Athletics 2008

Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics was held from 15 to 24 August 2008 at the Beijing National Stadium.

For the first time in history, the women's 3000 metres steeplechase was added to the program.

Medal Table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	United States	7	9	9	25
2	Kenya	6	4	6	16
3	Jamaica	5	4	2	11
4	Russia	5	1	4	10
5	Ethiopia	4	2	1	7
6	Cuba	2	1	3	6
7	Belgium	2	0	0	2
8	Great Britain	1	2	5	8
9	Australia	1	2	1	4
	Ukraine	1	2	1	4
11	New Zealand	1	1	0	2
	Norway	1	1	0	2
	Poland	1	1	0	2
	Trinidad and Tobago	1	1	0	2
15	Brazil	1	0	2	3
16	Italy	1	0	1	2
17	Cameroon	1	0	0	1
	Czech Republic	1	0	0	1
	Estonia	1	0	0	1
	Panama	1	0	0	1
	Portugal	1	0	0	1
	Romania	1	0	0	1
	Slovenia	1	0	0	1
24	Belarus	0	2	1	3
25	Nigeria	0	2	0	2
26	China	0	1	3	4
27	France	0	1	2	3
28	Bahamas	0	1	1	2
	Morocco	0	1	1	2
30	Croatia	0	1	0	1
	Ecuador	0	1	0	1
	Germany	0	1	0	1
	Japan	0	1	0	1
	Kazakhstan	0	1	0	1
	Latvia	0	1	0	1
	South Africa	0	1	0	1
	Sudan	0	1	0	1
38	Canada	0	0	2	2
39	Finland	0	0	1	1
	Lithuania	0	0	1	1

Medalists

Men

Event
100 m	Usain Bolt	Richard Thompson	Walter Dix
200 m	Usain Bolt	Shawn Crawford	Walter Dix
400 m	LaShawn Merritt	Jeremy Wariner	David Neville
800 m	Wilfred Bungei	Ismail Ahmed Ismail	Alfred Kirwa Yego
1500 m	Asbel Kipruto Kiprop	Nicholas Willis	Mehdi Baala
5000 m	Kenenisa Bekele	Eliud Kipchoge	Edwin Cheruiyot Soi
10000 m	Kenenisa Bekele	Sileshi Sihine	Micah Kogo
Marathon	Samuel Kamau Wansiru	Jaouad Gharib	Tsegay Kebede
110 m hurdles	Dayron Robles	David Payne	David Oliver
400 m hurdles	Angelo Taylor	Kerron Clement	Bershawn Jackson
3000 m steeplechase	Brimin Kiprop Kipruto	Mahiedine Mekhissi-Benabbad	Richard Kipkemboi Mateelong
4x100 m	Trinidad and Tobago Aaron Armstrong Keston Bledman Marc Burns Emmanuel Callender Richard Thompson	Japan Nobuharu Asahara Shingo Suetsugu Shinji Takahira Naoki Tsukahara	Brazil Bruno de Barros Vicente Lima Jose Carlos Moreira Sandro Viana
4x400 m	United States Kerron Clement LaShawn Merritt David Neville Angelo Taylor Jeremy Wariner Regi Witherspoon	Bahamas Andretti Bain Chris Brown Michael Mathieu Avard Moncur Ramon Miller Andrae Williams	Great Britain Michael Bingham Martyn Rooney Andrew Steele Robert Tobin
20 km walk	Valeriy Borchin	Jefferson Perez	Jared Tallent
50 km walk	Alex Schwazer	Jared Tallent	Denis Nizhegorodov
High jump	Andrey Silnov	Germaine Mason	Yaroslav Rybakov
Pole vault	Steve Hooker	Evgeny Lukyanenko	Derek Miles
Long jump	Irving Jahir Saladino Aranda	Khotso Mokoena	Ibrahim Camejo
Triple jump	Nelson Evora	Phillips Idowu	Leevan Sands
Shot put	Tomasz Majewski	Christian Cantwell	Dylan Armstrong
Discus throw	Gerd Kanter	Piotr Malachowski	Virgilijus Alekna
Hammer throw	Primoz Kozmus	Vadim Devyatovskiy	Ivan Tsikhan
Javelin throw	Andreas Thorkildsen	Ainars Kovals	Tero Pitkamaki
Decathlon	Bryan Clay	Andrei Krauchanka	Leonel Suarez

Women

Event
100 m	Shelly-Ann Fraser	Sherone Simpson Kerron Stewart	-
200 m	Veronica Campbell-Brown	Allyson Felix	Kerron Stewart
400 m	Christine Ohuruogu	Shericka Williams	Sanya Richards
800 m	Pamela Jelimo	Janeth Jepkosgei Busienei	Hasna Behassi
1500 m	Nancy Jebet Langat	Iryna Lishchynska	Nataliya Tobias
5000 m	Tirunesh Dibaba	Meseret Defar	Sylvia Kibet
10000 m	Tirunesh Dibaba	Shalane Flanagan	Linet Chepkwemoi Masai
Marathon	Constantina Tomescu	Catherine Ndereba	Zhou Chunxiu
100 m hurdles	Dawn Harper	Sally McLellan	Priscilla Lopes-Schliep
400 m hurdles	Melaine Walker	Sheena Tosta	Tasha Danvers
3000 m steeplechase	Gulnara Galkina-Samitova	Eunice Jepkorir	Tatiana Petrova
4x100 m	Belgium Olivia Borlee Kim Gevaert Hanna Marien Elodie Ouedraogo	Nigeria Franca Idoko Halimat Ismaila Gloria Kemasuode Oludamola Osayomi Agnes Osazuwa	Brazil Rosemar Coelho Neto Lucimar de Moura Thaissa Presti Rosangela Santos
4x400 m	United States Allyson Felix Natasha Hastings Monique Henderson Sanya Richards Mary Wineberg	Jamaica Shereefa Lloyd Rosemarie Whyte Bobby-Gaye Wilkins Novelene Williams Shericka Williams	Great Britain Christine Ohuruogu Marilyn Okoro Nicola Sanders Kelly Sotherton
20 km walk	Olga Kaniskina	Kjersti Platzer	Elisa Rigaudo
High jump	Tia Hellebaut	Blanka Vlasic	Chaunte Howard
Pole vault	Elena Isinbaeva	Jennifer Stuczynski	Svetlana Feofanova
Long jump	Maurren Higa Maggi	Blessing Okagbare	Chelsea Hammond
Triple jump	Francoise Mbango Etone	Olga Rypakova	Yargelis Savigne
Shot put	Valerie Vili	Misleydis Gonzalez	Gong Lijiao
Discus throw	Stephanie Brown Trafton	Olena Antonova	Song Aimin
Hammer throw	Yipsi Moreno	Zhang Wenxiu	Manuela Montebrun
Javelin throw	Barbora Spotakova	Christina Obergfoll	Goldie Sayers
Heptathlon	Nataliia Dobrynska	Hyleas Fountain	Kelly Sotherton

Statistics

• There were 2056 total athletes from 200 countries.
• Anastasiya Svechnikova was the youngest participant with 15 years and 333 days.
• Ellina Zvereva was the oldest participant with 47 years and 272 days.
• 59 participants were chosen to be a flag bearer at the opening ceremony, the highest number out of all sports.
• 40 nations won a medal in athletics, more than any other sport.
• Kenya won its only 16 medals of Beijing 2008.
• Jamaica won its only 11 medals of Beijing 2008.
• Ethiopia won its only 7 medals of Beijing 2008.
• Bahamas, Belgium, Morocco, and Trinidad and Tobago won their only 2 medals of Beijing 2008.
• Cameroon, Ecuador, Panama, South Africa, and Sudan won their only medal of Beijing 2008.
• Nigeria won 2 medals, more than in any other sport.
• Belgium won its first 2 medals in the sport since Montreal 1976.
• Ecuador won its first medal in the sport since Atlanta 1996.
• New Zealand and Trinidad and Tobago won their first gold medal in the sport since Montreal 1976.
• Brazil won its first gold medal in the sport since Los Angeles 1984.
• Australia, Estonia, and Romania won their first gold medal in the sport since Sydney 2000.
• Slovenia won its first-ever gold medal in the sport.
• Sudan won its first-ever Olympic medal.
• Panama won its first-ever Olympic gold medal and its first medal in the sport since London 1948.

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