Olimpiadi Estive
Beijing ~ Pechino ~ Cina 2008
6 - 24 Agosto 2008

Medagliere
| Stato | oro | argento | bronzo | Totale |
| United States | 36 | 38 | 36 | 110 |
| China | 51 | 21 | 28 | 100 |
| Russia | 23 | 21 | 28 | 72 |
| Great Britain | 19 | 13 | 15 | 47 |
| Australia | 14 | 15 | 17 | 46 |
| Germany | 16 | 10 | 15 | 41 |
| France | 7 | 16 | 17 | 40 |
| South Korea | 13 | 10 | 8 | 31 |
| Italy | 8 | 10 | 10 | 28 |
| Ukraine | 7 | 5 | 15 | 27 |
| Japan | 9 | 6 | 10 | 25 |
| Cuba | 2 | 11 | 11 | 24 |
| Belarus | 4 | 5 | 10 | 19 |
| Spain | 5 | 10 | 3 | 18 |
| Canada | 3 | 9 | 6 | 18 |
| Netherlands | 7 | 5 | 4 | 16 |
| Brazil | 3 | 4 | 8 | 15 |
| Kenya | 5 | 5 | 4 | 14 |
| Kazakhstan | 2 | 4 | 7 | 13 |
| Jamaica | 6 | 3 | 2 | 11 |
| Poland | 3 | 6 | 1 | 10 |
| Hungary | 3 | 5 | 2 | 10 |
| Norway | 3 | 5 | 2 | 10 |
| New Zealand | 3 | 1 | 5 | 9 |
| Romania | 4 | 1 | 3 | 8 |
| Turkey | 1 | 4 | 3 | 8 |
| Ethiopia | 4 | 1 | 2 | 7 |
| Denmark | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 |
| North Korea | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 |
| Czech Republic | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 |
| Slovaquie | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
| Georgia | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| Argentina | 2 | 0 | 4 | 6 |
| Switzerland | 2 | 0 | 4 | 6 |
| Azerbaijan | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 |
| Uzbekistan | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 |
| Armenie | 0 | 0 | 6 | 6 |
| Slovenie | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| Indonesie | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| Sweden | 0 | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| Croatia | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| Lithuania | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| Mongolia | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| Thailand | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
| Finland | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| Greece | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| Nigeria | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| Taiwan | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| Mexico | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Latvia | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| India | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| Austria | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Ireland | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Serbie | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Dominican Republic | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Estonia | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Iran | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Algerie | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Bahamas | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Colombia | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Kyrgizistan | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Morocco | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Tadjikistan | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Bahrein | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Panama | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Tunisia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Chile | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Ecuador | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Iceland | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Malaysia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Singapore | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| South Africa | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Sudan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Vietnam | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Afghanistan | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Egypt | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Israel | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Mauritius | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Moldova | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Togo | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Venezuela | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Stati: 214
Competitori: 6200 uomini; 4300 Femmine
Uomini
| Sport | Disciplina | Oro | Stato | Argento | Stato |
| Atletica | 100 m. | Usain Bolt | JA | Richard Thompson | TT |
| 200 m. | Usain Bolt | JA | Shawn Crawford | USA | |
| 400 m. | Lashawn Merrit | USA | Jeremy Wariner | USA | |
| 800 m. | Wilfred Bungei | EAK | Ismail Ahmed Ismail | SUD | |
| 1.500 m. | Rashid Ramzi | BHR | Kiprito Kiprop | EAK | |
| 5.000 m. | Kenenisa Bekele | ETH | Eliud Kipchoge | EAK | |
| 10.000 m. | Kenenisa Bekele | ETH | Sileshi Sihicoe | ETH | |
| Marathon | Samuel Wansiru | EAK | Jaouad Gharib | MA | |
| 110 hs | Dayron Robles | C | David Payne | USA | |
| 400 hs | Angelo Taylor | USA | Kerron Clement | USA | |
| 3000 steeple chase | Brimin Kipruto | EAK | Nahiedine Mekhissi | F | |
| 20 km. walk | Valery Borochin | RUS | Jefferson Perez | EC | |
| 50 km. walk | Alex Schwazer | I | Jared Tallent | AUS | |
| High Jump | Andreij Silnov | RUS | Germaine Mason | GB | |
| Pole Vault | Steve Hooker | AUS | Eugeny Lukyanenko | RUS | |
| Long Jump | Irving Saladino Aranda | PA | Khotso Mokoena | ZA | |
| Triple Jump | Nelson Evora | P | Phillips Idowu | GB | |
| Shot Put | Tomasz Majawski | PL | Christian Cantwell | USA | |
| Discus | Gerd Kanter | EST | Piotr Malachowski | PL | |
| Hammer Throw | Primoz Kozmus | SLO | Vadim Deviatovsky | BEL | |
| Javelin throw | Andreas Thorkildsen | N | Ainars Kovals | LET | |
| Deca thlon | Bryan Clay | USA | Andrei Krauchanka | BEL | |
| 4 x 100 m. | Jamaica (Usain Bolt, Asafa Powell, Michael Frater, Nesta Carter) | JA | Trinidad and Tobago (Keston Bledman, Marc Burns, Emmanuel Callendre, Richard Thompson) | TT | |
| 4 x 400 m. | USA (Lashawn Merrit, Jeremy Wariner, David Neville, Angelo Taylor) | USA | Bahamas (Andretti Bain, Michael Mathieu, Andrae Williams, Christopher Brown) | BAH |
| Sport | Disciplina | Bronzo | Nazione |
| Atletica | 100 m. | Walter Dix | USA |
| 200 m. | Walter Dix | USA | |
| 400 m. | David Neville | USA | |
| 800 m. | Alfred Kirwa Yago | EAK | |
| 1.500 m. | Nicholas Willis | NZ | |
| 5.000 m. | Edwin Cheruiyot Soi | EAK | |
| 10.000 m. | Micaqk Kogo | EAK | |
| Marathon | Tsegay Kebede | ETH | |
| 110 hs | David Oliver | USA | |
| 400 hs | Bershawn Jackson | USA | |
| 3000 steeplechase | Richard Mateelong | EAK | |
| 20 km. walk | Jared Tallent | AUS | |
| 50 km. walk | Denis Nizhegorodov | RUS | |
| High Jump | Yaroslav Rybakov | RUS | |
| Pole Vault | Denys Yurchenko | UKR | |
| Long Jump | Ibrahim Camejo | C | |
| Triple Jump | Leevan Sands | BAH | |
| Shot Put | Andrej Mikhnevic | BEL | |
| Discus | Virgilius Alekne | LIT | |
| Hammer Throw | Ivan Tikhon | BEL | |
| Javelin throw | Tero Pitkamaki | SF | |
| Decathlon | Leonel Suarez | C | |
| 4 x 100 m. | Japan (Naoki Tsukahara, Shingo Suatsugu, Shinji Takahira, Nobuharn Asahara) | J | |
| 4 x 400 m. | Russia (Maksim Dyldin, Vladislav Frolov, Anton Kokorin, Denis Alexeev) | RUS |
| Sport | Disciplina | Oro | Stato | Argento | Stato |
| Badminton | Single | Lin Dan | RC | Lee Chong Wei | MAL |
| Doubles | Indonesia (Markis Kido - Hendra Setiawan) | RI | China (Yun Cai - Haifeng Fu) | RC | |
| Mixed | South Korea (Yongdae Lee - Hyojung Lee) | KRS | Indonesia (Nova Widianto - Lylyana) | RI |
| Sport | Disciplina | Bronzo | Nazione |
| Badminton | Single | Jin Chen | RC |
| Doubles | South Korea (Jiman Hwang - Jaejin Lee) | KRS | |
| Mixed | China (Hanbin He - Yang Yu) | RC |
| Sport | Oro | Stato | Argento | Stato | Bronzo | Nazione |
| Baseball | South Korea | KRS | Cuba | C | USA | USA |
| Sport | Oro | Stato | Argento | Stato | Bronzo | Nazione |
| Soccer | Argentina | RA | Nigeria | WAN | Brazil | BR |
| Sport | Disciplina | Oro | Stato | Argento | Stato |
| Canoeing | C1 500 m. | Maxim Opaler | RUS | David Cal | E |
| C1 1.000 m. | Attila Sandor Vajda | H | David Cal | E | |
| C2 500 m. | China (Meng - Yang) | RC | Russia (Ulegin - Kostoglod) | RUS | |
| C2 1.000 m. | Belarus | BEL | Germany | D | |
| C1 slalom | Michal Martikan | SVK | Florence David | GB | |
| C2 slalom | Slovaquie (Pavol e Peter Hochschorner) | SVK | Czech Republic(Jaroslav Vol - Ondrej Stepanek) | CZ | |
| K1 500 m. | Ken Wallace | AUS | Adam Van Koeverden | CDN | |
| K1 1.000 m. | Tim Brabants | GB | Erik Veraas Larsen | N | |
| K2 500 m. | Spain (Saul Craviotto - Carlo Perez) | E | Germany (Rahue - Wieskotter) | D | |
| K2 1.000 m. | Germany (Ihle - Hollstein) | D | Denmark (Knudson - Poulsen) | DK | |
| K4 1.000 m. | Belarus | BEL | Slovaquie | SVQ | |
| K1 slalom | Alexanxder Grimm | D | Fabien Lefevre | F |
| Sport | Disciplina | Bronzo | Nazione |
| Canoeing | C1 500 m. | Iurii Cheban | UKR |
| C1 1.000 m. | Thomas Hall | CDN | |
| C2 500 m. | Germany (Gille - Wylenzek) | D | |
| C2 1.000 m. | Hungary | H | |
| C1 slalom | Bell Robin | AUS | |
| C2 slalom | Russia (Mikhail Kutnesov - Dmitry Laronov) | RUS | |
| K1 500 m. | Tim Brabants | GB | |
| K1 1.000 m. | Ken Wallace | AUS | |
| K2 500 m. | Belarus (Pietrushenka - Makhneu) | BEL | |
| K2 1.000 m. | Italy (Statuto - Facchini) | I | |
| K4 1.000 m. | Germany | D | |
| K1 slalom | Benjamin Boukpeti | TOG |
| Sport | Disciplina | Oro |