Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics were held during the last ten days of the games, from August 15 to August 24, 2008, at the Beijing National Stadium. The Olympic sport of athletics is split into four distinct sets of events: track and field events, road running events, and racewalking events.
| Athletics at the Games of the XXIX Olympiad | |
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 Pictogram for athletics at the 2008 Games | |
| Venue | Beijing National Stadium |
| Dates | August 15–24 |
| Competitors | 2,057 from 200 nations |
Both men and women had very similar schedules of events. Men competed in 24 events and women in 23, as their schedule lacked the 50 km race walk. In addition, both the men's 110 m hurdles and decathlon are reflected in the women's schedule by the 100 m hurdles and heptathlon, respectively.
The Olympic record was broken in 17 returning events. In five events, including the inaugural women's 3000 m steeplechase, the world record was broken.
The athletics was, alongside the Olympic cycling events, one of the few large sports programmes in which the host nation fared comparatively poorly in terms of medals won. Despite a haul of 100 medals at the games as a whole, Chinese athletes took home two bronze medals from the athletics events. The country's foremost athlete Liu Xiang, the 2004 Olympic champion in the 110 metres hurdles, had to withdraw after a false start due to injury.
In the years following the events, results were significantly affected by doping findings; 19 of the 47 events have had amendments to their medal rankings as a result of testing and retesting of samples taken at or before the Games. Multiple medalists have been sanctioned for doping violations. Russia has had the most medals stripped (9).
Medal summary
Medal table
Retrieved from Beijing Olympics 2008 Official Website.[1]
The Beijing National Stadium on August 16, 2008, during the Olympics
* Host nation (China)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  | 7 | 10 | 8 | 25 |
| 2 |  | 6 | 4 | 6 | 16 |
| 3 |  | 5 | 4 | 2 | 11 |
| 4 |  | 5 | 1 | 4 | 10 |
| 5 |  | 4 | 2 | 1 | 7 |
| 6 |  | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 7 | .svg.png){kind=small} | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 |  | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 |
| 9 |  | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
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| 11 |  | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
| 15 |  | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 16 |  | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 17 |  | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
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 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
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| 25 |  | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 26 |  | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 27 |  | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 28 |  | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
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| 30 |  | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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| 38 |  | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 39 |  | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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| Totals (40 nations) | 47 | 48 | 46 | 141 | |
Men
* Athletes who participated in the heats only and received medals.
- 1500 metres The original gold medalist, Rashid Ramzi of Bahrain, was stripped of his gold medal for having committed anti-doping violations.[2] The rest of the competitors were elevated by one position accordingly.
- 4 × 100 metres relay Jamaican team originally won gold medals but was disqualified due to anti-doping rules violation by Nesta Carter. The CAS dismissed in 2018 the appeal of Jamaican sprinter.[3][4][5]
- 4 × 400 metres relay Russian team originally won bronze medals but was disqualified due to anti-doping rules violation by Denis Alexeev.[6] Following reallocation, Great Britain's Robert Tobin, Andrew Steele, Michael Bingham and Martyn Rooney have been awarded bronze.[7]
- pole vault The original bronze medalist, Denys Yurchenko of Ukraine, was stripped of his bronze medal for positive test for the prohibited substance.[8] On 17 April 2017, Derek Miles received the bronze medal.[9]
- shot put The original bronze medalist, Andrei Mikhnevich of Belarus, was stripped of his bronze medal after being given a lifetime ban in 2013 for doping offences. Dylan Armstrong of Canada has received the bronze.[10]
- hammer throw Vadim Devyatovskiy and Ivan Tsikhan were originally disqualified for doping, but had their medals reinstated in June 2010 after the Court of Arbitration for Sport ruled that there was an error at the Chinese medical lab.[11]
Women
* Athletes who participated in the heats only and received medals.
- 5000 metres Original silver medalist Elvan Abeylegesse,
- 10000 metres Original silver medalist Elvan Abeylegesse,
- 3000 metres steeplechase Original bronze medalist Yekaterina Volkova,
- 4 × 100 metres relay Originally won by Team
- 4 × 400 metres relay Team
- high jump Original bronze medalist Anna Chicherova,
- long jump Original silver medalist Tatyana Lebedeva,
- triple jump Original bronze medalist Hrysopiyi Devetzi,
- shot put Original silver medalist Natallia Mikhnevich,
- discus throw Retests of samples from the 2008 Summer Olympics detected a positive sample from original silver medalist Yarelys Barrios,
- hammer throw Original gold medalist Aksana Miankova,
- javelin throw Maria Abakumova,
- heptathlon Lyudmila Blonska,
Records broken
During the 2008 Summer Olympics, 17 new Olympic records and 5 new world records were set in the athletics events.
Men's Olympic and world records
| Event | Date | Round | Name | Nationality | Result | OR | WR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 100 metres | August 16 | Final | Usain Bolt | | 9.69 s | OR | WR |
| 200 metres | August 20 | Final | Usain Bolt | | 19.30 s | OR | WR |
| 5000 metres | August 23 | Final | Kenenisa Bekele | | 12:57.82 | OR | |
| 10000 metres | August 17 | Final | Kenenisa Bekele | | 27:01.17 | OR | |
| 4 × 400 metres relay | August 23 | Final | LaShawn Merritt Angelo Taylor David Neville Jeremy Wariner | | 2:55.39 | OR | |
| Marathon | August 24 | Final | Samuel Kamau Wansiru | | 2:06:32 | OR | |
| 50 kilometre walk | August 22 | Final | Alex Schwazer | | 3:37:09 | OR | |
| Pole vault | August 22 | Final | Steven Hooker | | 5.96 m | OR | |
| Javelin throw | August 23 | Final | Andreas Thorkildsen | | 90.57 m | OR |
Women's Olympic and world records
| Event | Date | Round | Name | Nationality | Result | OR | WR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 400 metre hurdles | August 20 | Final | Melaine Walker | | 52.64 | OR | |
| 3,000 metre steeplechase | August 17 | Final | Gulnara Galkina-Samitova | | 8:58.81 | OR | WR |
| 10,000 metres | August 20 | Final | Tirunesh Dibaba | | 29:54.66 | OR | |
| 20km walk | August 20 | Final | Olga Kaniskina | | 1:26:31 | OR | |
| Triple jump | August 17 | Final | Françoise Mbango Etone | | 15.39 m | OR | |
| Pole vault | August 18 | Final | Yelena Isinbayeva | | 5.05 m | OR | WR |
| Hammer throw | August 20 | Final | Aksana Miankova | | 76.34 m | OR |
Participating nations
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References
- "Athletics Medal Standings". Archived from the original on 18 August 2008. Retrieved 2008-08-17.
- IOC sanctions five athletes who competed in Beijing
- IOC sanctions two athletes for failing anti-doping test at Beijing 2008
- The CAS dismissed the appeal of Jamaican sprinter Nesta Carter
- World Athletics The XXIX Olympic Games 4x100 Metres Relay men
- IOC sanctions four athletes for failing anti-doping tests at Beijing 2008 and London 2012
- "IOC sanctions 16 athletes for failing anti-doping test at Beijing 2008". IOC. Retrieved 17 November 2016.
- http://www.nydailynews.com/newswires/news/national/south-dakotan-pole-vaulter-receives-medal-2008-olympics-article-1.3069654
- Olympic Highlights
- "CAS reinstates Olympic medals for hammer throwers". June 10, 2010. Retrieved 2016-11-11.
- http://www.espn.com/olympics/trackandfield/story/_/id/19029333/turkish-runner-elvan-abeylegesse-lose-two-olympic-medals-doping
- https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/olympics/2017/08/21/shalane-flanagan-receives-silver-medal-2008-olympics/586335001/
- IOC sanctions nine athletes for failing anti-doping test at Beijing 2008
- IOC sanctions Yulia Chermoshanskaya for failing anti-doping test at Beijing 2008
- IOC sanctions three athletes for failing anti-doping tests at Beijing 2008
- IOC sanctions six athletes for failing anti-doping tests at Beijing 2008
- IOC sanctions seven athletes for failing anti-doping tests at Beijing 2008 and London 2012
- IOC sanctions Anna Chicherova for failing anti-doping test at Beijing 2008
- IOC sanctions eight athletes for failing anti-doping test at Beijing 2008 and London 2012
- IOC sanctions two athletes for failing anti-doping tests at Beijing 2008
- Офіційно: Олена Антонова – срібний призер Олімпійських ігор-2008 (in Ukrainian)
- IOC sanctions Liudmyla Blonska for failing Anti-Doping test IOC press release August 22, 2008.
- IOC sanctions two athletes for failing anti-doping test at Beijing 2008 and London 2012
- "Sports Competition Schedule". BOCOG. 2006-04-17. Archived from the original on 10 August 2006. Retrieved 2006-08-10.
- "Athletics". International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 2016-11-11.
- "Programme of the Games of the XXIX Olympiad, Beijing 2008" (PDF). International Olympic Committee. Archived from the original (pdf) on 20 August 2006. Retrieved 2006-08-10.
- "Olympic Athletics Competition Schedule". IAAF. Archived from the original on 21 April 2008. Retrieved 2008-04-24.
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