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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.

Athletes from 87 countries won medals, and 55 of them won at least one gold medal, both of these categories set new records. China won 51 gold medals, the most of any nation at these Games, and led the gold medal count for the first time in their Olympic history. Afghanistan, Bahrain, Mauritius, Sudan, Tajikistan and Togo won their first Olympic medals. Bahrain, Mongolia (which had previously held the record for most medals without a gold) and Panama 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.

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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. 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. 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.

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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.

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.

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.

Notes

1. "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.
2. "Afghans win first Olympic medal". BBC Sports. 2008-08-20. Retrieved 2008-08-20.
3. 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)
4. "Mauritian delight at first ever medal". 2008-08-22. Retrieved 2008-08-26. {{cite news}}: Text "publisherTimes of India" ignored (help)
5. "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)
6. "Italy, Azerbaijan win golds". International Herald Tribune. Retrieved 2008-08-12. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
7. "Togo claims first Olympic medal". BBC News. 2008-08-12. Retrieved 2008-08-12. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
8. "Naidan wins Mongolia's first gold". BBC News. 2008-08-14. Retrieved 2008-08-14.
9. "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)
10. "Serbian PM congratulates swimmer on winning medal in Beijing Olympics". Chinaview.cn. 2008-08-17. Retrieved 2008-08-18.
11. "Beijing 2008–Games of the XXVIV Olympiad". International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 2008-08-10.
12. 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)
13. "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)
14. "2 more athletes fail doping tests". CBC Sports. 2008-08-15. Retrieved 2008-08-15.
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)
16. "Ukrainian Blonska stripped of silver medal in heptathlon". ESPN.com. 2008-08-22. Retrieved 2008-08-22.

References

• "Overall Medal Standings". Beijing2008.com.

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Africa	Algeria Angola Benin Botswana Burkina Faso Burundi Cameroon Cape Verde Central African Republic Chad Comoros Republic of the Congo Democratic Republic of the Congo Djibouti Egypt Equatorial Guinea Eritrea Ethiopia Gabon The Gambia Ghana Guinea Guinea-Bissau Ivory Coast Kenya Lesotho Liberia Libya Madagascar Malawi Mali Mauritania Mauritius Morocco Mozambique Namibia Niger Nigeria Rwanda São Tomé and Príncipe Senegal Seychelles Sierra Leone Somalia South Africa Sudan Swaziland Tanzania Togo Tunisia Uganda Zambia Zimbabwe
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Asia	Afghanistan Bahrain Bangladesh Bhutan Cambodia China East Timor Hong Kong India Indonesia Iran Iraq Japan Jordan Kazakhstan Kuwait Kyrgyzstan Laos Lebanon Malaysia Maldives Mongolia Myanmar Nepal North Korea Oman Pakistan Palestine Philippines Qatar Saudi Arabia Singapore South Korea Sri Lanka Syria Chinese Taipei Tajikistan Thailand Turkmenistan United Arab Emirates Uzbekistan Vietnam Yemen
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Oceania	American Samoa Australia Cook Islands Fiji Guam Kiribati Marshall Islands Federated States of Micronesia Nauru New Zealand Palau Papua New Guinea Samoa Solomon Islands Tonga Tuvalu Vanuatu

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