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You are welcome here for the Beijing Olympics highlights. China earns highest gold but USA leads highest medals in this Olympics 2008.

Overall Medal Count

Country Gold Silver Bronze Total
United States 36 38 36 110
China 51 21 28 100
Russia 23 21 28 72
Britain 19 13 15 47
Australia 14 15 17 46
Germany 16 10 15 41
France 7 16 17 40
South Korea 13 10 8 31
Italy 8 10 10 28
Ukraine 7 5 15 27
Japan 9 6 10 25
Cuba 2 11 11 24
Belarus 4 5 10 19
Spain 5 10 3 18
Canada 3 9 6 18
Netherlands 7 5 4 16
Brazil 3 4 8 15
Kenya 5 5 4 14
Kazakhstan 2 4 7 13
Jamaica 6 3 2 11
Poland 3 6 1 10
Hungary 3 5 2 10
Norway 3 5 2 10
New Zealand 3 1 5 9
Romania 4 1 3 8
Turkey 1 4 3 8
Ethiopia 4 1 2 7
Denmark 2 2 3 7
Azerbaijan 1 2 4 7
Czech Republic 3 3 0 6
Slovakia 3 2 1 6
Georgia 3 0 3 6
North Korea 2 1 3 6
Argentina 2 0 4 6
Switzerland 2 0 4 6
Uzbekistan 1 2 3 6
Armenia 0 0 6 6
Slovenia 1 2 2 5
Bulgaria 1 1 3 5
Indonesia 1 1 3 5
Sweden 0 4 1 5
Croatia 0 2 3 5
Lithuania 0 2 3 5
Mongolia 2 2 0 4
Thailand 2 2 0 4
Zimbabwe 1 3 0 4
Finland 1 1 2 4
Greece 0 2 2 4
Nigeria 0 1 3 4
Taiwan 0 0 4 4
Mexico 2 0 1 3
Latvia 1 1 1 3
India 1 0 2 3
Austria 0 1 2 3
Ireland 0 1 2 3
Serbia 0 1 2 3
Belgium 1 1 0 2
Dominican Republic 1 1 0 2
Estonia 1 1 0 2
Portugal 1 1 0 2
I.R.Iran 1 0 1 2
Trinidad & Tobago 0 2 0 2
Algeria 0 1 1 2
Bahamas 0 1 1 2
Colombia 0 1 1 2
Kyrgyzstan 0 1 1 2
Morocco 0 1 1 2
Tajikistan 0 1 1 2
Bahrain 1 0 0 1
Cameroon 1 0 0 1
Panama 1 0 0 1
Tunisia 1 0 0 1
Chile 0 1 0 1
Ecuador 0 1 0 1
Iceland 0 1 0 1
Malaysia 0 1 0 1
Netherlands Antilles 0 1 0 1
Singapore 0 1 0 1
South Africa 0 1 0 1
Sudan 0 1 0 1
Vietnam 0 1 0 1
Afghanistan 0 0 1 1
Egypt 0 0 1 1
Israel 0 0 1 1
Mauritius 0 0 1 1
Moldova 0 0 1 1
Togo 0 0 1 1
Venezuela 0 0 1 1

You are welcome to enjoy the highlights of Beijing Olympics 2008 here.The following medals were awarded in boxing at the 2008 Olympic Games

MEN

LIGHT-FLYWEIGHT

Gold – Zou Shiming (China)

Silver – Serdamba Purevdorj (Mongolia)

Bronze – Paddy Barnes (Ireland)

- Yampier Hernandez (Cuba)

FLYWEIGHT

Gold – Somjit Jongjohor (Thailand)

Silver – Andry Laffita (Cuba)

Bronze – Vincenzo Picardi (Italy)

- Georgy Balakshin (Russia)

BANTAMWEIGHT

Gold – Badar-Uugan Enkhbat of (Mongolia)

Silver – Yankiel Leon (Cuba)

Bronze – Bruno Julie (Mauritius)

- Veaceslav Gojan (Moldova)

FEATHERWEIGHT

Gold – Vasyl Lomachenko (Ukraine)

Silver – Khedafi Djelkhir (France)

Bronze – Shanin Imranov (Azerbaijan)

- Yakup Kilic (Turkey)

LIGHTWEIGHT

Gold – Alexey Tishchenko (Russia)

Silver – Daouda Sow (France)

Bronze – Hrachik Javakhyan (Armenia)

- Yordenis Ugas (Cuba)

LIGHT-WELTERWEIGHT

Gold – Felix Diaz (Dominican Republic)

Silver – Manus Boonjumnong (Thailand)

Bronze – Alexis Vastine (France)

- Rosniel Iglesias (Cuba)

WELTERWEIGHT

Gold – Bakhyt Sarsekbayev (Kazakhstan)

Silver – Carlos Banteaux (Cuba)

Bronze – Hanati Silamu (China)

- Kim Jung-joo (South Korea)

MIDDLEWEIGHT

Gold – James Degale (Britain)

Silver – Emilio Correa (Cuba)

Bronze – Vijender Singh (India)

- Darren Sutherland (Ireland)

MEN’S LIGHT-HEAVYWEIGHT

Gold – Zhang Xiaoping (China)

Silver – Kenny Egan (Ireland)

Bronze – Yerkebulan Shynaliyev (Kazakhstan)

- Tony Jeffries (Britain)

HEAVYWEIGHT

Gold – Rakhim Chakhkeiv (Russia)

Silver – Clemente Russo (Italy)

Bronze – Deontay Wilder (U.S.)

Osmai Acosta (Cuba)

MEN’S SUPER-HEAVYWEIGHT

Gold – Roberto Cammarelle (Italy)

Silver – Zhang Zhilei (China)

Bronze – David Price (Britain)

Vyacheslav Glazkov (Ukraine)

(Compiled by Padraic Halpin, Editing by Lars Janssen)

Enjoy the highlights of Beijing Olympics 2008 here. The following medals were awarded in wrestling at the 2008 Olympic Games

MEN’S GRECO-ROMAN

55KG

Gold – Nazyr Mankiev (Russia)

Silver – Rovshan Bayramov (Azerbaijan)

Bronze – Roman Amoyan (Armenia)

- Park En-chul (South Korea)

60KG

Gold – Islam-Beka Albiev (Russia)

Silver – Vitaliy Rahimov (Azerbaijan)

Bronze – Ruslan Tiumenbaev (Kyrgzstan)

- Nurbakyt Tengizbayev (Kazakhstan)

66KG

Gold – Steeve Guenot (France)

Silver – Kanatbek Begalive (Kyrgystan)

Bronze – Armen Vardanyan (Ukraine)

- Darkhan Bayakhmetov (Kazakhstan)

74KG

Gold – Manuchar Kvirkelia (Georgia)

Silver – Chang Yongxiang (China)

Bronze – Yavor Yanakiev (Bulgaria)

- Christophe Guenot (France)

84KG

Gold – Andrea Minguzzi (Italy)

Silver – Zoltan Fodor (Hungary)

Bronze – Nazmi Avluca (Turkey)

96KG

Gold – Aslanbek Khushtov (Russia)

Silver – Mirko Englich (Germany)

Bronze – Asset Mambetov (Kazakhstan)

- Adam Wheeler (United States)

120KG

Gold – Mijain Lopez (Cuba)

Silver – Khasan Baroev (Russia)

Bronze – Yuri Patrikeev (Armenia)

- Mindaugas Mizgaitis (Lithuania)

MEN’S FREESTYLE

55KG

Gold – Henry Cejudo (U.S.)

Silver – Tomohiro Matsunaga (Japan)

Bronze – Radoslav Velikov (Bulgaria)

- Besik Kudukhov (Russia)

60KG

Gold – Mavlet Batirov (Russia)

Silver – Vasyl Fedoryshyn (Ukraine)

Bronze – Kenichi Yumoto (Japan)

Seyedmorad Mohammadi (Iran)

66KG

Gold – Ramazan Sahin (Turkey)

Silver – Andriy Stadnik (Ukraine)

Bronze – Otar Tushishvili (Georgia)

- Sushil Kumar (India)

74KG

Gold – Buvaysa Saytiev (Russia)

Silver – Soslan Tigiev (Uzbekistan)

Bronze – Kiril Terziev (Bulgaria)

- Murad Gaidarov (Belarus)

84KG

Gold – Revazi Mindorashvili (Georgia)

Silver – Yusup Abdusalomov (Tajikistan)

Bronze – Georgy Ketoev (Russia)

- Taras Danko (Ukraine)

96KG

Gold – Shirvani Muradov (Russia)

Silver – Taimuraz Tigiev (Kazakhstan)

Bronze – George Gogshelidze (Georgia)

- Khetag Gazyumov (Azerbaijan)

120KG

Gold – Artur Taymazov (Uzbekistan)

Silver – Bakhtiyar Akhmedov (Russia)

Bronze – Murad Mutalimov (Kazakhstan)

- David Musulbes (Slovakia)

WOMEN’S FREESTYLE

48KG

Gold – Carol Huynh (Canada)

Silver – Chiharu Icho (Japan)

Bronze – Irini Merleni (Ukraine)

- Mariya Stadnik (Azerbaijan)

55KG

Gold – Saori Yoshida (Japan)

Silver – Xu Li (China)

Bronze – Tonya Verbeek (Canada)

- Jackeline Renteria (Colombia)

63KG

Gold – Kaori Icho (Japan)

Silver – Alena Kartoshova (Russia)

Bronze – Randi Miller (U.S.)

- Yelena Shalygina (Kazakhstan)

72KG

Gold – Wang Jiao (China)

Silver – Stanka Zlateva (Bulgaria)

Bronze – Agnieszka Wieszczek (Poland)

- Kyoko Hamaguchi (Japan)

(Compiled by Padraic Halpin, Editing by Lars Janssen)

Welcome to enjoy the Beijing Olympics 2008 highlights here.The following medals were awarded in weightlifting at the 2008 Olympic Games

MEN

56KG

Gold – Long Qingquan (China)

Silver – Hoang Anh Tuan (Vietnam)

Bronze – Eko Yuli Irawan (Indonesia)

62KG

Gold – Zhang Xiangxiang (China)

Silver – Diego Salazar (Colombia)

Bronze – Triyatno (Indonesia)

69KG

Gold – Liao Hui (China)

Silver – Vencelas Dabaya-Tientcheu (France)

Bronze – Tigran Gevorg Martirosyan (Armenia)

77KG

Gold – Sa Jaeh-youk (South Korea)

Silver – Li Hongli (China)

Bronze – Gevorg Davtyan (Armenia)

85KG

Gold – Lu Yong (China)

Silver – Andrei Ribakou (Belarus)

Bronze – Vladimir Sedov (Kazakhstan)

94KG

Gold – Ilya Ilin (Kazakhstan)

Silver – Szymon Kolecki (Poland)

Bronze – Khadzhimurat Akkaev (Poland)

105KG

Gold – Andrei Aramnau (Belarus)

Silver – Dmitriy Klokov (Russia)

Bronze – Dmitry Lapikov (Russia)

+105KG

Gold – Matthias Steiner (Germany)

Silver – Evgeny Chigishev (Russia)

Bronze – Viktors Scerbatihs (Latvia)

WOMEN

48KG

Gold – Chen Xiexia (China)

Silver – Sibel Ozkan (Turkey)

Bronze – Chen Wei-Ling (Taiwan)

53KG

Gold – Prapawadee Jaroenrattanatarakoon (Thailand)

Silver – Yoon Jin-hee (South Korea)

Bronze – Nastassia Novikava (Belarus)

58KG

Gold – Chen Yanqing (China)

Silver – Marina Shainova (Russia)

Bronze – O Jong Ae (North Korea)

63KG

Gold – Pak Hyon Suk (North Korea)

Silver – Irina Nekrassova (Kazakhstan)

Bronze – Lu Ying-chi (Taiwan)

69KG

Gold – Liu Chunhong (China)

Silver – Oxana Slivenko (Russia)

Bronze – Natalya Davydova (Ukraine)

75KG

Gold – Cao Lei (China)

Silver – Alla Vazhenina (Kazakhstan)

Bronze – Nadezda Evstyukhina (Russia)

+75KG

Gold – Jang Mi-ran (South Korea)

Silver – Olha Korobka (Ukraine)

Bronze – Mariya Grabovetskaya (Kazakhstan)

(Compiled by Padraic Halpin, Editing by Lars Janssen)

Enjoy the highlights of Beijing Olympics 2008 here.

The following medals were awarded in water polo at the 2008 Olympic Games

MEN

Gold – Hungary

Silver – U.S.

Bronze – Serbia

WOMEN

Gold – Netherlands

Silver – U.S.

Bronze – Australia

Enjoy the highlights of Beijing Olympics 2008 here. The following medals were awarded in taekwondo at the 2008 Olympic Games

MEN

-58KG

Gold – Guillermo Perez (Mexico)

Silver – Yulis Gabriel Mercedes (Dominican Republic)

Bronze – Rohullah Nikpai (Afghanistan)

- Chu Mu-yen (Taiwan)

-68KG

Gold – Son Tae-jin (South Korea)

Silver – Mark Lopez (U.S.)

Bronze – Sung Yu-chi (Taiwan)

- Servet Tazegul (Turkey)

-80KG

Gold – Hadi Saei (Iran)

Silver – Mauro Sarmiento (Italy)

Bronze – Zhu Guo (China)

- Steven Lopez (U.S.)

+80KG

Gold – Cha Dong-min (South Korea)

Silver – Alexandros Nikolaidis (Greece)

Bronze – Chika Yagazie Chukwumerije (Nigeria)

Arman Chilmanov (Kazakhstan)

WOMEN

-49KG

Gold – Wu Jingyu (China)

Silver – Buttree Puedpong (Thailand)

Bronze – Daynellis Montejo (Cuba)

- Dalia Contreras Rivero (Venezuela)

-57KG

Gold – Lim Su-jeong (South Korea)

Silver – Azize Tanrikulu (Turkey)

Bronze – Martina Zubcic (Croatia)

- Diana Lopez (U.S.)

-67KG

Gold – Hwang Kyung-seon (South Korea)

Silver – Karine Sergerie (Canada)

Bronze – Sandra Saric (Croatia)

- Gwladys Patience Epangue (France)

+67KG

Gold – Maria Espinoza (Mexico)

Silver – Nina Solheim (Norway)

Bronze – Natalia Falavigna (Brazil)

Sarah Stevenson (Britain)

(Compiled by Padraic Halpin, Editing by Lars Janssen)

Welcome to enjoy the highlights of Beijing Olympics 2008 here.
The following medals were awarded in tennis at the 2008 Olympic Games

MEN

SINGLES

Gold – Rafael Nadal (Spain)

Silver – Fernando Gonzalez (Chile)

Bronze – Novak Djokovic (Serbia)

DOUBLES

Gold – Roger Federer/Stanislas Wawrinka (Switzerland)

Silver – Simon Aspelin/ Thomas Johansson (Sweden)

Bronze – Mike Bryan/ Bob Bryan (U.S.)

WOMEN

SINGLES

Gold – Elena Dementieva (Russia)

Silver – Dinara Safina (Russia)

Bronze – Vera Zvonareva (Russia)

DOUBLES

Gold – Venus Williams/Serena Williams (U.S.)

Silver – Anabel Medina Garrigues/Virginia Ruano Pascual (Spain)

Bronze – Zheng Zie/Yan Zi (China)

The following medals were awarded in table tennis at the 2008 Olympic Games

MEN

SINGLES

Gold – Ma Lin (China)

Silver – Wang Hao (China)

Bronze – Wang Liqin (China)

TEAM

Gold – China

Silver – Germany

Bronze – South Korea

WOMEN

SINGLES

Gold – Zhang Yining (China)

Silver – Wang Nan (China)

Bronze – Guo Yue (China)

TEAM

Gold – China

Silver – Singapore

Bronze – South Korea

The following medals were awarded in swimming at the 2008 Olympic Games

MEN

50M FREESTYLE

Gold – Cesar Cielo Filho (Brazil)

Silver – Amaury Leveaux (France)

Bronze – Alain Bernard (France)

100M FREESTYLE

Gold – Alain Bernard (France)

Silver – Eamon Sullivan (Australia)

Bronze – Jason Lezak (U.S.)

100M BACKSTROKE

Gold – Aaron Peirsol (U.S.)

Silver – Matthew Grevers (U.S.)

Bronze – Arkady Vyatchanin (Russia)

100M BUTTERFLY

Gold – Michael Phelps (U.S.)

Silver – Milorad Cavic (Serbia)

Bronze – Andrew Lauterstein (Australia)

100M BREASTSTROKE

Gold – Kosuke Kitajima (Japan)

Silver – Alexander Dale Oen (Norway)

Bronze – Hugues Duboscq (France)

200M FREESTYLE

Gold – Michael Phelps (U.S.)

Silver – Park Tae-hwan (South Korea)

Bronze – Peter Vanderkaay (U.S.)

200M BACKSTROKE

Gold – Ryan Lochte (U.S.)

Silver – Aaron Peirsol (U.S.)

Bronze – Arkady Vyatchanin (Russia)

200M BUTTERFLY

Gold – Michael Phelps (U.S.)

Silver – Laszlo Cseh (Hungary)

Bronze – Takeshi Matsuda (Japan)

200M BREASTSTROKE

Gold – Kosuke Kitajima (Japan)

Silver – Brenton Rickard (Australia)

Bronze – Hugues Duboscq (France)

200M INDIVIDUAL MEDLEY

Gold – Michael Phelps (U.S.)

Silver – Laszlo Cseh (Hungary)

Bronze – Ryan Lochte (U.S.)

400M FREESTYLE

Gold – Park Tae-hawn (South Korea)

Silver – Zhang Lin (China)

Bronze – Larsen Jensen (U.S.)

400M INDIVIDUAL MEDLEY

Gold – Michael Phelps (U.S.)

Silver – Lazslo Cseh (Hungary)

Bronze – Ryan Lochte (U.S.)

1,500 FREESTYLE

Gold – Oussama Mellouli (Tunisia)

Silver – Grant Hackett (Australia)

Bronze – Ryan Cochrane (Canada)

4X100 FREESTYLE RELAY

Gold – U.S.

Silver – France

Bronze – Australia

4X200 FREESTYLE RELAY

Gold – U.S.

Silver – Russia

Bronze – Australia

4×100 MEDLEY RELAY

Gold – U.S.

Silver – Australia

Bronze – Japan

10KM FREESTYLE

Gold – Maarten van der Weijden (Netherlands)

Silver – David Davies (Britain)

Bronze – Thomas Lurz (Germany)

WOMEN

50M FREESTYLE

Gold – Britta Steffen (Germany)

Silver – Dara Torres (U.S.)

Bronze – Cate Campbell (Australia)

100M FREESTYLE

Gold – Britta Steffen (Germany)

Silver – Libby Trickett (Australia)

Bronze – Natalie Coughlin (U.S.)

100M BACKSTROKE

Gold – Natalie Coughlin (U.S.)

Silver – Kirsty Coventry (Zimbabwe)

Bronze – Margaret Hoelzer (U.S.)

100 BREASTSROKE

Gold – Leisel Jones (Australia)

Silver – Rebecca Soni (U.S.)

Bronze – Mirna Jukic (Austria)

100M BUTTERFLY

Gold – Libby Trickett (Australia)

Silver – Christine Magnuson (U.S.)

Bronze – Jessicah Schipper (Australia)

200M FREESTYLE

Gold – Federica Pellegrini (Italy)

Silver – Sara Isakovic (Slovenia)

Bronze – Pang Jiaying (China)

200M BACKSTROKE

Gold – Kirsty Coventry (Zimbabwe)

Silver – Margaret Hoelzer (U.S.)

Bronze – Reiko Nakamura (Japan)

200M BUTTERFLY

Gold – Liu Zige (China)

Silver – Jiao Liuyang (China)

Bronze – Jessicah Schipper (Australia)

200M BREASTSTROKE

Gold – Rebecca Soni (U.S.)

Silver – Leisel Jones (Australia)

Bronze – Sara Nordenstam (Norway)

200M INDIVIDUAL MEDLEY

Gold – Stephanie Rice (Australia)

Silver – Kirsty Coventry (Zimbabwe)

Bronze – Natalie Coughlin (U.S.)

400M FREESYTLE

Gold – Rebecca Adlington (Britain)

Silver – Katie Hoff (U.S.)

Bronze – Joanne Jackson (Britain)

400M INDVIDUAL MEDLEY

Gold – Stephanie Rice (Australia)

Silver – Kirsty Coventry (Zimbabwe)

Bronze – Katie Hoff (U.S.)

WOMEN’S 800M FREESTYLE

Gold – Rebecca Adlington (Britain)

Silver – Alessia Filippi (Italy)

Bronze – Lotte Friis (Denmark)

4X100 FREESTYLE RELAY

Gold – Netherlands

Silver – U.S.

Bronze – Australia

4X200M FREESTYLE RELAY

Gold – Australia

Silver – China

Bronze – U.S.

4×100 MEDLEY RELAY

Gold – Australia

Silver – U.S.

Bronze – China

10KM FREESTYLE

Gold – Larisa Ilchenko (Russia)

Silver – Keri-Anne Payne (Britain)

Bronze – Cassandra Patten (Britain)

(Compiled by Padraic Halpin, Editing by Lars Janssen)

Welcome to enjoy the Beijing Olympics 2008 highlights here.
The following medals were awarded in soccer at the 2008 Olympic Games

MEN

Gold – Argentina

Silver – Nigeria

Bronze – Brazil

WOMEN

Gold – U.S.

Silver – Brazil

Bronze – Germany

The following medals were awarded in archery at the 2008 Olympic Games

MEN

INDIVIDUAL

Gold – Viktor Ruban (Ukraine)

Silver – Park Kyung-mo (South Korea)

Bronze – Bair Badenov (Russia)

TEAM

Gold – South Korea

Silver – Italy

Bronze – China

WOMEN

NDIVIDUAL

Gold – Zhang Juan Juan (China)

Silver – Park Sung-hyun (South Korea)

Bronze – Yun Ok-hee (South Korea)

TEAM

Gold – South Korea

Silver – China

Bronze – France

(Compiled by Lars Janssen, Editing by Padraic Halpin)

Here you enjoy the highlights of Beijing Olympics 2008. The following medals were awarded in sailing at the 2008 Olympic Games

MEN

RS:X

Gold – Tom Ashley (New Zealand)

Silver – Julien Bontemps (France)

Bronze – Shahar Zubari (Israel)

LASER

Gold – Paul Goodison (Britain)

Silver – Vasilij Zbogar (Slovenia)

Bronze – Diego Romero (Italy)

470

Gold – Australia

Silver – Britain

Bronze – France

STAR

Gold – Britain

Silver – Brazil

Bronze – Sweden

WOMEN

RS:X

Gold – Yin Jian (China)

Silver – Alessandra Sensini (Italy)

Bronze – Bryony Shaw (Britain)

LASER RADIAL

Gold – Anna Tunnicliffe (U.S.)

Silver – Gintare Volungeviciute (Lithuania)

Bronze – Xu Lijia (China)

470

Gold – Australia

Silver – Netherlands

Bronze – Brazil

YNGLING

Gold – Britain

Silver – Netherlands

Bronze – Greece

OPEN

FINN

Gold – Ben Ainslie (Britain)

Silver – Zach Railey (U.S.)

Bronze – Guillaume Florent (France)

49ER

Gold – Denmark

Silver – Spain

Bronze – Germany

TORNADO

Gold – Spain

Silver – Australia

Bronze – Argentina

(Compiled by Padraic Halpin, Editing by Lars Janssen)

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