2008 Summer Olympics medal table

2008 Summer Olympics medals
Location	Beijing,   China
Highlights
Most gold medals	China  (48)
Most total medals	United States  (112)
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Map of the world showing the achievements of each country during the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, People's Republic of China.
Gold for countries achieving at least one gold medal.
Silver for countries achieving at least one silver medal.
Brown for countries achieving at least one bronze medal.
Green for countries that did not win a medal.
Black for countries that did not participate.
A yellow square displays the host city (Beijing).
Blue asterisks display countries achieving their first medal ever in a Summer Olympics.

The 2008 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXIX Olympiad, were a summer multi-sport event held in Beijing, the capital of the People's Republic of China, from 8 to 24 August 2008. Approximately 10,942 athletes from 204 National Olympic Committees (NOCs) participated in 302 events in 28 sports. ^[1]

Athletes from 87 countries won medals, and 55 of them won at least one gold medal. Both of these categories set new records until surpassed in 2016. Athletes from China won the most gold medals, with 48, while athletes from the United States won the most total medals, with 112. Afghanistan, ^[2] Mauritius, ^[3] Sudan, ^[4] Tajikistan ^[5] and Togo ^[6] won their first Olympic medals. Athletes from Mongolia (which previously held the record for most medals without a gold) ^[7] and Panama ^[8] won their first gold medals. Serbian swimmer Milorad Čavić won the first medal for the country as an independent NOC. Serbian athletes had previously won medals as nationals of Yugoslavia and Serbia and Montenegro. ^[9] Samoa won its first Olympic medal due to medals reallocation after the IOC retested doping samples in 2016.

Medal table

See also: Olympic medal table

The ranking in this table is based on information provided by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and is consistent with IOC convention in its published medal tables. By default, the table is ordered by the number of gold medals the athletes from a nation have won (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. ^[10] Therefore, the total number of bronze medals is greater than the total number of gold or silver medals. An exception was the men's 84 kg Greco-Roman wrestling, where Ara Abrahamian was stripped of his medal due to his conduct during the medal ceremony. Additionally there was a tie for the silver medal in the women's 100 metres in athletics and no bronze was awarded. ^[11] 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. ^[12]

From left to right: Tore Brovold from Norway (silver), Vincent Hancock from USA (gold) and Anthony Terras from France (bronze) with the medals they earned in the men's skeet shooting.

Maarten van der Weijden from the Netherlands won a gold medal in the men's 10 km open water.

Left to right: Lu Chunlong (gold), Dong Dong (bronze), both from China, and Jason Burnett from Canada (silver) won medals in the men's trampoline gymnastics.

Femke Dekker from the Netherlands won a silver medal in the women's eights in rowing.

From left to right: Ryan Lochte (bronze), Michael Phelps (gold), both from USA, and László Cseh from Hungary (silver) show the medals they earned from the men's 400 metre individual medley.

Ketleyn Quadros from Brazil won a bronze medal in the women's 57 kg judo.

Emma Snowsill (left) and Emma Moffatt (right) from Australia show their gold and bronze medals after the women's triathlon.

Key

  ‡   Changes in medal standings (see below)

  *   Host nation (China)

2008 Summer Olympics medal table

Rank	NOC	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	China*‡	48	22	30	100
2	United States‡	36	39	37	112
3	Russia‡	24	13	23	60
4	Great Britain‡	19	13	19	51
5	Germany‡	16	11	14	41
6	Australia	14	15	17	46
7	South Korea‡	13	11	8	32
8	Japan‡	9	8	8	25
9	Italy‡	8	9	10	27
10	France‡	7	16	20	43
11	Netherlands	7	5	4	16
12	Ukraine‡	7	4	11	22
13	Kenya‡	6	4	6	16
14	Spain‡	5	11	3	19
15	Jamaica‡	5	4	2	11
16	Poland‡	4	5	2	11
17	Ethiopia‡	4	2	1	7
18	Romania‡	4	1	4	9
19	Cuba‡	3	10	17	30
20	Canada‡	3	9	8	20
21	Hungary	3	5	2	10
22	Norway‡	3	5	1	9
23	Brazil‡	3	4	10	17
24	Belarus‡	3	4	7	14
25	Czech Republic‡	3	3	1	7
26	Slovakia‡	3	3	0	6
27	New Zealand‡	3	2	4	9
28	Georgia‡	3	2	2	7
29	Kazakhstan‡	2	3	4	9
30	Denmark	2	2	3	7
31	North Korea‡	2	2	2	6
	Thailand‡	2	2	2	6
33	Mongolia	2	2	0	4
34	Switzerland‡	2	1	4	7
35	Argentina	2	0	4	6
36	Mexico	2	0	2	4
37	Belgium‡	2	0	0	2
38	Zimbabwe	1	3	0	4
39	Slovenia	1	2	2	5
40	Azerbaijan‡	1	1	4	6
	Indonesia‡	1	1	4	6
42	Bulgaria	1	1	3	5
	Turkey‡	1	1	3	5
44	Chinese Taipei‡	1	1	2	4
	Finland	1	1	2	4
46	Latvia	1	1	1	3
47	Dominican Republic	1	1	0	2
	Estonia	1	1	0	2
	Portugal	1	1	0	2
	Trinidad and Tobago‡	1	1	0	2
51	India	1	0	2	3
52	Iran	1	0	1	2
53	Cameroon	1	0	0	1
	Panama	1	0	0	1
	Tunisia	1	0	0	1
56	Sweden‡	0	4	1	5
57	Lithuania‡	0	3	2	5
	Nigeria‡	0	3	2	5
59	Croatia	0	2	3	5
60	Colombia‡	0	2	1	3
	Greece‡	0	2	1	3
62	Armenia‡	0	1	4	5
63	Uzbekistan‡	0	1	3	4
64	Austria	0	1	2	3
	Ireland	0	1	2	3
	Kyrgyzstan‡	0	1	2	3
	Serbia	0	1	2	3
68	Algeria	0	1	1	2
	Bahamas	0	1	1	2
	Morocco	0	1	1	2
	Tajikistan	0	1	1	2
72	Chile	0	1	0	1
	Ecuador	0	1	0	1
	Iceland	0	1	0	1
	Malaysia	0	1	0	1
	Samoa‡	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
81	Egypt	0	0	2	2
82	Afghanistan	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
Totals (87 entries)		302	303	353	958

Changes in medal standings

See also: List of stripped Olympic medals

Belarusian athletes Vadim Devyatovskiy and Ivan Tsikhan, who won silver and bronze respectively in the men's hammer throw, both tested positive for abnormal levels of testosterone. After attending a disciplinary hearing in September 2008, they were stripped of their medals on 11 December 2008. Krisztián Pars of Hungary was awarded the silver medal, and Koji Murofushi of Japan was awarded the bronze. ^[13] However, both of the Belarusian athletes subsequently had their medals reinstated because the doping tests were not handled correctly. ^[14]

List of official changes in medal standings

Ruling date	Sport/Event	Athlete (NOC)				Total	Comment
List of official changes in medal standings (during the Games)
15 August 2008	Shooting Men's 10 metre air pistol	Kim Jong-su  (PRK)DSQ			−1	−1	On 15 August 2008, the IOC announced that North Korean shooter Kim Jong-su had tested positive for the banned substance propranolol and he was stripped of his two medals. He had won a bronze medal in the 10 metre air pistol and silver in the 50 metre pistol. After the disqualification, the bronze medal in the 10 metre air pistol went to Jason Turner of the United States, the silver medal in the 50 metre pistol went to Tan Zongliang of China, and the bronze to Vladimir Isakov of Russia. [15]
		Jason Turner  (USA)			+1	+1
	Shooting Men's 50 metre pistol	Kim Jong-su  (PRK)DSQ		−1		−1
		Tan Zongliang  (CHN)		+1	−1	0
		Vladimir Isakov  (RUS)			+1	+1
16 August 2008	Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman 84 kg	Ara Abrahamian  (SWE)DSQ			−1	−1	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 in protest against the judging in his event. On 16 August 2008, the IOC decided to strip Abrahamian of his medal because they felt it amounted to a political demonstration and was disrespectful to other athletes. [16] As there was already one other bronze medalist in this event, Abrahamian's medal was not reallocated.
22 August 2008	Athletics Women's heptathlon	Lyudmila Blonska  (UKR)DSQ		−1		−1	Ukrainian athlete Lyudmyla Blonska, who finished second in the women's heptathlon, tested positive for the steroid methyltestosterone. On 22 August 2008, the IOC 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 to Tatyana Chernova of Russia. [17] 9 years later, on 24 April 2017, Chernova was disqualified and stripped of the bronze medal after a retest of her sample showed that she had used turinabol. [18] The bronze medal was then re-allocated to Great Britain’s Kelly Sotherton (see below).
		Hyleas Fountain  (USA)		+1	−1	0
		Tatyana Chernova  (RUS)			+1	+1
List of official changes in medal standings (after the Games)
22 December 2008	Equestrian Team jumping	Tony Andre Hansen  (NOR)DSQ			−1	−1	Norwegian equestrian athlete Tony André Hansen's horse tested positive for the pain relieving medication capsaicin, a banned substance. Hansen, who had won a bronze medal in the team jumping event, was disqualified. In the team jumping system, the top three scores garnered by the four riders are counted. Hansen had the best score on his team, and it was removed from the total. Without Hansen's score, his team was below the bronze medal threshold, and bronze was awarded to the team from Switzerland on 22 December 2008. [19]
		- (SUI)			+1	+1
18 November 2009	Athletics Men's 1500 metres	Rashid Ramzi  (BRN)DSQ	−1			−1	On 18 November 2009, the IOC announced that two medalists had been stripped of their medals. First, Rashid Ramzi of Bahrain had been stripped of the gold medal in the men's 1500 m race. [20] He had been the first athlete from Bahrain to win an Olympic gold medal. His frozen blood sample was retested and found to contain traces of Cera, a stamina-building blood-booster. Kenyan Asbel Kipruto Kiprop was upgraded to gold, Nicholas Willis of New Zealand was given the silver and Mehdi Baala of France received the bronze. Italian cyclist Davide Rebellin had also tested positive for Cera and was stripped of the silver medal he earned in the men's road race. [20] [21] Fabian Cancellara of Switzerland later had his bronze medal upgraded to silver, and the bronze medal was awarded to Alexandr Kolobnev of Russia. [22] [23]
		Asbel Kipruto Kiprop  (KEN)	+1	−1		0
		Nicholas Willis  (NZL)		+1	−1	0
		Mehdi Baala  (FRA)			+1	+1
	Cycling Men's road race	Davide Rebellin  (ITA)DSQ		−1		−1
		Fabian Cancellara  (SUI)		+1	−1	0
		Alexandr Kolobnev  (RUS)			+1	+1
20 August 2014	Athletics Men's shot put	Andrei Mikhnevich  (BLR)DSQ			−1	−1	In 2012, the IAAF announced that retested doping samples of Belarusian shotputter Andrei Mikhnevich from the 2005 World Athletics Championships were found positive for three anabolic steroids: Clenbuterol, Metandienone and Oxandrolone. On 20 August 2014, the IOC disqualified Mikhnevich's results from the 2008 Summer Olympics in the men's shot put event and reallocated the bronze medal to Canadian Dylan Armstrong. [24]
		Dylan Armstrong  (CAN)			+1	+1
List of official changes in medal standings (2016 wave of retesting)
22 July 2016	Weightlifting Women's 48 kg	Sibel Özkan  (TUR)DSQ		−1		−1	On 22 July 2016, Sibel Özkan of Turkey was disqualified due to an anti-doping rule violation and stripped of her silver medal in the women's 48 kg event. [25] The IOC requested that the IWF modify the results of the weightlifting events, and the medals were reallocated accordingly. [26]
		For reallocation of medals see 12 January 2017
16 August 2016	Athletics Women's 4 × 100 metres relay	Yuliya Chermoshanskaya  (RUS)DSQ	−1			−1	On 16 August 2016, the Russian women's 4 × 100 metres relay team was disqualified for doping. The Russian team members were stripped of their gold Olympic medals, as Yuliya Chermoshanskaya had her samples reanalyzed and tested positive for two prohibited substances. [27] The IOC requested that the IAAF modify the results, and the medals were redistributed accordingly. [28] [29]
		- (BEL)	+1	−1		0
		- (NGR)		+1	−1	0
		- (BRA)			+1	+1
19 August 2016	Athletics Women's 4 × 400 metres relay	Anastasiya Kapachinskaya  (RUS)DSQ,   Tatyana Firova  (RUS)DSQ		−1		−1	On 19 August 2016, the Russian women's 4 × 400 metres relay team was disqualified for doping and stripped of their silver Olympic medals, when team member Anastasiya Kapachinskaya had her samples reanalyzed and tested positive for two prohibited substances. [30] Another member of the Russian 4 × 400 metres relay team, Tatyana Firova, was separately disqualified on 31 August 2016. [31] The Belarusian 4 × 400 metres relay team (4th place) was also disqualified due to a doping violation by Sviatlana Vusovich. The IOC requested that the IAAF modify the results, and the medals were redistributed accordingly. [32]
		- (JAM)		+1	−1	0
		- (GBR)			+1	+1
31 August 2016	Weightlifting Men's 69 kg	Tigran Martirosyan  (ARM)DSQ			−1	−1	On 31 August 2016, the IOC disqualified six sportspersons for failing doping tests at the 2008 Games. They included Russian weightlifting medalists Nadezhda Evstyukhina (bronze medal in the women's 75 kg event) and Marina Shainova (silver medal in the women's 58 kg event). Also disqualified were bronze medal weightlifter Tigran Martirosyan of Armenia (men's 69 kg event) and fellow weightlifters Alexandru Dudoglo of Moldova (9th place in men's 69 kg event) and Intigam Zairov of Azerbaijan (9th place in men's 85 kg event). [31] The IOC requested that the IWF modify the results of the weightlifting events, and the medals were reallocated accordingly. [26]
		Yordanis Borrero  (CUB)			+1	+1
	Weightlifting Women's 75 kg	Nadezhda Evstyukhina  (RUS)DSQ			−1	−1
		For reallocation of medals see 12 January 2017
	Weightlifting Women's 58 kg	Marina Shainova  (RUS)DSQ		−1		−1
		O Jong-ae  (PRK)		+1	−1	0
		Wandee Kameaim  (THA)			+1	+1
1 September 2016	Athletics Women's discus throw	Yarelis Barrios  (CUB)DSQ		−1		−1	On 1 September 2016, the IOC disqualified a further two athletes. Cuban discus thrower Yarelys Barrios, who won a silver medal in the women's discus throw, was disqualified after testing positive for Acetazolamide and ordered to return her medal. Qatari sprinter Samuel Francis, who finished 16th in the men's 100 metres, was also disqualified after testing positive for Stanozolol. [33] The IOC requested that the IAAF modify the results, and the medals were redistributed accordingly. [34]
		Olena Antonova  (UKR)		+1	−1	0
		Song Aimin  (CHN)			+1	+1
13 September 2016	Athletics Women's javelin throw	Mariya Abakumova  (RUS)DSQ		−1		−1	On 13 September 2016, four more Russian athletes were disqualified for doping offenses. Two of those were medalists from the 2008 Summer Olympics: silver medalist Mariya Abakumova in the women's javelin throw and Denis Alekseyev, who was in the bronze medal team for the men's 4 × 400 m relay. Inga Abitova, who finished 6th in the 10,000 metres, and cyclist Ekaterina Gnidenko also tested positive for a banned substance and were disqualified. [35] The IOC requested that the IAAF modify the results; medals in the men's 4 × 400 m relay event were redistributed, and on 9 July 2017 Michael Bingham, Martyn Rooney, Andrew Steele and Robert Tobin received the bronze medals in London. [36] [37] In the women's javelin throw event, Christina Obergföll of Germany was advanced to silver, and the bronze medal was reallocated to Goldie Sayers of Great Britain.
		Christina Obergföll  (GER)		+1	−1	0
		Goldie Sayers  (GBR)			+1	+1
	Athletics Men's 4 × 400 m relay	Denis Alekseyev  (RUS)DSQ			−1	−1
		- (GBR)			+1	+1
6 October 2016	Athletics Women's high jump	Anna Chicherova  (RUS)DSQ			−1	−1	On 6 October 2016, the IOC disqualified Anna Chicherova of the Russian Federation for testing positive for performance-enhancing drugs. She had won a bronze medal in the women's high jump. Yelena Slesarenko of Russia (4th place) and Vita Palamar of Ukraine (5th place) were also disqualified. [38] The IOC requested that the IAAF modify the results, and the medals were redistributed accordingly. [39]
		Chaunté Howard  (USA)			+1	+1
26 October 2016	Weightlifting Men's 85 kg	Andrei Rybakou  (BLR)DSQ		−1		−1	On 26 October 2016, the IOC disqualified nine more athletes for failing drugs tests at the 2008 games. Amongst them were six medalists: Andrei Rybakou and Nastassia Novikava, both from Belarus, Olha Korobka of Ukraine, Ekaterina Volkova of the Russian Federation, Soslan Tigiev of Uzbekistan, and Taimuraz Tigiyev of Kazakhstan. [40] The IOC requested that UWW modify the results of the wrestling events, and the medals were reallocated accordingly. [41] [42] The IOC requested that the IWF modify the results of the weightlifting events, and the medals were reallocated accordingly. [26] The IOC also requested that the IAAF modify the results of the women's 3000 metres steeplechase event, and the medals were reallocated accordingly. [43]
		Tigran Martirosyan  (ARM)		+1	−1	0
		Jadier Valladares  (CUB)			+1	+1
	Weightlifting Women's 53 kg	Nastassia Novikava  (BLR)DSQ			−1	−1
		Raema Lisa Rumbewas  (INA)			+1	+1
	Weightlifting Women's +75 kg	Olha Korobka  (UKR)DSQ		−1		−1
		For reallocation of medals see 17 November 2016
	Athletics Women's 3000 metres steeplechase	Yekaterina Volkova  (RUS)DSQ			−1	−1
		Tatyana Petrova  (RUS)			+1	+1
	Wrestling Men's freestyle 74 kg	Soslan Tigiev  (UZB)DSQ		−1		−1
		Murad Gaidarov  (BLR)		+1	−1	0
		Gheorghiță Ștefan  (ROU)			+1	+1
	Wrestling Men's freestyle 96 kg	Taimuraz Tigiyev  (KAZ)DSQ		−1		−1
		Giorgi Gogshelidze  (GEO)		+1	−1	0
		Michel Batista  (CUB)			+1	+1
17 November 2016	Athletics Men's pole vault	Denys Yurchenko  (UKR)DSQ			−1	−1	On 17 November 2016, the IOC disqualified sixteen more athletes for failing drugs tests at the 2008 games. Amongst them were ten medal winners: Khadzhimurat Akkaev, Khasan Baroev and Dmitry Lapikov from the Russian Federation, Mariya Grabovetskaya, Asset Mambetov and Irina Nekrassova from Kazakhstan, Nataliya Davydova and Denys Yurchenko, both from Ukraine, Hrysopiyí Devetzí of Greece, and Vitaliy Rahimov of Azerbaijan. [44] The IOC requested that UWW modify the results of the wrestling events, and the medals were reallocated accordingly. [41] [42] The IOC requested that the IWF modify the results of the weightlifting events, and the medals were reallocated accordingly. [26] The IOC also requested that the IAAF modify the results, and medals in the men's pole vault event were redistributed accordingly. [45]
		Derek Miles  (USA)			+1	+1
	Athletics Women's triple jump	Hrysopiyí Devetzí  (GRE)DSQ			−1	−1
		For reallocation of medals see 25 January 2017
	Weightlifting Men's 94 kg	Khadzhimurat Akkaev  (RUS)DSQ			−1	−1
		For reallocation of medals see 25 November 2016
	Weightlifting Women's 69 kg	Nataliya Davydova  (UKR)DSQ			−1	−1
		For reallocation of medals see 12 January 2017
	Weightlifting Women's +75 kg	Ele Opeloge  (SAM)		+1		+1
		Mariya Grabovetskaya  (KAZ)DSQ			−1	−1
		Mariam Usman  (NGR)			+1	+1
	Weightlifting Men's 105 kg	Dmitry Lapikov  (RUS)DSQ			−1	−1
		Marcin Dołęga  (POL)			+1	+1
	Weightlifting Women's 63 kg	Irina Nekrassova  (KAZ)DSQ		−1		−1
		Lu Ying-chi  (TPE)		+1	−1	0
		Christine Girard  (CAN)			+1	+1
	Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman 60 kg	Vitaliy Rahimov  (AZE)DSQ		−1		−1
		Nurbakyt Tengizbayev  (KAZ)		+1	−1	0
		Sheng Jiang  (CHN)			+1	+1
	Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman 96 kg	Asset Mambetov  (KAZ)DSQ			−1	−1
		Marek Švec  (CZE)			+1	+1
	Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman 120 kg	Khasan Baroev  (RUS)DSQ		−1		−1
		Mindaugas Mizgaitis  (LTU)		+1	−1	0
		Yannick Szczepaniak  (FRA)			+1	+1
25 November 2016	Athletics Women's hammer throw	Aksana Miankova  (BLR)DSQ	−1			−1	On 25 November 2016, the IOC disqualified Aksana Miankova and Natallia Mikhnevich, both from Belarus, and Ilya Ilin from Kazakhstan. [46] The IOC requested that the IWF modify the results of the weightlifting events, and the medals were reallocated accordingly. [26] The IOC also requested that the IAAF modify the results, and medals in the women's hammer throw event were redistributed accordingly. [47]
		Yipsi Moreno  (CUB)	+1	−1		0
		Zhang Wenxiu  (CHN)		+1	−1	0
		Manuela Montebrun  (FRA)			+1	+1
	Athletics Women's shot put	Natallia Mikhnevich  (BLR)DSQ		−1		−1
		For reallocation of medals see 12 January 2017
	Weightlifting Men's 94 kg	Ilya Ilyin  (KAZ)DSQ	−1			−1
		Szymon Kołecki  (POL)	+1	−1		0
		Arsen Kasabiev  (GEO)		+1		+1
		Yoandry Hernández  (CUB)			+1	+1
12 January 2017	Weightlifting Women's 48 kg	Chen Xiexia  (CHN)DSQ	−1			−1	On 12 January 2017, the IOC disqualified Chen Xiexia, Liu Chunhong and Cao Lei, all from China, and Nadzeya Ostapchuk from Belarus. [48] The IOC requested that the IWF modify the results of the weightlifting events, and the medals were reallocated accordingly. [26] The IOC also requested that the IAAF modify the results, and medals in the women's shot put event were redistributed accordingly. [49]
		Chen Wei-ling  (TPE)	+1		−1	0
		Im Jyoung-hwa  (KOR)		+1		+1
		Pensiri Laosirikul  (THA)			+1	+1
	Weightlifting Women's 69 kg	Liu Chunhong  (CHN)DSQ	−1			−1
		Oksana Slivenko  (RUS)	+1	−1		0
		Leydi Solís  (COL)		+1		+1
		Abeer Abdelrahman  (EGY)			+1	+1
	Weightlifting Women's 75 kg	Cao Lei  (CHN)DSQ	−1			−1
		Alla Vazhenina  (KAZ)	+1	−1		0
		Lydia Valentín  (ESP)		+1		+1
		Damaris Aguirre  (MEX)			+1	+1
	Athletics Women's shot put	Nadzeya Ostapchuk  (BLR)DSQ			−1	−1
		Misleydis González  (CUB)		+1		+1
		Gong Lijiao  (CHN)			+1	+1
25 January 2017	Athletics Men's 4 × 100 metres relay	Nesta Carter  (JAM)DSQ	−1			−1	On 25 January 2017, the Jamaican team were stripped of the gold medal place in the men's 4 × 100 m relay due to Nesta Carter testing positive for the prohibited substance methylhexaneamine. [50] [51] [52] The IOC requested that the IAAF modify the results, and, after CAS dismisses the appeal of Jamaican sprinter, [53] the medals were redistributed accordingly. [54] Trinidad and Tobago team was advanced to gold, Japan to silver, and Brazil to bronze. Tatyana Lebedeva of Russia lost two silver medals in the women's long jump and triple jump events due to use of turinabol. [50] [55] The IOC requested that the IAAF modify the results, and, after CAS dismisses the appeal of Tatyana Lebedeva, [56] the medals were redistributed accordingly. [57] [58] In the women's long jump event, Blessing Okagbare of Nigeria was advanced to silver, and Chelsea Hammond of Jamaica was advanced to bronze. In the women's triple jump event, Olga Rypakova of Kazakhstan was advanced to silver, and Yargelis Savigne of Cuba was advanced to bronze.
		- (TTO)	+1	−1		0
		- (JPN)		+1	−1	0
		- (BRA)			+1	+1
	Athletics Women's long jump	Tatyana Lebedeva  (RUS)DSQ		−1		−1
		Blessing Okagbare  (NGR)		+1	−1	0
		Chelsea Hammond  (JAM)			+1	+1
	Athletics Women's triple jump	Tatyana Lebedeva  (RUS)DSQ		−1		−1
		Olga Rypakova  (KAZ)		+1		+1
		Yargelis Savigne  (CUB)			+1	+1
1 March 2017	Modern pentathlon Women's modern pentathlon	Victoria Tereshchuk  (UKR)DSQ			−1	−1	On 1 March 2017, the IOC disqualified the Ukrainian athlete Victoria Tereshchuk after she tested positive for turinabol. [59] She was stripped of the bronze medal in the women's modern pentathlon, which was reallocated to Anastasiya Samusevich of Belarus. [60]
		Anastasiya Samusevich  (BLR)			+1	+1
29 March 2017	Athletics Women's 5000 metres	Elvan Abeylegesse  (TUR)DSQ		−1		−1	On 29 March 2017, Elvan Abeylegesse was stripped of her two silver medals in the women's 5000 metres and 10000 metres, due to doping offences. [61] [62] The IOC requested that the IAAF modify the results of the events, and the medals were reallocated accordingly. [63] [64]
		Meseret Defar  (ETH)		+1	−1	0
		Sylvia Kibet  (KEN)			+1	+1
	Athletics Women's 10000 metres	Elvan Abeylegesse  (TUR)DSQ		−1		−1
		Shalane Flanagan  (USA)		+1	−1	0
		Linet Chepkwemoi Masai  (KEN)			+1	+1
5 April 2017	Wrestling Men's freestyle 120 kg	Artur Taymazov  (UZB)DSQ	−1			−1	On 5 April 2017, the IOC disqualified the Uzbek wrestler Artur Taymazov, who won gold in the men's freestyle 120 kg event, due to use of turinabol and stanozolol. Ukrainian wrestler Vasyl Fedoryshyn was disqualified and stripped of his silver medal in the men's freestyle 60 kg event due to use of turinabol. [65] The IOC requested that UWW modify the results of the wrestling events, and the medals were reallocated accordingly. [41] [42]
		Bakhtiyar Akhmedov  (RUS)	+1	−1		0
		David Musuľbes  (SVK)		+1	−1	0
		Disney Rodríguez  (CUB)			+1	+1
	Wrestling Men's freestyle 60 kg	Vasyl Fedoryshyn  (UKR)DSQ		−1		−1
		Kenichi Yumoto  (JPN)		+1	−1	0
		Bazar Bazarguruev  (KGZ)			+1	+1
24 April 2017	Athletics Women's heptathlon	Tatyana Chernova  (RUS)DSQ			−1	−1	On 24 April 2017, Tatyana Chernova of Russia was disqualified and stripped of the bronze medal in the women's heptathlon due to use of turinabol. [18] The bronze medal was reallocated to Kelly Sotherton of Great Britain. [66]
		Kelly Sotherton  (GBR)			+1	+1

Norwegian show jumper Tony André Hansen was stripped of his bronze medal when his horse tested positive for a banned substance

List of official changes by country

NOC	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Net Change
Russia  (RUS)	+1	−8	−3	−10
Ukraine  (UKR)	0	−2	−4	−6
Belarus  (BLR)	−1	−1	−3	−5
Kazakhstan  (KAZ)	−1	−1	−3	−5
Turkey  (TUR)	0	−3	0	−3
Uzbekistan  (UZB)	−1	−1	0	−2
North Korea  (PRK)	0	0	−2	−2
Bahrain  (BRN)	−1	0	0	−1
Azerbaijan  (AZE)	0	−1	0	−1
Italy  (ITA)	0	−1	0	−1
Armenia  (ARM)	0	+1	−2	−1
Greece  (GRE)	0	0	−1	−1
Norway  (NOR)	0	0	−1	−1
Sweden  (SWE)	0	0	−1	−1
China  (CHN)	−3	+2	+1	0
Jamaica  (JAM)	−1	+1	0	0
Belgium  (BEL)	+1	−1	0	0
Trinidad and Tobago  (TTO)	+1	−1	0	0
Chinese Taipei  (TPE)	+1	+1	−2	0
Japan  (JPN)	0	+2	−2	0
Germany  (GER)	0	+1	−1	0
Ethiopia  (ETH)	0	+1	−1	0
Lithuania  (LTU)	0	+1	−1	0
New Zealand  (NZL)	0	+1	−1	0
Slovakia  (SVK)	0	+1	−1	0
Poland  (POL)	+1	−1	+1	+1
Colombia  (COL)	0	+1	0	+1
Samoa  (SAM)	0	+1	0	+1
South Korea  (KOR)	0	+1	0	+1
Spain  (ESP)	0	+1	0	+1
Switzerland  (SUI)	0	+1	0	+1
Georgia  (GEO)	0	+2	−1	+1
Nigeria  (NGR)	0	+2	−1	+1
Czech Republic  (CZE)	0	0	+1	+1
Egypt  (EGY)	0	0	+1	+1
Indonesia  (INA)	0	0	+1	+1
Kyrgyzstan  (KGZ)	0	0	+1	+1
Mexico  (MEX)	0	0	+1	+1
Romania  (ROU)	0	0	+1	+1
Brazil  (BRA)	0	0	+2	+2
Canada  (CAN)	0	0	+2	+2
Thailand  (THA)	0	0	+2	+2
Kenya  (KEN)	+1	−1	+2	+2
France  (FRA)	0	0	+3	+3
United States  (USA)	0	+2	+1	+3
Great Britain  (GBR)	0	0	+4	+4
Cuba  (CUB)	+1	−1	+6	+6

See also

• Olympic Games portal

• All-time Olympic Games medal table
• 2008 Summer Paralympics medal table

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External links

• "Beijing 2008". Olympics.com. International Olympic Committee.
• "2008 Summer Olympics". Olympedia.com. Retrieved 24 February 2021.
• "Olympic Analytics/2008_1". olympanalyt.com.
• Beijing 2008 Overall Medal Standings (original results archived on 1 October 2008)