There were 3,000 medals awarded at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing.
Total 302 gold medals are awarded.
Total Number of gold Medals awarded at the Athens Olympics were 301.
A total of 2,100 medals will be handed out at the London Games in 302 ceremonies. This is up from 958 in 302 events in the 2008 Beijing Olympics.
Number of medals won at the Beijing Olympics: 41 medals
USA
11,028 athletes participated in the 2008 Beijing Olympics. There were 28 sports competed in with 302 events and 906 medals.
Michael Phelps, he got 8 gold medals for swimming
London is not a specific NOC (National Olympics Committee) - the number of medals won in the Olympics is counted by individual country. Great Britain won a total of 19 gold medals at the Olympics.
china
The United States won the most medals overall at the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games with 110 total medals (36 Gold, 38 Silver, 36 Bronze).The country who won the most medals in the 2008 Beijing Olympics was the USA with 110 medals (36 gold, 38 silver & 36 bronze), however China with 10 fewer medals finished top of the medals table due to a greater number of gold medals (51 compared to USA 36)
302 gold medals were given out in total. Top gold medalists were: China (51), USA (36), Russia (23)