Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Athletics
at the Games of the XXIX Olympiad
Athletics; at the Games of the XXIX Olympiad
	Pictogram for athletics at the 2008 Games
Venue	Beijing National Stadium
Dates	August 15–24
Competitors	2,057 from 200 nations
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Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics were held during the last ten days of the games, from August 15 to August 24, 2008, at the Beijing National Stadium. The Olympic sport of athletics is split into four distinct sets of events: track and field events, road running events, and racewalking events.

Both men and women had very similar schedules of events. Men competed in 24 events and women in 23, as their schedule lacked the 50 km race walk. In addition, both the men's 110 m hurdles and decathlon are reflected in the women's schedule by the 100 m hurdles and heptathlon, respectively.

The Olympic record was broken in 17 returning events. In five events, including the inaugural women's 3000 m steeplechase, the world record was broken.

The athletics was, alongside the Olympic cycling events, one of the few large sports programmes in which the host nation fared comparatively poorly in terms of medals won. Despite a haul of 100 medals at the games as a whole, Chinese athletes took home two bronze medals from the athletics events. The country's foremost athlete Liu Xiang, the 2004 Olympic champion in the 110 metres hurdles, had to withdraw after a false start due to injury.

Medal summary

Men

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres details	Usain Bolt Jamaica	9.69 (WR)	Richard Thompson Trinidad and Tobago	9.89	Walter Dix United States	9.91
200 metres details	Usain Bolt Jamaica	19.30 (WR)	Shawn Crawford United States	19.96	Walter Dix United States	19.98
400 metres details	LaShawn Merritt United States	43.75	Jeremy Wariner United States	44.74	David Neville United States	44.80
800 metres details	Wilfred Bungei Kenya	1:44.65	Ismail Ahmed Ismail Sudan	1:44.70	Alfred Kirwa Yego Kenya	1:44.82
1500 metres details ^[a]	Asbel Kipruto Kiprop Kenya	3:33.11	Nicholas Willis New Zealand	3:34.16	Mehdi Baala France	3:34.21
5000 metres details	Kenenisa Bekele Ethiopia	12:57.82 (OR)	Eliud Kipchoge Kenya	13:02.80	Edwin Cheruiyot Soi Kenya	13:06.22
10,000 metres details	Kenenisa Bekele Ethiopia	27:01.17 (OR)	Sileshi Sihine Ethiopia	27:02.77	Micah Kogo Kenya	27:04.11
110 metres hurdles details	Dayron Robles Cuba	12.93	David Payne United States	13.17	David Oliver United States	13.18
400 metres hurdles details	Angelo Taylor United States	47.25	Kerron Clement United States	47.98	Bershawn Jackson United States	48.06
3000 metres steeplechase details	Brimin Kiprop Kipruto Kenya	8:10.34	Mahiedine Mekhissi-Benabbad France	8:10.49	Richard Kipkemboi Mateelong Kenya	8:11.01
4×100 metres relay details	Jamaica Nesta Carter Michael Frater Usain Bolt Asafa Powell Dwight Thomas*	37.10 (WR)	Trinidad and Tobago Keston Bledman Marc Burns Emmanuel Callender Richard Thompson Aaron Armstrong*	38.06	Japan Naoki Tsukahara Shingo Suetsugu Shinji Takahira Nobuharu Asahara	38.15
4×400 metres relay details ^[b]	United States LaShawn Merritt Angelo Taylor David Neville Jeremy Wariner Kerron Clement* Reggie Witherspoon*	2:55.39 (OR)	Bahamas Andretti Bain Michael Mathieu Andrae Williams Chris Brown Avard Moncur* Ramon Miller*	2:58.03	vacant
Marathon details	Samuel Wanjiru Kenya	2:06:32 (OR)	Jaouad Gharib Morocco	2:07:16	Tsegay Kebede Ethiopia	2:10:00
20 kilometres walk details	Valeriy Borchin Russia	1:19:01	Jefferson Pérez Ecuador	1:19:15	Jared Tallent Australia	1:19:42
50 kilometres walk details	Alex Schwazer Italy	3:37:09 (OR)	Jared Tallent Australia	3:39:27	Denis Nizhegorodov Russia	3:40:14
High jump details	Andrey Silnov Russia	2.36 m	Germaine Mason Great Britain	2.34 m	Yaroslav Rybakov Russia	2.34 m
Pole vault details ^[c]	Steven Hooker Australia	5.96 m (OR)	Evgeny Lukyanenko Russia	5.85 m	vacant
Long jump details	Irving Saladino Panama	8.34 m	Khotso Mokoena South Africa	8.24 m	Ibrahim Camejo Cuba	8.20 m
Triple jump details	Nelson Évora Portugal	17.67 m	Phillips Idowu Great Britain	17.62 m	Leevan Sands Bahamas	17.59 m
Shot put details ^[d]	Tomasz Majewski Poland	21.51 m	Christian Cantwell United States	21.09 m	Dylan Armstrong Canada	21.04 m
Discus throw details	Gerd Kanter Estonia	68.82 m	Piotr Małachowski Poland	67.82 m	Virgilijus Alekna Lithuania	67.79 m
Hammer throw details ^[e]	Primož Kozmus Slovenia	82.02 m	Vadim Devyatovskiy Belarus	81.61 m	Ivan Tsikhan Belarus	81.51 m
Javelin throw details	Andreas Thorkildsen Norway	90.57 m (OR)	Ainārs Kovals Latvia	86.64 m	Tero Pitkämäki Finland	86.16 m
Decathlon details	Bryan Clay United States	8791	Andrei Krauchanka Belarus	8551	Leonel Suárez Cuba	8527

* Athletes who participated in the heats only and received medals.

^{1500 metres} The original gold medalist, Rashid Ramzi of Bahrain, was stripped of his gold medal for having committed anti-doping violations.^[1] The rest of the competitors were elevated by one position accordingly.
^{4 × 400 metres relay} Russian team originally won bronze medals but was disqualified due to anti-doping rules violation by Denis Alexeev.^[2] Although the medals have been officially stripped as of 14 September 2016, they have yet to be reallocated. Following reallocation, Great Britain's Robert Tobin, Andrew Steele, Michael Bingham and Martyn Rooney will be awarded bronze.
^{pole vault} The original bronze medalist, Denys Yurchenko of Ukraine, was stripped of his bronze medal for positive test for the prohibited substance.^[3]
^{shot put} The original bronze medalist, Andrei Mikhnevich of Belarus, was stripped of his bronze medal after being given a lifetime ban in 2013 for doping offences. Dylan Armstrong of Canada has received the bronze.^[4]
^{hammer throw} Vadim Devyatovskiy and Ivan Tsikhan were originally disqualified for doping, but had their medals reinstated in June 2010 after the Court of Arbitration for Sport ruled that there was an error at the Chinese medical lab.^[5]

Women

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres details	Shelly-Ann Fraser Jamaica	10.78	Sherone Simpson Jamaica Kerron Stewart Jamaica	10.98	Not awarded as there was a tie for silver.
200 metres details	Veronica Campbell-Brown Jamaica	21.74	Allyson Felix United States	21.93	Kerron Stewart Jamaica	22.00
400 metres details	Christine Ohuruogu Great Britain	49.62	Shericka Williams Jamaica	49.69	Sanya Richards United States	49.93
800 metres details	Pamela Jelimo Kenya	1:54.87	Janeth Jepkosgei Busienei Kenya	1:56.07	Hasna Benhassi Morocco	1:56.73
1500 metres details	Nancy Jebet Lagat Kenya	4:00.23	Iryna Lishchynska Ukraine	4:01.63	Nataliya Tobias Ukraine	4:01.78
5000 metres details	Tirunesh Dibaba Ethiopia	15:41.40	Elvan Abeylegesse Turkey	15:42.74	Meseret Defar Ethiopia	15:44.12
10,000 metres details	Tirunesh Dibaba Ethiopia	29:54.66 (OR)	Elvan Abeylegesse Turkey	29:56.34	Shalane Flanagan United States	30:22.22
100 metres hurdles details	Dawn Harper United States	12.54	Sally Pearson Australia	12.64	Priscilla Lopes-Schliep Canada	12.64
400 metres hurdles details	Melaine Walker Jamaica	52.64 (OR)	Sheena Tosta United States	53.70	Tasha Danvers Great Britain	53.84
3000 metres steeplechase details ^[f]	Gulnara Galkina-Samitova Russia	8:58.81 (WR)	Eunice Jepkorir Kenya	9:07.41	vacant
4×100 metres relay details ^[g]	Belgium Olivia Borlée Hanna Mariën Élodie Ouédraogo Kim Gevaert	42.54 (NR)	Nigeria Franca Idoko Gloria Kemasuode Halimat Ismaila Oludamola Osayomi Agnes Osazuwa*	43.04	Brazil Rosemar Coelho Neto Lucimar de Moura Thaissa Presti Rosangela Santos	43.14
4×400 metres relay details ^[h]	United States Mary Wineberg Allyson Felix Monique Henderson Sanya Richards Natasha Hastings*	3:18.54	vacant		Jamaica Shericka Williams Shereefa Lloyd Rosemarie Whyte Novelene Williams Bobby-Gaye Wilkins*	3:20.40
Marathon details	Constantina Diṭă-Tomescu Romania	2:26:44	Catherine Ndereba Kenya	2:27:06	Zhou Chunxiu China	2:27:07
20 kilometres walk details	Olga Kaniskina Russia	1:26:31 (OR)	Kjersti Tysse Plätzer Norway	1:27:07	Elisa Rigaudo Italy	1:27:12
High jump details ^[i]	Tia Hellebaut Belgium	2.05 m	Blanka Vlašić Croatia	2.05 m	vacant
Pole vault details	Yelena Isinbayeva Russia	5.05 m (WR)	Jennifer Stuczynski United States	4.80 m	Svetlana Feofanova Russia	4.75 m
Long jump details	Maurren Maggi Brazil	7.04 m	Tatyana Lebedeva Russia	7.03 m	Blessing Okagbare Nigeria	6.91 m
Triple jump details ^[j]	Françoise Mbango Etone Cameroon	15.39 m (OR)	Tatyana Lebedeva Russia	15.32 m	vacant
Shot put details ^[k]	Valerie Vili New Zealand	20.56 m	vacant		Nadzeya Astapchuk Belarus	19.86 m
Discus throw details ^[l]	Stephanie Brown Trafton United States	64.74 m	vacant		Olena Antonova Ukraine	62.59 m
Hammer throw details ^[m]	vacant		Yipsi Moreno Cuba	75.20 m	Zhang Wenxiu China	74.32 m
Javelin throw details ^[n]	Barbora Špotáková Czech Republic	71.42 m	vacant		Christina Obergföll Germany	66.13 m
Heptathlon details ^[o]	Natalya Dobrynska Ukraine	6733	Hyleas Fountain United States	6619	Tatyana Chernova Russia	6591

* Athletes who participated in the heats only and received medals.

^{3000 metres steeplechase} Original bronze medalist Yekaterina Volkova, Russia disqualified and stripped of, and ordered to return, bronze medal following retesting of her original in-competition sample returned a positive test for the presence of banned substances.^[6]
^{4 × 100 metres relay} Originally won by Team Russia but gold medals were stripped due to anti-doping rules violation by Yulia Chermoshanskaya.^[7] Following reallocation Belgium are awarded gold, Nigeria – silver and Brazil – bronze.
^{4 × 400 metres relay} Team Russia originally won silver medals, while Team Belarus originally placed fourth but both were disqualified due to anti-doping rules violations - by Anastasiya Kapachinskaya and Tatyana Firova in the case of Russia and Sviatlana Usovich for Belarus.^[8]^[9]^[10] Medals are yet to be reallocated but after reallocation Jamaica will be promoted to silver and Great Britain to bronze.
^{high jump} Original bronze medalist Anna Chicherova, Russia was official stripped of her bronze medal, following a positive retest of her sample from the 2008 Games for the anabolic steroid turinobol.^[11] Yelena Slesarenko, Russia and Vita Palamar, Ukraine, originally 4th and 5th, also disqualified for doping following retests. Originally 6th place athlete, Chaunte Howard, United States, stands to receive bronze medal.
^{triple jump} Original bronze medalist Hrysopiyi Devetzi , Greece, disqualified and stripped of, and ordered to return, bronze medal following retesting of original in-competition samples returned a positive result for banned substances.^[3]
^{shot put} Original silver medalist Natallia Mikhnevich, Belarus disqualified and stripped of, and ordered to return, silver medal following retesting of her original in-competition sample returned a positive test for the presence of the banned substances methandienone and stanozolol.^[10]
^{discus throw} Retests of samples from the 2008 Summer Olympics detected a positive sample from original silver medalist Yarelys Barrios, Cuba for performance enhancing drugs, and she was stripped of her medal on 1 September 2016. Reallocation of medals, or determination of the effect on the medal won by Barrios in the 2012 Summer Olympics are yet to be determined.^[12]
^{hammer throw} Original gold medalist Aksana Miankova, Belarus disqualified and stripped of, and ordered to return, gold medal following retesting of her original in-competition sample returned a positive test for the presence of the banned substances turinabol and oxandrolone.^[10]
^{javelin throw} Maria Abakumova, Russia, who originally won the silver medal in the women's Javelin, disqualified after she tested positive for dehydrochlormethyltestosterone.^[2]
^heptathlon Lyudmila Blonska, Ukraine who originally won the silver medal in the women's heptathlon, disqualified after she tested positive for methyltestosterone.^[13] Following reallocation Hyleas Fountain of United States are awarded silver, Tatyana Chernova of Russia – bronze.

Medal table

Retrieved from Beijing Olympics 2008 Official Website.^[14]

Host nation (China)

Total		46	44	41	131
1	United States (USA)	7	9	7	23
2	Kenya (KEN)	6	4	4	14
3	Jamaica (JAM)	6	3	2	11
4	Russia (RUS)	5	3	4	12
5	Ethiopia (ETH)	4	1	2	7
6	Belgium (BEL)	2	0	0	2
7	Australia (AUS)	1	2	1	4
7	Great Britain (GBR)	1	2	1	4
9	Cuba (CUB)	1	1	2	4
9	Ukraine (UKR)	1	1	2	4
11	Norway (NOR)	1	1	0	2
11	New Zealand (NZL)	1	1	0	2
11	Poland (POL)	1	1	0	2
14	Brazil (BRA)	1	0	1	2
14	Italy (ITA)	1	0	1	2
16	Cameroon (CMR)	1	0	0	1
16	Czech Republic (CZE)	1	0	0	1
16	Estonia (EST)	1	0	0	1
16	Panama (PAN)	1	0	0	1
16	Portugal (POR)	1	0	0	1
16	Romania (ROU)	1	0	0	1
16	Slovenia (SLO)	1	0	0	1
23	Belarus (BLR)	0	2	2	4
24	Trinidad and Tobago (TRI)	0	2	0	2
24	Turkey (TUR)	0	2	0	2
26	Bahamas (BAH)	0	1	1	2
26	France (FRA)	0	1	1	2
26	Morocco (MAR)	0	1	1	2
26	Nigeria (NGR)	0	1	1	2
30	Croatia (CRO)	0	1	0	1
30	Ecuador (ECU)	0	1	0	1
30	Latvia (LAT)	0	1	0	1
30	South Africa (RSA)	0	1	0	1
30	Sudan (SUD)	0	1	0	1
35	China (CHN)	0	0	2	2
35	Canada (CAN)	0	0	2	2
37	Finland (FIN)	0	0	1	1
37	Germany (GER)	0	0	1	1
37	Japan (JPN)	0	0	1	1
37	Lithuania (LTU)	0	0	1	1
-	Greece (GRE)	0	0	0	0

Records broken

During these 2008 Summer Olympic Games, 17 new Olympic records and 5 new world records were set in the athletics events.

Men's Olympic and world records

Event	Date	Round	Name	Nationality	Result	OR	WR
100 metres	August 16	Final	Usain Bolt	Jamaica	9.69 s	OR	WR
200 metres	August 20	Final	Usain Bolt	Jamaica	19.30 s	OR	WR
5000 metres	August 23	Final	Kenenisa Bekele	Ethiopia	12:57.82	OR
10000 metres	August 17	Final	Kenenisa Bekele	Ethiopia	27:01.17	OR
4x100 metre relay	August 22	Final	Nesta Carter Michael Frater Usain Bolt Asafa Powell	Jamaica	37.10 s	OR	WR
4x400 metre relay	August 23	Final	LaShawn Merritt Angelo Taylor David Neville Jeremy Wariner	United States	2:55.39	OR
Marathon	August 24	Final	Samuel Kamau Wansiru	Kenya	2:06:32	OR
50 kilometre walk	August 22	Final	Alex Schwazer	Italy	3:37:09	OR
Pole vault	August 22	Final	Steven Hooker	Australia	5.96 m	OR
Javelin throw	August 23	Final	Andreas Thorkildsen	Norway	90.57 m	OR

Women's Olympic and world records

Event	Date	Round	Name	Nationality	Result	OR	WR
400 metre hurdles	August 20	Final	Melaine Walker	Jamaica	52.64	OR
3,000 metre steeplechase	August 17	Final	Gulnara Galkina-Samitova	Russia	8:58.81	OR*	WR
10,000 metres	August 20	Final	Tirunesh Dibaba	Ethiopia	29:54.66	OR
20km walk	August 20	Final	Olga Kaniskina	Russia	1:26:31	OR
Triple jump	August 17	Final	Françoise Mbango Etone	Cameroon	15.39 m	OR
Pole vault	August 18	Final	Yelena Isinbayeva	Russia	5.05 m	OR	WR
Hammer throw	August 20	Final	Aksana Miankova	Belarus	76.34 m	OR

* Inaugural event.

Participating nations of men's events

Country	100	200	400	800	1500	5000	10000	110h	400h	3000 s/c	4×100	4×400	Mara thon	20 km walk	50 km walk	Long jump	Triple jump	High jump	Pole vault	Shot put	Discus	Javelin	Hammer	Dec athlon	Total
Afghanistan	1																								1
Albania																							1		1
Algeria				2	3	1				1				1											8
American Samoa	1																								1
Andorra													1												1
Angola													1												1
Antigua and Barbuda	1	1																1							3
Argentina				1	1									1					1	1	1	1	1		8
Armenia																						1			1
Australia			2	1	2	2				1		5	1	3	3	1			2	2	1	1			23
Austria							1														1				2
Azerbaijan	1	1																							2
Bahamas	1	1	3					1				6					1	1							11
Bahrain				2	2	1	1			1			3												9
Bangladesh	1																								1
Barbados	1							1																	2
Belarus								1					1	3	1		1			3	1	1	3	3	18
Belgium		1	3			1				1		4							1					2	10
Belize		1							1																2
Benin			1																						1
Bermuda																1									1
Bolivia				1																					1
Bosnia and Herzegovina																				1					1
Botswana		1	1	1									1			1		1							6
Brazil	3	2	1	2	1			1	1		4		3	1	1	1	2	1	1					1	21
British Virgin Islands																					1				1
Bulgaria	1	1														1	1		2	1		1			7
Burkina Faso	1																								1
Burundi													1												1
Cambodia													1												1
Cameroon																	1								1
Canada	2	2	1	2	3	1	1				4				1			1		1		1	1	1	18
Cape Verde													1												1
Cayman Islands								1																	1
Central African Republic	1																								1
Chad	1																								1
Chile		1											1							1		1		1	5
China	1	1	1	1				3	1		4		2	3	3	2	3	1	1			1		1	27
Chinese Taipei													1							1					2
Colombia	1	1	1					1					1	2	1										7
Comoros	1																								1
Republic of the Congo	1																								1
Cook Islands	1																								1
Costa Rica			1											1											2
Croatia								1												1	1		1		4
Cuba	1		1	2				1				4				2	3		1	3	1	1		2	21
Cyprus																		1							1
Czech Republic	1	1	1	1				2							1	1		2	2	1	1	1	1	1	17
Denmark																1				1					2
Djibouti					1																				1
Democratic Republic of the Congo			1																						1
Dominica		1	1																						2
Dominican Republic			1						1			4													5
Ecuador	1	1			1								1	3	2	1									9
Egypt		1																		1	1		1		4
El Salvador															1										1
Equatorial Guinea	1																								1
Eritrea					1	2	3						3												8
Estonia					1								1							1	3	1		2	9
Ethiopia					3	3	3			3			3												14
Fiji			1																						1
Finland		1		1									2		2	1			1	1	1	3	1	1	15
France	2		1		1			2		3	4	4	1		2	1	1	1	2	1				1	25
Macedonia																	1								1
Gabon	1																								1
The Gambia	1																								1
Georgia								1																	1
Germany	1				1						4	4		1	1	1		1	3	1	1	2	1	3	23
Ghana	1	1																							2
Great Britain	3	2	2	1	2	1		2		1	4	4	1			2	3	3	1					1	27
Greece								1	1			4			1	1	1	1		1		1	1		13
Grenada			2														1								3
Guam				1																					1
Guatemala													2		1										3
Guinea		1																							1
Guinea-Bissau	1																								1
Guyana		1																							1
Haiti								1																	1
Honduras	1	1																							1
Hong Kong	1																								1
Hungary								1							1					1	3	1	1	1	9
Iceland																							1		1
Indonesia	1																								1
India							1										1				1				3
Iran				2																1	2			1	6
Iraq																					1				1
Ireland		1	1	1	1	1							1	1	2										8
Israel										1			1					1	1						4
Italy	2		1		1					1	4		3	3	3	1	1	3	1		1		2		25
Jamaica	3	3	3	1				2	3		5	5				1				1				1	21
Japan	2	2	1			2	2	1	2	1	4	4	2	3	2			1	1			1	1		22
Jordan		1																							1
Kazakhstan		1							1				1	1			1	1						1	7
Kenya			1	3	3	3	3			3			3	1											20
Kiribati	1																								1
Kuwait				1																			1		2
Kyrgyzstan				1					1																2
Laos	1																								1
Latvia		1		1						1					2					1		3	1	1	11
Lebanon		1																							1
Lesotho													3												3
Liberia			1																					1	2
Libya													1												1
Liechtenstein													1												1
Lithuania				1										1	3						1				6
Madagascar								1																	1
Malaysia																		1							1
Malawi					1																				1
Maldives	1																								1
Mali									1																1
Malta		1																							1
Marshall Islands	1																								1
Mauritania				1																					1
Mauritius		1	1																						2
Mexico						1	3						3	2	3			1	1						14
Federated States of Micronesia	1																								1
Moldova										1			1	1			1			1	1		1	1	8
Monaco	1																								1
Mongolia													1												1
Montenegro													1												1
Morocco				3	3	3	2			3			3			2	1								19
Myanmar						1																			1
Namibia																1									1
Nepal													1												1
Netherlands				1				2			4		1							1	1			1	10
Netherlands Antilles	1	1																							1
New Zealand		1			1	1																1			4
Nicaragua		1																							1
Niger									1																1
Nigeria	3	1	2					1			4														8
North Korea													3												3
Norway	1	1												1	2							1			4
Oman	1																								1
Pakistan								1																	1
Palau	1																								1
Palestine						1																			1
Panama									1							1									2
Papua New Guinea									1																1
Paraguay																						1			1
Peru													1			1									2
Philippines																1									1
Poland	1	1	1	2				1	1	1	4	4	2	2	3	1		1	1	1	1	1	1		27
Portugal	1	1					1		1	1			2	2	2		1			1					13
Puerto Rico			1		1			1	1																4
Qatar	1				2	2	3	1		1			2				1				1				14
Romania																	1								1
Russia	1	1	2	2	1		1	2	1	2		4	3	2	2	1	3	3	3	3	1	3	2	3	44
Rwanda							1																		1
Saint Kitts and Nevis	1	1																							1
Saint Lucia																			1						1
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	1																								1
Samoa				1																					1
San Marino			1																						1
Saudi Arabia				1	1	1				1						2				1	1				8
Senegal				1												1	1								2
Serbia					1									1	1			1		1					5
Seychelles	1																								1
Sierra Leone		1																							1
Singapore	1																								1
Slovakia				1										1	3		1	1		1			2	1	11
Slovenia	1	1						1		1			1					1	1	1		1	1	1	10
Solomon Islands	1																								1
Somalia						1																			1
South Africa		1		2	1				3	1	4	4	2			1						1			17
South Korea								1					3	2	1		1		1			1			10
Spain	1	1		3	3	3	3	1		3			3	3	3	1		1		1	2			1	32
Sudan			1	2	1																				4
Suriname	1																								1
Swaziland					1																				1
Sweden			1							1								2	2		1	1			8
Switzerland		2				1							1			1									5
Syria																		1							1
São Tomé and Príncipe			1																						1
Tajikistan																							1		1
Tanzania				1			3						2												6
Thailand											4														4
Tonga	1																								1
Trinidad and Tobago	3	2	2					1			5	4													13
Tunisia														2	1										2
Turkey							1			1			1	1							1		1		6
Turkmenistan																							1		1
Tuvalu	1																								1
Uganda				1		2	1			1			1												6
Ukraine	1	1	1										3	1	3	1	3	3	3	2	1	1	3	1	28
United Arab Emirates		1																							1
United States	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	6	3	1	1	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	1	3	61
Uruguay		1	1																						2
Uzbekistan		1						1											1			1		2	6
Vanuatu	1																								1
Venezuela		1		1									1												3
Vietnam				1																					1
Virgin Islands			1																						1
Yemen				1																					1
Zambia						1																			1
Zimbabwe		1	2				1						1			1									6
Total athletes	80	63	55	58	48	39	38	42	26	39	66	70	95	51	59	39	39	40	38	44	37	38	33	40	1083
Total NOC	64	53	40	40	30	24	20	32	19	26	16	16	56	30	32	32	26	28	25	34	29	29	26	28	195

Participating nations of women's events

Country	100	200	400	800	1500	5000	10000	100h	400h	3000 s/c	4×100	4×400	Mara thon	20 km walk	Long jump	Triple jump	High jump	Pole vault	Shot put	Discus	Javelin	Hammer	Hept athlon	Total
Afghanistan	1																							1
Albania			1																					1
Algeria					1					1			1			1								4
Andorra	1																							1
Antigua and Barbuda	1																							1
Argentina																		1		1		1		3
Armenia	1																							1
Australia			1	2	2			1		2			3	3	1			1		1			1	17
Austria													1											1
Bahamas	3	2	1												1						1			7
Bahrain		1			1																			2
Bangladesh	1																							1
Barbados	1	1																						1
Belarus	1			1		1		1		1	4	5		3	2	1			3	3	2	3	1	30
Belgium	1						1			1	4						1							7
Belize															1									1
Benin		1																						1
Bermuda															1									1
Bolivia													1											1
Bosnia and Herzegovina													1											1
Botswana			1																					1
Brazil	1	1	1					1	1	1	4	4	1	1	2	1		1		1	1		1	20
British Virgin Islands	1																							1
Bulgaria	3	2							1	1						1				1	1			8
Burkina Faso									1															1
Burundi						1																		1
Cambodia	1																							1
Cameroon	1								1							1						1		4
Canada		1	1			1		2							2		1	1				1	1	11
Cayman Islands		1																						1
Central African Republic				1																				1
Chad	1																							1
Chile																			1					1
China	1				1	2	3			3	4	4	3	3		1	1	3	3	3	3	2	1	39
Chinese Taipei																			1					1
Colombia	1	1		1									1	1							1	1		7
Comoros	1																							1
Republic of the Congo															1									1
Cook Islands																				1				1
Costa Rica													1											1
Croatia				1					1								1			1		2		6
Cuba	1	1	1	1				2				4			1	3		1	3	2	2	3	1	22
Cyprus		1	1															1			1	1		5
Czech Republic								1	1					1	1	1	2	1		1	2	1	1	12
Ivory Coast	1																							1
Denmark																					1			1
Djibouti	1																							1
Democratic Republic of the Congo	1																							1
Dominican Republic		1																						1
Ecuador													1	1										2
El Salvador														1										1
Equatorial Guinea				1																				1
Eritrea						1							1											2
Estonia															1	1	1				1		1	5
Ethiopia					2	3	3			3			3											13
Fiji			1																					1
Finland																		1			1	1	1	4
France	1	1		1				1		1	4	4	1			1	1	2		1		3	2	23
Macedonia	1																							1
Gabon	1																							1
The Gambia	1																							1
Georgia																			1					1
Germany							1	1		1	4	4	2	2			1	3	3		3	2	3	30
Ghana	1																							1
Great Britain	3	1	3	3	3		2	1	1	2	4	4	3	1	1			1		1	1	1	2	31
Greece			1		1			1		1			1	3	1	2	1	2	1	1	1	2	1	19
Grenada	1	1	1	1											1									5
Guam	1																							1
Guatemala														1										1
Guinea								1																1
Guinea-Bissau					1																			1
Guyana			1	1																				2
Haiti	1		1					1																3
Honduras								1																1
Hong Kong	1																							1
Hungary			1			1	1	1					2	1				1			1	1	1	11
Iceland																		1			1			2
Indonesia								1																1
India			1				1					4			1					2			3	11
Iraq	1																							1
Ireland			1					1	1	2			1	1								1		8
Italy	1	1	1	1		1		1		1	4		3	1		1	1		2		1	2		20
Jamaica	3	3	3	1				3	3	2	6	5			1	1			1		1			24
Japan	1		1			3	3		1	1		4	2	2	1									15
Jordan				1																				1
Kazakhstan			1					2	1					1	1	3	2		1				1	12
Kenya				2	3	3	3			3			3											17
Kyrgyzstan									1				1				1							3
Laos	1																							1
Latvia									1	1				1							1		1	5
Lebanon		1																						1
Lesotho													1											1
Liberia		1	1																					1
Libya			1																					1
Lithuania	1			1						1			2	2			1			1	1		2	12
Madagascar	1																							1
Malaysia														1				1						2
Malawi						1																		1
Maldives				1																				1
Mali		1																						1
Malta	1																							1
Marshall Islands				1																				1
Mauritania	1																							1
Mauritius				1																				1
Mexico			1				1					4	3				1							9
Federated States of Micronesia	1																							1
Moldova				1									1				1					2		5
Mongolia			1																					1
Montenegro	1																							1
Morocco				1	3	1	1			1														7
Mozambique				1																				1
Myanmar		1																						1
Namibia				1	1								2											3
Nepal	1																							1
Netherlands							2																2	4
New Zealand							1						2						1	1			1	6
Nicaragua	1																							1
Niger			1																					1
Nigeria	3	2	3					1			5	4			1	1	1		1					14
North Korea													3											3
Norway	1							1					1	1									1	5
Oman	1																							1
Pakistan	1																							1
Palau	1																							1
Palestine	1																							1
Papua New Guinea	1																							1
Paraguay																					1			1
Peru													1											1
Philippines															1									1
Poland	1	1	1	1	3			1	1	2	5	4	2	1				3	1	3	2	3	2	33
Portugal				1		1				3			3	3	1			1			1	1		14
Puerto Rico		1	1																					1
Romania		1		1					1	2			3	1	1	1			1	1	2	1		15
Russia	3	3	3	3	1	3	3	3	3	3	4	6	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	3	3	60
Rwanda													1											1
Saint Kitts and Nevis	1	2	1																					3
Saint Lucia																	1				1			2
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines			1																					1
Samoa																					1			1
Serbia													1		1	1				1	1			5
Seychelles																					1			1
Sierra Leone	1																							1
Singapore																			1					1
Slovakia				1				1					1	1	1	1						1		7
Slovenia	1	1		1	1										1	1					1			7
Solomon Islands	1																							1
Somalia		1																						1
South Africa		1	1		1															1	2			6
South Korea													3	1	1				1		1			7
Spain					2	1	1	1	1	3			3	3	1	1	1	1	1		1	1		22
Sri Lanka		1																			1			2
Sudan			1						1	1						1								4
Suriname		1																						1
Swaziland			1																					1
Sweden								1							1	1	1			1				4
Switzerland																		1					1	2
Syria								1																1
São Tomé and Príncipe						1																		1
Tajikistan																						1		1
Tanzania						1																		1
Thailand	1										4						1				1		1	7
East Timor													1											1
Togo			1																					1
Tonga																			1					1
Trinidad and Tobago	3							1	1		4				1				1			1		10
Tunisia										1								1						2
Turkey				1		2	1	1		2			1		1							1		9
Turkmenistan	1																							1
Tuvalu	1																							1
Uganda			1																					1
Ukraine	1	1	1	2	3			1	1	1	4	4	2	2	3	3	2	1		3	3	3	3	38
United States	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	5	3	1	3	2	3	3	3	3	2	3	3	60
Uruguay				1																				1
Uzbekistan	1	1														1	2				1		1	6
Vanuatu	1																							1
Venezuela																					1			1
Vietnam	1																							1
Virgin Islands	1	1																						1
Yemen	1																							1
Zambia			1																					1
Zimbabwe													1											1
Total athletes	85	46	50	42	33	31	31	40	27	51	68	69	81	48	42	36	32	36	35	38	54	50	43	973
Total NOC	69	36	40	33	18	19	17	31	21	30	16	16	45	30	33	26	24	24	22	24	40	30	28	181

References

^ IOC sanctions five athletes who competed in Beijing
^ ^a ^b IOC sanctions four athletes for failing anti-doping tests at Beijing 2008 and London 2012
^ ^a ^b "IOC sanctions 16 athletes for failing anti-doping test at Beijing 2008". IOC. Retrieved 17 November 2016.
^ Olympic Highlights
^ "CAS reinstates Olympic medals for hammer throwers". June 10, 2010. Retrieved 2016-11-11.
^ IOC sanctions nine athletes for failing anti-doping test at Beijing 2008
^ IOC sanctions Yulia Chermoshanskaya for failing anti-doping test at Beijing 2008
^ IOC sanctions three athletes for failing anti-doping tests at Beijing 2008
^ IOC sanctions six athletes for failing anti-doping tests at Beijing 2008
^ ^a ^b ^c IOC sanctions seven athletes for failing anti-doping tests at Beijing 2008 and London 2012
^ IOC sanctions Anna Chicherova for failing anti-doping test at Beijing 2008
^ IOC sanctions two athletes for failing anti-doping tests at Beijing 2008
^ IOC sanctions Liudmyla Blonska for failing Anti-Doping test IOC press release August 22, 2008.
^ "Athletics Medal Standings". Archived from the original on 18 August 2008. Retrieved 2008-08-17. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)

"Sports Competition Schedule". BOCOG. 2006-04-17. Archived from the original on 10 August 2006. Retrieved 2006-08-10. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
"Athletics". International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 2016-11-11.
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"Olympic Athletics Competition Schedule". IAAF. Archived from the original on 21 April 2008. Retrieved 2008-04-24. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)

External links

[1] IOC sanctions five athletes who competed in Beijing

[IOC13Sep2016-2] IOC sanctions four athletes for failing anti-doping tests at Beijing 2008 and London 2012

[IOC17Nov2016-3] "IOC sanctions 16 athletes for failing anti-doping test at Beijing 2008". IOC. Retrieved 17 November 2016.

[4] Olympic Highlights

[CAS10Jun2010-5] "CAS reinstates Olympic medals for hammer throwers". June 10, 2010. Retrieved 2016-11-11.

[6] IOC sanctions nine athletes for failing anti-doping test at Beijing 2008

[7] IOC sanctions Yulia Chermoshanskaya for failing anti-doping test at Beijing 2008

[8] IOC sanctions three athletes for failing anti-doping tests at Beijing 2008

[9] IOC sanctions six athletes for failing anti-doping tests at Beijing 2008

[IOC25Nov2016-10] IOC sanctions seven athletes for failing anti-doping tests at Beijing 2008 and London 2012

[11] IOC sanctions Anna Chicherova for failing anti-doping test at Beijing 2008

[12] IOC sanctions two athletes for failing anti-doping tests at Beijing 2008

[13] IOC sanctions Liudmyla Blonska for failing Anti-Doping test IOC press release August 22, 2008.

[Athletics_Medal_Standings-14] "Athletics Medal Standings". Archived from the original on 18 August 2008. Retrieved 2008-08-17. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)

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