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[[ਤਸਵੀਰ:2008 Summer Olympics medal map.png|thumb|right|300px|Map of the world showing the achievements of each country during the [[2008 Summer Olympics]] in [[Beijing]], [[People's Republic of China]].]]
The '''2008 Summer Olympics medal table''' is a list of [[National Olympic Committee]]s (NOCs) ranked by the number of gold [[medal]]s won by their athletes during the [[2008 Summer Olympics]], held in [[Beijing]], the capital of the [[People's Republic of China]], from 8 August to 24 August 2008. Approximately 11,028 athletes from 204 NOCs participated in 302 events in 28 sports.<ref name="athletes_number">{{cite press release|title=NOC entry forms received|publisher=[[International Olympic Committee]]|date=2008-08-01 |url=http://en.beijing2008.cn/news/official/preparation/n214496035.shtml|accessdate=2008-08-08|quote=(...) confirmed the qualification of 11,028 athletes, including 363 supplement athletes holding a P card.}}</ref>

Athletes from 86 countries won medals, leaving 118 countries without a medal, and 54 of them won at least one gold medal. Both of these categories set new records. Athletes from [[China at the 2008 Summer Olympics|China]] won 51 gold medals, the most of any nation at these Olympics, and led the gold medal count for the first time in their Olympic history. Athletes from the [[United States at the 2008 Summer Olympics|United States]] won the most total medals, with 110. [[Afghanistan at the 2008 Summer Olympics|Afghanistan]],<ref>{{cite web | title = Afghans win first Olympic medal | publisher = [[BBC|BBC Sports]] | url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/olympics/taekwondo/7572409.stm | accessdate = 2008-08-20|date = 2008-08-20}}</ref> [[Mauritius at the 2008 Summer Olympics|Mauritius]],<ref name=iht>{{cite news |title=Mauritian delight at first ever medal|url=http://olympics.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Mauritian_delight_at_first_ever_medal/articleshow/3394390.cms|publisher=''[[Times of India]]''|date=2008-08-22|accessdate=2008-08-26}}</ref> [[Sudan at the 2008 Summer Olympics|Sudan]],<ref>{{cite news|title=Darfur runner wins Sudan's first Olympic medal|url=http://2008games.nytimes.com/olympics/story.asp?i=20080824121844314602808&ref=rec&tm=&src=DOLY|author=Osman, Mohamed|work= [[The New York Times]] |accessdate=2009-06-05| date=2008-08-24}}</ref> [[Tajikistan at the 2008 Summer Olympics|Tajikistan]]<ref name="judo">{{cite news|title= Italy, Azerbaijan win golds|author=Talmadge, Eric|work=The New York Times|url=http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/11/sports/11iht-olyjudo11.15183337.html?_r=1|accessdate=2009-06-05 | date=2008-08-11}}</ref> and [[Togo at the 2008 Summer Olympics|Togo]]<ref>{{cite news |title = Togo claims first Olympic medal |publisher = [[BBC|BBC News]] |url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/7556266.stm |date = 2008-08-12 |accessdate = 2008-08-12}}</ref> won their first Olympic medals. Athletes from [[Mongolia at the 2008 Summer Olympics|Mongolia]] (which previously held the record for most medals without a gold)<ref>{{cite web | title = Naidan wins Mongolia's first gold | publisher = [[BBC|BBC News]] | url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/olympics/judo/7560951.stm | accessdate = 2008-08-14 |date = 2008-08-14}}</ref> and [[Panama at the 2008 Summer Olympics|Panama]]<ref>{{cite news|title= Liu out, Isinbayeva gets world record|work= The New York Times|url=http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/18/sports/18iht-olyath118.15391333.html|accessdate=2009-06-05|date=2008-08-18}}</ref> won their first gold medals. An athlete from [[Serbia at the 2008 Summer Olympics|Serbia]] won its first medal as an independent NOC, having previously won medals as part of [[Yugoslavia at the Olympics|Yugoslavia]] and [[Serbia and Montenegro at the Olympics|Serbia and Montenegro]].<ref>{{cite web | title = Serbian PM congratulates swimmer on winning medal in Beijing Olympics | publisher = Chinaview.cn | url = http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-08/17/content_9416202.htm | accessdate = 2008-08-18|date = 2008-08-17}}</ref>

== Medal table ==
{{seealso|Olympic medal table}}
{{2008 Summer Olympics}}
[[ਤਸਵੀਰ:BeijingSkeetMedalists.JPG|thumb|205px|From left to right: [[Tore Brovold]], [[Vincent Hancock]] and [[Anthony Terras]] with the medals they earned in [[Shooting at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's skeet|Men's skeet]] [[Shooting at the 2008 Summer Olympics|shooting]]]]
[[ਤਸਵੀਰ:Maarten van der Weijden (2008-08-25).jpg|thumb|right|205px|[[Maarten van der Weijden]] from the Netherlands won a gold medal in the [[Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's marathon 10 kilometre|men's 10 km Open Water]].]]
[[ਤਸਵੀਰ:China trampoline.jpg|thumb|205px|Left to right: [[Lu Chunlong]] (gold), [[Dong Dong]] (bronze) and [[Jason Burnett]] (silver) won medals in [[Gymnastics at the 2008 Summer Olympics|gymnastics]] – [[Gymnastics at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's trampoline|Men's trampoline]]]]
[[ਤਸਵੀਰ:Femke Dekker (2008-08-25).jpg|thumb|right|205px|[[Femke Dekker]] from the Netherlands won a silver medal in the [[Rowing at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's eight|Women's eights]] in [[Rowing at the 2008 Summer Olympics|rowing]].]]
[[ਤਸਵੀਰ:Michael Phelps Ryan Lochte Laszlo Cseh medals 2008 Olympics.jpg|thumb|205px|From left to right: [[Ryan Lochte]] (bronze), [[Michael Phelps]] (gold), and [[László Cseh]] (silver) show off the medals they earned from the [[Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Men's 400 metre individual medley|men's 400 metre individual medley]].]]
[[ਤਸਵੀਰ:Ketleyn Quadros.jpg|thumb|right|205px|[[Ketleyn Quadros]] from Brazil won a bronze medal in [[Judo at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's 57 kg|women's 57 kg]] [[Judo at the 2008 Summer Olympics|judo]].]]
[[ਤਸਵੀਰ:2008 Emma Snowsill and Emma Moffatt.JPG|thumb|205px|[[Emma Snowsill]] (left) and [[Emma Moffatt]] (right) show off their medals after the [[Triathlon at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's|women's triathlon]].]]
The ranking in this table is based on information provided by the [[International Olympic Committee]] (IOC) and is consistent with IOC convention in its published medal tables. By default, the table is ordered by the number of gold medals the athletes from a nation have won (in this context, a "nation" is an entity represented by a [[National Olympic Committee]]). The number of silver medals is taken into consideration next and then the number of bronze medals. If nations are still tied, equal ranking is given and they are listed alphabetically by IOC country code.

In [[Boxing at the 2008 Summer Olympics|boxing]], [[Judo at the 2008 Summer Olympics|judo]], [[Taekwondo at the 2008 Summer Olympics|taekwondo]] and [[Wrestling at the 2008 Summer Olympics|wrestling]], two bronze medals are awarded in each weight class.<ref name="olympic.org">{{cite web | title = Beijing 2008–Games of the XXVIV Olympiad | publisher = International Olympic Committee | url = http://www.olympic.org/uk/games/beijing/index_uk.asp | accessdate = 2008-08-10}}</ref> Therefore, the total number of bronze medals is greater than the total number of gold or silver medals. Additionally there was a tie for the silver medal in the [[Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's 100 metres|women's 100 metres]] in athletics and no bronze was awarded.<ref>{{cite news|title=Jamaicans 1-2-3 in women's 100|publisher=''[[Los Angeles Times]]''|author=Randy Harvey|date=2008-08-17 |url=http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/olympics_blog/2008/08/jamaicans-1-2-3.html|accessdate=2008-08-17}}</ref> Ties for third in swimming's [[Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's 100 metre backstroke|men's 100 metre backstroke]] and [[Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's 100 metre freestyle|men's 100 metre freestyle]] meant that two bronze medals were awarded for those events.<ref name="tie">{{cite news|title=GOLD: x2 for U.S.|publisher=''[[The Globe and Mail]]''|date=2008-08-12 |url=http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20080812.GOLDUS12/TPStory/Sports|accessdate=2008-08-12|quote=Arkady Vyatchanin of Russia and Hayden Stoeckel of Australia tied for bronze.}}</ref>

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{| {{RankedMedalTable|class=wikitable sortable}}
|-bgcolor=ccccff<!--The host country, standard for all Olympics medal tables-->
| 1 ||align=left| {{flagIOCteam|CHN|2008}} || 51 || 21 || 28 || 100
|-
| 2 ||align=left| {{flagIOCteam|USA|2008}} || 36 || 38 || 36 || 110
|-
| 3 ||align=left| {{flagIOCteam|RUS|2008}} || 23 || 21 || 28 || 72
|-
| 4 ||align=left| {{flagIOCteam|GBR|2008}} || 19 || 13 || 15 || 47
|-
| 5 ||align=left| {{flagIOCteam|GER|2008}} || 16 || 10 || 15 || 41
|-
| 6 ||align=left| {{flagIOCteam|AUS|2008}} || 14 || 15 || 17 || 46
|-
| 7 ||align=left| {{flagIOCteam|KOR|2008}} || 13 || 10 || 8 || 31
|-
| 8 ||align=left| {{flagIOCteam|JPN|2008}} || 9 || 6 || 11 || 26
|-
| 9 ||align=left| {{flagIOCteam|ITA|2008}} || 8 || 9 || 10 || 27
|-
| 10 ||align=left| {{flagIOCteam|FRA|2008}} || 7 || 16 || 18 || 41
|-
| 11 ||align=left| {{flagIOCteam|UKR|2008}} || 7 || 5 || 15 || 27<!--exclusive of the stripped medal of Lyudmila Blonska-->
|-
| 12 ||align=left| {{flagIOCteam|NED|2008}} || 7 || 5 || 4 || 16
|-
| 13 ||align=left| {{flagIOCteam|KEN|2008}} || 6 || 4 || 4 || 14
|-
| 14 ||align=left| {{flagIOCteam|JAM|2008}} || 6 || 3 || 2 || 11
|-
| 15 ||align=left| {{flagIOCteam|ESP|2008}} || 5 || 10 || 3 || 18
|-
| 16 ||align=left| {{flagIOCteam|BLR|2008}} || 4 || 4 || 9 || 17
|-
| 17 ||align=left| {{flagIOCteam|ROU|2008}} || 4 || 1 || 3 || 8
|-
| 18 ||align=left| {{flagIOCteam|ETH|2008}} || 4 || 1 || 2 || 7
|-
| 19 ||align=left| {{flagIOCteam|CAN|2008}} || 3 || 9 || 6 || 18
|-
| 20 ||align=left| {{flagIOCteam|HUN|2008}} || 3 || 6 || 2 || 11
|-
| 21 ||align=left| {{flagIOCteam|POL|2008}} || 3 || 6 || 1 || 10
|-
| 22 ||align=left| {{flagIOCteam|NOR|2008}} || 3 || 5 || 1 || 9
|-
| 23 ||align=left| {{flagIOCteam|BRA|2008}} || 3 || 4 || 8 || 15
|-
| 24 ||align=left| {{flagIOCteam|CZE|2008}} || 3 || 3 || 0 || 6
|-
| 25 ||align=left| {{flagIOCteam|NZL|2008}} || 3 || 2 || 4 || 9
|-
| 26 ||align=left| {{flagIOCteam|SVK|2008}} || 3 || 2 || 1 || 6
|-
| 27 ||align=left| {{flagIOCteam|GEO|2008}} || 3 || 0 || 3 || 6
|-
| 28 ||align=left| {{flagIOCteam|CUB|2008}} || 2 || 11 || 11 || 24
|-
| 29 ||align=left| {{flagIOCteam|KAZ|2008}} || 2 || 4 || 7 || 13
|-
| 30 ||align=left| {{flagIOCteam|DEN|2008}} || 2 || 2 || 3 || 7
|-
| 31 ||align=left| {{flagIOCteam|MGL|2008}} || 2 || 2 || 0 || 4
|-
| 31 ||align=left| {{flagIOCteam|THA|2008}} || 2 || 2 || 0 || 4
|-
| 33 ||align=left| {{flagIOCteam|PRK|2008}} || 2 || 1 || 3 || 6<!--exclusive of the two stripped medals of Kim Jong Su-->
|-
| 34 ||align=left| {{flagIOCteam|SUI|2008}} || 2 || 0 || 5 || 7
|-
| 35 ||align=left| {{flagIOCteam|ARG|2008}} || 2 || 0 || 4 || 6
|-
| 36 ||align=left| {{flagIOCteam|MEX|2008}} || 2 || 0 || 1 || 3
|-
| 37 ||align=left| {{flagIOCteam|TUR|2008}} || 1 || 4 || 3 || 8
|-
| 38 ||align=left| {{flagIOCteam|ZIM|2008}} || 1 || 3 || 0 || 4
|-
| 39 ||align=left| {{flagIOCteam|AZE|2008}} || 1 || 2 || 4 || 7
|-
| 40 ||align=left| {{flagIOCteam|UZB|2008}} || 1 || 2 || 3 || 6
|-
| 41 ||align=left| {{flagIOCteam|SLO|2008}} || 1 || 2 || 2 || 5
|-
| 42 ||align=left| {{flagIOCteam|BUL|2008}} || 1 || 1 || 3 || 5
|-
| 42 ||align=left| {{flagIOCteam|INA|2008}} || 1 || 1 || 3 || 5
|-
| 44 ||align=left| {{flagIOCteam|FIN|2008}} || 1 || 1 || 2 || 4
|-
| 45 ||align=left| {{flagIOCteam|LAT|2008}} || 1 || 1 || 1 || 3
|-
| 46 ||align=left| {{flagIOCteam|BEL|2008}} || 1 || 1 || 0 || 2
|-
| 46 ||align=left| {{flagIOCteam|DOM|2008}} || 1 || 1 || 0 || 2
|-
| 46 ||align=left| {{flagIOCteam|EST|2008}} || 1 || 1 || 0 || 2
|-
| 46 ||align=left| {{flagIOCteam|POR|2008}} || 1 || 1 || 0 || 2
|-
| 50 ||align=left| {{flagIOCteam|IND|2008}} || 1 || 0 || 2 || 3
|-
| 51 ||align=left| {{flagIOCteam|IRI|2008}} || 1 || 0 || 1 || 2
|-
| 52 ||align=left| {{flagIOCteam|CMR|2008}} || 1 || 0 || 0 || 1
|-
| 52 ||align=left| {{flagIOCteam|PAN|2008}} || 1 || 0 || 0 || 1
|-
| 52 ||align=left| {{flagIOCteam|TUN|2008}} || 1 || 0 || 0 || 1
|-
| 55 ||align=left| {{flagIOCteam|SWE|2008}} || 0 || 4 || 1 || 5<!--exclusive of the stripped medal of Ara Abrahamian-->
|-
| 56 ||align=left| {{flagIOCteam|CRO|2008}} || 0 || 2 || 3 || 5
|-
| 56 ||align=left| {{flagIOCteam|LTU|2008}} || 0 || 2 || 3 || 5
|-
| 58 ||align=left| {{flagIOCteam|GRE|2008}} || 0 || 2 || 2 || 4
|-
| 59 ||align=left| {{flagIOCteam|TRI|2008}} || 0 || 2 || 0 || 2
|-
| 60 ||align=left| {{flagIOCteam|NGR|2008}} || 0 || 1 || 3 || 4
|-
| 61 ||align=left| {{flagIOCteam|AUT|2008}} || 0 || 1 || 2 || 3
|-
| 61 ||align=left| {{flagIOCteam|IRL|2008}} || 0 || 1 || 2 || 3
|-
| 61 ||align=left| {{flagIOCteam|SRB|2008}} || 0 || 1 || 2 || 3
|-
| 64 ||align=left| {{flagIOCteam|ALG|2008}} || 0 || 1 || 1 || 2
|-
| 64 ||align=left| {{flagIOCteam|BAH|2008}} || 0 || 1 || 1 || 2
|-
| 64 ||align=left| {{flagIOCteam|COL|2008}} || 0 || 1 || 1 || 2
|-
| 64 ||align=left| {{flagIOCteam|KGZ|2008}} || 0 || 1 || 1 || 2
|-
| 64 ||align=left| {{flagIOCteam|MAR|2008}} || 0 || 1 || 1 || 2
|-
| 64 ||align=left| {{flagIOCteam|TJK|2008}} || 0 || 1 || 1 || 2
|-
| 70 ||align=left| {{flagIOCteam|CHI|2008}} || 0 || 1 || 0 || 1
|-
| 70 ||align=left| {{flagIOCteam|ECU|2008}} || 0 || 1 || 0 || 1
|-
| 70 ||align=left| {{flagIOCteam|ISL|2008}} || 0 || 1 || 0 || 1
|-
| 70 ||align=left| {{flagIOCteam|MAS|2008}} || 0 || 1 || 0 || 1
|-
| 70 ||align=left| {{flagIOCteam|RSA|2008}} || 0 || 1 || 0 || 1
|-
| 70 ||align=left| {{flagIOCteam|SIN|2008}} || 0 || 1 || 0 || 1
|-
| 70 ||align=left| {{flagIOCteam|SUD|2008}} || 0 || 1 || 0 || 1
|-
| 70 ||align=left| {{flagIOCteam|VIE|2008}} || 0 || 1 || 0 || 1
|-
| 78 ||align=left| {{flagIOCteam|ARM|2008}} || 0 || 0 || 6 || 6
|-
| 79 ||align=left| {{flagIOCteam|TPE|2008}} || 0 || 0 || 4 || 4
|-
| 80 ||align=left| {{flagIOCteam|AFG|2008}} || 0 || 0 || 1 || 1
|-
| 80 ||align=left| {{flagIOCteam|EGY|2008}} || 0 || 0 || 1 || 1
|-
| 80 ||align=left| {{flagIOCteam|ISR|2008}} || 0 || 0 || 1 || 1
|-
| 80 ||align=left| {{flagIOCteam|MDA|2008}} || 0 || 0 || 1 || 1
|-
| 80 ||align=left| {{flagIOCteam|MRI|2008}} || 0 || 0 || 1 || 1
|-
| 80 ||align=left| {{flagIOCteam|TOG|2008}} || 0 || 0 || 1 || 1
|-
| 80 ||align=left| {{flagIOCteam|VEN|2008}} || 0 || 0 || 1 || 1
|- class="sortbottom"
!colspan=2| Total || 302 || 302 || 353 || 957
|}

== Changes in medal standings ==
[[ਤਸਵੀਰ:Tony André Hansen on Camiro.jpg|right|200px|thumb|[[Tony André Hansen]] was stripped of his bronze medal when his horse tested positive for a banned substance.]]

{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
!colspan=8 | List of changes in medal standings
|-
!Ruling date !!Sport !!Event !!Nation !!Gold !!Silver !!Bronze !!Total
|-
| rowspan=5 | August 15, 2008
| rowspan=5 | [[Shooting at the 2008 Summer Olympics|Shooting]]
| rowspan=2 | [[Shooting at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Men's 10 metre air pistol|Men's 10 metre air pistol]]
| align=left | {{flagIOCteam|PRK|2008 Summer}} || || || −1 || −1
|-
| align=left | {{flagIOCteam|USA|2008 Summer}} || || || +1 || +1
|-
| rowspan=3 | [[Shooting at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Men's 50 metre pistol|Men's 50 metre pistol]]
| align=left | {{flagIOCteam|PRK|2008 Summer}} || || −1 || || −1
|-
| align=left | {{flagIOCteam|CHN|2008 Summer}} || || +1 || −1 ||
|-
| align=left | {{flagIOCteam|RUS|2008 Summer}} || || || +1 || +1
|-
| August 16, 2008
| [[Wrestling at the 2008 Summer Olympics|Wrestling]]
| [[Wrestling at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Men's Greco-Roman 84 kg|Men's Greco-Roman 84 kg]]
| align=left | {{flagIOCteam|SWE|2008 Summer}} || || || −1 || −1
|-
| rowspan=3 | August 22, 2008
| rowspan=3 | [[Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics|Athletics]]
| rowspan=3 | [[Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Women's heptathlon|Women's heptathlon]]
| align=left | {{flagIOCteam|UKR|2008 Summer}} || || −1 || || −1
|-
| align=left | {{flagIOCteam|USA|2008 Summer}} || || +1 || −1 ||
|-
| align=left | {{flagIOCteam|RUS|2008 Summer}} || || || +1 || +1
|-
| rowspan=3 | December 11, 2008
| rowspan=3 | [[Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics|Athletics]]
| rowspan=3 | [[Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Men's hammer throw|Men's hammer throw]]
| align=left | {{flagIOCteam|BLR|2008 Summer}} || || −1 || −1 || −2
|-
| align=left | {{flagIOCteam|HUN|2008 Summer}} || || +1 || || +1
|-
| align=left | {{flagIOCteam|JPN|2008 Summer}} || || || +1 || +1
|-
| rowspan=2 | December 22, 2008
| rowspan=2 | [[Equestrian at the 2008 Summer Olympics|Equestrian]]
| rowspan=2 | [[Equestrian at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Team jumping|Team jumping]]
| align=left | {{flagIOCteam|NOR|2008 Summer}} || || || −1 || −1
|-
| align=left | {{flagIOCteam|SUI|2008 Summer}} || || || +1 || +1
|-
| rowspan=4 | November 18, 2009
| rowspan=4 | [[Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics|Athletics]]
| rowspan=4 | [[Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Men's 1500m|Men's 1500 meters]]
| align=left | {{flagIOCteam|BRN|2008 Summer}} || −1 || || || −1
|-
| align=left | {{flagIOCteam|KEN|2008 Summer}} || +1 || −1 || ||
|-
| align=left | {{flagIOCteam|NZL|2008 Summer}} || || +1 || −1 ||
|-
| align=left | {{flagIOCteam|FRA|2008 Summer}} || || || +1 || +1
|-
| rowspan=1 | November 18, 2009
| rowspan=1 | [[Cycling at the 2008 Summer Olympics|Cycling]]
| rowspan=1 | [[Cycling at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Men's road race|Men's road race]]
| align=left | {{flagIOCteam|ITA|2008 Summer}} || || −1 || || −1
|-
|}

On August 15, 2008, the International Olympic Committee announced [[North Korea at the 2008 Summer Olympics|North Korean]] [[Shooting at the 2008 Summer Olympics|shooter]] [[Kim Jong-su]] had tested positive for the banned substance [[propranolol]] and was stripped of his two medals. He had won a bronze medal in the [[Shooting at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's 10 metre air pistol|10 metre air pistol]] and silver in the [[Shooting at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's 50 metre pistol|50 metre pistol]]. After Kim Jong-su was disqualified, the bronze medal in the 10 metre air pistol went to [[Jason Turner (sport shooter)|Jason Turner]] of the [[United States at the 2008 Summer Olympics|United States]]; in the 50 metre pistol, the silver medal went to [[Tan Zongliang]] of [[China at the 2008 Summer Olympics|China]], and the bronze medal to [[Vladimir Isakov]] of [[Russia at the 2008 Summer Olympics|Russia]].<ref>{{cite web | title = 2 more athletes fail doping tests | publisher = [[Canadian Broadcasting Corporation|CBC Sports]] | url = http://www.cbc.ca/olympics/story/2008/08/15/olympics-doping-two.html | accessdate = 2009-06-05 |date = 2008-08-15|archiveurl=http://www.webcitation.org/5hDNuo5O4|archivedate=2009-06-01|deadurl=no}}</ref>

[[Sweden at the 2008 Summer Olympics|Swedish]] [[Wrestling at the 2008 Summer Olympics|wrestler]] [[Ara Abrahamian]] was originally awarded a bronze medal in the [[Wrestling at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's Greco-Roman 84 kg|Greco-Roman 84 kg event]]. However, at the medal ceremony he walked off the podium and dropped his medal on the mat in protest of the judging in his event. On August 16, 2008, the International Olympic Committee decided to strip him of his medal because they felt it amounted to a political demonstration and was disrespectful to other athletes.<ref>{{cite web | title = Swede Stripped of His Medal After His Angry Reaction | work=The New York Times | url = http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/17/sports/olympics/17ruling.html?ref=sports |first=Jere|last=Longman |accessdate = 2009-06-05 |date = 2008-08-16}}</ref>

[[Ukraine at the 2008 Summer Olympics|Ukrainian]] athlete [[Lyudmyla Blonska]], who finished second in the [[Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's heptathlon|women's heptathlon]], tested positive for the steroid [[methyltestosterone]]. On August 22, 2008, the International Olympic Committee officially stripped Blonska of her medal, and as a result, the silver medal went to [[Hyleas Fountain]] of the [[United States at the 2008 Summer Olympics|United States]], and the bronze medal to [[Tatyana Chernova]] of [[Russia at the 2008 Summer Olympics|Russia]].<ref>{{cite web | title = Ukrainian Blonska stripped of silver medal in heptathlon | url = http://sports.espn.go.com/oly/summer08/trackandfield/news/story?id=3548140 | publisher=[[ESPN]]| accessdate = 2009-06-05 | date = 2008-08-22}}</ref>

[[Belarus at the 2008 Summer Olympics|Belarussian]] athletes [[Vadim Devyatovskiy]] and [[Ivan Tsikhan]], who won silver and bronze respectively in the [[Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's hammer throw|men's hammer throw]], both tested positive for abnormal levels of [[testosterone]]. After attending a disciplinary hearing in September, they were stripped of their medals on December 11, 2008. [[Krisztián Pars]] of [[Hungary at the 2008 Summer Olympics|Hungary]] was given the silver medal, and [[Koji Murofushi]] of [[Japan at the 2008 Summer Olympics|Japan]] was given the bronze.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Belarusian hammer throwers stripped of medals|url=http://www.tsn.ca/olympics/story/?id=259274|date=2008-12-11|accessdate=2009-06-05 |author=The Canadian Press|publisher=[[The Sports Network]]|archiveurl=http://www.webcitation.org/5hDNvFnsA|archivedate=2009-06-01|deadurl=no}}</ref>

[[Norway at the 2008 Summer Olympics|Norwegian]] equestrian athlete [[Tony André Hansen]]'s horse tested positive for the pain relieving medication [[capsaicin]], a banned substance. Hansen, who won a bronze medal in the [[Equestrian at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Team jumping|team jumping event]], was disqualified. In the team jumping system, the top three scores garnered by the four riders are counted. Hansen had the best score on his team, and it was removed from the total. Without Hansen's score, his team was below the bronze medal threshold so the medal was awarded to the team from [[Switzerland at the 2008 Summer Olympics|Switzerland]] on December 22, 2008.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.tsn.ca/olympics/story/?id=260587|title=Norwegian rider stripped of Olympic medal|author=The Canadian Press|publisher=The Sports Network|date=2008-12-22|accessdate=2009-06-05}}</ref>

On November 18, 2009, the IOC announced that two medalists had been stripped of their medals. First, [[Rashid Ramzi]] of [[Bahrain at the 2008 Summer Olympics|Bahrain]] had been stripped of the gold medal in the [[Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's 1500 metres|men's 1500 m race]]. Ramzi had been the first athlete from Bahrain to win an Olympic gold medal. His frozen blood sample was re-tested and found to contain traces of [[Continuous erythropoietin receptor activator|Cera]], a stamina-building blood-booster. [[Kenya at the 2008 Summer Olympics|Kenyan]] [[Asbel Kipruto Kiprop]] was upgraded to gold, [[Nicholas Willis]] of [[New Zealand at the 2008 Summer Olympics|New Zealand]] was given the silver and [[Mehdi Baala]] of [[France at the 2008 Summer Olympics|France]] received the bronze. Also, [[Italy at the 2008 Summer Olympics|Italian]] cyclist [[Davide Rebellin]] had tested positive for Cera and had been stripped of the silver medal he earned in the [[Cycling at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's road race|men's road race]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Young: Olympians lose medals after retroactive doping test|work=[[Toronto Star]]|date=2009-11-19|accessdate=2009-11-19|url=http://www.thestar.com/sports/olympics/article/727878--young-olympians-lose-medals-after-retroactive-doping-test|last=Young|first=Chris}}</ref>

== See also ==
* [[2008 Summer Paralympics medal table]]

== References ==
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== External links ==
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* [http://www.olympic.org/uk/games/beijing/index_uk.asp Beijing 2008] at [[International Olympic Committee]]

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