Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Athletics; at the Games of the XXIX Olympiad
	Pictogram for athletics at the 2008 Games
Venue	Beijing National Stadium
Dates	August 15–24
Competitors	2,057 from 200 nations
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Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Track events
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
400 m	men	women
800 m	men	women
1500 m	men	women
5000 m	men	women
10,000 m	men	women
100 m hurdles		women
110 m hurdles	men
400 m hurdles	men	women
3000 m steeplechase	men	women
4 × 100 m relay	men	women
4 × 400 m relay	men	women
Road events
Marathon	men	women
20 km walk	men	women
50 km walk	men
Field events
Long jump	men	women
Triple jump	men	women
High jump	men	women
Pole vault	men	women
Shot put	men	women
Discus throw	men	women
Javelin throw	men	women
Hammer throw	men	women
Combined events
Heptathlon		women
Decathlon	men
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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.

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.

Medal summary

Men

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres details	Usain Bolt Jamaica	9.69 (WR)	Richard Thompson Trinidad and Tobago	9.89	Walter Dix United States	9.91
200 metres details	Usain Bolt Jamaica	19.30 (WR)	Shawn Crawford United States	19.96	Walter Dix United States	19.98
400 metres details	LaShawn Merritt United States	43.75	Jeremy Wariner United States	44.74	David Neville United States	44.80
800 metres details	Wilfred Bungei Kenya	1:44.65	Ismail Ahmed Ismail Sudan	1:44.70	Alfred Kirwa Yego Kenya	1:44.82
1500 metres details	Asbel Kipruto Kiprop Kenya	3:33.11	Nicholas Willis New Zealand	3:34.16	Mehdi Baala France	3:34.21
5000 metres details	Kenenisa Bekele 23x15px Ethiopia	12:57.82 (OR)	Eliud Kipchoge Kenya	13:02.80	Edwin Cheruiyot Soi Kenya	13:06.22
10,000 metres details	Kenenisa Bekele 23x15px Ethiopia	27:01.17 (OR)	Sileshi Sihine 23x15px Ethiopia	27:02.77	Micah Kogo Kenya	27:04.11
110 metres hurdles details	Dayron Robles Cuba	12.93	David Payne United States	13.17	David Oliver United States	13.18
400 metres hurdles details	Angelo Taylor United States	47.25	Kerron Clement United States	47.98	Bershawn Jackson United States	48.06
3000 metres steeplechase details	Brimin Kiprop Kipruto Kenya	8:10.34	Mahiedine Mekhissi-Benabbad France	8:10.49	Richard Kipkemboi Mateelong Kenya	8:11.01
4×100 metres relay details	Jamaica (JAM) Nesta Carter Michael Frater Usain Bolt Asafa Powell Dwight Thomas*	37.10 (WR)	Trinidad and Tobago (TRI) Keston Bledman Marc Burns Emmanuel Callender Richard Thompson Aaron Armstrong*	38.06	Japan (JPN) Naoki Tsukahara Shingo Suetsugu Shinji Takahira Nobuharu Asahara	38.15
4×400 metres relay details	United States (USA) LaShawn Merritt Angelo Taylor David Neville Jeremy Wariner Kerron Clement* Reggie Witherspoon*	2:55.39 (OR)	Bahamas (BAH) Andretti Bain Michael Mathieu Andrae Williams Chris Brown Avard Moncur* Ramon Miller*	2:58.03	Russia (RUS) Maksim Dyldin Vladislav Frolov Anton Kokorin Denis Alexeev	2:58.06
Marathon details	Samuel Wanjiru Kenya	2:06:32 (OR)	Jaouad Gharib Morocco	2:07:16	Tsegay Kebede 23x15px Ethiopia	2:10:00
20 kilometres walk details	Valeriy Borchin Russia	1:19:01	Jefferson Pérez 23x15px Ecuador	1:19:15	Jared Tallent Australia	1:19:42
50 kilometres walk details	Alex Schwazer Italy	3:37:09 (OR)	Jared Tallent Australia	3:39:27	Denis Nizhegorodov Russia	3:40:14
High jump details	Andrey Silnov Russia	2.36 m	Germaine Mason Great Britain	2.34 m	Yaroslav Rybakov Russia	2.34 m
Pole vault details	Steven Hooker Australia	5.96 m (OR)	Evgeny Lukyanenko Russia	5.85 m	Denys Yurchenko Ukraine	5.70 m
Long jump details	Irving Saladino Panama	8.34 m	Khotso Mokoena South Africa	8.24 m	Ibrahim Camejo Cuba	8.20 m
Triple jump details	Nelson Évora Portugal	17.67 m	Phillips Idowu Great Britain	17.62 m	Leevan Sands Bahamas	17.59 m
Shot put details^[a]	Tomasz Majewski Poland	21.51 m	Christian Cantwell United States	21.09 m	Dylan Armstrong Canada	21.04 m
Discus throw details	Gerd Kanter Estonia	68.82 m	Piotr Małachowski Poland	67.82 m	Virgilijus Alekna Lithuania	67.79 m
Hammer throw details^[b]	Primož Kozmus Slovenia	82.02 m	Vadim Devyatovskiy Belarus	81.61 m	Ivan Tsikhan Belarus	81.51 m
Javelin throw details	Andreas Thorkildsen Norway	90.57 m (OR)	Ainārs Kovals Latvia	86.64 m	Tero Pitkämäki Finland	86.16 m
Decathlon details	Bryan Clay United States	8791	Andrei Krauchanka Belarus	8551	Leonel Suárez Cuba	8527

^a 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. The rest of the competitors were elevated by one position accordingly.
^b 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 errors at the Chinese medical lab.^[1]

Women

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres details	Shelly-Ann Fraser Jamaica	10.78	Sherone Simpson Jamaica Kerron Stewart Jamaica	10.98	Not awarded as there was a tie for silver.
200 metres details	Veronica Campbell-Brown Jamaica	21.74	Allyson Felix United States	21.93	Kerron Stewart Jamaica	22.00
400 metres details	Christine Ohuruogu Great Britain	49.62	Shericka Williams Jamaica	49.69	Sanya Richards United States	49.93
800 metres details	Pamela Jelimo Kenya	1:54.87	Janeth Jepkosgei Busienei Kenya	1:56.07	Hasna Benhassi Morocco	1:56.73
1500 metres details	Nancy Jebet Lagat Kenya	4:00.23	Iryna Lishchynska Ukraine	4:01.63	Nataliya Tobias Ukraine	4:01.78
5000 metres details	Tirunesh Dibaba 23x15px Ethiopia	15:41.40	Elvan Abeylegesse Turkey	15:42.74	Meseret Defar 23x15px Ethiopia	15:44.12
10,000 metres details	Tirunesh Dibaba 23x15px Ethiopia	29:54.66 (OR)	Elvan Abeylegesse Turkey	29:56.34	Shalane Flanagan United States	30:22.22
100 metres hurdles details	Dawn Harper United States	12.54	Sally Pearson Australia	12.64	Priscilla Lopes-Schliep Canada	12.64
400 metres hurdles details	Melaine Walker Jamaica	52.64 (OR)	Sheena Tosta United States	53.70	Tasha Danvers Great Britain	53.84
3000 metres steeplechase details	Gulnara Galkina-Samitova Russia	8:58.81 (WR)	Eunice Jepkorir Kenya	9:07.41	Yekaterina Volkova Russia	9:07.64
4×100 metres relay details	Russia (RUS) Evgeniya Polyakova Aleksandra Fedoriva Yulia Gushchina Yuliya Chermoshanskaya	42.31	Belgium (BEL) Olivia Borlée Hanna Mariën Élodie Ouédraogo Kim Gevaert	42.54 (NR)	Nigeria (NGR) Franca Idoko Gloria Kemasuode Halimat Ismaila Oludamola Osayomi Agnes Osazuwa*	43.04
4×400 metres relay details	United States (USA) Mary Wineberg Allyson Felix Monique Henderson Sanya Richards Natasha Hastings*	3:18.54	Russia (RUS) Yulia Gushchina Lyudmila Litvinova Tatiana Firova Anastasia Kapachinskaya Elena Migunova* Tatyana Veshkurova*	3:18.82	Jamaica (JAM) Shericka Williams Shereefa Lloyd Rosemarie Whyte Novelene Williams Bobby-Gaye Wilkins*	3:20.40
Marathon details	Constantina Diṭă-Tomescu Romania	2:26:44	Catherine Ndereba Kenya	2:27:06	Zhou Chunxiu China	2:27:07
20 kilometres walk details	Olga Kaniskina Russia	1:26:31 (OR)	Kjersti Tysse Plätzer Norway	1:27:07	Elisa Rigaudo Italy	1:27:12
High jump details	Tia Hellebaut Belgium	2.05 m	Blanka Vlašić Croatia	2.05 m	Anna Chicherova Russia	2.03 m
Pole vault details	Yelena Isinbayeva Russia	5.05 m (WR)	Jennifer Stuczynski United States	4.80 m	Svetlana Feofanova Russia	4.75 m
Long jump details	Maurren Maggi Brazil	7.04 m	Tatyana Lebedeva Russia	7.03 m	Blessing Okagbare Nigeria	6.91 m
Triple jump details	Françoise Mbango Etone Cameroon	15.39 m (OR)	Tatyana Lebedeva Russia	15.32 m	Hrysopiyi Devetzi Greece	15.23 m
Shot put details	Valerie Vili New Zealand	20.56 m	Natallia Mikhnevich Belarus	20.28 m	Nadzeya Astapchuk Belarus	19.86 m
Discus throw details	Stephanie Brown Trafton United States	64.74 m	Yarelis Barrios Cuba	63.64 m	Olena Antonova Ukraine	62.59 m
Hammer throw details	Aksana Miankova Belarus	76.31 m (OR)	Yipsi Moreno Cuba	75.20 m	Zhang Wenxiu China	74.32 m
Javelin throw details	Barbora Špotáková Czech Republic	71.42 m	Mariya Abakumova Russia	70.78 m	Christina Obergföll Germany	66.13 m
Heptathlon details^[c]	Natalya Dobrynska Ukraine	6733	Hyleas Fountain United States	6619	Tatyana Chernova Russia	6591

* Athletes who participated in the heats only and received medals.

^c Lyudmila Blonska of Ukraine originally won the silver medal in the women's heptathlon, but was disqualified after she tested positive for methyltestosterone.^[2]

Medal table

Retrieved from Beijing Olympics 2008 Official Website.^[3]

Host nation (China)

The Beijing National Stadium on August 16, 2008, during the Olympics.

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	United States (USA)	7	9	7	23
2	Russia (RUS)	6	5	7	18
3	Kenya (KEN)	6	4	4	14
4	Jamaica (JAM)	6	3	2	11
5	22x20px Ethiopia (ETH)	4	1	2	7
6	Belarus (BLR)	1	3	2	6
7	Cuba (CUB)	1	2	2	5
8	Australia (AUS)	1	2	1	4
8	Great Britain (GBR)	1	2	1	4
10	Ukraine (UKR)	1	1	3	5
11	Belgium (BEL)	1	1	0	2
11	Norway (NOR)	1	1	0	2
11	New Zealand (NZL)	1	1	0	2
11	Poland (POL)	1	1	0	2
15	Italy (ITA)	1	0	1	2
16	Brazil (BRA)	1	0	0	1
16	Cameroon (CMR)	1	0	0	1
16	Czech Republic (CZE)	1	0	0	1
16	Estonia (EST)	1	0	0	1
16	Panama (PAN)	1	0	0	1
16	Portugal (POR)	1	0	0	1
16	Romania (ROU)	1	0	0	1
16	Slovenia (SLO)	1	0	0	1
24	Trinidad and Tobago (TRI)	0	2	0	2
24	Turkey (TUR)	0	2	0	2
26	Bahamas (BAH)	0	1	1	2
26	France (FRA)	0	1	1	2
26	Morocco (MAR)	0	1	1	2
29	Croatia (CRO)	0	1	0	1
29	22x20px Ecuador (ECU)	0	1	0	1
29	Latvia (LAT)	0	1	0	1
29	South Africa (RSA)	0	1	0	1
29	Sudan (SUD)	0	1	0	1
34	China (CHN)	0	0	2	2
34	Nigeria (NGR)	0	0	2	2
34	Canada (CAN)	0	0	2	2
36	Finland (FIN)	0	0	1	1
36	Germany (GER)	0	0	1	1
36	Greece (GRE)	0	0	1	1
36	Japan (JPN)	0	0	1	1
36	Lithuania (LTU)	0	0	1	1
Total		47	48	46	141

Records broken

During these 2008 Summer Olympic Games, 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	Jamaica	9.69 s	OR	WR
200 metres	August 20	Final	Usain Bolt	Jamaica	19.30 s	OR	WR
5000 metres	August 23	Final	Kenenisa Bekele	23x15px Ethiopia	12:57.82	OR
10000 metres	August 17	Final	Kenenisa Bekele	23x15px Ethiopia	27:01.17	OR
4x100 metre relay	August 22	Final	Nesta Carter Michael Frater Usain Bolt Asafa Powell	Jamaica	37.10 s	OR	WR
4x400 metre relay	August 23	Final	LaShawn Merritt Angelo Taylor David Neville Jeremy Wariner	United States	2:55.39	OR
Marathon	August 24	Final	Samuel Kamau Wansiru	Kenya	2:06:32	OR
50 kilometre walk	August 22	Final	Alex Schwazer	Italy	3:37:09	OR
Pole vault	August 22	Final	Steven Hooker	Australia	5.96 m	OR
Javelin throw	August 23	Final	Andreas Thorkildsen	Norway	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	Jamaica	52.64	OR
3,000 metre steeplechase	August 17	Final	Gulnara Galkina-Samitova	Russia	8:58.81	OR*	WR
10,000 metres	August 20	Final	Tirunesh Dibaba	23x15px Ethiopia	29:54.66	OR
20km walk	August 20	Final	Olga Kaniskina	Russia	1:26:31	OR
Triple jump	August 17	Final	Françoise Mbango Etone	Cameroon	15.39 m	OR
Pole vault	August 18	Final	Yelena Isinbayeva	Russia	5.05 m	OR	WR
Hammer throw	August 20	Final	Aksana Miankova	Belarus	76.34 m	OR

* Inaugural event.

Participating nations of men's events

Country	100	200	400	800	1500	5000	10000	110h	400h	3000 s/c	4×100	4×400	Mara thon	20 km walk	50 km walk	Long jump	Triple jump	High jump	Pole vault	Shot put	Discus	Javelin	Hammer	Dec athlon	Total
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Andorra													1												1
Angola													1												1
Antigua and Barbuda	1	1																1							3
Argentina				1	1									1					1	1	1	1	1		8
Armenia																						1			1
Australia			2	1	2	2				1		5	1	3	3	1			2	2	1	1			23
Austria							1														1				2
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Bahamas	1	1	3					1				6					1	1							11
Bahrain				2	2	1	1			1			3												9
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Belarus								1					1	3	1		1			3	1	1	3	3	18
Belgium		1	3			1				1		4							1					2	10
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Brazil	3	2	1	2	1			1	1		4		3	1	1	1	2	1	1					1	21
British Virgin Islands																					1				1
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Burkina Faso	1																								1
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Cameroon																	1								1
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Cyprus																		1							1
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Fiji			1																						1
Finland		1		1									2		2	1			1	1	1	3	1	1	15
France	2		1		1			2		3	4	4	1		2	1	1	1	2	1				1	25
North Macedonia																	1								1
Gabon	1																								1
The Gambia	1																								1
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Germany	1				1						4	4		1	1	1		1	3	1	1	2	1	3	23
Ghana	1	1																							2
Great Britain	3	2	2	1	2	1		2		1	4	4	1			2	3	3	1					1	27
Greece								1	1			4			1	1	1	1		1		1	1		13
Grenada			2														1								3
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Guinea-Bissau	1																								1
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Iceland																							1		1
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India							1										1				1				3
Iran				2																1	2			1	6
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Ireland		1	1	1	1	1							1	1	2										8
Israel										1			1					1	1						4
Italy	2		1		1					1	4		3	3	3	1	1	3	1		1		2		25
Jamaica	3	3	3	1				2	3		5	5				1				1				1	21
Japan	2	2	1			2	2	1	2	1	4	4	2	3	2			1	1			1	1		22
Jordan		1																							1
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Kenya			1	3	3	3	3			3			3	1											20
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Latvia		1		1						1					2					1		3	1	1	11
Lebanon		1																							1
Lesotho													3												3
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Russia	1	1	2	2	1		1	2	1	2		4	3	2	2	1	3	3	3	3	1	3	2	3	44
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Tonga	1																								1
Trinidad and Tobago	3	2	2					1			5	4													13
Tunisia														2	1										2
Turkey							1			1			1	1							1		1		6
Turkmenistan																							1		1
Tuvalu	1																								1
Uganda				1		2	1			1			1												6
Ukraine	1	1	1										3	1	3	1	3	3	3	2	1	1	3	1	28
United Arab Emirates		1																							1
United States	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	6	3	1	1	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	1	3	61
Uruguay		1	1																						2
Uzbekistan		1						1											1			1		2	6
Vanuatu	1																								1
Venezuela		1		1									1												3
Vietnam				1																					1
Virgin Islands			1																						1
Yemen				1																					1
Zambia						1																			1
Zimbabwe		1	2				1						1			1									6
Total athletes	80	63	55	58	48	39	38	42	26	39	66	70	95	51	59	39	39	40	38	44	37	38	33	40	1083
Total NOC	64	53	40	40	30	24	20	32	19	26	16	16	56	30	32	32	26	28	25	34	29	29	26	28	195

Participating nations of women's events

Country	100	200	400	800	1500	5000	10000	100h	400h	3000 s/c	4×100	4×400	Mara thon	20 km walk	Long jump	Triple jump	High jump	Pole vault	Shot put	Discus	Javelin	Hammer	Hept athlon	Total
23x15px Afghanistan	1																							1
Albania			1																					1
Algeria					1					1			1			1								4
Andorra	1																							1
Antigua and Barbuda	1																							1
Argentina																		1		1		1		3
Armenia	1																							1
Australia			1	2	2			1		2			3	3	1			1		1			1	17
Austria													1											1
Bahamas	3	2	1												1						1			7
Bahrain		1			1																			2
Bangladesh	1																							1
Barbados	1	1																						1
Belarus	1			1		1		1		1	4	5		3	2	1			3	3	2	3	1	30
Belgium	1						1			1	4						1							7
23x15px Belize															1									1
Benin		1																						1
Bermuda															1									1
Bolivia													1											1
Bosnia and Herzegovina													1											1
Botswana			1																					1
Brazil	1	1	1					1	1	1	4	4	1	1	2	1		1		1	1		1	20
British Virgin Islands	1																							1
Bulgaria	3	2							1	1						1				1	1			8
Burkina Faso									1															1
Burundi						1																		1
Cambodia	1																							1
Cameroon	1								1							1						1		4
Canada		1	1			1		2							2		1	1				1	1	11
Cayman Islands		1																						1
Central African Republic				1																				1
Chad	1																							1
Chile																			1					1
China	1				1	2	3			3	4	4	3	3		1	1	3	3	3	3	2	1	39
Chinese Taipei																			1					1
Colombia	1	1		1									1	1							1	1		7
Comoros	1																							1
Republic of the Congo															1									1
Cook Islands																				1				1
Costa Rica													1											1
Croatia				1					1								1			1		2		6
Cuba	1	1	1	1				2				4			1	3		1	3	2	2	3	1	22
Cyprus		1	1															1			1	1		5
Czech Republic								1	1					1	1	1	2	1		1	2	1	1	12
Ivory Coast	1																							1
Denmark																					1			1
Djibouti	1																							1
Democratic Republic of the Congo	1																							1
Dominican Republic		1																						1
23x15px Ecuador													1	1										2
El Salvador														1										1
Equatorial Guinea				1																				1
Eritrea						1							1											2
Estonia															1	1	1				1		1	5
23x15px Ethiopia					2	3	3			3			3											13
Fiji			1																					1
Finland																		1			1	1	1	4
France	1	1		1				1		1	4	4	1			1	1	2		1		3	2	23
North Macedonia	1																							1
Gabon	1																							1
The Gambia	1																							1
Georgia																			1					1
Germany							1	1		1	4	4	2	2			1	3	3		3	2	3	30
Ghana	1																							1
Great Britain	3	1	3	3	3		2	1	1	2	4	4	3	1	1			1		1	1	1	2	31
Greece			1		1			1		1			1	3	1	2	1	2	1	1	1	2	1	19
Grenada	1	1	1	1											1									5
Guam	1																							1
Guatemala														1										1
Guinea								1																1
Guinea-Bissau					1																			1
Guyana			1	1																				2
Haiti	1		1					1																3
23x15px Honduras								1																1
Hong Kong	1																							1
Hungary			1			1	1	1					2	1				1			1	1	1	11
Iceland																		1			1			2
Indonesia								1																1
India			1				1					4			1					2			3	11
Iraq	1																							1
Ireland			1					1	1	2			1	1								1		8
Italy	1	1	1	1		1		1		1	4		3	1		1	1		2		1	2		20
Jamaica	3	3	3	1				3	3	2	6	5			1	1			1		1			24
Japan	1		1			3	3		1	1		4	2	2	1									15
Jordan				1																				1
Kazakhstan			1					2	1					1	1	3	2		1				1	12
Kenya				2	3	3	3			3			3											17
Kyrgyzstan									1				1				1							3
Laos	1																							1
Latvia									1	1				1							1		1	5
Lebanon		1																						1
Lesotho													1											1
Liberia		1	1																					1
23x15px Libya			1																					1
Lithuania	1			1						1			2	2			1			1	1		2	12
Madagascar	1																							1
Malaysia														1				1						2
Malawi						1																		1
Maldives				1																				1
Mali		1																						1
Malta	1																							1
Marshall Islands				1																				1
Mauritania	1																							1
Mauritius				1																				1
Mexico			1				1					4	3				1							9
Federated States of Micronesia	1																							1
Moldova				1									1				1					2		5
Mongolia			1																					1
Montenegro	1																							1
Morocco				1	3	1	1			1														7
Mozambique				1																				1
Myanmar		1																						1
Namibia				1	1								2											3
Nepal	1																							1
Netherlands							2																2	4
New Zealand							1						2						1	1			1	6
Nicaragua	1																							1
Niger			1																					1
Nigeria	3	2	3					1			5	4			1	1	1		1					14
North Korea													3											3
Norway	1							1					1	1									1	5
Oman	1																							1
Pakistan	1																							1
Palau	1																							1
Palestine	1																							1
Papua New Guinea	1																							1
Paraguay																					1			1
Peru													1											1
Philippines															1									1
Poland	1	1	1	1	3			1	1	2	5	4	2	1				3	1	3	2	3	2	33
Portugal				1		1				3			3	3	1			1			1	1		14
Puerto Rico		1	1																					1
Romania		1		1					1	2			3	1	1	1			1	1	2	1		15
Russia	3	3	3	3	1	3	3	3	3	3	4	6	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	3	3	60
Rwanda													1											1
Saint Kitts and Nevis	1	2	1																					3
Saint Lucia																	1				1			2
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines			1																					1
Samoa																					1			1
Serbia													1		1	1				1	1			5
Seychelles																					1			1
Sierra Leone	1																							1
Singapore																			1					1
Slovakia				1				1					1	1	1	1						1		7
Slovenia	1	1		1	1										1	1					1			7
Solomon Islands	1																							1
Somalia		1																						1
South Africa		1	1		1															1	2			6
23x15px South Korea													3	1	1				1		1			7
Spain					2	1	1	1	1	3			3	3	1	1	1	1	1		1	1		22
Sri Lanka		1																			1			2
Sudan			1						1	1						1								4
Suriname		1																						1
Eswatini			1																					1
Sweden								1							1	1	1			1				4
Switzerland																		1					1	2
Syria								1																1
São Tomé and Príncipe						1																		1
Tajikistan																						1		1
Tanzania						1																		1
Thailand	1										4						1				1		1	7
East Timor													1											1
Togo			1																					1
Tonga																			1					1
Trinidad and Tobago	3							1	1		4				1				1			1		10
Tunisia										1								1						2
Turkey				1		2	1	1		2			1		1							1		9
Turkmenistan	1																							1
Tuvalu	1																							1
Uganda			1																					1
Ukraine	1	1	1	2	3			1	1	1	4	4	2	2	3	3	2	1		3	3	3	3	38
United States	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	5	3	1	3	2	3	3	3	3	2	3	3	60
Uruguay				1																				1
Uzbekistan	1	1														1	2				1		1	6
Vanuatu	1																							1
Venezuela																					1			1
Vietnam	1																							1
Virgin Islands	1	1																						1
Yemen	1																							1
Zambia			1																					1
Zimbabwe													1											1
Total athletes	85	46	50	42	33	31	31	40	27	51	68	69	81	48	42	36	32	36	35	38	54	50	43	973
Total NOC	69	36	40	33	18	19	17	31	21	30	16	16	45	30	33	26	24	24	22	24	40	30	28	181

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