![]() Serbian swimmer Milorad Čavić won the first medal for the country as an independent NOC. Athletes from Mongolia (which previously held the record for most medals without a gold) and Panama won their first gold medals. Afghanistan, Mauritius, Sudan, Tajikistan and Togo won their first Olympic medals. Athletes from the United States won the most total medals, with 112. ![]() Athletes from China won the most gold medals, with 48 gold medals. ![]() Both of these categories set new records until surpassed in 2016. Īthletes from 87 countries won medals, and 55 of them won at least one gold medal. Approximately 10,942 athletes from 204 National Olympic Committees (NOCs) participated in 302 events in 28 sports. 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. Green for countries that did not win a medal.īlack for countries that did not participate.Ī yellow square displays the host city ( Beijing).īlue asterisks display countries achieving their first medal ever in a Summer Olympics. Silver for countries achieving at least one silver medal.īrown for countries achieving at least one bronze medal. Gold for countries achieving at least one gold medal. When she fell in the middle of her run attempting a kickflip Indy, it solidified the podium positions-and completely crushed Okamoto, who lay on her back on the course, hands on her helmet.Map of the world showing the achievements of each country during the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, People's Republic of China. 1-ranked women's park skater in the world, still had one run left. Great Britain's Sky Brown landed a terrific third run to ascend into bronze-medal position, but Japan's Misugu Okamoto (pictured above), the No. In the final, Japan nearly swept the podium 19-year-old Sakura Yosozumi had gold-medal position locked down with her best run score of 60.09, and fellow Japanese skateboarder Kokona Hiraki was primed for silver. And that's the ethos of skateboarding-especially park skateboarding, and especially among the women-overall that the world was introduced to in the Olympics. As the women competed against one another, going from 20 in the prelims down to eight in the final, their results sometimes bounced another skater out of the running for either a finals spot or a medal.īut after each of those runs, it was a common sight to see the competitors embrace one another. That has been the case for McLaughlin and Muhammad, the latter of whom was the reigning 400-meter hurdles gold medalist.įor the uninitiated, the women's park skateboarding final on Wednesday in Japan may have been a strange sight in competitive sport. The track and field athletes represent one team, Team USA, but when it comes to the individual events, the Americans are some of each other's biggest competition. Heading into these Olympics, one of the most highly anticipated battles was always going to be between American hurdlers Sydney McLaughlin and Dalilah Muhammad. Tokyo Olympic Medal Standings Following Day 10Ĭomplete standings are available at .Īmerican Sprinter Sydney McLaughlin Shatters World Record, Wins Gold in Women's 400-Meter Hurdles Note that the ROC, the Russian Olympic Committee, is the name Russian athletes must compete under as part of the sanctions the nation faces because of its systemic doping program. Let's take a look at the top 10 medal standings after Day 12 and then break down some of the big storylines from the day. That includes three gold medals, one of which we'll discuss in more detail below, as American hurdler Sydney McLaughlin set a new world record. The United States has also been successful in athletics (track and field), which accounts for another 16 overall medals.
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