19 countries won 1 medal at the 2008 Games: 1) Only medal was gold - Bahrain, Cameroon, Panama, Tunisia 2) Only medal was silver - Chile, Ecuador, Iceland, Malaysia, South Africa, Singapore, Sudan, Vietnam 3) Only medal was bronze - Afghanistan, Egypt, Israel, Moldova, Mauritius, Togo, Venezuela
list of olympic medal winning countries
No, in 2008 Michael Phelps received 8 medals (all gold).
Men: United States Women: United States
Elena won a gold medal at the Beijing Olympics in 2008. She has also won a silver medal at the Sydney Olympics in 2000.
USA is leading the all time summer Olympics medal tally with 2188 medals(This does not include medals won at 2008 summer Olympics)
As of the 2008 Games, there are 123 countries that have won medals. There being 205 countries that will participate in the 2008 Games, that leaves 82 countries that have not won a medal. These countries send very small teams to the Olympics and don't have the training facilities that the larger countries have. Some of the countries that will participate in the 2008 Games that have not won a medal include Madagascar, Lesotho, Botswana, Maldives, Swaziland, and Papua New Guinea.
Saudi Arabia
The Malaysian badminton Datuk lee Chong wei won the silver medal in the 2008 Beijing Olympics.
In the 2008 Summer Olympics, China won the silver medal for Women's Beach Volleyball.
As of August 18, Fiji has not won a medal in the 2008 Olympics.
There were no Winter Olympics in 2008.
Total no of countries participated in 2008 Beijing Olympics is 191