The 2008 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXIX Olympiad, were a summer multi-sport event held in Beijing, the capital of the People's Republic of China, from 8 to 24 August 2008.
From left to right: Tore Brovold from Norway (silver), Vincent Hancock from USA (gold) and Anthony Terras from France (bronze) with the medals they earned in the men's skeet shooting.
Maarten van der Weijden from the Netherlands won a gold medal in the men's 10 km open water.
Left to right: Lu Chunlong (gold), Dong Dong (bronze), both from China, and Jason Burnett from Canada (silver) won medals in the men's trampoline gymnastics.
Femke Dekker from the Netherlands won a silver medal in the women's eights in rowing.
The Russian Federation competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics, held in Beijing, China, represented by the Russian Olympic Committee. Russia competed in all sports except baseball, field hockey, football
2008 Summer Olympics medal table
…below) * Host nation (China) 2008 Summer Olympics medal table Rank NOC Gold Silver Bronze Total 1 China*‡ 48 22 30 100 2 United States‡ 36 39 37 112 3 Russia‡ 24 13 23 60 4 Great Britain‡ 19 13 19 51 5 Germany‡ 16 11 14 41 6 Australia 14 15 17 46 7 South Korea‡ 13 11 8 32 8 Japan‡ 9 8 8 25 9 Italy‡ 8 9 10…
Russian president Dmitry Medvedev with Russian medallists in the Kremlin in September 2008.