Top 20 Countries Medals Tally at Beijing 2008 Olympics on 15th Day

2008 Beijing Olympics are at closing stage as only one day left in the biggest sporting event. The 2008 Beijing Olympics features 302 events in 28 sports and the games will end on Sunday, 24th August, 2008.

China is leading the medals standing table with 47 Golds followed by USA and UK with 31 and 18 Golds respectively on the 15th day of 2008 Olympics. Find the top 20 countries medals standing on 15th day of Beijing 2008 Olympics.

Boxing QF Result - India's Akhil Kumar out of Beijing Olympics

India's another hope was out of Beijing 2008 Olympics as boxer Akhil Kumar was beaten by Moldova's GOJAN Veaceslav in the quarter finals of Men's Bantam in 54kg category on Monday, 18th August, 2008.

Akhil Kumar fought well in the first 2 rounds as scores are equal with 1-1 in both the rounds, however he lost his concentration in 3rd and 4th rounds and lost the rounds by 4-0 and 4-1 respectively.

Final score of the match was 10-3 in the favour of Moldova's GOJAN Veaceslav.

India's other matches will be held on Wednesday, 20th August, 2008 in boxing.

Phelps won historic 8th Gold out of 8 in 2008 Beijing Olympics

Swimming legend American Michael Phelps created history as he won record 8th Gold medal in the Men's 4 x 100m Medley Relay final on Sunday, 17th August, 2008 at the National Aquatics Center in a record time of 3:29.34, breaking the world record by 1.34 seconds.

This is the all time record in Olympic History to win 8 Gold medals in a single Olympic games. The previous record was set 36 years ago by Mark Spitz in the 1972 Munich Olympics.



Michael Phelps with US team mates Aaron Peirsol, Brendan Hansen and Jason Lezak lead the race from start to finish as they are defending Olympic champions and world record holder in Men's 4 x 100m Medley Relay.

Peirsol gave US team a great start with a 53.16sec split. Team mate Hansen increased the lead on the world record split taking it 0.39 seconds under at the race's halfway mark. Brenton Rickard swam his breaststroke leg in 58.56 and the Phelps finished the final leg ahead of Australian team.

The Australian team of Hayden Stoeckel, Andrew Lauterstein, Rickard and Sullivan finished 0.70 seconds behind the US to win silver in an Oceania record 3:30.04, also under the old world record.

Japan's team of Miyashita Junichi, Kitajima Kosuke, Fujii Takuro and Sato Hisayoshi took bronze in an Asian record 3:31.18. Russia finished fourth in a European record 3:31.92.

Michael Phlep won 7th Gold by .01 seconds equals Spitz's record

America's Golden Boy Michael Phelps equaled the 36 year old record of Mark Spitz's seven Golds in a single Olympics, as he won his 7th Gold medal of the Beijing 2008 Olympic, by a margin of just .01 of second in the 100m butterfly on Saturday, 16th August at the Water Cube.

Michael Phelps edged out Serbian Milorad cavic and the Serbian federation filed a written protest to FINA, swimming's world governing body, but replays showed clearly showed thad Phelps had won the race and Serbian officials agreed not to pursue it further.


Michael Phelps won in an Olympic record time of 50.58, the slimmest time margin of 0.01 seconds. Cavic touched first on the 50m mark at 0.09sec under the world record. He looked to be behind Cavic in the final meters but got to the wall first in 50.58 to Cavic's 50.59. Australia's Andrew Lauterstein won the bronze medal in 51.12.

Phelps equaled 36-year-old record of Mark Spitz from the 1972 Munich Olympics. Phelps will try to beat Spitz's record in the 4x100m medley relay Sunday in the final day of swimming in Beijing.

Michael Phelps won 6th Gold of Beijing Olympics in 200M Medley

After breaking the record of highest number of individual Golds in Olympics history, Michael Phelps is going closer to another record of winning 8 Golds in a single olympic as he won sixth Gold in 200M Individual Medley, on Friday, 15th August, 2008 at the National Aquatics Center, Beijing.

Michael Phelps set another World record on his way to win sixth gold, improving his own record by 0.57 seconds. He comfortably touch the finishing line in 1:54.23.

Hungarian Laszlo Cseh put in another brilliant performance, again edging out Phelps' teammate Ryan Lochte to win the silver medal in a European record time of 1:56.52.




Michael Phelps is only 2 golds away for making another history, so hope he will make his dream in coming days.

Bindra won first ever individual Gold for India in 10M Air Rifle

World Champion Abhinav Bindra creates history for India as he won the first ever individual Gold medal for India in men's 10-meter Air Rifle event in Beijing on Monday, 11th August, 2008, the 3rd day of 2008 Beijing Olympic.

The 25 year old, Bindra qualified fourth for the event, shot an overall score of 700.5 in a thrilling finale which went right down to the last shot. Bindra had shot a total of 596 out of 600, shooting a perfect 100 in 3 of the 6 rounds of the qualifiers.


In ten rounds, Bindra shot 10.7, 10.3, 10.4, 10.5, 10.5, 10.5, 10.6, 10.0, 10.2, 10.8 to clinch the first berth. China's Qinan Zhu won silver while Finland's Henri Hakkinen won bronze.

Bindra's historic feat makes him India's first-ever individual gold medallist, bettering the silver medal feat of double trap shooter Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore in Athens 2004.

Michael Phelp won 400 Medley Gold, Break World Record

On the 2nd day of 2008 Beijing Olympics American Swimming sensation Michael Phelp set a new World record on Sunday, 10th August, 2008 after winning the first of a potential eight Gold medals.

Phelps, wearing the new form-fitting Speedo LZR Racer swimsuit, launched an American charge to compete with the host China in the medal race. Michael Phelp successfully opened his bid to break Mark Spitz's 35-year record of seven golds at one Games by winning the men's 400m individual medley.

With US President George W. Bush applauding in the stands, Phelps carved 1.41 seconds off his mark of 4:05.25 set last June.

Czech's Katerina Emmons won the 1st Gold of the 2008 Beijing Olympic

The honor of winning the first Gold medal of ongoing 2008 Beijing Olympic Games goes to Katerina Emmons of the Czech Republic on Saturday, 9th August, 2008, when she won the Women's 10m Air Rifle.

24 year old Katerina Emmons, was in great form, breaking Olympic records in both the qualification and final rounds. Emmons shot a perfect 400, in the qualification round, which equaled World Record and set a new record in Olympic games. The previous Olympic Record was 399.


In the final round of the event Emmons shot 103.5, giving her a final score of 503.5, which over passed the previous record of 502.0 set by China's Du Li at Athens 2004.

Lioubov Galkina of Russia won the Silver medal and Bronze medal won by Croatia's Snjezana Pejcic, shot total scores of 502.1 and 500.9 respectively.

Athens 2004 gold medalist Du Li of China finished fifth with a total score of 499.6 and World No. 1 Sonja Pfeilschifter of Germany disappointed by her performance as she missed out on making the final round.

Katerina Emmons booked her name in the history as a 1st Gold winner of 2008 Beijing Olympics. Congratulation Emmons!

Opening Ceremony of 2008 Beijing Olympic on 8th August

Beijing 2008 Olympic is going to start from tomorrow, Friday, 8th August, 2008 at the Beijing National Stadium. The opening ceremony will start at 8 P.M. and will go up to three and half hours. Liu Huan from China and Sarah Brightman of Britain has been chosen to sing the theme song.

The main part of the opening ceremony, "the artistic performance" will last one hour. It will be divided into two parts, one to highlight China's age-old civilization and the other to highlight China's splendid modern era. The theme song will come at the end of the artistic performance.

The post-performance part of the ceremony will last two and a half hours and comprises various Olympic rituals and traditions, and a two-hour long parade of all the athletes.

In the 2008 Summer Olympics, 205 nations participating in the international event and delegations from all the 205 national will enter the stadium according to the order of the simplified Chinese characters.

The 2008 Beijing Olympics will feature 302 events in 28 sports and the games will end on Sunday, 24th August, 2008.

Olympic Torch arrives in Beijing for opening Ceremony on Friday, 8th Aug

The Olympic Torch, three days before the the start of the 2008 Beijing Olympic arrived in the Beijing city, before its reaches to its final destination the Bird's Nest Olympic stadium for opening ceremony of 2008 Olympics on Friday, 8th August, 2008 evening.

On Wednesday, the relay will begin in the Forbidden City, just north of Tiananmen Square and the end to another historic milestone in the Temple of Heaven in Beijing. More than four hours in relay route is 16,442 km long. 433 torch bearers will participate on the first day.

On Thursday, the second day of the relay, 268 torch owners will take the torch to 14 km from the Great Wall at Badaling tourist return to the city, finishing, Dita (Temple of the Earth) Park.

In his last stop on Friday, the torch relay will start from Zhoukoudian, the suburb where the archaeological site of Beijing jewel man was noted that the Beijing Olympic Games organizers (BOCOG) said Tuesday.

8 km from the leg ends in Beijing 101 Middle School District on Friday, when the flame must be transported to the national stadium for the opening ceremony of the night.