14.
- ^ "Saladino wins first gold for Panama". International Herald Tribune. 2008-08-18. Retrieved 2008-08-18.
{{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|publisher=(help) - ^ "Serbian PM congratulates swimmer on winning medal in Beijing Olympics". Chinaview.cn. 2008-08-17. Retrieved 2008-08-18.
- ^ "Beijing 2008–Games of the XXVIV Olympiad". International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 2008-08-10.
- ^ Randy Harvey (2008-08-17). "Jamaicans 1-2-3 in women's 100". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2008-08-17.
{{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|publisher=(help) - ^ "GOLD: x2 for U.S." The Globe and Mail. 2008-08-12. Retrieved 2008-08-12.
Arkady Vyatchanin of Russia and Hayden Stoeckel of Australia tied for bronze.
{{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|publisher=(help) - ^ "2 more athletes fail doping tests". CBC Sports. 2008-08-15. Retrieved 2008-08-15.
- ^ Jere Longman (2008-08-16). "Swede Stripped of His Medal After His Angry Reaction". The New York Times. Retrieved 2008-08-17.
{{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|publisher=(help) - ^ "Ukrainian Blonska stripped of silver medal in heptathlon". ESPN.com. 2008-08-22. Retrieved 2008-08-22.
References
- "Overall Medal Standings". Beijing2008.com.
