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Beijing 2008 Olympic Games – Athletics Hightlights

The Track & Field programme at the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games was defined by a high concentration or record-breaking performances across sprint, distance and field events. A total of multiple word and numerous Olympic records were achieved, reflecting peak competitive conditions and exceptionl athlete performance levels.

In the sprint events, Usain Bolt set two world records, clocking 9.69 in the 100 meters and 19.30 in the 200 meters. In distance running, Kenenisa Bekele secured gold medals in both the 5,000m and 10,000m, establishing an Olympic record in the latter. Additional Olympic records were recorded in events such the men’s 4X400 relay, Marathon, Race Walking and multiple field event, including pole vault and javelin throw.

Explore: [Beijing 2008 Olympic Games Men’s results][Beijing 2008 Olympic Games Women’s results]

Men’s 100m Final – Beijing 2008 Olympic Games

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Place	Athlete	Country	Mark	Reaction_time
1	Usain Bolt	JAM	9.69 (WR)	0.165
2	Richard Thompson	TTO	9.89	0.133
3	Walter Dix	USA	9.91	0.133
4	Churandy Martina	AHO	9.93	0.169
5	Asafa Powell	JAM	9.95	0.134
6	Michael Frater	JAM	9.97	0.147
6	Marc Burns	TTO	10.01	0.145
8	Darvis Patton	USA	10.03	0.142

Men’s 200m Final – Beijing 2008

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Place	Athlete	Country	Mark	Notes
1	Usain Bolt	JAM	19.30 (WR)
2	Shawn Crawford	USA	19.96
3	Walter Dix	USA	19.98
4	Brian Dzingai	ZIM	20.22
5	Christian Malcolm	GBR	20.40
6	Kim Collins	STK	20.59
7	Churandy Martina	AHO	DQ	(r163.3)
8	Wallace Spearmon	USA	DQ	(r163.3)

Men’s 400m Final – Beijing 2008

Place	Athlete	Country	Mark	Notes
1	LaShawn Merritt	USA	43.75
2	Jeremy Wariner	USA	44.74
3	David Neville	USA	44.80
4	Chris Brown	BAH	44.84
5	Leslie Djhone	FRA	45.11
6	Martin Rooney	GBR	45.12
7	Renny Quow	TTO	45.22
8	Johan Wissman	SWE	45.39

Men’s 800m Final – Beijing 2008

Place	Athlete	Country	Mark	Notes
1	Wilfred Bungei	KEN	1:44.65
2	Ahmed Ismail	SUD	1:44.70
3	Alfred Kirwa Yego	KEN	1:44.82
4	Gary Reed	CAN	1:44.94
5	Youssef Saäd Kamel	BHR	1:44.95
6	Yeiman López	CUB	1:45.88
7	Nabil Madi	ALG	1:45.96
8	Nadim Manseur	ALG	1:47.19

Men’s 1500m Final¹ – Beijing 2008

Place	Athlete	Country	Mark	Notes
1	Asbel Kiprop	KEN	3:33.11
2	Nick Willis	NZL	3:34.16
3	Mehdi Baala	FRA	3:34.21
4	Juan Carlos Higuero	ESP	3:34.44
5	Abdelaati Iguider	MAR	3:34.66
6	Juan van Deventer	RSA	3:34.77
7	Belal Mansoor Ali	BRN	3:35.23
8	Andy Baddeley	GBR	3:35.37

¹ Note: Rachid Ramzi (BRN), the winner of the 1500m final, was later stripped of the medal following a doping violation. The final results shown reflect the official reallocation of medals.

Men’s 5000m Final – Beijing 2008

Place	Athlete	Country	Mark	Notes
1	Kenenisa Bekele	ETH	12:57.82
2	Eliud Kipchoge	KEN	13:02.80
3	Edwin Soi	KEN	13:06.22
4	Moses Kipsiro	UGA	13:10.56
5	Abreham Cherkos	ETH	13:16.46
6	Tariku Bekele	ETH	13:19.06
7	Juan Luis Barrios	MEX	13:19.79
8	James Kwalia	QAT	13:23.48

Men’s 10000m Final – Beijing 2008

Place	Athlete	Country	Mark	Notes
1	Kenenisa Bekele	ETH	27:01.17
2	Sileshi Sihine	ETH	27:02.77
3	Micah Kogo	KEN	27:04.11
4	Moses Masai	KEN	27:04.11
5	Zersenay Tadese	ERI	27:05.11
6	Haile Gebrselassie	ETH	27:06.68
7	Martin Mathathi	KEN	27:08.25
8	Ahmad Hassan Abdullah	QAT	27:23.75

Men’s 110m hudles Final – Beijing 2008

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Place	Athlete	Country	Mark	Reaction Time
1	Dayron Robles	CUB	12.93	0.183
2	David Payne	USA	13.17	0.175
3	David Oliver	USA	13.18	0.158
4	Ladji Doucouré	FRA	13.24	0.170
5	Artur Noga	POL	13.36	0.169
6	Maurice Wignall	JAM	13.46	0.163
7	Richard Phillips	JAM	13.60	0.154
8	Jackson Quinonez	ESP	13.69	0.187

Men’s 400m hurdles Final – Beijing 2008

Place	Athlete	Country	Mark	Reaction Time
1	Angelo Taylor	USA	47.25
2	Kerron Clement	USA	47.98
3	Bershawn Jackson	USA	48.06
4	Danny McFarlane	JAM	48.30
5	LJ van Zyl	RSA	48.42
6	Marek Plawgo	POL	48.52
7	Markino Buckley	JAM	48.60
8	Periklis Iakovakis	GRE	49.96

Men’s 3000m steeplechase Final – Beijing 2008

Place	Athlete	Country	Mark	Notes
1	Brimin Kipruto	KEN	8:10.34
2	Mahiedine Mekhissi Benabbad	FRA	8:10.49
3	Richard Mateelong	KEN	8:11.01
4	Yakob Jarso	ETH	8:13.47
5	Bouabdellah Tahri	FRA	8:14.79
6	Youcef Abdi	AUS	8:16.36
7	Ezekiel Kemboi	KEN	8:16.38
8	Abubaker Ali Kamal	QAT	8:16.59

Men’s Marathon – Beijing 2008

Place	Athlete	Country	Mark	Notes
1	Samuel Wanjiru	KEN	2:06.32 (OR)
2	Jaouad Gharib	MAR	2:07.16
3	Tsegay Kebede	ETH	2:10.00
4	Deriba Merga	ETH	2:10.21
5	Martin Lel	KEN	2:10.24
6	Viktor Röthlin	SUI	2:10.35
7	Gashaw Asfaw	ETH	2:10.52
8	Yared Asmeron	ERI	2:11.11

Men’s 4x100m relay Final² – Beijing 2008

Place	Athlete	Country	Mark	Notes
1	Trinidad & Tobago	TTO	38.06	Keston Bledman, Marc Burns, Emmanuel Callender, Richard Thompson [Aaron Armstrong]
2	Japan	JPN	38.15	Naoki Tsukahara, Shingo Suetsugu, Shinji Takahira, Nobuhara Asahara
3	Brazil	BRA	38.24	Vicente de Lima, Sandro Viana, Bruno de Barros, José Moreira
4	Germany	GER	38.58	Tobias Unger, Till Helmke, Alexander Kosenkow, Martin Keller
5	Canada	CAN	38.66	Hank Palmer, Anson Henry, Jared Connaughton, Pierre Browne
	PR of China	CHN	DQ	Wen Yongyi, Zhang Peimeng, Lu Bin, Hu Kai (TR № 24.7)
	Netherlands	NED	DQ	Maarten Heisen, Guus Hoegmoed, Patrik van Luijk, Caimin Douglas (TR № 24.7) (45.81)
	Jamaica	JAM	DQ	Nesta Carter, Michael Frater, Usain Bolt, Asafa Powell, [Dwight Thomas] (ADR № 11.1) (37.10)

² Note: Jamica’s Team, originally winner of the 4x100m relay, was later stripped of the medal following a doping violation. The final results shown reflect the official reallocation of medals.

Men’s 4x400m relay Final³ – Beijing 2008

Place	Athlete	Country	Mark	Notes
1	United States	USA	2:55.39 (OR)	LaShawn Merritt, Angelo Taylor, David Neville, Jeremy Wariner, [Kerron Clement, Reggie Witherspoon]
2	Bahamas	BAH	2:58.03	Andretti Bain, Michael Matthieu, Andrae Williams, Chris Brown [Avard Moncur,Ramon Miller]
3	Great Britain & NI	GBR	2:58.81	Andrew Steele, Robert Tobin, Michael Bingham, Martyn Rooney
4	Belgium	BEL	2:59.37	Kevin Borlée, Jonathan Borlée, Cedric van Branteghem, Arnaud Ghislain
5	Australia	AUS	3:00.02	Sean Wroe, John Steffenson, Clinton Hill, Joel Milburn [Mark Ormrod]
6	Poland	POL	3:00.32	Rafał Wieruszewski, Piotr Klimczak, Piotr Kędzia, Marek Plawgo
7	Jamaica	JAM	3:01.45	Michael Blackwood, Ricardo Chambers, Sanjay Ayre, Lanceford Spence [Alodin Fothergill]
	Russia	RUS	DQ	Maksim Dyldin, Vladislav Frlov, Anton Kokorin, Denis Alekseyev (ADR № 11.1) (3:00.09)

³ Note: Russia, originally bronze medallist of the 4x400m relay, was later stripped of the medal following a doping violation. The final results shown reflect the official reallocation of medals.

Men’s 20 kilometers race walking – Beijing 2008

Place	Athlete	Country	Mark	Notes
1	Valeriy Borchin	RUS	1:19.01
2	Jefferson Pérez	ECU	1:19.15
3	Jared Tallent	AUS	1:19.42
4	Wang Hao	CHN	1:19.47
5	Ivano Brugnetti	ITA	1:19.51
6	Luke Adams	AUS	1:19.57
7	Francisco Javier Fernández	ESP	1:20.32
8	Robert Heffernan	IRL	1:20.36

Men’s 50 kilometers race walking – Beijing 2008

Place	Athlete	Country	Mark	Notes
1	Alex Schwazer	ITA	3:37.09
2	Jared Tallent	AUS	3:39.27
3	Denis Nizhegorodov	RUS	3:40.14
4	Jesús Ángel García	ESP	3:44.08
5	Erik Tysse	NOR	3:45.08
6	Horacio Nava	MEX	3:45.21
7	Yuki Yamazaki	JPN	3:45.47
8	Rafał Fedaczyński	POL	3:46.51

Men’s High Jump Final – Beijing 2008

Place	Athlete	Country	Mark	Notes
1	Andrey Silnov	RUS	2.36
2	Germaine Mason	GBR	2.34
3	Yaroslav Rybakov	RUS	2.34
4	Stefan Holm	SWE	2.32
5	Raul Spank	GER	2.32
6	Jaroslav Bába	CZE	2.29
7	Tomás Jankú	CZE	2.29
8	Tom Parsons	GBR	2.25

Men’s Pole Vault Final⁴ – Beijing 2008

Place	Athlete	Country	Mark	Notes
1	Steve Hooker	AUS	5.96
2	Yevgeniy Lukyanenko	RUS	5.85
3	Derek Miles	USA	5.70
4	Dmitriy Starodubtsev	RUS	5.70
5	Danny Ecker	GER	5.70
6	Jerome Clavier	FRA	5.60
7	Raphael Holdzeppe	GER	5.60
8	Igor Pavlov	RUS	5.60

⁴ Note: Denys Yurchenko (UKR), originally bronze medallist of the event, was later stripped of the medal following a doping violation. The final results shown reflect the official reallocation of medals.

Men’s Long Jump Final – Beijing 2008

Place	Athlete	Country	Mark	Notes
1	Irving Saladino	PAN	8.34
2	Khotso Moko	RSA	8.24
3	Ibrahim Camejo	CUB	8.20
4	Ngonidzashe Makusha	ZIM	8.19
5	Wilfredo Martinez	CUB	8.19
6	Ndiss Kaba Badji	SEN	8.16
7	Luis Felipe Meliz	ESP	8.07
8	Roman Novotný	CZE	8.00

Men’s Triple Jump Final – Beijing 2008

Place	Athlete	Country	Mark	Notes
1	Nelson Evora	POR	17.67
2	Phillips Idowu	GBR	17.62
3	Leevan Sands	BAH	17.59
4	David Girat	CUB	17.52
5	Marian Oprea	ROU	17.22
6	Jadel Gregório	BRA	17.20
7	Larry Achike	GBR	17.17
8	Viktor Kuznetsov	UKR	16.87

Men’s Shot Put Final⁵ – Beijing 2008

Place	Athlete	Country	Mark	Notes
1	Tomasz Majewski	POL	21.51
2	Christian Cantwell	USA	21.09
3	Dylan Armstrong	CAN	21.04
4	Pavel Lyzhin	BLR	20.98
5	Yuriy Belonog	UKR	20.63
6	Reese Hoffa	USA	20.53
7	Pavel Sofin	RUS	20.42
8	Rutger Smith	NED	20.41

⁵ Note: Andrei Mikhnevich (BLR), originally bronze medallist, was later stripped of the medal following a doping violation. The final results shown reflect the official reallocation of medals.

Men’s Discus Throw Final – Beijing 2008

Place	Athlete	Country	Mark	Notes
1	Gerd Kanter	EST	68.82
2	Piotr Małachowski	POL	67.82
3	Virgilijus Alekna	LTU	67.79
4	Robert Harting	GER	67.09
5	Frank Casanas	ESP	66.49
6	Bogna Pishchalnikov	RUS	65.88
7	Rutger Smith	NED	65.39
8	Robert Fazekas	HUN	63.43

Men’s Hammer Throw Final – Beijing 2008

Place	Athlete	Country	Mark	Notes
1	Primož Kozmus	SLO	82.02
2	Vadim Devyatovskiy	BLR	81.61
3	Ivan Tikhon	BLR	81.51
4	Krisztián Pars	HUN	80.96
5	Koji Murofushi	JPN	80.71
6	Olli-Pekka Karjalainen	FIN	79.59
7	Szymon Ziólkowski	POL	79.22
8	Libor Charfreitag	SVK	78.65

Men’s Javelin Throw Final – Beijing 2008

Place	Athlete	Country	Mark	Notes
1	Andreas Thorkildsen	NOR	90.57
2	Ainārs Kovals	LAT	86.64
3	Tero Pitkämäki	FIN	86.16
4	Tero Järvenpää	FIN	83.95
5	Teemu Wirkkala	FIN	83.46
6	Jarrod Bannister	AUS	83.45
7	Ilya Korotkov	RUS	83.15
8	Vladimir Kozlov	BLR	82.06

Men’s Decathlon – Beijing 2008

Place	Athlete	Country	Mark	Notes
1	Bryan Clay	USA	8791	100m 10.44 / LJ 7.78 / SP 16.27 / HJ 1.99 / 400m 48.92 / 110mh 13.93 / DT 53.79 / PV 5.00 / JT 70.97 / 1500m 5:06.59
2	Andrey Kravchenko	BLR	8551	100m 10.96 / LJ 7.61 / SP 14.39 / HJ 2.11 / 400m 47.30 / 110mh 14.21 / DT 44.58/ PV 5.00 / JT 60.23 / 1500m 4:27.47
3	Leonel Suárez	CUB	8527	100m 10.90 / LJ 7.33 / SP 14.49 / HJ 2.05 / 400m 47.91 / 110mh 14.15 / DT 44.45 / PV 4.70 / JT 73.98 / 1500m 4:29.17
4	Aleksandr Pogorelov	RUS	8328	100m 11.07 / LJ 7.37 / SP 16.53/ HJ 2.08 / 400m 50.91 / 110 mh 14.47 / DT 50.04 / PV 5.00 / JT 64.01/ 1500m 5:01.56
5	Romain Barras	FRA	8253	100m 11.26 / LJ 7.08 / SP 15.42 / HJ 1.96 / 400m 49.51 / 110mh 14.21/ DT 45.17 / PV 5.00 / JT 65.40 / 1500m4:29.29
6	Roman Šebrle	CZE	8241	100m 11.21 / LJ 7.68 / SP 14.78 / HJ 2.11 / 400m 49.54 / 110mh 14.71 / DT 45.50 / PV 4.80 / JT 63.93 / 1500m 4:49.63
7	Oleksiy Kasyanov	UKR	8238	100m 10.53 / LJ 7.56 / SP 15.15 / HJ 1.96 / 400m 47.70 / 110mh 14.37 / DT 48.39 / PV 4.30 / JT 51.59 / 1500m 4:28.94
8	Andre Niklaus	GER	8220	100m 11.12 / LJ 7.29 / SP 13.23 / HJ 2.05 / 400m 49.65 / 110mh 14.37 / DT 45.39 / PV 5.20 / JT 60.21 / 1500m 4:32.90

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Women’s 100m Final – Beijing 2008 Olympic Games

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Place	Athlete	Country	Mark	Reaction Time
1	Shelly-Ann Fraser	JAM	10.78	0.190
2	Sherone Simpson	JAM	10.98	0.155
2	Kerron Stewart	JAM	10.98	0.232
4	Lauryn Williams	USA	11.03	0.149
5	Muna Lee	USA	11.07	0.234
6	Jeanette Kwakye	GBR	11.14	0.161
7	Debbie Ferguson McKenzie	BAH	11.19	0.167
8	Torri Edwards	USA	11.20	0.179

Women’s 200m Final – Beijing 2008

Place	Athlete	Country	Mark	Notes
1	Veronica Campbell-Brown	JAM	21.74
2	Allyson Felix	USA	21.93
3	Kerron Stewart	JAM	22.00
4	Muna Lee	USA	22.01
5	Marshevet Hooker	USA	22.34
6	Sherone Simpson	JAM	22.36
7	Debbie Ferguson McKenzie	BAH	22.61
8	Cydonie Mothersill	CAY	22.68

Women’s 400m Final – Beijing 2008

Place	Athlete	Country	Mark	Notes
1	Christine Ohuruogu	GBR	49.62
2	Shericka Williams	JAM	49.69
3	Sanya Richards	USA	49.93
4	Yulia Gushchina	RUS	50.01
5	Anastasia Kapachinskaya	RUS	50.03
6	Tatyana Firova	RUS	50.11
7	Rosemarie Whyte	JAM	50.68
8	Amantle Montsho	BOT	51.18

Women’s 800m Final – Beijing 2008

Place	Athlete	Country	Mark	Notes
1	Pamela Jelimo	KEN	1:54.87
2	Janeth Jepkosgei	KEN	1:56.07
3	Hasna Benhassi	MAR	1:56.73
4	Svetlana Klyuka	RUS	1:56.94
5	Maria Mutola	MOZ	1:57.68
6	Kenia Sinclair	JAM	1:58.24
7	Yulia Krevsun	UKR	1:58.73
8	Tatyana Andrianova	RUS	2:02.63

Women’s 1500m Final – Beijing 2008

Place	Athlete	Country	Mark	Notes
1	Nancy Jebet Langat	KEN	4:00.23
2	Iryna Lishchynska	UKR	4:01.63
3	Natalya Tobias	UKR	4:01.78
4	Lisa Dobriskey	GBR	4:02.10
5	Maryam Jamal	BRN	4:02.71
6	Natalia Rodriguez	ESP	4:03.19
7	Shannon Rowbury	USA	4:03.58
8	Iris Fuentes-Pila	ESP	4:04.86

Women’s 5000m Final⁶ – Beijing 2008

Place	Athlete	Country	Mark	Notes
1	Tirunesh Dibaba	ETH	15:41.40
2	Meseret Defar	ETH	14:44.12
3	Sylvia Kibet	KEN	15:44.96
4	Vivian Cheruiyot	KEN	15:46.32
5	Liliya Shobukhova	RUS	15:46.62
6	Alemitu Bekele	TUR	15:48.48
7	Meselech Melkamu	ETH	15:49.03
8	Kara Goucher	USA	15:49.39

⁶ Note: Elvan Abeylegesse (TUR), originally silver medallist, was later stripped of the silver medal following doping violations. The final results shown reflect the official reallocation of medals.

Women’s 10000m Final⁷ – Beijing 2008

Place	Athlete	Country	Mark	Notes
1	Tirunesh Dibaba	ETH	29:54.66 (OR)
2	Shalane Flanagan	USA	30:22.22
3	Linet Masai	KEN	30:26.50
4	Maria Konovalova	RUS	30:35.84
5	Lucy Wangui	KEN	30:39.96
6	Lornah Kiplagat	NED	30:40.27
7	Kim Smith	NZL	30:51.00
8	Kara Goucher	USA	30:55.16

⁷ Note: Elvan Abeylegesse (TUR), originally also silver medallist in the 10000m final, was later stripped of the silver medal following doping violations. The final results shown reflect the official reallocation of medals.

Women’s 100m hurldes Final – Beijing 2008

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Place	Athlete	Country	Mark	Reaction Time
1	Dawn Harper	USA	12.54	0.193
2	Sally McLellan	AUS	12.64	0.138
3	Priscilla Lopes-Schliep	CAN	12.64	0.174
4	Damu Cherry	USA	12.65	0.239
5	Delloreen Ennis-London	JAM	12.65	0.151
6	Brigitte Foster-Hylton	JAM	12.66	0.167
7	Lolo Jones	USA	12.72	0.185
8	Sarah Claxton	GBR	12.94	0.163

Women’s 400m hurldes Final – Beijing 2008

Place	Athlete	Country	Mark	Notes
1	Melaine Walker	JAM	52.64
2	Sheena Johnson/Tosta	USA	53.70
3	Natasha/Tasha Danvers	GBR	53.84
4	Anastasiya Rabenchuk	UKR	53.96
5	Anna Jesień	POL	54.29
6	Yekaterina Bikert	RUS	54.96
7	Zuzana Hejnová	CZE	54.97
8	Tiffany Ross-Williams	USA	57.55

Women’s 3000m Steeplechase Final⁸ – Beijing 2008

Place Athlete Country Mark Notes
1 Gulnara Samitova-Galkina RUS 8	58.81
2 Eunice Jepkorir KEN 9	07.41
3 Tatyana Petrova RUS 9	12.33
4 Cristina Casandra ROU 9	16.85
5 Ruth Bisibori KEN 9	17.35
6 Zemzem Ahmed ETH 9	17.85
7 Wioletta Frankiewicz POL 9	21.76
8 Jenny Simpson USA 9	22.26

⁸ Note: Yekaterina Volkova (RUS), originally bronze medallist, was later stripped of the silver medal following doping violations. The final results shown reflect the official reallocation of medals.

Women’s 4x100m Relay Final⁹ – Beijing 2008

Place	Athlete	Country	Mark	Notes
1	Belgium	BEL	42.54	Olivia Borlée, Hanna Marien, Elodie Ouedraogo, Kim Gevaert
2	Nigeria	NGR	43.04	Franca Idoko, Gloria Kemasuode, Halimat Ismaila, Damola Osayomi [Agnes Osazuwa]
3	Brazil	BRA	43.14	Rosemar Coelho Neto, Lucimar de Moura, Thaisssa Presti, Rosangela Santos
4	Germany	GER	43.28	Annett Mollinger, Verena Sailer, Cathlee Tschirch, Marion Wagner
	Russia	RUS	DQ	Yevgeniya Polyakova, Aleksandra Fedoriva, Yuliya Gushchina, Yuliya Chermoshanskaya (ADR № 11.1) (42.31)
	Great Britain & NI	GBR	DNF	Jeanette Kwakye, Montell Douglas, Emily Freeman, Emma Ania
	Jamaica	JAM	DNF	Shelly-Ann Fraser, Sherone Simpson, Kerron Stewart, Veronica Campbell-Brown [Sheri-Ann Brooks, Aleen Bailey]
	Poland	POL	DQ	Ewelina Klocek, Daria Korczyńska, Dorota Jędrusińska, Joanna Kocielnik [Marta Jeschke] (TR № 24.7)

⁹ Note: Russia’s team, originally winner of the final was later stripped of the silver medal following doping violations. The final results shown reflect the official reallocation of medals.

Women’s 4x400m Relay Final¹⁰ – Beijing 2008

Place	Athlete	Country	Mark	Notes
1	United States	USA	2:55.39 (OR)	LaShawn Merritt, Angelo Taylor, David Neville, Jeremy Wariner, [Kerron Clement, Reggie Witherspoon]
2	Bahamas	BAH	2:58.03	Andretti Bain, Michael Matthieu, Andrae Williams, Chris Brown [Avard Moncur,Ramon Miller]
3	Great Britain & NI	GBR	2:58.81	Andrew Steele, Robert Tobin, Michael Bingham, Martyn Rooney
4	Belgium	BEL	2:59.37	Kevin Borlée, Jonathan Borlée, Cedric van Branteghem, Arnaud Ghislain
5	Australia	AUS	3:00.02	Sean Wroe, John Steffenson, Clinton Hill, Joel Milburn [Mark Ormrod]
6	Poland	POL	3:00.32	Rafał Wieruszewski, Piotr Klimczak, Piotr Kędzia, Marek Plawgo
7	Jamaica	JAM	3:01.45	Michael Blackwood, Ricardo Chambers, Sanjay Ayre, Lanceford Spence [Alodin Fothergill]
	Russia	RUS	DQ	Maksim Dyldin, Vladislav Frlov, Anton Kokorin, Denis Alekseyev (ADR № 11.1) (3:00.09)

¹⁰ Note: Russia’s team, originally placed 2nd in the final was later stripped of the silver medal following doping violations. Belarus (originally 4th) also disqualified The final results shown reflect the official reallocation of medals.

Women’s Marathon – Beijing 2008

Place	Athlete	Country	Mark	Notes
1	Constantina Tomescu-Diță	ROU	2:26.44
2	Catherine Ndereba	KEN	2:27.06
3	Zhou Chunxiu	CHN	2:27.07
4	Zhu Xiaolin	CHN	2:27.16
5	Martha Komu	KEN	2:27.23
6	Mara Yamauchi	GBR	2:27.29
7	Irina Timofeyeva	RUS	2:27.31
8	Lidia Șimon	ROU	2:27.51

Women’s 20 Kilometers Race Walking – Beijing 2008

Place	Athlete	Country	Mark	Notes
1	Olga Kaniskina	RUS	1:26.31
2	Kjersti Plätzer	NOR	1:27.07
3	Elisa Rigaudo	ITA	1:27.12
4	Liu Hong	CHN	1:27.17
5	Mariá Vasco	ESP	1:27.25
6	Beatriz Pascual	ESP	1:27.44
7	Olive Loughnane	IRL	1:27.45
8	Ana Cabecinha	POR	1:27.46

Women’s High Jump Final¹¹ – Beijing 2008

Place	Athlete	Country	Mark
1	Tia Hellebaut	BEL	2.05
2	Blanka Vlašić	CRO	2.05
3	Chaunté Lowe-Howard	USA	1.96
4	Ruth Beitia	ESP	1.96
4	Ariane Friedrich	GER	1.96
6	Emma Greek	SWE	1.96
7	Marina Aitova	KAZ	1.93
7	Antonietta Di Martino	ITA	1.93

⁷ Note: Anna Chicherova (RUS), originally bronnze medallist of the women’s high jump, was later stripped of the bronze medal following a doping violation. Yelena Slesarenko RUS (originally 4th) and Vita Palamar UKR (originally 5th) also disqualifed The final results shown reflect the official reallocation of medals.

Women’s Pole Vault Final – Beijing 2008

Place	Athlete	Country	Mark
1	Yelena Isinbaeva	RUS	5.05
2	Jenn Stuczynski	USA	4.80
3	Svetlana Feofanova	RUS	4.75
4	Yuliya Golubchikova	RUS	4.75
5	Monika Pyrek	POL	4.70
6	Carolin Hingst	GER	4.65
7	Silke Spiegelburg	GER	4.65
8	April Steiner Bennett	USA	4.55

Women’s Long Jump Final¹² – Beijing 2008

Place	Athlete	Country	Mark	Notes
1	Maurren Maggi	BRA	7.04
2	Blessing Okagbare	NGR	6.91
3	Chelsea Hammond	JAM	6.79
4	Brittney Reese	USA	6.76
5	Oksana Udmurtova	RUS	6.70
6	Jade Johnson	GBR	6.64
7	Grace Upshaw	USA	6.58
8	Carolina Klüft	SWE	4.49

¹² Note: Tatyana Lebedeva (RUS), originally placed 2nd in the final, was later stripped of the silver medal following doping violations. The final results shown reflect the official reallocation of medals.

Women’s Triple Jump Final¹³ – Beijing 2008

Place	Athlete	Country	Mark	Notes
1	Françoise Mbango	CAM	15.39
4	Olga Rypakova	KAZ	15.11
5	Yargelis Savigne	CUB	15.05
6	Marija Šestak	SLO	15.03
7	Viktoriya Gurova	RUS	14.77
6	Anna Pyatykh	RUS	14.73
7	Olga Saladukha	UKR	14.70
8	Kaire Leibak	RUS	14.13

¹² Note: Tatyana Lebedeva (RUS), originally placed 2nd and Hrisopiyí Devetzí (GRE), originally 3rd, were later stripped of their medals following doping violations. The final results shown reflect the official reallocation of medals.

Women’s Shot Put Final¹⁴ – Beijing 2008

Place	Athlete	Country	Mark	Notes
1	Valerie Adams/Vili	NZL	20.56
2	Misleydis González	CUB	19.50
3	Gong Lijiao	CHN	19.20
4	Anna Omarova	RUS	19.08
5	Nadine Kleinert	GER	19.01
6	Li Meiju	CHN	19.00
7	Olga Ivanova	RUS	18.44
8	Mailín Vargas	CUB	18.28

¹⁴ Note: Belarus’ Natallia Mikhnevich (originally placed 2nd) and Nadezhda Ostapchuk (originlly 3rd) were stripped of their medals following doping violations. The final results shown reflect the official reallocation of medals.

Women’s Discus Throw – Beijing 2008

Place	Athlete	Country	Mark	Notes
1	Stephanie Brown Trafton	USA	64.74
2	Yarelis Barrios	CUB	63.64
3	Yelena Antonova	UKR	62.59
4	Song Aimin	CHN	62.20
5	Věra Cechlová	CZE	61.75
6	Ellina Zvereva	BLR	60.82
7	Li Yanfeng	CHN	60.68
8	Mélina Robert-Michon	FRA	60.66

Women’s Hammer Throw¹⁵ – Beijing 2008

Place	Athlete	Country	Mark	Notes
1	Yipsi Moreno	CUB	75.20
2	Zhang Wenxiu	CHN	74.32
3	Manuela Montebrun	FRA	72.54
4	Anita Włodarczyk	POL	71.56
5	Clarissa Claretti	ITA	71.33
6	Martina Hrašnová	SVK	71.00
7	Betty Heidler	GER	70.06
8	Yelena Priyma	SVK	69.72

¹⁵ Note: Oksana Menkova (BLR), originally the winner of the event, was later stripped of the gold medal medal following a doping violation. The final results shown reflect the official reallocation of medals.

Women’s Javelin Throw – Beijing 2008

Place	Athlete	Country	Mark	Notes
1	Barbora Špotáková	CZE	71.42
2	Mariya Abakumova	RUS	70.78
3	Christina Obergföll	GER	66.13
4	Goldie Sayers	GBR	65.75
5	Steffi Nerius	GER	65.29
6	Osleidys Menéndez	CUB	63.35
7	Barbarą Madejczyk	POL	62.02
8	Katharina Molitor	GER	59.64

Women’s Heptathlon¹⁶ – Beijing 2008 Olympic Games

Place	Athlete	Country	Mark	Notes
1	Natalya Dobrynska	UKR	6733	100mh 12.78 / HJ 1.89 / SP 13.36 / 200m 23.21 / LJ 6.38 / JT 41.93 / 800m 2:15.45
2	Hyleas Fountain	USA	6619	100mh 13.65 / HJ 1.83 / SP 12.88 / 200m 23.95 / LJ 6.47 / JT 48.37 / 800m 2:06.50
3	Kelly Sotherton	GBR	6517	100mh 12.97 / HJ 1.77 / SP 13.79 / 200m 23.64 / LJ 6.12 / JT 43.91/ 800m 2:07.95
4	Jessica Zelinka	CAN	6490	100mh 13.09 / HJ 1.86 / SP 14.08 / 200m 24.24 / LJ 6.45 / JT 35.41 / 800m 2:09.45
5	Anna Bogdanova	RUS	6565	100mh 13.62 / HJ 1.77 / SP 14.08 / 200m 23.39 / LJ 6.53 / JT 35.97/ 800m 2:07.08
6	Karolina Tymińska	POL	6428	100mh 13.73 / HJ 1.80 / SP 14.61 / 200m 25.25 / LJ 5.96 / JT 51.88 / 800m 2:10.91
7	Lilli Schwarzkopf	GER	6379	100mh 13.31 / HJ 1.86 / SP 14.29 / 200m 24.14 / LJ 6.48 / JT 47.60 / 800m 2:09.44
8	Jolanda Keizer	NED	6370	100mh 13.90 / HJ 1.83 / SP 12.88 / 200m 23.97 / LJ 6.15 / JT 42.76 / 800m 2:15.21

¹⁶ Note: Lyudmila Blonska (UKR) , originally placed 2nd, was later stripped of the medal following a doping violation. The final results shown reflect the official reallocation of medals.

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