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Chronological summary of the 2008 Summer Olympics
This article contains a chronological summary of major events from the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China.
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- All dates are Beijing Time (UTC+8)
| OC | Opening ceremony | ● | Event competitions | 1 | Gold medal events | EG | Exhibition gala | CC | Closing ceremony |
| August 2008 | 6th Wed | 7th Thu | 8th Fri | 9th Sat | 10th Sun | 11th Mon | 12th Tue | 13th Wed | 14th Thu | 15th Fri | 16th Sat | 17th Sun | 18th Mon | 19th Tue | 20th Wed | 21st Thu | 22nd Fri | 23rd Sat | 24th Sun | Events | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ceremonies | OC | CC | — | ||||||||||||||||||
| Aquatics | Diving | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ● | ● | 1 | ● | 1 | ● | 1 | ● | 1 | 46 | ||||||
| Marathon swimming | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Swimming | ● | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | ||||||||||||
| Synchronized swimming | ● | ● | 1 | ● | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
| Water polo | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | 1 | ● | 1 | |||||||
| Archery | ● | 1 | 1 | ● | ● | 1 | 1 | 4 | |||||||||||||
| Athletics | 2 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 47 | ||||||||||
| Badminton | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | |||||||||||
| Baseball/Softball | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Baseball | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | 1 | 2 | |||||||||||
| Softball | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Basketball | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||
| Boxing | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | 4 | 6 | 11 | |||||
| Canoeing | Slalom | ● | 2 | ● | ● | 2 | 16 | ||||||||||||||
| Sprint | ● | ● | ● | ● | 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||
| Cycling | Road cycling | 1 | 1 | 2 | 18 | ||||||||||||||||
| Track cycling | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
| BMX | ● | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Mountain biking | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Equestrian | ● | ● | ● | 2 | ● | 1 | ● | ● | ● | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||
| Fencing | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 10 | |||||||||||
| Field hockey | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||
| Football | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | 1 | ● | 1 | 2 | |||||||
| Gymnastics | Artistic | ● | ● | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ● | 4 | 3 | 3 | EG | 18 | ||||||||
| Rhythmic | ● | ● | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| Trampolining | ● | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Handball | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||
| Judo | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 14 | |||||||||||||
| Modern pentathlon | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Rowing | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | 7 | 7 | 14 | ||||||||||||
| Sailing | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 11 | ||||||||
| Shooting | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 15 | |||||||||||
| Table tennis | ● | ● | ● | ● | 1 | 1 | ● | ● | ● | 1 | 1 | 4 | |||||||||
| Taekwondo | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | ||||||||||||||||
| Tennis | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | 1 | 3 | 4 | ||||||||||||
| Triathlon | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Volleyball | Beach volleyball | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | 1 | 1 | 4 | |||||
| Indoor volleyball | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | 1 | 1 | |||||
| Weightlifting | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 15 | ||||||||||
| Wrestling | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 18 | ||||||||||||
| Daily medal events | 7 | 14 | 13 | 19 | 17 | 15 | 18 | 27 | 37 | 18 | 20 | 11 | 21 | 21 | 32 | 12 | 302 | ||||
| Cumulative total | 7 | 21 | 34 | 53 | 70 | 85 | 103 | 130 | 167 | 185 | 205 | 216 | 237 | 258 | 290 | 302 | |||||
| August 2008 | 6th Wed | 7th Thu | 8th Fri | 9th Sat | 10th Sun | 11th Mon | 12th Tue | 13th Wed | 14th Thu | 15th Fri | 16th Sat | 17th Sun | 18th Mon | 19th Tue | 20th Wed | 21st Thu | 22nd Fri | 23rd Sat | 24th Sun | Events | |
August 6 edit
August 7 edit
August 8 edit
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- 2008 Olympic Games officially open
- Opening Ceremony
- Starting at 8:00 pm CST (UTC+8),[5] the four-hour opening ceremony was attended by 91,000 spectators,[6] including more than 100 world leaders. The spectacle was directed by filmmaker Zhang Yimou, and the Olympic Cauldron was lit by former Chinese gymnast Li Ning.[7]
- The first events started in the Special Administrative Region of Hong Kong, with eventing in equestrian sports.[8]
Day 1: August 9 edit
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- South Korea set an Olympic record in the ranking round of the women's team archery event.[9]
- Samoa's Farani Tavui was taken to a hospital after being knocked unconscious in the men's light heavyweight event.[10]
- The United States took all three medals in the women's sabre event, the first U.S. podium sweep of a fencing event since 1904, as Mariel Zagunis takes gold.[11]
- Choi Min-ho of South Korea won the men's 60 kg ending all his matches with ippon.[12]
- Ryoko Tani of Japan, who had never lost in a major international competition since 1996, was defeated in the women's 48 kg semifinals by eventual gold medalist Alina Alexandra Dumitru with a controversial penalty point.
- Kateřina Emmons of the Czech Republic won the first gold medal of the games, setting an Olympic record for both the qualifying (with a perfect 400) and final scores, in the women's 10 m air rifle.[13]
- Swimmer Michael Phelps of the United States set a world record in the first round of the men's 400 m individual medley.[14]
- Swimmer Alexander Dale Oen of Norway set an Olympic record in the first round of the men's 100 m breaststroke.[15]
- Chen Xiexia of China won the women's 48 kg event in weightlifting, setting Olympic records in both the clean and jerk, and total weight lifted.[16]
Day 2: August 10 edit
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- South Korea set a world record for a 24-arrow team match, in their victory over Italy in the quarter finals of the women's team archery event. They went on to win the gold medal, stretching the country's winning streak to 20 years over 6 Olympic games.[19]
- The USA men's basketball team beat hosts China 101–70 in the first game in the basketball event.[20]
- Guo Wenjun of China won gold in women's 10 metre air pistol and set a new Olympic record for final score with 492.3 points, after Natalia Paderina of Russia had bettered the Olympic qualification record to 391.[21] During the medal ceremony, Pederina and bronze medalist Nino Salukvadze of Georgia shared a symbolic embrace as their two countries continued to wage war.[22]
- Michael Phelps won the men's 400 m individual medley final, with a new world record, winning his seventh career Olympic gold medal.[23]
- Park Tae-Hwan won the men's 400 m freestyle final, becoming the first South Korean swimmer to win an Olympic gold medal for swimming.[24]
- Swimmer Alexander Dale Oen of Norway set an Olympic record in the semifinals of the men's 100 m breaststroke, his second in the event.[25]
- Australian swimmer Stephanie Rice set a new world record in women's 400 m individual medley, winning Australia's 400th Summer Olympics medal. Second place Kirsty Coventry of Zimbabwe also finished below the previous world record.[26]
- The Netherlands team won the women's 4 × 100 m freestyle relay final with a new Olympic record of 3 minutes 33.76 seconds. Dara Torres of the United States, at 41 years of age, becomes the oldest swimmer to win an Olympic medal after the US team takes silver.[27]
- The American men's 4 × 100 m freestyle relay team broke the world record with a time of 3:12.23 in the preliminaries.[28]
- Prapawadee Jaroenrattanatarakoon of Thailand won gold in women's 53 kg weightlifting and set a new Olympic record for clean and jerk.[29]
Day 3: August 11 edit
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- Rebecca Adlington won the 400 m freestyle, the first gold by a British woman since 1960.
- Kirsty Coventry of Zimbabwe set a new world record in the women's 100 m backstroke semifinal with a time of 58.77.[37]
- Kosuke Kitajima of Japan won the Olympic gold medal in the men's 100 m breaststroke, and set a world record of 58.91.[38]
- Arkady Vyatchanin of Russia set a new Olympic record in the men's 100 m backstroke semifinal with a time of 53.06, only for the record to be set again in the second semifinal by Hayden Stoeckel of Australia, with a time of 52.97.[39]
- The United States team broke the world record they had set in the semifinals by nearly four seconds, winning the gold medal in the men's 4 × 100 m freestyle relay with a time of 3:08:24, beating France by 0.08 seconds. Jason Lezak swam the last leg in 46.06 s, the fastest relay leg in history. Five of the eight teams in the final finished under the previous world record. Australia's Eamon Sullivan also broke the individual 100 m freestyle world record by swimming the leadoff leg in 47.24.[40]
- Entering the finals of the men's 10 m air rifle in fourth place, Abhinav Bindra won the first ever individual Olympic gold medal for India,[41] and India's first gold medal in any Olympic event since 1980.[42]
- Tajikistan won its first ever Olympic medal after Rasul Boqiev secured bronze in the men's 73 kg.[43]
Day 4: August 12 edit
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- Michael Phelps of the U.S. set the world record while winning the 200 m men's freestyle, tying the record for most gold medals for an athlete.
- Natalie Coughlin of the U.S. became the first athlete to successfully defend a gold medal in the women's 100 m backstroke event.
- Walton Eller of the U.S. set two Olympic records in the men's double trap event, with a qualifying score of 145 and a final score of 190.
- Benjamin Boukpeti becomes the first competitor from Togo to win an Olympic medal, taking bronze in the men's slalom K-1.[54]
Day 5: August 13 edit
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- Steeve Guenot won France's first gold medal of the Beijing Olympics in the men's 66 kg Greco-Roman wrestling.
- Michael Phelps of the U.S. took the record for most gold medals for an athlete with 11 for wins in the 200 m butterfly and the 4 × 200 m relay.[71]
- Hungary's Janos Baranyai was taken to hospital after a severe injury during the men's 77kg event in weightlifting.[73]
Day 6: August 14 edit
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- Alain Bernard became the first French swimmer to win the men's 100 m freestyle, and only the third to win a gold medal in an Olympic swimming event.
- The Australian team of Stephanie Rice, Bronte Barratt, Kylie Palmer and Linda Mackenzie won the women's 4 × 200 m freestyle relay, setting a new world record time of 7 minutes 44.31 seconds and giving Rice her third gold medal at her first Olympics.[89]
- Liu Zige won the only gold medal in a swimming event, the Women's 200 m butterfly, won by China in the games.
- Zhang Juanjuan of China won the women's individual archery competition by beating the top three ranked archers in the event.[90]
- Naidangiin Tüvshinbayar won Mongolia's first Olympic gold medal in the men's 100 kg.[91]
- Ara Abrahamian won a bronze medal in the 84-kilogram Greco-Roman wrestling, but during the medal ceremony stepped off of the podium and laid his medal down on the mat. Abrahamian had lost a 3-1 decision to Andrea Minguzzi in the semi-finals in a disputed decision and started shouting at referees and officials after the match.[92] The IOC later decided to officially strip him of his medal.[93]
Day 7: August 15 edit
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- Tirunesh Dibaba won the women's 10000 m in 29:54.66, the best time in almost 15 years and an African and Olympic record. Silver medallist Elvan Abeylegesse and bronze medallist Shalane Flanagan also ran European and North American records, respectively.[105]
- Nastia Liukin of the United States won the gold medal in the Women's artistic individual all-around. Together with Shawn Johnson taking the silver, this was the fourth time in Olympic history where a country took the top two spots in the individual all around events.
- Singapore qualified for the final in the women's team event, thus ensuring that the country would win its first Olympic medal, in any event, since 1960.[106]
- Down a yuko and with only 16 seconds left, world champion China's Tong Wen managed to throw defending Olympic champion Japan's Maki Tsukada for the gold in women's +78 kg.
- Simon Aspelin and Thomas Johansson reached the men's doubles final by beating Frenchmen Arnaud Clément and Michaël Llodra in a match lasted more than four hours and ended 19-17 in the third set.
Day 8: August 16 edit
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- New Zealand experienced their most successful day at an Olympics (with two gold, one silver, and two bronze medals), beating their previous best of four bronze medals in the 1988 Seoul Olympics.
- Russia's Valeriy Borchin won gold in the men's 20 km walk with a time of 1:19:01, edging out Jefferson Pérez, the world champion since 2003, by only 14 seconds.[124]
- Jamaica's Usain Bolt won the gold medal in the men's 100m with a world record of 9.69 seconds in a race dubbed by Michael Johnson as "the greatest 100m performance in the history of the event".[125]
- Zhang Ning successfully defended her women's singles Olympic title against top seed Xie Xingfang.[126]
- The British team of Tom James, Steve Williams, Pete Reed and Andrew Triggs Hodge won the men's coxless fours, the third time in a row that Great Britain had won gold in this event.[127]
- New Zealand's Caroline and Georgina Evers-Swindell successfully defended their 2004 title in the women's double sculls by beating Germany by 0.01 seconds.[128]
- Georgeta Andrunache of Romania won gold in the final women's coxless pair race, her fifth career gold, and her third consecutive Olympic gold in that event.[129]
- Michael Phelps' victory by 0.01 seconds in the men's 100 m butterfly over Serbian swimmer Milorad Čavić tied him with Mark Spitz for the most Olympic gold medals at one games.[130]
- César Cielo Filho won the men's 50 m freestyle, Brazil's first ever swimming Olympic gold medal.[131]
- Rebecca Adlington won gold in the women's 800 m freestyle, breaking a world record that had stood since 1989.
- Roger Federer won his first Olympic medal by teaming up with Stanislas Wawrinka to win men's doubles for Switzerland.[132]
- Jang Mi-Ran of South Korea won the unlimited (+75 kg) division of women's weightlifting by breaking world records five times: once in snatch, twice in clean-and-jerk, and twice in total.[133]
- Carol Huynh of Canada won the first medal of the games for Canada and became the first gold medalist in women's wrestling for Canada.
Day 9: August 17 edit
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- China won its 33rd gold medal of the Beijing games by beating Singapore in the table tennis women's team event, surpassing its 32 golds of the Athens games and making this the most successful Olympiad ever for China.[151]
- Jamaica took all three medals in the women's 100 m, with Shelly-Ann Fraser taking gold, and Sherone Simpson and Kerron Stewart tying for silver.[152]
- Russia's Gulnara Galkina-Samitova broke her own world record in winning the women's 3000 m steeplechase in a time of 8 minutes 58.81 seconds.[153]
- Britain's Rebecca Romero won a cycling gold to become one of the few athletes with medals in two distinct disciplines, the 2008 medal being added to her 2004 rowing silver.[154]
- China's Guo Jingjing became the most decorated diver in Olympic history after winning her sixth career medal in the women's 3 m springboard.[155][156]
- Louis Smith, in winning the bronze medal in the men's pommel horse, became the first British gymnast to win an individual apparatus medal in gymnastics and the first Briton to win any individual gymnastics medal since Walter Tysall won men's all-around medal in 1908.[157]
- China won its first ever Olympic rowing gold medal in the women's quadruple sculls.[158][159]
- Ben Ainslie of Britain successfully defended his title, winning gold in the Finn class.
- Matthew Emmons finished fourth in the men's 50 m rifle three positions event having held the lead with one shot remaining: four years earlier he had fallen from first to eighth in the last shot of the event. China's Qiu Jian, who had entered the final in fourth position, shot the highest score in the final round to win the gold medal.[160]
- The United States defeated Australia in the men's 4 × 100 m medley relay, setting a new world record of 3 minutes 29.34 seconds. Michael Phelps, swimming the third leg, won his eighth Olympic gold medal of the Beijing Games, surpassing Mark Spitz to become the athlete to win the most gold medals in a single Olympiad.[161]
- Germany's Britta Steffen won the women's 50 m freestyle setting a new Olympic record of 24.06 seconds and beating American Dara Torres by just 0.01 seconds.[162]
- Australia won the women's 4 × 100 m medley relay and set a new world record of 3:52.69, bettering the previous world record by 3.05 seconds. The United States won silver, also going under the previous world record and setting a new American record, while China won bronze with a new Asian record.[163]
- China won the inaugural women's team event by winning all ten of its singles and all five of its doubles matches in the tournament.
- Rafael Nadal of Spain defeated Chile's Fernando González 6-3, 7-6 (7-2), 6-3 to win the men's singles, Spain's first ever Olympic gold medal in tennis. Gonzalez's medal was his third, making him Chile's most successful athlete at the Olympics.[164]
- Japan's Kaori Icho successfully defended her Olympic title in women's freestyle 63 kg.[165]
Day 10: August 18 edit
- Liu Xiang, China's defending Olympic champion in the men's 110 m hurdles, withdrew from the competition due to an injury.[192][193]
- Irving Saladino won Panama's first Olympic medal in 60 years, and their first gold medal ever in an Olympic athletics event.[194]
- The United States took all three medals in the men's 400 m hurdles, with Angelo Taylor winning gold, Kerron Clement silver and Bershawn Jackson bronze.[195]
- Russia's Yelena Isinbayeva set a new world record in winning the women's pole vault, the third time she had done so in 2008.[196]
- Like the women, the Chinese men won the team competition without losing a match, winning all ten singles and all five doubles matches.
- Andrei Aramnau of Belarus broke three world records, for the snatch, clean and jerk, and total, on the way to winning the men's 105 kg event.[197]
Day 11: August 19 edit
- Great Britain won the women's 400 m for the first time through Christine Ohuruogu. Jamaica's Shericka Williams took silver and Sanya Richards of the United States took bronze.[212]
- Lolo Jones of the United States clipped the second-last hurdle in the women's 100 m hurdles, finishing seventh; however, the US still took gold through Dawn Harper. Australia's Sally McLellan won the silver medal and Canada's Priscilla Lopes-Schliep was third.[213]
- Chris Hoy won his third gold medal of the Beijing games in the men's sprint event, becoming the first British athlete in 100 years to win three gold medals in a single Olympiad.[214][215]
- Victoria Pendelton added gold to the Great British track cycling medal total giving Great Britain victory in seven out of the ten track cycling titles. The team won 12 medals including 7 gold, 3 silver and 2 bronze to dominate the track events.[216]
- Argentina defeated tournament favourite and longtime rival Brazil 3-0 in the semifinal of the men's football.[217]
Day 12: August 20 edit
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- Usain Bolt won the men's 200 m in a new world record time of 19.30 seconds to become the first sprinter since Carl Lewis in 1984 to win both the 100 m and 200 m events in a single Olympiad, and the first sprinter since Don Quarrie in 1976 to hold the world records for both events simultaneously.[235]
- In the men's 200 m, United States' Wallace Spearmon, who finished third in 19.85s, was disqualified for stepping out of his lane. Later, Netherlands Antilles' Churandy Martina, who finished second in 19.82s, was also disqualified for stepping out of his lane.
- After a race lasting nearly two hours, Russia's Larisa Ilchenko beat Keri-Anne Payne of Great Britain by 1.5 seconds to win the women's 10 km marathon. Payne and fellow British swimmer Cassandra Patten, who took bronze, had shared the lead for almost the entire race before being overtaken by Ilchenko with 50 metres remaining.[236]
- Natalie du Toit of South Africa became the first amputee to compete in the Olympic Games since George Eyser in 1904, finishing 16th in the women's 10 km marathon.[236]
- Yin Jian won China's first ever Olympic sailing gold medal in the women's sailboard.[237]
- Rohullah Nikpai won Afghanistan's first Olympic medal ever by taking bronze in the men's 58 kg contest.[238]
- Wu Jingyu from China defeated Thai athlete Buttree Puedpong in taekwondo women's 49 kg contest receiving a gold medal. Buttree became the first Thai athlete ever to win a silver medal for taekwondo and got the first silver medal for Thailand in 2008 Games.
Day 13: August 21 edit
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- Seven teams were eliminated in the men's and women's 4 × 100 m relay semifinals.[247][248]
- Cuban sprinter Dayron Robles won the men's 110 m hurdles gold medal.[249]
- Veronica Campbell-Brown won the women's 200 m, completing a Jamaican clean sweep of the sprint events.[250]
- Japan defeated the United States 3-1 in the final of the women's softball tournament.[251][252]
- American duo Kerri Walsh and Misty May-Treanor won the gold medal in the women's beach volleyball final, completing the tournament without dropping a single set and extending their unbeaten run in world competition to 108 matches.[253][254]
Day 14: August 22 edit
- Russia won the women's 4 × 100 m relay ahead of Belgium and Nigeria,[272] but were disqualified on 16 August 2016 because a reanalysis of Yulia Chermoshanskaya’s samples resulted in a positive test for prohibited substances.[273]
- The Jamaican men's team won the men's 4 × 100 m relay for the first time, setting a new world record time of 37.10 seconds. Usain Bolt, running the third leg, gained his third gold medal and third world record of the Beijing games, and became the first sprinter since 1984 to win the three sprint events in a single Olympiad.[274][275]
- Tirunesh Dibaba of Ethiopia won her second gold medal of the Beijing games, claiming the women's 5000 m to go with her earlier victory in the 10000 m.[276]
- Steven Hooker won Australia's first gold medal in men's athletics since 1968, in the men's pole vault.[277]
- Maurren Higa Maggi won Brazil's first ever gold medal in any women's individual event, in the women's long jump.[278]
- Anne-Caroline Chausson of France and Māris Štrombergs of Latvia took the inaugural gold medals in BMX, winning the women's and men's events respectively.[279]
- China won all three medals in the women's singles, with Zhang Yining defending her Olympic gold medal, Wang Nan taking silver, and Guo Yue bronze, leaving a competitor from Singapore in fourth place for the third consecutive Olympics.[280]
| Gold medalists | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sport | Event | Competitor(s) | NOC | Rec | Ref |
| Athletics | Men's 50 km walk | Alex Schwazer | Italy | OR | [281] |
| Men's 4 × 100 m relay | Nesta Carter, Michael Frater, Usain Bolt, Asafa Powell Heats: Dwight Thomas | Jamaica | WR | [274] | |
| Men's decathlon | Bryan Clay | United States | [282] | ||
| Men's pole vault | Steven Hooker | Australia | OR | [283] | |
| Women's 5000 m | Tirunesh Dibaba | Ethiopia | [276] | ||
| Women's 4 × 100 m relay | Olivia Borlée, Hanna Mariën, Élodie Ouédraogo, Kim Gevaert | Belgium | [272] | ||
| Women's long jump | Maurren Higa Maggi | Brazil | < chronological, summary, 2008, summer, olympics, medal, count, 2008, summer, olympics, medal, table, this, article, contains, chronological, summary, major, events, from, 2008, summer, olympics, beijing, china, contents, calendar, august, august, august, august. For the medal count see 2008 Summer Olympics medal table This article contains a chronological summary of major events from the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing China Contents 1 Calendar 2 August 6 3 August 7 4 August 8 5 Day 1 August 9 6 Day 2 August 10 7 Day 3 August 11 8 Day 4 August 12 9 Day 5 August 13 10 Day 6 August 14 11 Day 7 August 15 12 Day 8 August 16 13 Day 9 August 17 14 Day 10 August 18 15 Day 11 August 19 16 Day 12 August 20 17 Day 13 August 21 18 Day 14 August 22 19 Day 15 August 23 20 Day 16 August 24 21 See also 22 References 23 External linksCalendar editAll dates are Beijing Time UTC 8 OC Opening ceremony Event competitions 1 Gold medal events EG Exhibition gala CC Closing ceremonyAugust 2008 6thWed 7thThu 8thFri 9thSat 10thSun 11thMon 12thTue 13thWed 14thThu 15thFri 16thSat 17thSun 18thMon 19thTue 20thWed 21stThu 22ndFri 23rdSat 24thSun Events nbsp Ceremonies OC CC Aquatics nbsp Diving 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 46 nbsp Marathon swimming 1 1 nbsp Swimming 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 nbsp 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32 12 302Cumulative total 7 21 34 53 70 85 103 130 167 185 205 216 237 258 290 302August 2008 6thWed 7thThu 8thFri 9thSat 10thSun 11thMon 12thTue 13thWed 14thThu 15thFri 16thSat 17thSun 18thMon 19thTue 20thWed 21stThu 22ndFri 23rdSat 24thSun EventsAugust 6 editFootball The first competitions of the Games started at 5 00pm CST UTC 8 The first events were women s football soccer matches The day was devoted to women s football 1 2 August 7 editFootball The first football soccer matches for men began on this day The day was devoted to men s football matches 3 4 August 8 edit nbsp Fireworks during the opening ceremony nbsp Wikinews has related news 2008 Olympic Games officially open Opening Ceremony Starting at 8 00 pm CST UTC 8 5 the four hour opening ceremony was attended by 91 000 spectators 6 including more than 100 world leaders The spectacle was directed by filmmaker Zhang Yimou and the Olympic Cauldron was lit by former Chinese gymnast Li Ning 7 Equestrian The first events started in the Special Administrative Region of Hong Kong with eventing in equestrian sports 8 Day 1 August 9 edit nbsp Wikinews has related news Olympic highlights August 9 2008 Archery South Korea set an Olympic record in the ranking round of the women s team archery event 9 Boxing Samoa s Farani Tavui was taken to a hospital after being knocked unconscious in the men s light heavyweight event 10 Fencing The United States took all three medals in the women s sabre event the first U S podium sweep of a fencing event since 1904 as Mariel Zagunis takes gold 11 Judo Choi Min ho of South Korea won the men s 60 kg ending all his matches with ippon 12 Ryoko Tani of Japan who had never lost in a major international competition since 1996 was defeated in the women s 48 kg semifinals by eventual gold medalist Alina Alexandra Dumitru with a controversial penalty point Shooting Katerina Emmons of the Czech Republic won the first gold medal of the games setting an Olympic record for both the qualifying with a perfect 400 and final scores in the women s 10 m air rifle 13 Swimming Swimmer Michael Phelps of the United States set a world record in the first round of the men s 400 m individual medley 14 Swimmer Alexander Dale Oen of Norway set an Olympic record in the first round of the men s 100 m breaststroke 15 Weightlifting Chen Xiexia of China won the women s 48 kg event in weightlifting setting Olympic records in both the clean and jerk and total weight lifted 16 Gold medalistsSport Event Competitor s NOC Rec RefCycling Men s road race Samuel Sanchez nbsp Spain 17 Fencing Women s sabre Mariel Zagunis nbsp United States 11 Judo Men s 60 kg Choi Min Ho nbsp South Korea 12 Women s 48 kg Alina Alexandra Dumitru nbsp Romania 12 Shooting Men s 10 m air pistol Pang Wei nbsp China 18 Women s 10 m air rifle Katerina Emmons nbsp Czech Republic OR 13 Weightlifting Women s 48 kg Chen Xiexia nbsp China OR 16 Day 2 August 10 edit nbsp Wikinews has related news Olympic highlights August 10 2008 ArcherySouth Korea set a world record for a 24 arrow team match in their victory over Italy in the quarter finals of the women s team archery event They went on to win the gold medal stretching the country s winning streak to 20 years over 6 Olympic games 19 BasketballThe USA men s basketball team beat hosts China 101 70 in the first game in the basketball event 20 ShootingGuo Wenjun of China won gold in women s 10 metre air pistol and set a new Olympic record for final score with 492 3 points after Natalia Paderina of Russia had bettered the Olympic qualification record to 391 21 During the medal ceremony Pederina and bronze medalist Nino Salukvadze of Georgia shared a symbolic embrace as their two countries continued to wage war 22 SwimmingMichael Phelps won the men s 400 m individual medley final with a new world record winning his seventh career Olympic gold medal 23 Park Tae Hwan won the men s 400 m freestyle final becoming the first South Korean swimmer to win an Olympic gold medal for swimming 24 Swimmer Alexander Dale Oen of Norway set an Olympic record in the semifinals of the men s 100 m breaststroke his second in the event 25 Australian swimmer Stephanie Rice set a new world record in women s 400 m individual medley winning Australia s 400th Summer Olympics medal Second place Kirsty Coventry of Zimbabwe also finished below the previous world record 26 The Netherlands team won the women s 4 100 m freestyle relay final with a new Olympic record of 3 minutes 33 76 seconds Dara Torres of the United States at 41 years of age becomes the oldest swimmer to win an Olympic medal after the US team takes silver 27 The American men s 4 100 m freestyle relay team broke the world record with a time of 3 12 23 in the preliminaries 28 WeightliftingPrapawadee Jaroenrattanatarakoon of Thailand won gold in women s 53 kg weightlifting and set a new Olympic record for clean and jerk 29 Gold medalistsSport Event Competitor s NOC Rec RefArchery Women s team Park Sung hyun Yun Ok Hee Joo Hyun Jung nbsp South Korea 30 Cycling Women s road race Nicole Cooke nbsp Great Britain 31 Diving Women s synchronised 3 m springboard Guo Jingjing and Wu Minxia nbsp China 32 Fencing Men s epee Matteo Tagliariol nbsp Italy 33 Judo Men s 66 kg Masato Uchishiba nbsp Japan 34 Women s 52 kg Xian Dongmei nbsp China 34 Shooting Men s trap David Kostelecky nbsp Czech Republic OR 35 Women s 10 m air pistol Guo Wenjun nbsp China OR 21 Swimming Men s 400 m freestyle Park Tae Hwan nbsp South Korea 24 Men s 400 m individual medley Michael Phelps nbsp United States WR 23 Women s 4 100 m freestyle relay Inge Dekker Ranomi Kromowidjojo Femke Heemskerk Marleen VeldhuisHeats Hinkelien Schreuder Manon van Rooijen nbsp Netherlands OR 27 Women s 400 m individual medley Stephanie Rice nbsp Australia WR 26 Weightlifting Men s 56 kg Long Qingquan nbsp China 36 Women s 53 kg Prapawadee Jaroenrattanatarakoon nbsp Thailand OR 29 Day 3 August 11 edit nbsp Wikinews has related news Olympic highlights August 11 2008 SwimmingRebecca Adlington won the 400 m freestyle the first gold by a British woman since 1960 Kirsty Coventry of Zimbabwe set a new world record in the women s 100 m backstroke semifinal with a time of 58 77 37 Kosuke Kitajima of Japan won the Olympic gold medal in the men s 100 m breaststroke and set a world record of 58 91 38 Arkady Vyatchanin of Russia set a new Olympic record in the men s 100 m backstroke semifinal with a time of 53 06 only for the record to be set again in the second semifinal by Hayden Stoeckel of Australia with a time of 52 97 39 The United States team broke the world record they had set in the semifinals by nearly four seconds winning the gold medal in the men s 4 100 m freestyle relay with a time of 3 08 24 beating France by 0 08 seconds Jason Lezak swam the last leg in 46 06 s the fastest relay leg in history Five of the eight teams in the final finished under the previous world record Australia s Eamon Sullivan also broke the individual 100 m freestyle world record by swimming the leadoff leg in 47 24 40 ShootingEntering the finals of the men s 10 m air rifle in fourth place Abhinav Bindra won the first ever individual Olympic gold medal for India 41 and India s first gold medal in any Olympic event since 1980 42 JudoTajikistan won its first ever Olympic medal after Rasul Boqiev secured bronze in the men s 73 kg 43 Gold medalistsSport Event Competitor s NOC Rec RefArchery Men s team Im Dong Hyun Lee Chang Hwan Park Kyung Mo nbsp South Korea OR 44 Diving Men s synchronised 10 m platform Lin Yue and Huo Liang nbsp China 45 Fencing Women s foil Valentina Vezzali nbsp Italy 46 Judo Men s 73 kg Elnur Mammadli nbsp Azerbaijan 47 Women s 57 kg Giulia Quintavalle nbsp Italy 47 Shooting Men s 10 m air rifle Abhinav Bindra nbsp India 41 Women s trap Satu Makela Nummela nbsp Finland 48 Swimming Men s 100 m breaststroke Kosuke Kitajima nbsp Japan WR 38 Men s 4 100 m freestyle relay Michael Phelps Garrett Weber Gale Cullen Jones Jason LezakHeats Nathan Adrian Ben Wildman Tobriner Matt Grevers nbsp United States WR 49 Women s 100 m butterfly Libby Trickett nbsp Australia 50 Women s 400 m freestyle Rebecca Adlington nbsp Great Britain 51 Weightlifting Men s 62 kg Zhang Xiangxiang nbsp China 52 Women s 58 kg Chen Yanqing nbsp China OR 53 Day 4 August 12 edit nbsp Wikinews has related news Olympic highlights August 12 2008 SwimmingMichael Phelps of the U S set the world record while winning the 200 m men s freestyle tying the record for most gold medals for an athlete Natalie Coughlin of the U S became the first athlete to successfully defend a gold medal in the women s 100 m backstroke event ShootingWalton Eller of the U S set two Olympic records in the men s double trap event with a qualifying score of 145 and a final score of 190 CanoeingBenjamin Boukpeti becomes the first competitor from Togo to win an Olympic medal taking bronze in the men s slalom K 1 54 Gold medalistsSport Event Competitor s NOC Rec RefCanoeing Men s slalom C 1 Michal Martikan nbsp Slovakia 55 Men s slalom K 1 Alexander Grimm nbsp Germany 56 Diving Women s synchronized 10 m platform Wang Xin and Chen Ruolin nbsp China 57 Equestrian Individual eventing Hinrich Romeike nbsp Germany 58 Team eventing Peter Thomsen Frank Ostholt Hinrich Romeike Ingrid Klimke Andreas Dibowski nbsp Germany 58 Fencing Men s sabre Zhong Man nbsp China 59 Gymnastics Men s artistic team all around Huang Xu Chen Yibing Li Xiaopeng Xiao Qin Yang Wei Zou Kai nbsp China 60 Judo Men s 81 kg Ole Bischof nbsp Germany 61 Women s 63kg Ayumi Tanimoto nbsp Japan 61 Shooting Men s 50 m pistol Jin Jong oh nbsp South Korea 62 Men s double trap Walton Eller nbsp United States OR 63 Swimming Men s 100 m backstroke Aaron Peirsol nbsp United States WR 64 Men s 200 m freestyle Michael Phelps nbsp United States WR 65 Women s 100 m backstroke Natalie Coughlin nbsp United States 66 Women s 100 m breaststroke Leisel Jones nbsp Australia OR 67 Weightlifting Men s 69 kg Liao Hui nbsp China 68 Women s 63 kg Pak Hyon Suk nbsp North Korea 69 Wrestling Men s Greco Roman 55 kg Nazyr Mankiev nbsp Russia 70 Men s Greco Roman 60 kg Islam Beka Albiev nbsp Russia 70 Day 5 August 13 edit nbsp Wikinews has related news Olympic highlights August 13 2008 WrestlingSteeve Guenot won France s first gold medal of the Beijing Olympics in the men s 66 kg Greco Roman wrestling SwimmingMichael Phelps of the U S took the record for most gold medals for an athlete with 11 for wins in the 200 m butterfly and the 4 200 m relay 71 GymnasticsThe Chinese women s gymnastic team won its first ever team gold medal 72 WeightliftingHungary s Janos Baranyai was taken to hospital after a severe injury during the men s 77kg event in weightlifting 73 Gold medalistsSport Event Competitor s NOC Rec RefCycling Men s road time trial Fabian Cancellara nbsp Switzerland 74 Women s road time trial Kristin Armstrong nbsp United States 75 Diving Men s synchronized 3 m springboard Wang Feng and Qin Kai nbsp China 76 Fencing Men s foil Benjamin Kleibrink nbsp Germany 77 Women s epee Britta Heidemann nbsp Germany 78 Gymnastics Women s artistic team all around Yang Yilin Cheng Fei Jiang Yuyan Deng Linlin He Kexin Li Shanshan nbsp China 72 Judo Men s 90 kg Irakli Tsirekidze nbsp Georgia 79 Women s 70 kg Masae Ueno nbsp Japan 79 Shooting Women s 25 m pistol Chen Ying nbsp China 80 Swimming Men s 200 m butterfly Michael Phelps nbsp United States WR 81 Men s 4 200 m freestyle relay Michael Phelps Ryan Lochte Ricky Berens Peter VanderkaayHeats Klete Keller Erik Vendt David Walters nbsp United States WR 82 Women s 200 m freestyle Federica Pellegrini nbsp Italy WR 83 Women s 200 m individual medley Stephanie Rice nbsp Australia WR 84 Weightlifting Men s 77 kg Sa Jae Hyouk nbsp South Korea 85 Women s 69 kg Liu Chunhong nbsp China WR 86 Wrestling Men s Greco Roman 66 kg Steeve Guenot nbsp France 87 Men s Greco Roman 74 kg Manuchar Kvirkelia nbsp Georgia 88 Day 6 August 14 edit nbsp Wikinews has related news Olympic highlights August 14 2008 SwimmingAlain Bernard became the first French swimmer to win the men s 100 m freestyle and only the third to win a gold medal in an Olympic swimming event The Australian team of Stephanie Rice Bronte Barratt Kylie Palmer and Linda Mackenzie won the women s 4 200 m freestyle relay setting a new world record time of 7 minutes 44 31 seconds and giving Rice her third gold medal at her first Olympics 89 Liu Zige won the only gold medal in a swimming event the Women s 200 m butterfly won by China in the games ArcheryZhang Juanjuan of China won the women s individual archery competition by beating the top three ranked archers in the event 90 JudoNaidangiin Tuvshinbayar won Mongolia s first Olympic gold medal in the men s 100 kg 91 WrestlingAra Abrahamian won a bronze medal in the 84 kilogram Greco Roman wrestling but during the medal ceremony stepped off of the podium and laid his medal down on the mat Abrahamian had lost a 3 1 decision to Andrea Minguzzi in the semi finals in a disputed decision and started shouting at referees and officials after the match 92 The IOC later decided to officially strip him of his medal 93 Gold medalistsSport Event Competitor s NOC Rec RefArchery Women s individual Zhang Juanjuan nbsp China 90 Equestrian Team dressage Isabell Werth Nadine Capellmann Heike Kemmer nbsp Germany 94 Fencing Women s team sabre Olga Kharlan Olena Khomrova Halyna Pundyk Olha Zhovnir nbsp Ukraine 95 Gymnastics Men s artistic individual all around Yang Wei nbsp China 96 Judo Men s 100 kg Naidangiin Tuvshinbayar nbsp Mongolia 91 Women s 78 kg Yang Xiuli nbsp China 91 Shooting Women s 50 m rifle three positions Du Li nbsp China 97 Women s skeet Chiara Cainero nbsp Italy OR 98 Swimming Men s 100 m freestyle Alain Bernard nbsp France 99 Men s 200 m breaststroke Kosuke Kitajima nbsp Japan OR 100 Women s 200 m butterfly Liu Zige nbsp China WR 101 Women s 4 200 m freestyle relay Stephanie Rice Bronte Barratt Kylie Palmer Linda MackenzieHeats Felicity Galvez Angie Bainbridge Melanie Schlanger Lara Davenport nbsp Australia WR 89 Wrestling Men s Greco Roman 84 kg Andrea Minguzzi nbsp Italy 102 Men s Greco Roman 96 kg Aslanbek Khushtov nbsp Russia 103 Men s Greco Roman 120 kg Mijail Lopez nbsp Cuba 104 Day 7 August 15 edit nbsp Wikinews has related news Olympic highlights August 15 2008 AthleticsTirunesh Dibaba won the women s 10000 m in 29 54 66 the best time in almost 15 years and an African and Olympic record Silver medallist Elvan Abeylegesse and bronze medallist Shalane Flanagan also ran European and North American records respectively 105 GymnasticsNastia Liukin of the United States won the gold medal in the Women s artistic individual all around Together with Shawn Johnson taking the silver this was the fourth time in Olympic history where a country took the top two spots in the individual all around events Table tennisSingapore qualified for the final in the women s team event thus ensuring that the country would win its first Olympic medal in any event since 1960 106 JudoDown a yuko and with only 16 seconds left world champion China s Tong Wen managed to throw defending Olympic champion Japan s Maki Tsukada for the gold in women s 78 kg TennisSimon Aspelin and Thomas Johansson reached the men s doubles final by beating Frenchmen Arnaud Clement and Michael Llodra in a match lasted more than four hours and ended 19 17 in the third set Gold medalistsSport Event Competitor s NOC Rec RefArchery Men s individual Viktor Ruban nbsp Ukraine 107 Athletics Men s shot put Tomasz Majewski nbsp Poland 108 Women s 10000 m Tirunesh Dibaba nbsp Ethiopia OR 109 Badminton Women s doubles Du Jing and Yu Yang nbsp China 110 Canoeing Men s slalom C 2 Pavol Hochschorner and Peter Hochschorner nbsp Slovakia 111 Women s slalom K 1 Elena Kaliska nbsp Slovakia 112 Cycling Men s team sprint Chris Hoy Jason Kenny Jamie Staff nbsp Great Britain 113 Fencing Men s team epee Jerome Jeannet Fabrice Jeannet Ulrich Robeiri nbsp France 114 Gymnastics Women s artistic individual all around Nastia Liukin nbsp United States 115 Judo Men s 100 kg Satoshi Ishii nbsp Japan 116 Women s 78 kg Tong Wen nbsp China 116 Shooting Men s 50 m rifle prone Artur Ayvazyan nbsp Ukraine 117 Swimming Men s 200 m backstroke Ryan Lochte nbsp United States WR 118 Men s 200 m individual medley Michael Phelps nbsp United States WR 119 Women s 100 m freestyle Britta Steffen nbsp Germany OR 120 Women s 200 m breaststroke Rebecca Soni nbsp United States WR 121 Weightlifting Men s 85 kg Lu Yong nbsp China 122 Women s 75 kg Cao Lei nbsp China OR 123 Day 8 August 16 edit nbsp Wikinews has related news Usain Bolt sets new world record in 100m sprint GeneralNew Zealand experienced their most successful day at an Olympics with two gold one silver and two bronze medals beating their previous best of four bronze medals in the 1988 Seoul Olympics AthleticsRussia s Valeriy Borchin won gold in the men s 20 km walk with a time of 1 19 01 edging out Jefferson Perez the world champion since 2003 by only 14 seconds 124 Jamaica s Usain Bolt won the gold medal in the men s 100m with a world record of 9 69 seconds in a race dubbed by Michael Johnson as the greatest 100m performance in the history of the event 125 BadmintonZhang Ning successfully defended her women s singles Olympic title against top seed Xie Xingfang 126 RowingThe British team of Tom James Steve Williams Pete Reed and Andrew Triggs Hodge won the men s coxless fours the third time in a row that Great Britain had won gold in this event 127 New Zealand s Caroline and Georgina Evers Swindell successfully defended their 2004 title in the women s double sculls by beating Germany by 0 01 seconds 128 Georgeta Andrunache of Romania won gold in the final women s coxless pair race her fifth career gold and her third consecutive Olympic gold in that event 129 SwimmingMichael Phelps victory by 0 01 seconds in the men s 100 m butterfly over Serbian swimmer Milorad Cavic tied him with Mark Spitz for the most Olympic gold medals at one games 130 Cesar Cielo Filho won the men s 50 m freestyle Brazil s first ever swimming Olympic gold medal 131 Rebecca Adlington won gold in the women s 800 m freestyle breaking a world record that had stood since 1989 TennisRoger Federer won his first Olympic medal by teaming up with Stanislas Wawrinka to win men s doubles for Switzerland 132 WeightliftingJang Mi Ran of South Korea won the unlimited 75 kg division of women s weightlifting by breaking world records five times once in snatch twice in clean and jerk and twice in total 133 WrestlingCarol Huynh of Canada won the first medal of the games for Canada and became the first gold medalist in women s wrestling for Canada Gold medalistsSport Event Competitor s NOC Rec RefAthletics Men s 100 m Usain Bolt nbsp Jamaica WR 125 Men s 20 km walk Valeriy Borchin nbsp Russia 124 Women s heptathlon Natalya Dobrynska nbsp Ukraine 134 Women s shot put Valerie Vili nbsp New Zealand 135 Badminton Men s doubles Markis Kido and Hendra Setiawan nbsp Indonesia 136 Women s singles Zhang Ning nbsp China 126 Cycling Men s individual pursuit Bradley Wiggins nbsp Great Britain 137 Men s keirin Chris Hoy nbsp Great Britain 138 Men s points race Joan Llaneras nbsp Spain 139 Fencing Women s team foil Svetlana Boyko Aida Chanaeva Victoria Nikichina Evgenia Lamonova nbsp Russia 140 Rowing Men s single sculls Olaf Tufte nbsp Norway 141 Men s double sculls David Crawshay and Scott Brennan nbsp Australia 142 Men s coxless pair Drew Ginn and Duncan Free nbsp Australia 143 Men s coxless four Tom James Steve Williams Pete Reed Andrew Triggs Hodge nbsp Great Britain 127 Women s single sculls Rumyana Neykova nbsp Bulgaria 144 Women s double sculls Georgina Evers Swindell and Caroline Evers Swindell nbsp New Zealand 128 Women s coxless pair Georgeta Andrunache and Viorica Susanu nbsp Romania 129 Shooting Men s 25 m rapid fire pistol Oleksandr Petriv nbsp Ukraine OR 145 Men s skeet Vincent Hancock nbsp United States OR 146 Swimming Men s 50 m freestyle Cesar Cielo Filho nbsp Brazil OR 131 Men s 100 m butterfly Michael Phelps nbsp United States OR 130 Women s 200 m backstroke Kirsty Coventry nbsp Zimbabwe WR 147 Women s 800 m freestyle Rebecca Adlington nbsp Great Britain WR 148 Tennis Men s doubles Roger Federer and Stanislas Wawrinka nbsp Switzerland 132 Weightlifting Women s 75 kg Jang Mi Ran nbsp South Korea WR 133 Wrestling Women s freestyle 48 kg Carol Huynh nbsp Canada 149 Women s freestyle 55 kg Saori Yoshida nbsp Japan 150 Day 9 August 17 edit nbsp Wikinews has related news Beijing 2008 Michael Phelps wins eighth gold GeneralChina won its 33rd gold medal of the Beijing games by beating Singapore in the table tennis women s team event surpassing its 32 golds of the Athens games and making this the most successful Olympiad ever for China 151 AthleticsJamaica took all three medals in the women s 100 m with Shelly Ann Fraser taking gold and Sherone Simpson and Kerron Stewart tying for silver 152 Russia s Gulnara Galkina Samitova broke her own world record in winning the women s 3000 m steeplechase in a time of 8 minutes 58 81 seconds 153 CyclingBritain s Rebecca Romero won a cycling gold to become one of the few athletes with medals in two distinct disciplines the 2008 medal being added to her 2004 rowing silver 154 DivingChina s Guo Jingjing became the most decorated diver in Olympic history after winning her sixth career medal in the women s 3 m springboard 155 156 GymnasticsLouis Smith in winning the bronze medal in the men s pommel horse became the first British gymnast to win an individual apparatus medal in gymnastics and the first Briton to win any individual gymnastics medal since Walter Tysall won men s all around medal in 1908 157 RowingChina won its first ever Olympic rowing gold medal in the women s quadruple sculls 158 159 SailingBen Ainslie of Britain successfully defended his title winning gold in the Finn class ShootingMatthew Emmons finished fourth in the men s 50 m rifle three positions event having held the lead with one shot remaining four years earlier he had fallen from first to eighth in the last shot of the event China s Qiu Jian who had entered the final in fourth position shot the highest score in the final round to win the gold medal 160 SwimmingThe United States defeated Australia in the men s 4 100 m medley relay setting a new world record of 3 minutes 29 34 seconds Michael Phelps swimming the third leg won his eighth Olympic gold medal of the Beijing Games surpassing Mark Spitz to become the athlete to win the most gold medals in a single Olympiad 161 Germany s Britta Steffen won the women s 50 m freestyle setting a new Olympic record of 24 06 seconds and beating American Dara Torres by just 0 01 seconds 162 Australia won the women s 4 100 m medley relay and set a new world record of 3 52 69 bettering the previous world record by 3 05 seconds The United States won silver also going under the previous world record and setting a new American record while China won bronze with a new Asian record 163 Table TennisChina won the inaugural women s team event by winning all ten of its singles and all five of its doubles matches in the tournament TennisRafael Nadal of Spain defeated Chile s Fernando Gonzalez 6 3 7 6 7 2 6 3 to win the men s singles Spain s first ever Olympic gold medal in tennis Gonzalez s medal was his third making him Chile s most successful athlete at the Olympics 164 WrestlingJapan s Kaori Icho successfully defended her Olympic title in women s freestyle 63 kg 165 Gold medalistsSport Event Competitor s NOC Rec RefAthletics Men s 10000 m Kenenisa Bekele nbsp Ethiopia OR 166 Men s hammer throw Primoz Kozmus nbsp Slovenia 167 Women s 100 m Shelly Ann Fraser nbsp Jamaica 152 Women s 3000 m steeplechase Gulnara Galkina Samitova nbsp Russia WR 153 Women s marathon Constantina Diṭă Tomescu nbsp Romania 168 Women s triple jump Francoise Mbango Etone nbsp Cameroon OR 169 Badminton Men s singles Lin Dan nbsp China 170 Mixed doubles Lee Yong dae and Lee Hyo jung nbsp South Korea 171 Cycling Women s individual pursuit Rebecca Romero nbsp Great Britain 154 Diving Women s 3 m springboard Guo Jingjing nbsp China 155 Fencing Men s team sabre Nicolas Lopez Julien Pillet Boris Sanson nbsp France 172 Gymnastics Men s floor Zou Kai nbsp China 173 Men s pommel horse Xiao Qin nbsp China 174 Women s floor Sandra Izbasa nbsp Romania 175 Women s vault Hong Un Jong nbsp North Korea 176 Rowing Men s lightweight double sculls Zac Purchase and Mark Hunter nbsp Great Britain 177 Men s lightweight coxless four Thomas Ebert Morten Jorgensen Mads Andersen Eskild Ebbesen nbsp Denmark 178 Men s quadruple sculls Konrad Wasielewski Marek Kolbowicz Michal Jelinski Adam Korol nbsp Poland 179 Men s eight Kevin Light Ben Rutledge Andrew Byrnes Jake Wetzel Malcolm Howard Dominic Sieterle Adam Kreek Kyle Hamilton Brian Price nbsp Canada 180 Women s lightweight double sculls Kirsten van der Kolk and Marit van Eupen nbsp Netherlands 181 Women s quadruple sculls Tang Bin Xi Aihua Jin Ziwei Zhang Yangyang nbsp China 159 Women s eight Erin Cafaro Lindsay Shoop Anna Goodale Elle Logan Anna Cummins Susan Francia Caroline Lind Caryn Davies Mary Whipple nbsp United States 182 Sailing Finn class Ben Ainslie nbsp Great Britain 183 Yngling class Sarah Ayton Sarah Webb Pippa Wilson nbsp Great Britain 184 49er class Jonas Warrer and Martin Kirketerp Ibsen nbsp Denmark 185 Shooting Men s 50 m rifle three positions Qiu Jian nbsp China 160 Swimming Men s 1500 m freestyle Oussama Mellouli nbsp Tunisia 186 Men s 4 100 m medley relay Aaron Peirsol Brendan HansenMichael Phelps Jason LezakHeats Matt Grevers Mark Gangloff Ian Crocker Garrett Weber Gale nbsp United States WR 161 Women s 50 m freestyle Britta Steffen nbsp Germany OR 162 Women s 4 100 m medley relay Emily Seebohm Leisel Jones Jessicah Schipper Lisbeth TrickettHeats Tarnee White Felicity Galvez Shayne Reese nbsp Australia WR 163 Table tennis Women s team Guo Yue Zhang Yining Wang Nan nbsp China 187 Tennis Men s singles Rafael Nadal nbsp Spain 164 Women s singles Elena Dementieva nbsp Russia 188 Women s doubles Venus Williams and Serena Williams nbsp United States 189 Weightlifting Men s 94 kg Ilya Ilyin nbsp Kazakhstan 190 Wrestling Women s freestyle 63 kg Kaori Icho nbsp Japan 165 Women s freestyle 72 kg Wang Jiao nbsp China 191 Day 10 August 18 editAthleticsLiu Xiang China s defending Olympic champion in the men s 110 m hurdles withdrew from the competition due to an injury 192 193 Irving Saladino won Panama s first Olympic medal in 60 years and their first gold medal ever in an Olympic athletics event 194 The United States took all three medals in the men s 400 m hurdles with Angelo Taylor winning gold Kerron Clement silver and Bershawn Jackson bronze 195 Russia s Yelena Isinbayeva set a new world record in winning the women s pole vault the third time she had done so in 2008 196 Table TennisLike the women the Chinese men won the team competition without losing a match winning all ten singles and all five doubles matches WeightliftingAndrei Aramnau of Belarus broke three world records for the snatch clean and jerk and total on the way to winning the men s 105 kg event 197 Gold medalistsSport Event Competitor s NOC Rec RefAthletics Men s 400 m hurdles Angelo Taylor nbsp United States 195 Men s 3000 m steeplechase Brimin Kiprop Kipruto nbsp Kenya 198 Men s long jump Irving Saladino nbsp Panama 194 Women s 800 m Pamela Jelimo nbsp Kenya 199 Women s discus throw Stephanie Brown Trafton nbsp United States 200 Women s pole vault Yelena Isinbayeva nbsp Russia WR 196 Cycling Men s team pursuit Ed Clancy Paul Manning Geraint Thomas Bradley Wiggins nbsp Great Britain WR 201 Women s points race Marianne Vos nbsp Netherlands 202 Equestrian Team jumping Laura Kraut Beezie Madden Will Simpson McLain Ward nbsp United States 203 Gymnastics Men s rings Chen Yibing nbsp China 204 Men s vault Leszek Blanik nbsp Poland 205 Women s trampoline He Wenna nbsp China 206 Women s uneven bars He Kexin nbsp China 207 Sailing Men s 470 class Nathan Wilmot and Malcolm Page nbsp Australia 208 Women s 470 class Elise Rechichi and Tessa Parkinson nbsp Australia 209 Table tennis Men s team Wang Hao Ma Lin Wang Liqin nbsp China 210 Triathlon Women s Emma Snowsill nbsp Australia 211 Weightlifting Men s 105 kg Andrei Aramnau nbsp Belarus WR 197 Day 11 August 19 editAthleticsGreat Britain won the women s 400 m for the first time through Christine Ohuruogu Jamaica s Shericka Williams took silver and Sanya Richards of the United States took bronze 212 Lolo Jones of the United States clipped the second last hurdle in the women s 100 m hurdles finishing seventh however the US still took gold through Dawn Harper Australia s Sally McLellan won the silver medal and Canada s Priscilla Lopes Schliep was third 213 CyclingChris Hoy won his third gold medal of the Beijing games in the men s sprint event becoming the first British athlete in 100 years to win three gold medals in a single Olympiad 214 215 Victoria Pendelton added gold to the Great British track cycling medal total giving Great Britain victory in seven out of the ten track cycling titles The team won 12 medals including 7 gold 3 silver and 2 bronze to dominate the track events 216 FootballArgentina defeated tournament favourite and longtime rival Brazil 3 0 in the semifinal of the men s football 217 Gold medalistsSport Event Competitor s NOC Rec RefAthletics Men s 1500 m Asbel Kiprop nbsp Kenya 218 Men s discus throw Gerd Kanter nbsp Estonia 219 Men s high jump Andrey Silnov nbsp Russia 220 Women s 100 m hurdles Dawn Harper nbsp United States 213 Women s 400 m Christine Ohuruogu nbsp Great Britain 212 Cycling Men s Madison Juan Curuchet and Walter Perez nbsp Argentina 221 Men s sprint Chris Hoy nbsp Great Britain 214 Women s sprint Victoria Pendleton nbsp Great Britain 222 Diving Men s 3 m springboard He Chong nbsp China 223 Equestrian Individual dressage Anky van Grunsven nbsp Netherlands 224 Gymnastics Men s horizontal bar Zou Kai nbsp China 225 Men s parallel bars Li Xiaopeng nbsp China 226 Men s trampoline Lu Chunlong nbsp China 227 Women s balance beam Shawn Johnson nbsp United States 228 Sailing Men s Laser class Paul Goodison nbsp Great Britain 229 Women s Laser Radial class Anna Tunnicliffe nbsp United States 230 Triathlon Men s Jan Frodeno nbsp Germany 231 Weightlifting Men s 105 kg Matthias Steiner nbsp Germany 232 Wrestling Men s freestyle 55 kg Henry Cejudo nbsp United States 233 Men s freestyle 60 kg Mavlet Batirov nbsp Russia 234 Day 12 August 20 edit nbsp Wikinews has related news Olympic highlights August 20 2008 AthleticsUsain Bolt won the men s 200 m in a new world record time of 19 30 seconds to become the first sprinter since Carl Lewis in 1984 to win both the 100 m and 200 m events in a single Olympiad and the first sprinter since Don Quarrie in 1976 to hold the world records for both events simultaneously 235 In the men s 200 m United States Wallace Spearmon who finished third in 19 85s was disqualified for stepping out of his lane Later Netherlands Antilles Churandy Martina who finished second in 19 82s was also disqualified for stepping out of his lane SwimmingAfter a race lasting nearly two hours Russia s Larisa Ilchenko beat Keri Anne Payne of Great Britain by 1 5 seconds to win the women s 10 km marathon Payne and fellow British swimmer Cassandra Patten who took bronze had shared the lead for almost the entire race before being overtaken by Ilchenko with 50 metres remaining 236 Natalie du Toit of South Africa became the first amputee to compete in the Olympic Games since George Eyser in 1904 finishing 16th in the women s 10 km marathon 236 SailingYin Jian won China s first ever Olympic sailing gold medal in the women s sailboard 237 TaekwondoRohullah Nikpai won Afghanistan s first Olympic medal ever by taking bronze in the men s 58 kg contest 238 Wu Jingyu from China defeated Thai athlete Buttree Puedpong in taekwondo women s 49 kg contest receiving a gold medal Buttree became the first Thai athlete ever to win a silver medal for taekwondo and got the first silver medal for Thailand in 2008 Games Gold medalistsSport Event Competitor s NOC Rec RefAthletics Men s 200 m Usain Bolt nbsp Jamaica WR 235 Women s 400 m hurdles Melaine Walker nbsp Jamaica OR 239 Women s hammer throw Aksana Miankova nbsp Belarus OR 240 Sailing Men s sailboard Tom Ashley nbsp New Zealand 241 Women s sailboard Yin Jian nbsp China 237 Swimming Women s marathon 10 km Larisa Ilchenko nbsp Russia 236 Synchronized swimming Women s duet Anastasia Davydova and Anastasia Ermakova nbsp Russia 242 Taekwondo Men s 58 kg Guillermo Perez nbsp Mexico 243 Women s 49 kg Wu Jingyu nbsp China 244 Wrestling Men s freestyle 66 kg Ramazan Sahin nbsp Turkey 245 Men s freestyle 74 kg Buvaysa Saytiev nbsp Russia 246 Day 13 August 21 edit nbsp Wikinews has related news Olympic highlights August 21 2008 AthleticsSeven teams were eliminated in the men s and women s 4 100 m relay semifinals 247 248 Cuban sprinter Dayron Robles won the men s 110 m hurdles gold medal 249 Veronica Campbell Brown won the women s 200 m completing a Jamaican clean sweep of the sprint events 250 SoftballJapan defeated the United States 3 1 in the final of the women s softball tournament 251 252 VolleyballAmerican duo Kerri Walsh and Misty May Treanor won the gold medal in the women s beach volleyball final completing the tournament without dropping a single set and extending their unbeaten run in world competition to 108 matches 253 254 Gold medalistsSport Event Competitor s NOC Rec RefAthletics Men s 110 m hurdles Dayron Robles nbsp Cuba 249 Men s 400 m LaShawn Merritt nbsp United States 255 Men s triple jump Nelson Evora nbsp Portugal 256 Women s 200 m Veronica Campbell Brown nbsp Jamaica 250 Women s 20 km walk Olga Kaniskina nbsp Russia OR 257 Women s javelin throw Barbora Spotakova nbsp Czech Republic 258 Diving Women s 10 m platform Chen Ruolin nbsp China 259 Equestrian Individual jumping Eric Lamaze nbsp Canada 260 Football Women s football Hope Solo Nicole Barnhart Heather Mitts Christie Rampone Rachel Buehler Stephanie Cox Kate Markgraf Lori Chalupny Lindsay Tarpley Shannon Boxx Heather O Reilly Aly Wagner Carli Lloyd Tobin Heath Angela Hucles Natasha Kai Amy Rodriguez Lauren Cheney nbsp United States 261 Modern pentathlon Men s modern pentathlon Andrey Moiseev nbsp Russia 262 Sailing Star class Iain Percy and Andrew Simpson nbsp Great Britain 263 Tornado class Anton Paz and Fernando Echavarri nbsp Spain 264 Softball Women s softball Naho Emoto Motoko Fujimoto Megu Hirose Emi Inui Sachiko Ito Ayumi Karino Satoko Mabuchi Yukiyo Mine Masumi Mishina Rei Nishiyama Hiroko Sakai Rie SatoMika Someya Yukiko Ueno Eri Yamada nbsp Japan 251 Swimming Men s marathon 10 km Maarten van der Weijden nbsp Netherlands 265 Taekwondo Men s 68 kg Son Tae Jin nbsp South Korea 266 Women s 57 kg Lim Su Jeong nbsp South Korea 267 Volleyball Women s beach volleyball Kerri Walsh and Misty May Treanor nbsp United States 253 Water polo Women s water polo Ilse van der Meijden Yasemin Smit Mieke Cabout Biurakn Hakhverdian Marieke van den Ham Danielle de Bruijn Iefke van Belkum Noeki Klein Gillian van den Berg Alette Sijbring Rianne Guichelaar Simone Koot Meike de Nooy nbsp Netherlands 268 Wrestling Men s freestyle 84 kg Revazi Mindorashvili nbsp Georgia 269 Men s freestyle 96 kg Shirvani Muradov nbsp Russia 270 Men s freestyle 120 kg Artur Taymazov nbsp Uzbekistan 271 Day 14 August 22 editAthleticsRussia won the women s 4 100 m relay ahead of Belgium and Nigeria 272 but were disqualified on 16 August 2016 because a reanalysis of Yulia Chermoshanskaya s samples resulted in a positive test for prohibited substances 273 The Jamaican men s team won the men s 4 100 m relay for the first time setting a new world record time of 37 10 seconds Usain Bolt running the third leg gained his third gold medal and third world record of the Beijing games and became the first sprinter since 1984 to win the three sprint events in a single Olympiad 274 275 Tirunesh Dibaba of Ethiopia won her second gold medal of the Beijing games claiming the women s 5000 m to go with her earlier victory in the 10000 m 276 Steven Hooker won Australia s first gold medal in men s athletics since 1968 in the men s pole vault 277 Maurren Higa Maggi won Brazil s first ever gold medal in any women s individual event in the women s long jump 278 CyclingAnne Caroline Chausson of France and Maris Strombergs of Latvia took the inaugural gold medals in BMX winning the women s and men s events respectively 279 Table tennisChina won all three medals in the women s singles with Zhang Yining defending her Olympic gold medal Wang Nan taking silver and Guo Yue bronze leaving a competitor from Singapore in fourth place for the third consecutive Olympics 280 Gold medalistsSport Event Competitor s NOC Rec RefAthletics Men s 50 km walk Alex Schwazer nbsp Italy OR 281 Men s 4 100 m relay Nesta Carter Michael Frater Usain Bolt Asafa PowellHeats Dwight Thomas nbsp Jamaica WR 274 Men s decathlon Bryan Clay nbsp United States 282 Men s pole vault Steven Hooker nbsp Australia OR 283 Women s 5000 m Tirunesh Dibaba nbsp Ethiopia 276 Women s 4 100 m relay Olivia Borlee Hanna Marien Elodie Ouedraogo Kim Gevaert nbsp Belgium 272 Women s long jump Maurren Higa Maggi nbsp Brazil, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library, article, read, download, free, free download, mp3, video, mp4, 3gp, jpg, jpeg, gif, png, picture, music, song, movie, book, game, games. | ||