2008 Summer Olympic Games
Beijing, China
The 26th Summer Games was just the second to be held in Asia, following Tokyo in 1964.
A record 204 nations participated, and the 11,000 competitors was also an unprecedented tally.
China topped the medal table at an Olympic Games for the first time.
Medal Table
|
|
NATION |
GOLD |
SILVER |
BRONZE |
TOTAL |
|
1 |
CHINA |
51 |
21 |
28 |
100 |
|
2 |
UNITED STATES |
36 |
38 |
36 |
110 |
|
3 |
RUSSIA |
23 |
21 |
28 |
72 |
|
4 |
GREAT BRITAIN |
19 |
13 |
15 |
47 |
|
5 |
GERMANY |
16 |
10 |
15 |
41 |
|
6 |
AUSTRALIA |
14 |
15 |
17 |
46 |
|
7 |
SOUTH KOREA |
13 |
10 |
8 |
31 |
|
8 |
JAPAN |
9 |
6 |
11 |
26 |
|
9 |
ITALY |
8 |
9 |
10 |
27 |
|
10 |
FRANCE |
7 |
16 |
18 |
41 |
|
11 |
UKRAINE |
7 |
5 |
15 |
27 |
|
12 |
NETHERLANDS |
7 |
5 |
4 |
16 |
|
13 |
KENYA |
6 |
4 |
4 |
14 |
|
14 |
JAMAICA |
6 |
3 |
2 |
11 |
|
15 |
SPAIN |
5 |
10 |
3 |
18 |
|
16 |
BELARUS |
4 |
4 |
9 |
17 |
|
17 |
ROMANIA |
4 |
1 |
3 |
8 |
|
18 |
ETHIOPIA |
4 |
1 |
2 |
7 |
|
19 |
CANADA |
3 |
9 |
6 |
18 |
|
20 |
HUNGARY |
3 |
6 |
2 |
11 |
|
21 |
POLAND |
3 |
6 |
1 |
10 |
|
22 |
NORWAY |
3 |
5 |
1 |
9 |
|
23 |
BRAZIL |
3 |
4 |
8 |
15 |
|
24 |
CZECH REPUBLIC |
3 |
3 |
- |
6 |
|
25 |
NEW ZEALAND |
3 |
2 |
4 |
9 |
|
26 |
SLOVAKIA |
3 |
2 |
1 |
6 |
|
27 |
GEORGIA |
3 |
- |
3 |
6 |
|
28 |
CUBA |
2 |
11 |
11 |
24 |
|
29 |
KAZAKHSTAN |
2 |
4 |
7 |
13 |
|
30 |
DENMARK |
2 |
2 |
3 |
7 |
|
31= |
MONGOLIA |
2 |
2 |
- |
4 |
|
31= |
THAILAND |
2 |
2 |
- |
4 |
|
33 |
NORTH KOREA |
2 |
1 |
3 |
6 |
|
34 |
SWITZERLAND |
2 |
- |
5 |
7 |
|
35 |
ARGENTINA |
2 |
- |
4 |
6 |
|
36 |
MEXICO |
2 |
- |
1 |
3 |
|
37 |
TURKEY |
1 |
4 |
3 |
8 |
|
38 |
ZIMBABWE |
1 |
3 |
- |
4 |
|
39 |
AZERBAIJAN |
1 |
2 |
4 |
7 |
|
40 |
UZBEKISTAN |
1 |
2 |
3 |
6 |
|
41 |
SLOVENIA |
1 |
2 |
2 |
5 |
|
42= |
BULGARIA |
1 |
1 |
3 |
5 |
|
42= |
INDONESIA |
1 |
1 |
3 |
5 |
|
44 |
FINLAND |
1 |
1 |
2 |
4 |
|
45 |
LATVIA |
1 |
1 |
1 |
3 |
|
46= |
BELGIUM |
1 |
1 |
- |
2 |
|
46= |
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC |
1 |
1 |
- |
2 |
|
46= |
ESTONIA |
1 |
1 |
- |
2 |
|
46= |
PORTUGAL |
1 |
1 |
- |
2 |
|
50 |
INDIA |
1 |
- |
2 |
3 |
|
51 |
IRAN |
1 |
- |
1 |
2 |
|
52= |
CAMEROON |
1 |
- |
- |
1 |
|
52= |
PANAMA |
1 |
- |
- |
1 |
|
52= |
TUNISIA |
1 |
- |
- |
1 |
|
55 |
SWEDEN |
- |
4 |
1 |
5 |
|
56= |
CROATIA |
- |
2 |
3 |
5 |
|
56= |
LITHUANIA |
- |
2 |
3 |
5 |
|
58 |
GREECE |
- |
2 |
2 |
4 |
|
59 |
TRINIDAD & TOBAGO |
- |
2 |
- |
2 |
|
60 |
NIGERIA |
- |
1 |
3 |
4 |
|
61= |
AUSTRIA |
- |
1 |
2 |
3 |
|
61= |
IRELAND |
- |
1 |
2 |
3 |
|
61= |
SERBIA |
- |
1 |
2 |
3 |
|
64= |
ALGERIA |
- |
1 |
1 |
2 |
|
64= |
BAHAMAS |
- |
1 |
1 |
2 |
|
64= |
COLOMBIA |
- |
1 |
1 |
2 |
|
64= |
KYRGYZSTAN |
- |
1 |
1 |
2 |
|
64= |
MOROCCO |
- |
1 |
1 |
2 |
|
64= |
TAJIKISTAN |
- |
1 |
1 |
2 |
|
70= |
CHILE |
- |
1 |
- |
1 |
|
70= |
ECUADOR |
- |
1 |
- |
1 |
|
70= |
ICELAND |
- |
1 |
- |
1 |
|
70= |
MALAYSIA |
- |
1 |
- |
1 |
|
70= |
SOUTH AFRICA |
- |
1 |
- |
1 |
|
70= |
SINGAPORE |
- |
1 |
- |
1 |
|
70= |
SUDAN |
- |
1 |
- |
1 |
|
70= |
VIETNAM |
- |
1 |
- |
1 |
|
78 |
ARMENIA |
- |
- |
6 |
6 |
|
79 |
CHINESE TAIPEI |
- |
- |
4 |
4 |
|
80= |
AFGHANISTAN |
- |
- |
1 |
1 |
|
80= |
EGYPT |
- |
- |
1 |
1 |
|
80= |
ISRAEL |
- |
- |
1 |
1 |
|
80= |
MOLDOVA |
- |
- |
1 |
1 |
|
80= |
MAURITIUS |
- |
- |
1 |
1 |
|
80= |
TOGO |
- |
- |
1 |
1 |
|
80= |
VENEZUELA |
- |
- |
1 |
1 |
