2008 Summer Olympics / Athletics

Athletics at the XXIX. 2008 Olympic Games
information
venue	Beijing
Competition venue	National Stadium , Tiananmen Square
Nations	200
Athletes	2,056 (1,082 , 974 )
date	August 15 to 24, 2008
decisions	47 (24 , 23 )
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At the XXIX. 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing were 47 competitions in Athletics held, 24 of them for men and 23 for women. The venue was the Beijing National Stadium .

Medal table

space	team				Total
01	United States	7th	10	8th	25th
02	Kenya	5	4th	6th	15th
03	Jamaica	5	4th	2	11
04th	Russia	5	1	4th	10
05	Ethiopia	4th	2	1	7th
06th	Cuba	2	1	3	6th
07th	Belgium	2	-	-	2
08th	Great Britain	1	2	5	8th
09	Australia	1	2	1	4th
10	New Zealand	1	1	-	2
	Norway	1	1	-	2
	Poland	1	1	-	2
	Trinidad and Tobago	1	1	-	2
	Ukraine	1	1	-	2
15th	Brazil	1	-	2	3
16	Italy	1	-	1	2
17th	Estonia	1	-	-	1
	Cameroon	1	-	-	1
	Panama	1	-	-	1
	Portugal	1	-	-	1
	Romania	1	-	-	1
	Slovenia	1	-	-	1
	Czech Republic	1	-	-	1
24	Belarus	-	2	1	3
25th	Nigeria	-	2	-	2
26th	People's Republic of China	-	1	3	4th
27	France	-	1	2	3
28	Bahamas	-	1	1	2
	Morocco	-	1	1	2
30th	Germany	-	1	-	1
	Ecuador	-	1	-	1
	Japan	-	1	-	1
	Kazakhstan	-	1	-	1
	Croatia	-	1	-	1
	Latvia	-	1	-	1
	South Africa	-	1	-	1
	Sudan	-	1	-	1
38	Canada	-	-	2	2
39	Finland	-	-	1	1
	Lithuania	-	-	1	1

Attendees

Around 1200 men and 800 women, a total of around 2000 athletes, took part in the athletics competitions.

In Beijing , in contrast to the games in Sydney and Athens, despite negotiations between the associations, it was not possible for South and North Korea to enter the stadium together at the opening ceremony. The associations from Serbia and Montenegro started separately for the first time after the independence referendum in Montenegro in 2006 .

Competitions

There was a change in the competitive offer of athletics at these games. For women, the 3,000-meter obstacle course has now also been included in the Olympic program. The harmonization of the offer for women was almost complete. There was and is only one discipline that was and still is missing in the women's area compared to the men's offer: when walking, only one distance is carried out, as opposed to two distances for men. Further differences can be found in the hurdle height on the two hurdle distances and the length of the shorter hurdle route, which is 110 meters for men and 100 meters for women, in order to take into account the different stride lengths of the sexes. In addition, a heptathlon was and will be fought as an all- around for women and a decathlon for men .

To test the Olympic course for running marathons for women and men, the Good Luck Beijing Marathon was held on April 20, 2008 .

Stadium and sports facilities

The Olympic Stadium in Beijing was rebuilt for the Games based on a design by the Swiss architects Jacques Herzog and Pierre de Meuron . When the planning was already on the table, the name bird's nest was born in the Chinese media , which contributed to the Swiss architects being awarded the contract to build the facility. The unusual construction received a lot of praise, but of course, as with such large projects, there was also criticism - especially from the artist Ai Weiwei who was involved in the project, who rejects the gigantism that he saw. The cost was 325 million euros, the audience capacity was measured at a value of 91,000 very large. The facility was state-of-the-art for the athletic competitions.

Qualification standards

Each National Olympic Committee was allowed to send one athlete who met the lower B standard or up to three athletes who had achieved the higher A standard to the individual competitions .

In the relay races a maximum of one team consisting of a maximum of six athletes per NOK was allowed to start. National Olympic Committees from which none of the athletes qualified for a competition were entitled to nominate one male athlete and one female athlete for a competition. Exceptions were the 10,000 meter run , the 3000 meter obstacle course and the all-around competitions ( heptathlon , decathlon ).

Achievements from January 1, 2007, and in marathons from September 1, 2006 , were recognized for meeting qualification standards .

Participants in the marathons and the 50 km competition had to be at least twenty years old on December 31, 2008.

2008 Olympic qualifying standards
discipline	Men		Women
	B norm	A standard	B norm	A standard
100 m	10.28 s	10.21 s	11.42 s	11.32 s
200 m	20.75 s	20.59 s	23.20 s	23.00 s
400 m	45.95 s	45.55 s	52.35 s	51.55 s
800 m	1: 47.60 min	1: 46.00 min	2: 1.30 min	2: 00.00 min
1500 m	3: 39.00 min	3: 36.60 min	4: 08.00 min	4: 07.00 min
5000 m	13: 28.00 min	13: 21.50 min	15:24 min	15:09 min
10,000 m	28: 10.00 min	27: 50.00 min	32: 20.00 min	31: 45.00 min
Marathon run	2:18:00 h	2:15:00 h	2:42:00 h	2:37:00 h
20 km walking	1:24:30 h	1:23:00 h	1:38:00 h	1:33:30 h
50 km of walking	4:07:00 h	4:00:00 h
100 m hurdles			13.11 s	12.96 s
110 m hurdles	13.72 s	13.55 s
400 m hurdles	49.50 s	49.20 s	56.60 s	55.60 s
3000 m obstacle	8: 24.60 min	8:32:00 min	9: 55.00 min	9: 46.00 min
4 × 100 m	16th or better in the world leaderboard for the qualifying period
4 × 400 m
high jump	2.27 m	2.30 m	1.91 m	1.95 m
Pole vault	5.55 m	5.70 m	4.30 m	4.45 m
Long jump	8.05 m	8.20 m	6.60 m	6.72 m
Triple jump	16.80 m	17.10 m	14.00 m	14.20 m
Shot put	19.80 m	20.30 m	17.20 m	18.35 m
Discus throw	62.50 m	64.50 m	59.00 m	61.00 m
Hammer throw	74.00 m	78.50 m	67.00	69.50 m
Javelin throw	77.80 m	81.80 m	56.00 m	60.50 m
Heptathlon			5800 points	6000 points
Decathlon	7700 points	8000 points

doping

The number of doping cases at these games actually exceeded any measure. Athletics was also unacceptably affected by this. Some of the affected athletes were caught shortly after their competition, others were not allowed to compete in the first place because of positive doping tests, the result of which became official before the start of the games, and numerous other athletes were only caught many years later during follow-up checks on the preserved samples using new testing methods. For those concerned, this usually resulted in the withdrawal of their results and a demand for the return of any medals they might have received. In the medal table listed in this article, the correspondingly changed results in the individual disciplines are fully taken into account. The swamp into which athletics had found itself continued, with no end in sight. The stupid athletes were and are the honest athletes who received their medals years later, who were denied participation in final fights by the doping fraudsters and who lost the funding they were actually entitled to because the real placements were only verified a long time after the competitions.

The list of doping offenders is long:

• Rashid Ramzi , Bahrain - 1500 meter run (first first). He tested positive for the doping preparation CERA, and his Olympic victory was canceled by the IOC on November 17, 2009 .
• Nesta Carter , Jamaica - 4 by 100 meter relay (first with the Jamaica relay). Carter had tested positive for the doping agent methylhexaneamine and so the Jamaican team was stripped of the gold medal on January 25, 2017 .
• Denis Alexejew , Russia - 4 x 400 meter relay (initially third with the Russian relay). Alexeyev's doping test from September 2016 was positive, so the entire relay team was disqualified by the IOC.
• Denys Yurchenko , Ukraine - pole vault (initially third). He was stripped of the bronze medal on August 20, 2014 for doping.
• Andrej Michnewitsch , Belarus - shot put (initially third). He was stripped of the bronze medal on August 20, 2014 for violating the doping regulations.
• Pavel Lyschyn , Belarus - shot put (initially fifth). The athlete was convicted of doping abuse in 2016 and his result was canceled.
• Aleksandr Pogorelov , Russia - decathlon (initially fourth). On June 2, 2016, Turinabol was detected in his B sample . He did not respond to any inquiries from the Disciplinary Commission. On August 15th his result was annulled and his 4th place was revoked.
• Ivan Juschkow , Russia - Shot put (initially eleventh). The athlete was convicted of doping abuse in August 2016 and his result was canceled.
• Anastassija Kapatschinskaja , Russia - 400-meter run (initially fifth) and 4 x 400-meter relay (initially second with the Russian relay). She was subsequently disqualified as a repeat offender on August 19, 2016, her individual placement and the result of the relay were canceled.
• Tatiana Firova , Russia - 400-meter run (initially sixth) and 4 x 400-meter relay (initially second with the Russian relay). She was subsequently convicted as a doping sinner, her individual placement and the result of the relay were canceled.
• Elvan Abeylegesse , Turkey - 5000 and 10,000 meter run (initially runner-up in both races). Their medals have been revoked for doping abuse.
• Inga Abitowa , Russia - 10,000 meter run (initially sixth). She was disqualified by the IOC in September 2016 for taking illicit doping substances.
• Jekaterina Volkova , Russia - 3000 meter obstacle course (initially third). She was convicted of doping abuse during a follow-up test. Her bronze medal was stripped of her.
• Julija Tschermoschanskaja , Russia - 4-by-100-meter relay (initially first with the Russian relay). Tschermoschanskaja tested positive in a follow-up test in 2016. The Russian relay was then stripped of the gold medal and awarded to the second placed Belgians.
• Svyatlana Usovich , Belarus - 4 x 400 meter relay (initially first with the Belarus relay). In November 2016, the Belarusian was convicted of doping abuse. With her, the Belarusian relay lost the bronze medal.
• Anna Tschitscherowa , Russia - high jump (initially third). She was stripped of her bronze medal for doping abuse in 2016.
• Jelena Slessarenko , Russia - high jump (initially fourth). Their ranking was also canceled in 2016 for doping abuse.
• Wita Palamar , Ukraine - high jump (initially fifth). In 2016, her result for doping abuse was revoked.
• Ljudmyla Blonska , Ukraine - long jump and heptathlon . It was one of the few cases with timely evidence of doping. Four days after her first appearance at these games, the heptathlon, she tested positive for the anabolic steroid methyltestosterone . After the B sample was also positive the next day, it was initially suspended. Another day later she was disqualified and permanently excluded from the games. A lifelong ban followed later.
• Tatiana Lebedewa , Russia - long jump and triple jump (first in each case second). Their silver medals were canceled following follow-up examinations in January 2017 for doping abuse.
• Chrysopigi Devetzi , Greece - long jump (eliminated in qualification) and triple jump (initially third). Her bronze medal was canceled following follow-up examinations in January 2017 for doping abuse.
• Natallja Michnewitsch , Belarus - shot put (initially second). She was positively noticed in the extensive doping night tests in 2016. She was doped with metandienone and stanozolol in 2008, was subsequently disqualified and therefore lost her silver medal.
• Nadseja Astaptschuk , Belarus - shot put (initially third). Her bronze medal was canceled during subsequent check-ups for doping abuse.
• Yarelys Barrios , Cuba - Discus throw (first second). As part of post-testing of doping samples from the 2008 Olympic Games, the banned diuretic acetazolamide was discovered in her . As a result, she was stripped of the silver medal.
• Aksana Myankova , Belarus - hammer throw (first first). She was convicted of doping and disqualified in 2016. The gold medal was revoked.
• Darja Ptschelnik , Belarus - hammer throw (initially fourth or third after Mjankowa's result cancellation). She was convicted of doping and disqualified in 2016. She had to surrender her bronze medal.
• Marija Abakumowa , Russia - javelin throw (initially second). During follow-up checks on her doping test, the ingestion of Turinabol was proven. The IOC then decided in September 2016 to withdraw her silver medal.
• Tatiana Chernova , Russia - heptathlon (initially fourth). She was disqualified on April 24, 2017 after being convicted of doping abuse.

In addition, there were two athletes who were initially disqualified by the IOC in December 2008 because of positive doping tests . The concerned Wadsim Dzewjatouski and Iwan Zichan , both from Belarus, appealed against this decision before the International Court of Justice for Sports (CAS) , which overturned the athletes' disqualification in June 2010 because of a breakdown in the laboratory that analyzed the samples. IOC Vice President Thomas Bach announced that the IOC would conduct another analysis to overturn the CAS ruling.

Sporting successes

The level of performance at these Olympic Games was very high. Although the quality decreased after the large number of athletes who had to be disqualified for doping reasons over the years after the games, it was still at a high level afterwards. Four world records were set:

> 100 meter run : Usain Bolt ( Jamaica ) - 9.69 s

> 200 meter run : Usain Bolt (Jamaica) - 19.30 

> 3000 meter obstacle course : Gulnara Galkina ( Russia ) - 8: 58.81 min

> Pole vault : Jelena Issinbajewa (Russia) - 5.05 m

In addition, the Olympic record was improved eleven times in eleven disciplines, four times for women and seven times for men.

The most successful nation was once again the United States with seven Olympic champions and a total of 25 medals. But US superiority was no longer as evident as it was four years ago. Kenya , Jamaica and Russia each had five gold medals in their accounts. Ethiopia followed with four Olympic victories. There were two gold medals each for Cuba and the surprisingly strong Belgium . All other nations won at most one gold medal in athletics.

For the individual athletes, the following services are particularly worth mentioning.

• Four athletes won two gold medals each at these games:
  • Usain Bolt ( Jamaica ) - 100 and 200 meters , both with world records.
  • Kenenisa Bekele ( Ethiopia ) - 5000 and 10,000 meters .
  • Tirunesh Dibaba (Ethiopia) - 5000 and 10,000 meters.
  • LaShawn Merritt ( USA ) - 400 meters and 4 by 400 meters relay .
  • Angelo Taylor (USA) - 400 meter hurdles and 4 x 400 meter relay.
• Three athletes and one athlete succeeded in repeating their 2004 Olympic victory in Athens :
  • Veronica Campbell-Brown (Jamaica) - 200 meters
  • Jelena Isinbayeva (Russia) - pole vault
  • Françoise Mbango Etone ( Cameroon ) - triple jump
  • Andreas Thorkildsen ( Norway ) - javelin throw

Competition rounds during the games

Up to three elimination competitions had to be contested in the individual disciplines, in which the participants in the final were determined. There were no preliminary rounds in the 10,000 meter run, in the marathon, in walking and in the all-around event.

Results men

100 m

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space	athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Usain Bolt	JAM	09.69 WR
2	Richard Thompson	TTO	09.89
3	Walter Dix	United States	09.91
4th	Churandy Martina	AHO	09.93 NO
5	Asafa Powell	JAM	09.95
6th	Michael Frater	JAM	09.97
7th	Marc Burns	TTO	10.01
8th	Darvis Patton	United States	10.03

Date: August 16, 2008, p. 30

Wind: 0.0 m / s

Participants:
Tobias Unger Germany (eliminated in the quarter-finals; 10.36 s / 7th)  

About twenty meters from the finish line, Usain Bolt slowed down and spread his arms cheerfully, which gave him an even better time, especially since his shoelace had loosened and thus his shoe had been open for large parts of the route.

200 m

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space	athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Usain Bolt	JAM	19.30 WR
2	Shawn Crawford	United States	19.96
3	Walter Dix	United States	19.98
4th	Brian Dzingai	ZIM	20.22
5	Christian Malcolm	GBR	20.40
6th	Kim Collins	SKN	20.59
DSQ	Churandy Martina	AHO
	Wallace Spearmon	United States

Date: August 20, 2008, p. 8 p.m.

Wind: −0.9 m / s

Attendees:

Marc Schneeberger Switzerland (eliminated in the quarter finals; 21.48 s / 8th)  

Marco Cribari Switzerland (eliminated in the run-up; 20.98 s / 5th)  

Churandy Martina (19.82 s) and Wallace Spearmon (19.96 s) were still in second and third place shortly after crossing the finish line. A little later, however, they were disqualified because they had exceeded their lane markings in the curve (rule 163.3).

400 m

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space	athlete	country	Time (s)
1	LaShawn Merritt	United States	43.75
2	Jeremy Wariner	United States	44.74
3	David Neville	United States	44.80
4th	Chris Brown	BAH	44.84
5	Leslie Djhone	FRA	45.11
6th	Martyn Rooney	GBR	45.12
7th	Renny Quow	TTO	45.22
8th	Johan Wissman	SWE	45.39

Date: August 21, 2008, p. 8 p.m.

800 m

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space	athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Wilfred Bungei	KEN	1: 44.65
2	Ismail Ahmed Ismail	SDN	1: 44.70
3	Alfred Kirwa Yego	KEN	1: 44.82
4th	Gary Reed	CAN	1: 44.94
5	Yusuf Saad camel	BHR	1: 44.95
6th	Yeimer López	CUB	1: 45.88
7th	Nabil Madi	ALG	1: 45.96
8th	Nadjim Manseur	ALG	1: 47.19

Date: August 23, 2008, p. 30

1500 m

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space	athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Asbel Kiprop	KEN	3: 33.11
2	Nick Willis	NZL	3: 34.16
3	Mehdi Baala	FRA	3: 34.21
4th	Juan Carlos Higuero	ESP	3: 34.44
5	Abdalaati Iguider	MAR	3: 34.66
6th	Juan van Deventer	RSA	3: 34.77
7th	Belal Mansoor Ali	BHR	3: 35.23
8th	Andrew Baddeley	GBR	3: 35.37

Date: August 19, 2008, p. 50

Attendees:

Christian Obrist Italy (3: 39.87 min / 12.)  

Carsten Schlangen Germany (eliminated in the semi-finals; 3: 37.94 min / 8th)  

The first-placed Bahraini Rashid Ramzi (3: 32.94 min) tested positive for the doping preparation CERA, his Olympic victory was canceled by the IOC on November 17, 2009 .

5000 m

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space	athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Kenenisa Bekele	ETH	12: 57.82 OR
2	Eliud Kipchoge	KEN	13: 02.80
3	Edwin Cheruiyot Soi	KEN	13: 06.22
4th	Moses Ndiema Kipsiro	UGA	13: 10.56
5	Abreham Cherkos	ETH	13: 16.46
6th	Tariku Bekele	ETH	13: 19.06
7th	Juan Luis Barrios	MEX	13: 19.79
8th	James Kwalia C'Kurui	QAT	13: 23.48

Date: August 23, 2008, p. 10 am

Attendees:

Philipp Bandi Switzerland (eliminated in the run-up; 13: 59.68 min / 10th)  

10,000 m

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space	athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Kenenisa Bekele	ETH	27: 01.17 OR
2	Sileshi Sihine	ETH	27: 02.77
3	Micah Kipkemboi Kogo	KEN	27: 04.11
4th	Moses Ndiema Masai	KEN	27: 04.11
5	Zersenay Tadese	ERI	27: 05.11
6th	Haile Gebrselassie	ETH	27: 06.68
7th	Martin Irungu Mathathi	KEN	27: 08.25
8th	Ahmad Hassan Abdullah	QAT	27: 23.75

Date: August 17, 2008, p. 45

Attendees:

Günther Weidlinger Austria (28: 14.38 min / 27.)  

marathon

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space	athlete	country	Time (h)
1	Samuel Kamau Wanjiru	KEN	2:06:32 OR
2	Jaouad Gharib	MAR	2:07:16
3	Tsegay Kebede	ETH	2:10:00
4th	Deriba Merga	ETH	2:10:21
5	Martin Kiptoo Lel	KEN	2:10:24
6th	Viktor Röthlin	SUI	2:10:35
7th	Gashaw Asfaw	ETH	2:10:52
8th	Yared Asmerom	ERI	2:11:11

Date: Aug. 24, 2008, p. 30

Attendees:

Marcel Tschopp Liechtenstein (2:35:06 h / 74.)  

Samuel Kamau Wanjiru at the finish line in the national stadium

110 m hurdles

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space	athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Dayron Robles	CUB	12.93
2	David Payne	United States	13.17
3	David Oliver	United States	13.18
4th	Ladji Doucouré	FRA	13.24
5	Artur Noga	POLE	13.36
6th	Maurice Wignall	JAM	13.46
7th	Richard Phillips	JAM	13.60
8th	Jackson Quiñónez	ESP	13.69

Date: August 21, 2008, p. 40

Wind: +0.1 m / s

Attendees:

Andreas Kundert Switzerland (start canceled due to illness)  

400 m hurdles

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space	athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Angelo Taylor	United States	47.25
2	Kerron Clement	United States	47.98
3	Bershawn Jackson	United States	48.06
4th	Danny McFarlane	JAM	48.30
5	Louis Jacobus van Zyl	RSA	48.42
6th	Marek Plawgo	POLE	48.52
7th	Markino Buckley	JAM	48.60
8th	Periklis Iakovakis	GRE	49.96

Date: August 18, 2008, 10:00 p.m.

3000 m obstacle

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space	athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Brimin Kiprop Kipruto	KEN	8: 10.34
2	Mahiedine Mekhissi-Benabbad	FRA	8: 10.49
3	Richard Kipkemboi Mateelong	KEN	8: 11.01
4th	Yacob Jarso	ETH	8: 13.47 NO
5	Bouabdellah Tahri	FRA	8: 14.79
6th	Youcef Abdi	OUT	8: 16.36
7th	Ezekiel Kemboi	KEN	8: 16.38
8th	Abubaker Ali Kamal	QAT	8: 16.59

Date: August 18, 2008, p. 10 am

4 × 100 m relay

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space	country	Athletes	Time (s)
1	Trinidad and Tobago	Keston Bledman Marc Burns Emmanuel Callender Richard Thompson in the lead also: Aaron Armstrong	38.06
2	Japan	Naoki Tsukahara Shingo Suetsugu Shinji Takahira Nobuharu Asahara	38.15
3	Brazil	Vicente de Lima Sandro Viana Bruno de Barros José Carlos Moreira	38.24
4th	Germany	Tobias Unger Till Helmke Alexander Kosenkow Martin Keller	38.58
5	Canada	Hank Palmer Anson Henry Jared Connaughton Pierre Browne	38.66
DSQ	People's Republic of China	Wen Yongyi Zhang Peimeng Lu Bin Hu Kai	Alternation fault under rule 170.14
	Netherlands	Maarten Heisen Guus Hoogmoed Patrick van Luijk Caimin Douglas
	Jamaica	Nesta Carter Michael Frater Usain Bolt Asafa Powell in advance also: Dwight Thomas	IOC Rule 59.2.1 Proof of doping on June 2, 2016 Nesta Carter

Date: August 22nd, 2008, p. 10am

Attendees:

Tobias Unger , Martin Keller , Alexander Kosenkow , Ronny Ostwald , Marius Broening , Till Helmke Germany 

Eight seasons of the two preliminary runs reached the final, including the German season as the third of their preliminary run. Only Thailand and France could not qualify, while six seasons were not included in the ranking after substitution errors, including the US with the best and the British with the third-best qualifying time.

The Jamaican relay was subsequently disqualified in 2017 for doping the starter Nesta Carter . Carter had tested positive for the doping agent methylhexaneamine.

4 × 400 m relay

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space	country	Athletes	Time (min)
1	United States	LaShawn Merritt Angelo Taylor David Neville Jeremy Wariner in advance also: Kerron Clement Reggie Witherspoon	2: 55.39 OR
2	Bahamas	Andretti Bain Michael Mathieu Andrae Williams Chris Brown in the lead also: Avard Moncur Ramon Miller	2: 58.03
3	Great Britain	Andrew Steele Robert Tobin Michael Bingham Martyn Rooney	2: 58.81
4th	Belgium	Kevin Borlée Jonathan Borlée Cédric Van Branteghem Arnaud Ghislain	2: 59.37 NO
5	Australia	Sean Wroe John Steffensen Clinton Hill Joel Milburn in the lead also: Mark Ormrod	3: 00.02
6th	Poland	Rafał Wieruszewski Piotr Klimczak Piotr Kędzia Marek Plawgo	3: 00.32
7th	Jamaica	Michael Blackwood Ricardo Chambers Sanjay Ayre Lanceford Spence also: Allodin Fothergill	3: 01.45
DSQ	Russia	Maxim Dyldin Wladislaw Frolow Anton Kokorin Denis Alexejew

Date: August 23, 2008, 9:05 pm

Attendees:

Kamghe Gaba , Simon Kirch , Bastian Swillims , Ruwen Faller Germany (eliminated in the preliminary; 3: 03.49 min / 11th), ( Florian Seitz not included)  

The Russian relay was disqualified by the IOC in September 2016 and bronze was subsequently awarded to the British relay because the follow-up control of Denis Alexeyev's doping test was positive.

20 km walking

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space	athlete	country	Time (h)
1	Valery Borchin	RUS	1:19:01
2	Jefferson Perez	ECU	1:19:15
3	Jared Tallent	OUT	1:19:42
4th	Wang Hao	CHN	1:19:47
5	Ivano Brugnetti	ITA	1:19:51
6th	Luke Adams	OUT	1:19:57
7th	Francisco Javier Fernández	ESP	1:20:32
8th	Robert Heffernan	IRL	1:20:36

Date: August 16, 2008, 9:00 a.m.

Attendees:

André Höhne Germany (1:23:13 h / 25.)  

50 km of walking

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space	athlete	country	Time (h)
1	Alex Schwazer	ITA	3:37:09 OR
2	Jared Tallent	OUT	3:39:27
3	Denis Nischegorodov	RUS	3:40:14
4th	Jesús Ángel García	ESP	3:44:08
5	Erik Tysse	NOR	3:45:08
6th	Horacio Nava	MEX	3:45:21
7th	Yuki Yamazaki	JPN	3:45:47
8th	Rafał Fedaczyński	POLE	3:46:51

Date: Aug 22, 2008, p. 30

Attendees:

André Höhne Germany (3:49:52 h / 12.)  

high jump

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space	athlete	country	Height (m)
1	Andrei Silnow	RUS	2.36
2	Germaine Mason	GBR	2.34
3	Yaroslav Rybakov	RUS	2.34
4th	Stefan Holm	SWE	2.32
5	Raúl Spank	GER	2.32
6th	Jaroslav Bába	CZE	2.29
7th	Tomáš Janků	CZE	2.29
8th	Tom Parsons	GBR	2.25

Date: August 19, 2008, p. 10 am

Pole vault

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space	athlete	country	Height (m)
1	Steve Hooker	OUT	5.96 OR
2	Yevgeny Lukyanenko	RUS	5.85
3	Derek Miles	United States	5.70
4th	Dmitri Starodubtsev	RUS	5.70
5	Danny Ecker	GER	5.70
6th	Jérôme Clavier	FRA	5.60
7th	Raphael Holzdeppe	GER	5.60
8th	Igor Pavlov	RUS	5.60

Date: August 22, 19, 2008, p. 55

Attendees:

Tim Lobinger Germany (eliminated in the qualification; 5.55 m / 16.)  

Steve Hooker had already secured the gold medal by jumping 5.90 m and then set the new Olympic record height of 5.96 m. Denys Yurchenko , who was initially third , did not go to the other heights after jumping 5.70 m due to an injury. He was stripped of his bronze medal for doping abuse in November 2016.

Long jump

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space	athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Irving Saladino	PAN	8.34
2	Godfrey Khotso Mokoena	RSA	8.24
3	Ibrahim Camejo	CUB	8.20
4th	Ngonidzashe Makusha	ZIM	8.19
5	Wilfredo Martínez	CUB	8.19
6th	Ndiss Kaba Badji	SEN	8.16
7th	Luis Felipe Méliz	ESP	8.07
8th	Roman Novotný	CZE	8.00

Date: August 18, 2008, p. 10 am

Attendees:

Sebastian Bayer Germany (eliminated in qualification; 7.77 m / 23rd)  

Julien Fivaz Switzerland (eliminated in qualification; 7.53 m / 36th)  

Triple jump

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space	athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Nelson Évora	POR	17.67
2	Phillips Idowu	GBR	17.62
3	Leevan Sands	BAH	17.59 NO
4th	Arnie David Giralt	CUB	17.52
5	Marian Oprea	ROME	17.22
6th	Jadel Gregório	BRA	17.20
7th	Onochie Achike	GBR	17.17
8th	Viktor Kuznyetsov	UKR	16.87

Date: August 21, 2008, p. 25

Shot put

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space	athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Tomasz Majewski	POLE	21.51
2	Christian Cantwell	United States	21.09
3	Dylan Armstrong	CAN	21.04 NO
4th	Jurij Bilonoh	UKR	20.63
5	Reese Hoffa	United States	20.53
6th	Pavel Sofjin	RUS	20.42
7th	Rutger Smith	NED	20.41
8th	Yury Bialou	BLR	20.06

Date: August 15, 2008, 9:00 p.m.

Attendees:

Ralf Bartels Germany (canceled)  

Peter Sack Germany (eliminated in the qualification; 20.01 m / 7th)  

The later Olympic champion Majewski had exceeded the 21-meter mark for the first time on the morning of the competition day in the qualification and was thus already the best in the preliminary round. In the final, he took the lead in the first attempt, but lost it in the second round to the later third and fourth placed, the Belarusian Michnewitsch and the Canadian Armstrong. With good third and fourth attempts, Majewski decided the competition. Cantwell only moved from fifth to second in the last attempt. The favorite 22-meter pushers Hoffa (seventh place) and Adam Nelson (no valid attempt) had no chance .

The shot put was overshadowed by three doping cases, each of which only became apparent years later through follow-up controls.

• Belarusian Andrej Michnewitsch was stripped of the bronze medal on August 20, 2014 for violating the doping regulations.
• His fourth-placed compatriot Pawel Lyschyn , who was also convicted of doping abuse in 2016, was also doped .
• The eleventh-placed Ivan Yuschkow was convicted of doping abuse in August 2016, his results from Beijing were deleted.

Discus throw

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space	athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Gerd Kanter	EST	68.82
2	Piotr Małachowski	POLE	67.82
3	Virgilijus Alekna	LTU	67.79
4th	Robert Harting	GER	67.09
5	Yennifer Frank Casañas	ESP	66.49
6th	Bogdan Pishchalnikov	RUS	65.88
7th	Rutger Smith	NED	65.39
8th	Róbert Fazekas	HUN	63.43

Date: August 19, 2008, 9:00 p.m.

Attendees:

Gerhard Mayer Austria (eliminated in qualification; 61.32 m / 8th)  

Hannes Kirchler Italy (eliminated in the qualification; 56.44 m / 16th)  

Hammer throw

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space	athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Primož Kozmus	SLO	82.02
2	Vadsim Dsevyatousky	BLR	81.61
3	Ivan Zichan	BLR	81.51
4th	Krisztián Pars	HUN	80.96
5	Kōji Murofushi	JPN	80.71
6th	Olli-Pekka Karjalainen	FIN	79.59
7th	Szymon Ziółkowski	POLE	79.22
8th	Libor Good Friday	SVK	78.65

Date: August 17, 19, 2008, p. 10 am

Attendees:

Markus Esser Germany (preliminary fight, 77.10 m / 9th)  

Wadsim Dzewjatouski and Iwan Zichan were initially disqualified by the IOC in December 2008 for positive doping tests , but appealed against this decision before the International Court of Justice for Sports , which in June 2010 overturned the athletes' disqualification due to a breakdown in the laboratory that analyzed the samples. IOC Vice President Thomas Bach announced that the IOC would conduct another analysis to overturn the CAS ruling.

Javelin throw

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space	athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Andreas Thorkildsen	NOR	90.57 OR
2	Ainārs Kovals	LAT	86.64
3	Tero Pitkämäki	FIN	86.16
4th	Tero Järvenpää	FIN	83.95
5	Teemu Wirkkala	FIN	83.46
6th	Jarrod Bannister	OUT	83.45
7th	Ilya Korotkov	RUS	83.15
8th	Uladzimir Kaslou	BLR	82.06

Date: August 23, 2008, p. 10 a.m.

Attendees:

Stephan Steding Germany (eliminated in the qualification; 70.05 m / 17th)  

Alexander Vieweg Germany (eliminated in qualification; 67.49 m / 17th)  

Decathlon

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space	athlete	country	Points
1	Bryan Clay	United States	8791
2	Andrei Krautschanka	BLR	8551
3	Leonel Suarez	CUB	8527 NO
4th	Romain Barras	FRA	8253
5	Roman Šebrle	CZE	8241
6th	Oleksiy Kasyanov	UKR	8238
7th	André Niklaus	GER	8220
8th	Maurice Smith	JAM	8205

Date: start on August 21, 2008, p. 8 p.m.; End on August 22nd, 2008, p. 49

Attendees:

Arthur Abele Germany ( retired due to injury before the fifth discipline, the 400-meter run)  

Michael Schrader Germany (8194 points / 10th)  

Doping:

Investigations initiated by the IOC on the archived samples showed in June 2016 that the Russian athlete Alexandr Pogorelow was doped with Turinabol . He was subsequently disqualified on August 15, 2016, his 4th place was revoked.

Results women

100 m

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space	Athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Shelly-Ann Fraser	JAM	10.78
2	Sherone Simpson	JAM	10.98
	Kerron Stewart	JAM	10.98
4th	Lauryn Williams	United States	11.03
5	Muna Lee	United States	11.07
6th	Jeanette Kwakye	GBR	11.14
7th	Debbie Ferguson-McKenzie	BAH	11.19
8th	Torri Edwards	United States	11.20

Date: August 17, 2008, p. 25

Wind: 0.0 m / s

200 m

Allyson Felix wins the semifinals

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space	Athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Veronica Campbell-Brown	JAM	21.74
2	Allyson Felix	United States	21.93
3	Kerron Stewart	JAM	22.00
4th	Muna Lee	United States	22.01
5	Marshevet Hooker	United States	22.34
6th	Sherone Simpson	JAM	22.36
7th	Debbie Ferguson-McKenzie	BAH	22.61
8th	Cydonie Mothersill	CAY	22.68

Date: August 21, 2008, p. 30

Wind: +0.6 m / s

400 m

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space	Athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Christine Ohuruogu	GBR	49.62
2	Shericka Williams	JAM	49.69
3	Sanya Richards	United States	49.93
4th	Julia Gushchina	RUS	50.01
5	Rosemarie Whyte	JAM	50.68
6th	Amantle Montsho	BOT	51.18
DSQ	Tatiana Firowa	RUS
	Anastassija Kapachinskaya	RUS

Date: August 19, 2008, p. 10 a.m.

As a later convicted doping sinner, the Russian runner Tatiana Firowa was disqualified in August 2016, her first sixth place was denied as a result.

The Russian Anastassija Kapatschinskaja was also disqualified as a repeat offender on August 19, 2016, and her fifth place, which was initially achieved, was canceled for her.

800 m

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space	Athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Pamela Jelimo	KEN	1: 54.87 AF / WJB
2	Janeth Jepkosgei Busienei	KEN	1: 56.07
3	Hasna Benhassi	MAR	1: 56.73
4th	Svetlana Kljuka	RUS	1: 56.94
5	Maria de Lurdes Mutola	MOZ	1: 57.68
6th	Kenya Sinclair	JAM	1: 58.24
7th	Julija Krewsun	UKR	1: 58.73
8th	Tatiana Andrianova	RUS	2: 02.63

Date: August 18, 2008, p. 35

1500 m

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space	Athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Nancy Jebet Langat	KEN	4: 00.23
2	Iryna Lishchynska	UKR	4: 01.63
3	Natalija Tobias	UKR	4: 01.78
4th	Lisa Dobriskey	GBR	4: 02.10
5	Maryam Yusuf Jamal	BHR	4: 02.71
6th	Natalia Rodríguez	ESP	4: 03.19
7th	Shannon Rowbury	United States	4: 03.58
8th	Iris Fuentes-Pila	ESP	4: 04.86

Date: Aug 23, 2008, p. 50

5000 m

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space	Athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Tirunesh Dibaba	ETH	15: 41.40
2	Meseret Defar	ETH	15: 44.12
3	Sylvia Jebiwott Kibet	KEN	15: 44.96
4th	Vivian Jepkemoi Cheruiyot	KEN	15: 46.32
5	Lilia Shobuchova	RUS	15: 46.62
6th	Alemitu Bekele	DOOR	15: 48.48
7th	Meselech Melkamu	ETH	15: 49.03
8th	Kara Goucher	United States	15: 49.39

Date: August 22, 2008, p. 40

Participants:

Silvia Weissteiner Italy (eliminated in the run-up; 15: 23.45 min / 10th)  

Like over 10,000 meters , silver medalist Elvan Abeylegesse was stripped of her medal for doping abuse in March 2017.

10,000 m

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space	Athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Tirunesh Dibaba	ETH	29: 54.66 OR / AF
2	Shalane Flanagan	United States	30: 22.22 NM
3	Linet Chepkwemoi Masai	KEN	30: 26.50 NO
4th	Maria Konovalova	RUS	30: 35.84
5	Lucy Wangui Kabuu	KEN	30: 39.96
6th	Lornah Kiplagat	NED	30: 40.27
7th	Kimberley Smith	NZL	30: 51.00
8th	Kara Goucher	United States	30: 55.16

Date: August 15, 2008, p. 45

Participants:

Sabrina Mockenhaupt Germany (31: 14.21 min / 11th)  

In an extremely fast race in which two continental records were set, the Dutch Lornah Kiplagat first set the pace. The Ethiopian-born Elvan Abeylegesse , who started for Turkey - later disqualified for doping offenses - took the lead when Kiplagat fell back on the seventh kilometer and pulled away from the field with Tirunesh Dibaba about two kilometers before the end. In the final round, Dibaba was the faster runner and won with Olympic and African records , while Abeylegesse, whose doping offense remained undetected for a long time, initially came second. For the Kenyan Linet Masai, the bronze medal remained in the end, because the American Shalane Flanagan, who improved her own North American record by over ten seconds, surprisingly came second. The German Sabrina Mockenhaupt divided up the race intelligently and finished eleventh with her personal best of 31: 14.21 minutes after she was only lapped shortly before the end. Tirunesh Dibaba broke the 30-minute limit for the first time since the world record set by the Chinese Wang Junxia in 1993. Out of 31 runners who started, 27 finished the race, two were disqualified for doping offenses.

The Russian Inga Abitowa was disqualified by the IOC in September 2016 for taking illicit doping substances.

Like over 5000 meters , silver medalist Elvan Abeylegesse was stripped of her medal for doping abuse in March 2017.

marathon

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space	Athlete	country	Time (h)
1	Constantina Diță	ROME	2:26:44
2	Catherine Ndereba	KEN	2:27:06
3	Zhou Chunxiu	CHN	2:27:07
4th	Zhu Xiaolin	CHN	2:27:16
5	Martha Komu	KEN	2:27:23
6th	Mara Yamauchi	GBR	2:27:29
7th	Irina Timofeeva	RUS	2:27:31
8th	Lidia Șimon	ROME	2:27:51

Date: August 17, 2008, p. 30

Participants:

Melanie Kraus Germany (2:35:17 h / 38.)  

Susanne Hahn Germany (2:38:31 h / 52.)  

Eva-Maria Gradwohl Austria (2:44:24 h / 57.)  

At 23 ° C and light rain, the feared heat battle did not materialize. Shortly after twenty kilometers, Diţă pulled away from the rest of the field and ran out a lead of more than a minute. At forty kilometers, the chasing group, which had been seven until then, split up. Two Kenyans and two Chinese women fought for the medals, and finally world champion Ndereba prevailed in the final sprint against world championship runner-up Zhou. The British world record holder Paula Radcliffe , who decided to participate only a few days before the games after a long injury break, kept up for a long time, but was plagued by cramps in the last quarter and came in 23rd place. Of the 81 runners who started, twelve did not reach the finish line, including some favorites: Deena Kastor (USA) injured her foot at kilometer five, Reiko Tosa from Japan, third in the World Cup , fell back visibly suffering in the first half, and the Ethiopians Berhane Adere and Gete Wami retired after falling out of the top group at thirty kilometers. Mizuki Noguchi , the 2004 Olympic champion , canceled shortly before the games due to an injury.

100 m hurdles

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space	Athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Dawn Harper	United States	12.54
2	Sally McLellan	OUT	12.64
3	Priscilla Lopes-Schliep	CAN	12.64
4th	Damu Cherry	United States	12.65
5	Delloreen Ennis-London	JAM	12.65
6th	Brigitte Foster-Hylton	JAM	12.66
7th	LoLo Jones	United States	12.72
8th	Sarah Claxton	GBR	12.94

Date: August 19, 2008, p. 30

Wind: +0.1 m / s

Participants:

Carolin Nytra Germany (eliminated in the semi-finals; 12.99 s / 7th)  

400 m hurdles

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space	Athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Melaine Walker	JAM	52.64 OR
2	Sheena Tosta	United States	53.70
3	Tasha Danvers	GBR	53.84
4th	Anastasija Rabchenyuk	UKR	53.96
5	Anna Jesień	POLE	54.29
6th	Ekaterina Bikert	RUS	54.96
7th	Zuzana Hejnová	CZE	54.97
8th	Tiffany Ross-Williams	United States	57.55

Date: Aug. 20, 2008, p. 35

3000 m obstacle

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space	Athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Gulnara Galkina	RUS	8: 58.81 WR
2	Eunice Jepkorir Kertich	KEN	9: 07.41 AF
3	Tatiana Petrova	RUS	9: 12.33
4th	Cristina Casandra	ROME	9: 16.85 NO
5	Ruth Bisibori Nyangau	KEN	9: 17.35
6th	Zemzem Ahmed	ETH	9: 17.85 NO
7th	Wioletta Frankiewicz	POLE	9: 21.76
8th	Jenny Barringer	United States	9: 22.26 NM

Date: August 17, 2008, p. 30

Participants:

Antje Möldner Germany (eliminated in the preliminary run; 9: 29.86 m  NR / 7th)  

The competition celebrated its Olympic premiere. American Jennifer Simpson set a North American record in eighth place with 9: 22.26 minutes.

In 2016, the Russian Yekaterina Volkova was convicted of doping abuse during a follow-up test. Her bronze medal was stripped of her.

4 × 100 m relay

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space	country	Athletes	Time (s)
1	Belgium	Olivia Borlée Hanna Mariën Élodie Ouédraogo Kim Gevaert	42.54 NO
2	Nigeria	Ene Franca Idoko Gloria Kemasuode Halimat Ismaila Oludamola Osayomi in the preliminary run also: Agnes Osazuwa	43.04
3	Brazil	Rosemar Maria Neto Lucimar Aparecida de Moura Thaíssa Presti Rosângela Santos	43.14
4th	Germany	Anne Möllinger Verena Sailer Cathleen Tschirch Marion Wagner	43.28
DNF	Jamaica	Shelly-Ann Fraser Sherone Simpson Kerron Stewart Veronica Campbell-Brown in advance also: Sheri-Ann Brooks
	Great Britain	Jeanette Kwakye Montell Douglas Emily Freeman Emma Ania
DSQ	Poland	Ewelina Klocek Daria Korczyńska Dorota Jędrusińska Joanna Kocielnik in the run-up also: Marta Jeschke
	Russia	Yevgenia Polyakova Alexandra Fedoriwa Yuliya Guschtschina Julija Tschermoschanskaja

Date: August 22nd, 2008, p. 3pm

Participants:

Verena Sailer , Anne Möllinger , Mareike Peters , Cathleen Tschirch , Marion Wagner , Katja Wakan Germany 

The relay of the USA was eliminated in the semifinals by losing the baton, the same happened to the favored relay from Jamaica and Great Britain in the final. The Polish team was disqualified for exceeding an exchange mark.

The Russian Julija Tschermoschanskaja tested positive in a follow-up test in 2016. The Russian relay was then stripped of the gold medal and awarded to the second placed Belgians.

4 × 400 m relay

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space	country	Athletes	Time (min)
1	United States	Mary Wineberg Allyson Felix Monique Henderson Sanya Richards in advance also: Natasha Hastings	3: 18.54 SB
2	Jamaica	Shericka Williams Shereefa Lloyd Rosemarie Whyte Novlene Williams-Mills	3: 20.40 SB
3	Great Britain	Christine Ohuruogu Kelly Sotherton Marilyn Okoro Nicola Sanders	3: 22.68 SB
4th	Cuba	Roxana Díaz Zulia Calatayud Susana Clement Indira Terrero	3: 23.21 NO
5	Nigeria	Joy Eze Folashade Abugan Olouma Nwoke Muizat Ajoke Odumosu	3: 23.74 SB
6th	Germany	Jonna Tilgner Sorina Nwachukwu Florence Ekpo-Umoh Claudia Hoffmann	3: 28.45
DSQ	Russia	Julija Guschtschina Lyudmila Litwinowa Tatjana Firowa Anastassija Kapatschinskaja in the preliminary also: Jelena Migunowa Tatjana Weschkurowa
	Belarus	Hanna Kosak Iryna Chljustawa Ilona Ussowitsch Swjatlana Ussowitsch in the run-up also: Juljana Yuschtschanka

Date: 23 Aug 20, 2008, p. 40 pm

Participants:

Jonna Tilgner , Claudia Hoffmann , Sorina Nwachukwu , Florence Ekpo-Umoh , Janin Lindenberg Germany 

In August 2016, the Russian runner Tatjana Firowa was disqualified as a subsequently convicted doping sinner. With her, the Russian season lost 2nd place.

In November 2016, the Belarusian runner Svyatlana Ussowitsch was convicted of doping abuse. With her, the Belarusian relay lost the bronze medal.

20 km walking

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space	Athlete	country	Time (h)
1	Olga Kaniskina	RUS	1:26:31 OR
2	Kjersti places	NOR	1:27:07 NO
3	Elisa Rigaudo	ITA	1:27:12
4th	Liu Hong	CHN	1:27:17
5	Maria Vasco	ESP	1:27:25 NO
6th	Beatrice Pascual	ESP	1:27:44
7th	Olive Loughnane	IRL	1:27:45
8th	Ana Cabecinha	POR	1:27:46 NO

Date: August 21, 2008, 9:00 a.m.

Participants:

Sabine Zimmer Germany (1:30:19 h / 15.)  

Melanie Seeger Germany (1:31:56 h / 23.)  

high jump

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space	Athlete	country	Height (m)
1	Tia Hellebaut	BEL	2.05 NO
2	Blanka Vlašić	CRO	2.05
3	Chaunté Howard	United States	1.99
4th	Ruth Beitia	ESP	1.96
	Ariane Friedrich	GER	1.96
6th	Emma Green	SWE	1.96
7th	Marina Aitowa	KAZ	1.93
	Antonietta Di Martino	ITA	1.93

Date: August 23, 2008, 7:00 p.m.

The original third-placed Anna Tschitscherowa , fourth-placed Jelena Slessarenko and fifth-placed Wita Palamar were stripped of their results for doping abuse in October and November 2016.

Pole vault

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space	Athlete	country	Height (m)
1	Elena Isinbayeva	RUS	5.05 WR
2	Jennifer Stuczynski	United States	4.80
3	Svetlana Feofanova	RUS	4.75
4th	Yulia Golubchikova	RUS	4.75
5	Monika Pyrek	POLE	4.70
6th	Carolin Hingst	GER	4.65
7th	Silke Spiegelburg	GER	4.65
8th	April Steiner	United States	4.55

Date: August 18, 19, 2008, p. 8 p.m.

Participants:

Anastasija Reiberger Germany (eliminated in qualification; 4.40 m / 8th)  

Nicole Büchler Switzerland (eliminated in qualification; 4.30 m / 11th)  

Long jump

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space	Athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Maurren Higa Maggi	BRA	7.04
2	Blessing Okagbare	NGR	6.91
3	Chelsea Hammond	JAM	6.79
4th	Brittney Reese	United States	6.76
5	Oxana Udmurtova	RUS	6.70
6th	Jade Johnson	GBR	6.64
7th	Grace Upshaw	United States	6.58
8th	Carolina Klüft	SWE	6.49

Date: August 22, 19, 2008, p. 8 p.m.

The Ukrainian Lyudmyla Blonska tested positive for the anabolic steroid methyltestosterone before the start of the long jump final after her heptathlon , in which she had also participated . After the B sample was also positive, it was initially suspended. A day later she was disqualified and permanently excluded from the games. A lifelong ban followed later.

Another athlete, Tatiana Lebedewa from Russia, who originally came second , was convicted of doping abuse as part of follow-up investigations at these games. In January 2017 she was stripped of her silver medals in long and triple jump .

The results of the Greek Chrysopigi Devetzi in the long and triple jump were also canceled following follow-up examinations in January 2017 for doping abuse. In the long jump she was eliminated in the qualification, in the triple jump she had initially won bronze.

Triple jump

→ Main article : 2008 Summer Olympics / Athletics - Triple Jump (Women)

space	Athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Françoise Mbango Etone	CMR	15.39 OR / AF
2	Olga Rypakova	KAZ	15.11 AS
3	Yargelis Savigne	CUB	15.05
4th	Marija Šestak	SLO	15.03 NO
5	Viktoria Gurova	RUS	14.77
6th	Anna Pyatych	RUS	14.73
7th	Olga Saladucha	UKR	14.70
8th	Kaire Leibak	EST	14.13

Date: August 17, 2008, p. 35

The originally third-placed Greek Chrysopigi Devetzi was stripped of her bronze medal following doping follow-up examinations in November 2016.

Tatjana Lebedewa , who initially came second, was stripped of her silver medals in the three and long jump following doping follow-up examinations in January 2017.

Shot put

→ Main article : 2008 Summer Olympics / Athletics - Shot put (women)

space	Athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Valerie Vili	NZL	20.56 OZ
2	Misleydis González	CUB	19.50
3	Gong Lijiao	CHN	19.20
4th	Anna Omarova	RUS	19.08
5	Nadine Kleinert	GER	19.01
6th	Li Meiju	CHN	19.00
7th	Olga Ivanova	RUS	18.44
8th	Mailín Vargas	CUB	18.28

Date: August 16, 2008, p. 10 am

Participants:

Christina Schwanitz Germany (18.27 m / 11th)  

Denise Hinrichs Germany (eliminated in qualification; 18.36 m / 10th)  

The Belarusian shot putter Natallja Michnewitsch received positive results in the extensive doping night tests in 2016. She was doped with metandienone and stanozolol in 2008, was subsequently disqualified and therefore lost her silver medal.

Her compatriot Nadseja Astaptschuk , who had initially achieved third place in Beijing , also stood out during follow-up tests and was subsequently disqualified.

Discus throw

→ Main article : 2008 Summer Olympics / Athletics - Discus throw (women)

space	Athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Stephanie Brown Trafton	United States	64.74
2	Olena Antonova	UKR	62.59
3	Song Aimin	CHN	62.20
4th	Věra Pospíšilová-Cechlová	CZE	61.75
5	Elina Swerava	BLR	60.82
6th	Li Yanfeng	CHN	60.68
7th	Mélina Robert-Michon	FRA	60.66
8th	Dani Samuels	OUT	60.15

Date: August 18, 2008, 7:00 p.m.

On September 1, 2016, the International Olympic Committee announced that the banned diuretic acetazolamide had been discovered in the Cuban Yarelys Barrios as part of post-testing of doping samples from the 2008 Olympic Games . As a result, the silver medal was revoked and the Ukrainian Olena Antonowa was awarded.

Hammer throw

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space	Athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Yipsi Moreno	CUB	75.20 OR
2	Zhang Wenxiu	CHN	74.32
3	Manuela Montebrun	FRA	72.54
4th	Anita Włodarczyk	POLE	71.56
5	Clarissa Claretti	ITA	71.33
6th	Martina Hrašnová	SVK	71.00
7th	Betty Heidler	GER	70.06
8th	Jelena Priyma	RUS	69.72

Date: August 20, 19, 2008, p. 8 p.m.

Participants:

Kathrin Klaas Germany (retired in qualification; 67.54 m / 11th)  

The Belarusian Aksana Myankova was convicted of doping and disqualified in 2016. The gold medal was revoked.

Her compatriot Darja Ptschelnik , first in fourth place and bronze medalist after Mjankowa's disqualification, was subsequently disqualified after a positive doping test.

All other throwers in the final moved up one or two places.

Javelin throw

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space	Athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Barbora Špotáková	CZE	71.42 ER
2	Christina Obergföll	GER	66.13
3	Goldie Sayers	GBR	65.75 NO
4th	Steffi Nerius	GER	65.29
5	Osleidys Menéndez	CUB	63.35
6th	Barbara Madejczyk	POLE	62.02
7th	Katharina Molitor	GER	59.64
8th	Mercedes Chilla	ESP	58.13

Date: August 21, 2008, p. 8 p.m.

In September 2016, the IOC decided that the Russian Marija Abakumowa would be deprived of the silver medal because she was proven to have taken Turinabol during follow-up checks on her doping test . The athletes placed after her moved up one rank each. So was Christina Obergföll awarded retrospectively the silver medal, bronze medal went to the Briton Goldie Sayers .

Heptathlon

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space	Athlete	country	Points
1	Natalia Dobrynska	UKR	6733
2	Hyleas Fountain	United States	6619
3	Kelly Sotherton	GBR	6517
4th	Jessica Zelinka	CAN	6490 NO
5	Anna Bogdanova	RUS	6465
6th	Karolina Tymińska	POLE	6428
7th	Lilli Schwarzkopf	GER	6379
8th	Jolanda Keizer	NED	6370

Date: August 16, 2008, p. 11 a.m.

Participants:

Jennifer Oeser Germany (6360 points / 11th)  

Sonja Kesselschläger Germany (6140 points / 16th)  

Linda Züblin Switzerland (5743 points / 30.)  

The Ukrainian Ljudmyla Blonska (6700 points) was initially honored as a silver medalist, but disqualified on August 22, 2008 after she was convicted of doping abuse. Tatjana Tschernowa , who subsequently placed third, was also stripped of the bronze medal for doping abuse on April 24, 2017.

Web links

• Official Result Book of the XXIXth Olympiad , English / Chinese (PDF, 26,490 kB), accessed on May 28, 2018
• Official Report of the Beeijng 2008 Olympic Games, Volume 1 , English / Chinese (PDF, 52,859 kB), accessed on May 28, 2018
• Official Report of the Beeijng 2008 Olympic Games, Volume 2 , English / Chinese (PDF, 45,926 kB), accessed on May 28, 2018
• Official Report of the Beeijng 2008 Olympic Games, Volume 3 , English / Chinese (PDF, 29,157 kB), accessed on May 28, 2018
• Athletics schedule on the Organizing Committee of the 2008 Olympic Games ( memento March 16, 2009 in the Internet Archive ), accessed on May 28, 2018
• The XXIX Olympic Games , IAAF, accessed on May 28, 2018
• Beijing 2008, Athletics results at eurosport.de/leichtathletik, accessed on May 28, 2018
• Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics in the Sports-Reference.com database , accessed May 28, 2018
• Olympic Games. Beijing 2000 , IOC official site , accessed May 28, 2018
• Beijing 2008: The Games of Opposites on rio.sportschau.de, accessed on May 28, 2018
• China's benefits from the Olympic Games at bpb.de July 7, 2008, accessed May 28, 2018
• Review: 2008 Olympic Games on spox.com May 17, 2012, accessed May 28, 2018
• Sprinter Usain Bolt depends on everyone - by lengths on tagesspiegel.de August 16, 2008, accessed on May 28, 2018
• "The Olympic Games will not solve political conflicts" , interview with Helmut Digel , a former president of the DLV , from August 6, 2008 on deutschlandfunkkultur.de, accessed on May 28, 2018
• "Second place in the heptathlon tested positive" , Spiegel Online August 20, 2008, accessed on May 28, 2018
• 31 athletes are suspected of doping , Zeit Online May 17, 2016, accessed on May 28, 2018
• Doping: 45 more follow-up tests from Beijing and London are positive , Süddeutsche Zeitung July 22, 2016, accessed on May 28, 2018
• Clenbuterol cases at the 2008 Olympics on dw.com/de April 2, 2017, accessed on May 28, 2018
• IOC is said to have covered up explosive test values on n-tv.de/sport April 2, 2017, accessed on May 28, 2018
• The American Shalane Flanagan later received the silver medal over 10,000 meters from the 2008 Olympic Games. Focus Online August 22, 2017, accessed May 28, 2018
• Two doctors belonging to the suspended Olympic walking champion Alex Schwazer (Italy) have to be behind bars for aid to doping. Focus Online January 25, 2018, accessed May 28, 2018
• Track and field athlete wrongly not nominated for the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing on free- judgments.de December 15, 2012, accessed on May 28, 2018

Videos

• Beijing 2008 Highlights (olympic.org) on youtube.com, published January 20, 2010, accessed May 28, 2018
• Beijing 2008 Opening Ceremony Highlights on youtube.com, published June 22, 2017, accessed May 28, 2018
• Closing Ceremony - Beijing 2008 Summer Olympic Games on youtube.com, published August 24, 2008, accessed May 28, 2018

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2. ↑ IAAF: Mongolia and China take marathon honors - Beijing Olympic test events continue . April 20, 2008. Retrieved May 28, 2018.
3. ↑ Water lily versus bird's nest ( memento of the original from September 5, 2018 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. on gewowis.de, April 15, 2008, accessed on May 28, 2018. 
4. ↑ So goes resistance , Zeit Online, March 20, 2014, accessed on May 28, 2018.
5. ↑ Beijing Olympic Stadium ( Memento of the original from May 29, 2018 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. on demas-travel.com, accessed on May 28, 2018. 
6. ↑ ^{a b} IOC Executive Board decision regarding Rashid Ramzi at olympic.org, November 17, 2009 (PDF; 54 kB), accessed on May 28, 2018.
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13. ↑ ^{a b} Because of doping at the 2012 Olympics: IOC disqualifies Russian silver winner ( memento of the original from August 25, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . handelsblatt.de, August 20, 2016; Retrieved August 25, 2016. 
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18. ↑ ^{a b} Gold of the Russian women is gone! IOC recognizes 2008 4x100-meter relay medal , Focus Online August 17, 2016, accessed May 28, 2018.
19. ↑ ^{a b} Eight years after the Beijing Games, the Belgian female sprinters received their Olympic gold medals from the 4x100 m relay. ( Memento of the original from September 10, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Handelsblatt, September 9, 2016; Retrieved September 10, 2016, May 28, 2018. 
20. ↑ ^{a b} IOC sanctions seven athletes for failing anti-doping tests at Beijing 2008 and London 2012 on olympic.org November 25, 2016, accessed on May 28, 2018.
21. ↑ ^{a b c d} IOC sanctions Anna Chicherova for failing anti-doping test at Beijing 2008 at www.olympic.org October 6, 2016, accessed on May 28, 2018.
22. ^ ^{A b} Doping Rule Violation, Liudmyla Blonska . Report on olympic.org of November 13, 2008 (English), accessed on June 28, 2018.
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24. ↑ ^{a b} IOC SANCTIONS SEVEN ATHLETES FOR FAILING ANTI-DOPING TESTS AT BEIJING 2008 AND LONDON 2012. In: olympic.org. November 25, 2016. Retrieved May 22, 2018 . 
25. ↑ ^{a b} Nadzeya Ostapchuk has to hand in the shot put bronze from Beijing. In: Leichtathletik.de. January 12, 2017. Retrieved May 22, 2018 . 
26. ↑ ^{a b} 2008 Olympics: Silver medalist from Beijing tested positive on Spiegel Online September 1, 2016, accessed on May 28, 2018.
27. ↑ ^{a b} Doping at the Olympic Games in Beijing 2008 and London 2012: a new medal table on eurosport.de 23 November 2016; accessed on May 28, 2018.
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30. ↑ ^{a b} Leichtathletik.de: Doped hammer throwers lose medals . December 11, 2008, accessed May 28, 2018.
31. ↑ ^{a b} CAS: The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) upholds the appeals of the Belarusian athletes ( Memento of the original from March 12, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The  archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF; 165 kB). June 10, 2010, accessed May 28, 2018.
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34. ↑ Regulations for athletics on retrolympics.de p. 22 (PDF, 580 kB)