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Host nation: CHN People's Republic of China
Opening date: 8 August 2008
Closing date: 24 August 2008
Olympic flame lit by Li Ning
Olympic oath taken by Zhang Yining
Other candidate cities: Istanbul (TUR); Osaka (JPN); Paris (FRA); Toronto (CAN)
Number of athletes: 10981
Number of non-participating athletes: 71
Index of athletes
Athletes by sport
Athletes by nation
Medallists
Medallists by sport
Medallists by nation
Results
Records
Medal Table
| Gold | Silver | Bronze | ||
| CHN | People's Republic of China | 51 | 21 | 28 |
| USA | United States of America | 36 | 38 | 36 |
| RUS | Russian Federation | 23 | 21 | 29 |
| GBR | Great Britain | 19 | 13 | 15 |
| GER | Germany | 16 | 10 | 15 |
| AUS | Australia | 14 | 15 | 16 |
| KOR | Korea | 13 | 10 | 8 |
| JPN | Japan | 9 | 6 | 10 |
| ITA | Italy | 8 | 9 | 10 |
| FRA | France | 7 | 16 | 18 |
| UKR | Ukraine | 7 | 5 | 15 |
| NED | Netherlands | 7 | 5 | 4 |
| KEN | Kenya | 6 | 4 | 4 |
| JAM | Jamaica | 6 | 2 | 3 |
| ESP | Spain | 5 | 10 | 3 |
| BLR | Belarus | 4 | 5 | 10 |
| ROU | Romania | 4 | 1 | 3 |
| ETH | Ethiopia | 4 | 1 | 2 |
| CAN | Canada | 3 | 9 | 6 |
| POL | Poland | 3 | 6 | 1 |
| HUN | Hungary | 3 | 5 | 2 |
| NOR | Norway | 3 | 5 | 1 |
| BRA | Brazil | 3 | 4 | 8 |
| CZE | Czech Republic | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| NZL | New Zealand | 3 | 2 | 4 |
| SVK | Slovakia | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| GEO | Georgia | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| CUB | Cuba | 2 | 11 | 11 |
| KAZ | Kazakhstan | 2 | 4 | 7 |
| DEN | Denmark | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| MGL | Mongolia | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| THA | Thailand | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| SUI | Switzerland | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| PRK | Democratic People's Republic of Korea | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| ARG | Argentina | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| MEX | Mexico | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| TUR | Turkey | 1 | 4 | 3 |
| ZIM | Zimbabwe | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| AZE | Azerbaijan | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| UZB | Uzbekistan | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| SLO | Slovenia | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| BUL | Bulgaria | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| INA | Indonesia | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| FIN | Finland | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| LAT | Latvia | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| BEL | Belgium | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| DOM | Dominican Republic | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| EST | Estonia | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| POR | Portugal | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| IND | India | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| IRI | Islamic Republic of Iran | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| CMR | Cameroon | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| PAN | Panama | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| TUN | Tunisia | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| SWE | Sweden | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| CRO | Croatia | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| LTU | Lithuania | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| GRE | Greece | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| TTO | Trinidad and Tobago | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| NGR | Nigeria | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| AUT | Austria | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| IRL | Ireland | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| SRB | Serbia | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| ALG | Algeria | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| BAH | Bahamas | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| COL | Colombia | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| KGZ | Kyrgyzstan | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| MAR | Morocco | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| TJK | Tajikistan | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| CHI | Chile | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| ECU | Ecuador | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| ISL | Iceland | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| MAS | Malaysia | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| RSA | South Africa | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| SIN | Singapore | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| SUD | Sudan | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| VIE | Viet Nam | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| ARM | Armenia | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| TPE | Chinese Taipei | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| AFG | Afghanistan | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| EGY | Egypt | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| ISR | Israel | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| MDA | Republic of Moldova | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| MRI | Mauritius | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| TOG | Togo | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| VEN | Venezuela | 0 | 0 | 1 |