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In boxing, judo, taekwondo and wrestling, two bronze medals are awarded in each weight class. [7] Therefore, the total number of bronze medals is greater than the total number of gold or silver medals. Additionally, there were ties for a silver medal and two bronze medals. [8] [9] A total of 1,881 individual athletes won medals.
He had won a bronze medal in the 10 metre air pistol event and silver in the 50 metre pistol competition. After the disqualification, the bronze medal in the 10 metre air pistol competition went to Jason Turner of the United States, the silver medal in the 50 metre pistol event went to Tan Zongliang of China, and the bronze to Vladimir Isakov ...
The United States of America (USA), represented by the United States Olympic Committee (USOC), competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China.U.S. athletes have competed in every Summer Olympic Games in the modern era, except the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, which was boycotted by the American team and 65 other countries in protest of the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan.
The reverse side of the medals of the 2008 Summer Olympics: silver (left), gold (center), bronze (right). Each medal has a ring of jade . Of the 204 nations that participated in the 2008 Games, 87 earned medals and 54 of those won at least one gold medal, both of these figures setting new records for Olympic Games.
In the bronze medal match, Serbia's Novak Djokovic defeated the United States' James Blake (who upset Federer in the quarterfinals), 6–3, 7–6 (7–4). It was Serbia's first Olympic tennis medal. The tournament was held from August 10 to August 17 at the Olympic Green Tennis Centre in Beijing, China.
Men's Greco-Roman 84 kg Ara Abrahamian of Sweden originally won one of the two bronze medals, but was disqualified by the IOC after he walked off the podium and placed his medal in the center of the mat to protest a judge's decision which cost him his match against the eventual gold medallist, Andrea Minguzzi from Italy. [4]
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.
The 2008 games were the last Olympic boxing competition to exclude women, as the International Olympic Committee approved the introduction of female boxing events for the 2012 London Olympics. Like other Olympic combat sports, two bronze medals are awarded; in the case of boxing, both losing semi-finalists receive a bronze medal, with no ...