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An unprecedented 87 countries won at least one medal during the 2008 Games. Host nation China won the most gold medals (48), and became the seventh different team to top an overall Summer Olympics medal tally, winning a total of 100 medals overall.
Aug 7, 2008 · Relive the moments that went down in history at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. Access official videos, results, galleries, sport and athletes.
Official medal table of the Summer Olympic Games in Beijing. Find an alphabetical list of medals and celebrate the achievements of 2008's finest athletes.
Jul 29, 2008 · Beijing 2008 Olympic Games, athletic festival held in Beijing that took place August 8–24, 2008. The Beijing Games were the 26th occurrence of the modern Olympic Games. Some 200 Olympic committees sent almost 11,000 athletes to compete in 28 sports.
Official list of medal winners and results by sport at the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games. Celebrate medal-winning moments by the world's top athletes.
The 2008 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXIX Olympiad and officially branded as Beijing 2008, were an international multisport event held from 8 to 24 August 2008, in Beijing, China.
6 days ago · In 2008 the Olympic Games were held in China for the first time. In the months prior to the Games’ start, a devastating earthquake in Sichuan province, international focus on China’s pollution problems, and protests over China’s human rights record and Tibet became part of the Olympic story.
Following in the footsteps of triple Olympic sprint gold medalists Jesse Owens, Bobby Joe Morrow, and Carl Lewis, only “The Lightning Bolt” could claim to have won all three golds with world records.
Jan 19, 2010 · 2010 Jan 19. 📲 Subscribe to @olympics: http://oly.ch/Subscribe Watch one of the most spectacular opening ceremonies of all time in High Definition at the Beijing 2008 Summer Olympic Games.
The United States of America (USA), represented by the United States Olympic Committee (USOC), competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China.U.S. athletes have competed in every Summer Olympic Games in the modern era, except the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, which was boycotted by the American team and 65 other countries in protest of the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan.
