Olympic Winners 2008

Olympic Winners 2008 News and Information

2008 Olympic Medal Winners

Archery

Archery
EventGold MedalSilver MedalBronze Medal
Men's individual Viktor Ruban - Ukraine Park Sung-Hyun - South Korea Bair Badenov - Russia
Men's team South Korea Italy China
Women's individual Zhang Juanjuan - China Park Sung-Hyun - South Korea Yun Ok-Hee - South Korea
Women's team South Korea China France


Athletics

Men's Athletics
EventGold MedalSilver MedalBronze Medal
10,000 m Kenenisa Bekele - Ethiopia Sileshi Sihine - Ethiopia Micah Kogo - Kenya
100 m Usain Bolt - Jamaica (World Record) Richard Thompson - Trinidad & Tobago Walter Dix - United States
110 m hurdles Dayron Robles - Cuba David Payne - United States David Oliver - United States
1500 m Rashid Ramzi - Bahrain Asbel Kipruto Kiprop - Kenya Nicholas Willis - New Zealand
200 m Usain Bolt - Jamaica (World Record) Shawn Crawford - United States Walter Dix - United States
20 m walk Valeriy Borchin - Russia Jefferson Perez - Ecuador Jared Tallent - Australia
3000 m steeplechase Brimin Kiprop Kipruto - Kenya Mahiedine Mekhissi-Benabbad - France Richard Kipkemboi Mateelong - Kenya
400 m LaShawn Merritt - United States Jeremy Wariner - United States David Neville - United States
400 m hurdles Angelo Taylor - United States Kerron Clement - United States Bershawn Jackson - United States
4x100 m relay Jamaica (World Record) Trinidad and Tobago Japan
4x400 m relay United States Bahamas Russia
5000 m Kenenisa Bekele - Ethiopia Eliud Kipchoge - Kenya Edwin Cheruiyot Soi - Kenya
50 km walk Alex Schwazer - Italy Jared Tallent - Australia Denis Nizhegorodov - Russia
800 m Wilfred Bungei - Kenya Ismail Ahmed Ismail - Sudan Alfred Kirwa Yego - Kenya
Decathlon Bryan Clay - United States Andrei Krauchanka - Belarus Leonel Suarez - Cuba
Discus throw Gerd Kanter - Estonia Piotr Malachowski - Poland Virgilijus Alekna - Lithuania
Hammer Throw Primoz Kozmus - Slovenia Vadim Devyatovskiy - Belarus Ivan Tsikhan - Belarus
High jump Andrey Silnov - Russia Germaine Mason - Great Britain Yaroslav Rybakov - Russia
Javelin throw Andreas Thorkildsen - Norway Ainars Kovals - Latvia Tero Pitkamaki - Finland
Long jump Irving Saladino - Panama Khotso Mokoena - South Africa Ibrahim Camejo - Cuba
Marathon Samuel Wanjiru - Kenya Jaouad Gharib - Morocco Tsegay Kebede - Ethiopia
Pole vault Steve Hooker - Australia Evgeny Lukyanenko - Russia Denys Yurchenko - Ukraine
Shot put Tomasz Majewski - Poland Christian Cantwell - United States Andrei Mikhnevich - Belarus
Triple jump Nelson Evora - Portugal Phillips Idowu - Great Britain Leevan Sands - Bahamas


Women's Athletics
EventGold MedalSilver MedalBronze Medal
10,000 m Tirunesh Dibaba - Ethiopia Elvan Abeylegesse - Turkey Shalane Flanagan - United States
100 m Shelly-Ann Fraser - Jamaica Sherone Simpson - Jamaica and Kerron Stewart - Jamaica *
100 m hurdles Dawn Harper - United States Sally McLellan - Australia Priscilla Lopes-Schliep - Canada
1500 m Nancy Jebet Lagat - Kenya Iryna Lishchynska - Ukraine Nataliya Tobias - Ukraine
200 m Veronica Campbell-Brown - Jamaica Allyson Felix - United States Kerron Stewart - Jamaica
20 m walk Olga Kaniskina - Russia Kjersti Tysse Platzer - Norway Elisa Rigaudo - Italy
3000 m steeplechase Gulnara Galkina-Samitova - Russia (World Record) Eunice Jepkorir - Kenya Yekaterina Volkova - Russia
400 m Christine Ohuruogu - Great Britain Shericka Williams - Jamaica Sanya Richards - United States
400 m hurdles Melaine Walker - Jamaica Sheena Tosta - United States Tasha Danvers - Great Britain
4x100 m relay Russia Belgium Nigeria
4x400 m relay United States Russia Jamaica
5000 m Tirunesh Dibaba - Ethiopia Elvan Abeylegesse - Turkey Meseret Defar - Ethiopia
800 m Pamela Jelimo - Kenya Janeth Jepkosgei Busienei - Kenya Hasna Benhassi - Morocco
Discus throw Stephanie Brown Trafton - United States Yarelys Barrios - Cuba Olena Antonova - Ukraine
Hammer Throw Aksana Miankova - Belarus Yipsi Moreno - Cuba Wenxiu Zhang - China
Heptathlon Natalya Dobrynska - Ukraine Lyudmila Blonska - Ukraine Hyleas Fountain - United States
High jump Tia Hellebaut - Belgium Blanka Vlasic - Croatia Anna Chicherova - Russia
Javelin throw Barbora Spotakova - Czech Republic Mariya Abakumova - Russia Christina Obergfoll - Germany
Long jump Maurren Higa Maggi - Brazil Tatyana Lebedeva - Russia Blessing Okagbare - Nigeria
Marathon Constantina Tomescu - Romania Catherine Ndereba - Kenya Zhou Chunxiu - China
Pole vault Yelena Isinbayeva - Russia (World Record) Jenn Stuczynski - United States Svetlana Feofanova - Russia
Shot put Valerie Vili - New Zealand Natallia Mikhnevich - Belarus Nadzeya Ostapchuk - Belarus
Triple jump Francoise Mbango Etone - Cameroon Tatyana Lebedeva - Russia Hrysopiyi Devetzi - Greece

  • *Jamaican sprinters Sherone Simpson and Kerron Stewart finished the 100 meter event tied for second place with a time of 10.98 seconds. Both women were given silver medals and no bronze medal was awarded.


Badminton

Badminton
EventGold MedalSilver MedalBronze Medal
Men's singles Lin Dan - China Lee Chong Wei - Malaysia Chen Jin - China
Men's doubles Markis Kido and Hendra Setiawan - Indonesia Cai Yun and Fu Haifeng - China Lee Jaejin and Hwang Jiman - South Korea
Mixed doubles Lee Yongdae and Lee Hyojung - South Korea Nova Widianto and Lilyana Natsir - Indonesia He Hanbin and Yu Yang - China
Women's singles Zhang Ning - China Xie Xingfang - China Maria Kristin Yulianti - Indonesia
Women's doubles Du Jing and Yu Yang - China Lee Kyungwon and Lee Hyojung - South Korea Zhang Yawen and Wei Yili - China


Baseball

Baseball
EventGold MedalSilver MedalBronze Medal
Men's team South Korea Cuba United States


Basketball

Basketball
EventGold MedalSilver MedalBronze Medal
Men's Basketball United States Spain Argentina
Women's Basketball United States Australia Russia


Men's Playoff Round

  Quarterfinals - August 20 Semifinals - August 22 Gold Medal Game - August 24 2:30 a.m.
                           
  A2  Argentina 80  
B3  Greece 78  
  A2  Argentina 81  
  B1  United States 101  
B1  United States 116
  A4  Australia 85  
    B1  United States 118
  B2  Spain 107
  B2  Spain 72  
A3  Croatia 59  
  B2  Spain 91 Bronze Medal Game - August 24 12:00 a.m.
  A1  Lithuania 86  
A1  Lithuania 94 A2  Argentina 87
  B4  China 68   A1  Lithuania 75

Women's Playoff Round

  Quarterfinals - August 19 Semifinals - August 21 Gold Medal Game - August 23 10:00 a.m.
                           
  A2  Russia 84  
B3  Spain 65  
  A2  Russia 52  
  B1  United States 67  
B1  United States 104
  A4  South Korea 60  
    B1  United States 92
  A1  Australia 65
  B2  China 77  
A3  Belarus 62  
  B2  China 56 Bronze Medal Game - August 23 7:30 a.m.
  A1  Australia 90  
A1  Australia 79 A2  Russia 94
  B4  Czech Republic 46   B2  China 81

Boxing

Boxing
EventGold MedalSilver MedalBronze Medal
Light flyweight <48 kg Zou Shiming - China Purevdorjiin Serdamba - Mongolia Paddy Barnes - Ireland and Yampier Hernandez - Cuba
Flyweight 48-51 kg Somjit Jongjohor - Thailand Andry Laffita - Cuba Georgy Balakshin - Russia and Vincenzo Picardi - Italy
Bantamweight 51-54 kg Enkhbatyn Badar-Uugan - Mongolia Yankiel Leon - Cuba Bruno Julie - Mauritius and Veaceslav Gojan - Moldova
Featherweight 54-57 kg Vasyl Lomachenko - Ukraine Khedafi Djelkhir - France Yakup Kilic - Turkey and Shahin Imranov - Azerbaijan
Lightweight 57-60 kg Aleksei Tishchenko - Russia Daouda Sow - France Hrachik Javakhyan - Armenia and Yordenis Ugas - Cuba
Light welterweight 60-64 kg Manuel Felix Diaz - Dominican Republic Manus Boonjumnong - Thailand Roniel Iglesias - Cuba and Alexis Vastine - France
Welterweight 64-69 kg Bakhyt Sarsekbayev - Kazakhstan Carlos Banteaux Suarez - Cuba Hanati Silamu - China and Kim Jung-Joo - South Korea
Middleweight 69-75 kg James DeGale - Great Britain Emilio Correa - Cuba Darren Sutherland - Ireland and Vijender Kumar - India
Light heavyweight 75-81 kg Zhang Xiaoping - China Kenneth Egan - Ireland Tony Jeffries - Great Britain and Yerkebuian Shynaliyev - Kazakhstan
Heavyweight 81-91 kg Rakhim Chakhkeiv - Russia Clemente Russo - Italy Osmay Acosta - Cuba and Deontay Wilder - United States
Super heavyweight >91 kg Roberto Cammarelle - Italy Zhang Zhilei - China Vyacheslav Glazkov - Ukraine and David Price - Great Britain


Canoeing/Kayaking

Men's Flatwater
EventGold MedalSilver MedalBronze Medal
One-person 1000 m kayak Tim Brabants - Great Britain Eirik Veras Larsen - Norway Ken Wallace - Australia
One-person 500 m kayak Ken Wallace - Australia Adam van Koeverden - Canada Tim Brabants - Great Britain
Two-person 1000 m kayak Germany Denmark Italy
Two-person 500 m kayak Saul Craviotto and Carlos Perez - Spain Ronald Rauhe and Tim Wieskotter - Germany Raman Piatrushenka and Vadzim Makhneu - Belarus
Four-person 1000 m kayak Belarus Slovakia Germany
One-person 1000 m canoe Attila Vajda - Hungary David Cal - Spain Thomas Hall - Canada
One-person 500 m canoe Maxim Opalev - Russia David Cal - Spain Iurii Cheban - Ukraine
Two-person 1000 m canoe Belarus Germany Hungary
Two-person 500 m canoe Meng Guanliang and Yang Wenjun - China Sergey Ulegin and Alexander Kostoglod - Russian Federation Gyorgy Kozmann and Tamas Kiss - Hungary


Men's Slalom/Whitewater
EventGold MedalSilver MedalBronze Medal
One-person canoe Michal Martikan - Slovakia David Florence - Great Britain Robin Bell - Australia
One-person kayak Alexander Grimm - Germany Fabien Lefevre - France Benjamin Boukpeti - Togo
Two-person canoe Cedric Forgit and Martin Braud - France Pavol Hochschorner and Peter Hochschorner - Slovakia Jaroslav Volf and Ondrej Stepanek - Czech Republic


Women's Flatwater
EventGold MedalSilver MedalBronze Medal
One-person 500 m kayak Inna Osupenko-Radomska - Ukraine Josefa Idem - Italy Katrin Wagner-Augustin - Germany
Two-person 500 m kayak Katalin Kovacs and Natasa Janics - Hungary Beata Mikolajczyk and Aneta Konieczna - Poland Marie Delattre and Anne-Laure Viard - France
Four-person 500 m kayak Germany Hungary Australia


Women's Slalom/Whitewater
EventGold MedalSilver MedalBronze Medal
One-person kayak Elena Kaliska - Slovakia Jacqueline Lawrence - Australia Violetta Oblinger Peters - Austria


Cycling

BMX Cycling
EventGold MedalSilver MedalBronze Medal
Men's Individual Maris Strombergs - Latvia Mike Day - United States Donny Robinson - United States
Women's individual Anne-Caroline Chausson - France Laetitia Le Corguille - France Jill Kintner - United States


Mountain Biking
EventGold MedalSilver MedalBronze Medal
Men's individual cross-country Julien Absalon - France Jean-Christophe Peraud - France Nino Schurter - Switzerland
Women's individual cross-country Sabine Spitz - Germany Maja Włoszczowska - Poland Irina Kalentieva - Russia


Road Cycling
EventGold MedalSilver MedalBronze Medal
Men's individual road race Samuel Sanchez - Spain Davide Rebellin - Italy Fabian Cancellara - Switzerland
Men's individual time trial Fabian Cancellara - Switzerland Gustav Larsson - Sweden Levi Leipheimer - United States
Women's individual road race Nicole Cooke - Great Britain Emma Johansson - Sweden Tatiana Guderzo - Italy
Women's individual time trial Kristin Armstrong - United States Emma Pooley - Great Britain Karin Thurig - Switzerland


Track Cycling
EventGold MedalSilver MedalBronze Medal
Men's individual pursuit Bradley Wiggins - Great Britain Hayden Roulston - New Zealand Steven Burke - Great Britain
Men's keirin Chris Hoy - Great Britain Ross Edgar - Great Britain Kiyofumi Nagai - Japan
Men's madison Argentina Spain Russia
Men's team sprint Great Britain France Germany
Men's points race Joan Llaneras - Spain Roger Kluge - Germany Chris Newton - Great Britain
Men's individual sprint Chris Hoy - Great Britain Jason Kenny - Great Britain Mickael Bourgain - France
Men's team pursuit Great Britain Denmark New Zealand
Women's individual pursuit Rebecca Romero - Great Britain Wendy Houvenaghel - Great Britain Lesya Kalitovska - Ukraine
Women's points race Marianne Vos - Netherlands Yoanka Gonzalez - Cuba Leire Olaberria - Spain
Women's sprint Victoria Pendleton - Great Britain Anna Meares - Australia Shuang Guo - China


Diving

Men's Diving
EventGold MedalSilver MedalBronze Medal
3 m Springboard He Chong - China Alexandre Despatie - Canada Qin Kai - China
10 m Platform Matthew Mitcham - Australia Zhou Luxin - China Gleb Galperin - Russia
Synchronized 3 m Springboard China Russia Ukraine
Synchronized 10 m Platform China Germany Russia


Women's Diving
EventGold MedalSilver MedalBronze Medal
3 m Springboard Guo Jingjing - China Julia Pakhalina - Russia Wu Minxia - China
10 m Platform Chen Ruolin - China Emilie Heymans - Canada Wang Xin - China
Synchronized 3 m Springboard China Russia Germany
Synchronized 10 m Platform China Australia Mexico


Equestrian

Equestrian
EventGold MedalSilver MedalBronze Medal
Individual dressage Anky van Grunsven - Netherlands Isabell Werth - Germany Heike Kemmer - Germany
Individual eventing Hinrich Romeike - Germany Gina Miles - United States Kristina Cook - Great Britain