The gold medal is an award given to the first place winners in Olympic events. The most recent Olympics in China followed in this tradition.
Six (6) grams of gold plate the 2008 Gold Medal
Australia
Patrick won a silver medal, not a gold medal in Men's Synchronized Platform in the 2008 Beijing olympics. Check his profile on wikipedia.
Through the 2008 Games in Beijing, no New Zealander has won a gold medal in javelin.
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China with 51 gold Medal.
Ukraine
Samuel Wanjiru
The last gold medal of the Beijing Olympics went to Samuel Wanjiru (Kenya) for the Men's Marathon
At the 2008 Games in Beijing, that was He Kexin of China.
Through the 2008 Games in Beijing, no athlete from Cyprus has won an Olympic medal.
China won the most gold medals at their own olympics, 51 golds.