Who won 8 gold medals in Beijing Olympics 2008?

Swimming superstar Michael Phelps beats fellow American Mark Spitz with a record eight gold medals won at the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games.

Who won the Beijing Olympics 2008 first gold medal?

Tuvshinbayar Naidan of Mongolia won the first gold medal in his country’s 40-year Olympic history by taking the men’s 100-kg judo event.

What was the medal count in Beijing?

Their total medal count is 27: 12 gold, 10 silver, 5 bronze. Great Britain (GBR): Great Britain won their only gold medal at these Games in women’s curling. Their only other medal was silver in men’s curling.

How many medals did China win in the 2008 Olympics?

Beijing 2008 Summer Olympics – Results – Medalist – Medal Table. Most interestingly, in the Beijing Summer Olympic, the host nation China was the raked number one with getting 48 gold medals; 22 silver medals and 30 bronze medals on that. After China, the United States, Russia, and Great Britain were ranked on the medal table list.

What happened to the 2008 Olympics bronze medalist?

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. 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.

Which country won the 2008 Summer Olympics in football?

Here you can see the whole medal table of the Beijing 2008 Summer Olympics. Here, football fans can see the result of that event – Argentina was the champions where Nigeria was runners-up and Brazil was third-place with bronze medal.

Which city is the host of the 2008 Summer Olympics?

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.