Olympic Games Beijing 2008

As an image of Olympism, Coubertin thought the rings had deep significance: that of the union between men. He multiplied the image to create a total of five rings. He designed and commissioned the Olympic flag to mark the 20th anniversary of the IOC’s founding, on 23rd June 1914 in Paris

These five rings — blue, yellow, black, green and red — represent the five parts of the world now encompassed by Olympism and ready to compete against each other. Moreover, the six colors (including the white background) thus combined represent those of all nations, without exception. The blue and yellow of Sweden, the blue and white of Greece, the French, English, American, German, Belgian, Italian and Hungarian tricolors, the yellow and red of Spain are side by side with the new Brazilian and Australian flags, the old Japan and the new China. It is a true international emblem.”

The 2008 Summer Olympic Games, officially known as the Games of the XXIX Olympiad, was a major international multi-sport event that took place in Beijing, People’s Republic of China, from August 8 (except football, which started on August 6) to August 24, 2008. A total of 10,500 athletes competed in 302 events in 28 sports

Medal Rank :

Ran k	NOC Name	Men				Women				Open/Mixed				Total				Rank by Total
		G	S	B	T	G	S	B	T	G	S	B	T	G	S	B	T
1	CHN – China	24	10	8	42	27	11	19	57			1	1	51	21	28	100	2
2	USA – United States	20	13	20	53	15	23	15	53	1	2	1	4	36	38	36	110	1
3	RUS – Russian Fed.	12	8	20	40	11	13	8	32					23	21	28	72	3
4	GBR – Great Britain	11	8	7	26	7	5	6	18	1		2	3	19	13	15	47	4
5	GER – Germany	7	7	6	20	6	2	7	15	3	1	2	6	16	10	15	41	6
6	AUS – Australia	6	6	9	21	8	7	8	23		2		2	14	15	17	46	5
7	KOR – Korea	8	6	4	18	4	4	4	12	1			1	13	10	8	31	8
8	JPN – Japan	4	4	5	13	5	2	5	12					9	6	10	25	11
9	ITA – Italy	4	7	6	17	4	3	4	11					8	10	10	28	9
10	FRA – France	6	14	12	32	1	2	4	7			1	1	7	16	17	40	7
11	UKR – Ukraine	4	3	8	15	3	2	7	12					7	5	15	27	10
12	NED – Netherlands	1		2	3	5	4	2	11	1	1		2	7	5	4	16	16
13	JAM – Jamaica	3			3	3	3	2	8					6	3	2	11	20
14	ESP – Spain	4	6	2	12		3	1	4	1	1		2	5	10	3	18	=14
15	KEN – Kenya	3	2	4	9	2	3		5					5	5	4	14	18
16	BLR – Belarus	3	3	5	11	1	2	5	8					4	5	10	19	13
17	ROU – Romania			1	1	4	1	2	7					4	1	3	8	=25
18	ETH – Ethiopia	2	1	1	4	2		1	3					4	1	2	7	=27
19	CAN – Canada	1	5	3	9	1	3	3	7	1	1		2	3	9	6	18	=14
20	POL – Poland	3	4		7		2	1	3					3	6	1	10	=21
21	HUN – Hungary	2	4	1	7	1	1	1	3					3	5	2	10	=21
21	NOR – Norway	2	3		5	1	2	1	4			1	1	3	5	2	10	=21
23	BRA – Brazil	1	3	5	9	2	1	3	6					3	4	8	15	17
24	CZE – Czech Republic	1	2		3	2	1		3					3	3		6	=30
25	SVK – Slovakia	2	1	1	4	1	1		2					3	2	1	6	=30
26	NZL – New Zealand	1	1	5	7	2			2					3	1	5	9	24
27	GEO – Georgia	3		2	5			1	1					3		3	6	=30
28	CUB – Cuba	2	5	8	15		6	3	9					2	11	11	24	12
29	KAZ – Kazakhstan	2	2	5	9		2	2	4					2	4	7	13	19
30	DEN – Denmark	1	2	1	4			1	1	1		1	2	2	2	3	7	=27
31	MGL – Mongolia	2	1		3		1		1					2	2		4	=44
31	THA – Thailand	1	1		2	1	1		2					2	2		4	=44
33	PRK – DPR Korea			1	1	2	1	2	5					2	1	3	6	=30
34	ARG – Argentina	2		1	3			2	2			1	1	2		4	6	=30
34	SUI – Switzerland	2		3	5			1	1					2		4	6	=30
36	MEX – Mexico	1			1	1		1	2					2		1	3	=51
37	TUR – Turkey	1		3	4		4		4					1	4	3	8	=25
38	ZIM – Zimbabwe					1	3		4					1	3		4	=44
39	AZE – Azerbaijan	1	2	3	6			1	1					1	2	4	7	=27
40	UZB – Uzbekistan	1	2	2	5			1	1					1	2	3	6	=30
41	SLO – Slovenia	1	1	1	3		1	1	2					1	2	2	5	=38
42	BUL – Bulgaria			3	3	1	1		2					1	1	3	5	=38
42	INA – Indonesia	1		2	3			1	1		1		1	1	1	3	5	=38
44	FIN – Finland			2	2	1	1		2					1	1	2	4	=44
45	LAT – Latvia	1	1	1	3									1	1	1	3	=51
46	BEL – Belgium					1	1		2					1	1		2	=57
46	DOM – Dominican Rep.	1	1		2									1	1		2	=57
46	EST – Estonia	1	1		2									1	1		2	=57
46	POR – Portugal	1			1		1		1					1	1		2	=57
50	IND – India	1		2	3									1		2	3	=51
51	IRI – Iran	1		1	2									1		1	2	=57
52	BRN – Bahrain	1			1									1			1	=69
52	CMR – Cameroon					1			1					1			1	=69
52	PAN – Panama	1			1									1			1	=69
52	TUN – Tunisia	1			1									1			1	=69
56	SWE – Sweden		2	1	3		1		1		1		1		4	1	5	=38
57	CRO – Croatia		1		1		1	3	4						2	3	5	=38
57	LTU – Lithuania		1	3	4		1		1						2	3	5	=38
59	GRE – Greece		2		2			2	2						2	2	4	=44
60	TRI – Trinidad/Tobago		2		2										2		2	=57
61	NGR – Nigeria		1	1	2			2	2						1	3	4	=44
62	AUT – Austria		1		1			2	2						1	2	3	=51
62	IRL – Ireland		1	2	3										1	2	3	=51
62	SRB – Serbia		1	2	3										1	2	3	=51
65	ALG – Algeria		1		1			1	1						1	1	2	=57
65	BAH – Bahamas		1	1	2										1	1	2	=57
65	COL – Colombia		1		1			1	1						1	1	2	=57
65	KGZ – Kyrgyzstan		1	1	2										1	1	2	=57
65	MAR – Morocco		1		1			1	1						1	1	2	=57
65	TJK – Tajikistan		1	1	2										1	1	2	=57
71	CHI – Chile		1		1										1		1	=69
71	ECU – Ecuador		1		1										1		1	=69
71	ISL – Iceland		1		1										1		1	=69
71	MAS – Malaysia		1		1										1		1	=69
71	RSA – South Africa		1		1										1		1	=69
71	SIN – Singapore						1		1						1		1	=69
71	SUD – Sudan		1		1										1		1	=69
71	VIE – Vietnam		1		1										1		1	=69
79	ARM – Armenia			6	6											6	6	=30
80	TPE – Chinese Taipei			2	2			2	2							4	4	=44
81	AFG – Afghanistan			1	1											1	1	=69
81	EGY – Egypt			1	1											1	1	=69
81	ISR – Israel			1	1											1	1	=69
81	MDA – Rep. of Moldova			1	1											1	1	=69
81	MRI – Mauritius			1	1											1	1	=69
81	TOG – Togo			1	1											1	1	=69
81	VEN – Venezuela							1	1							1	1	=69
Total:		165	165	202	532	127	128	141	396	10	10	10	30	302	303	353	958

Legend
G – Gold	S – Silver	B – Bronze	T – Total
‘=’ – Equal sign indicates that two or more NOCs share the same rank by total

Note

Rank by total is calculated by total number of gold, silver and bronze medals.