P. Jaroenrattanatarakoon (Thailand) won the gold medal in the women's 53 kg Weightlifting event in the 2008 Summer Olympics.
Bruno Julie won Mauritius's first medal ever, bronze, in weightlifting during the 2008 Olympics. That was their only medal during the 2008 Olympics.
It was Elena Dementieva
Guo Wenjun (China) won the gold medal in the women's 10 meter air pistol in the 2008 Summer Olympics.
That was Karnam Malleswari who won a bronze medal in weightlifting at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. As of the 2008 Games, she is the only Indian women to win a medal at the Olympics.
It was Nastia Luikin who won the all-around gold medal for woman's artistic gymnastics!
The team from Korea (Park Sung-Hyun, Yun Ok-Hee, and Joo Hyun-Jung) won the gold medal for women's team archery in the 2008 Summer Olympics.
Guo Jingjing and Wu Minxia, both from China, won the women's gold medal in the synchronized 3 meter springboard diving event in the 2008 Summer Olympics.
Mariel Zagunis (United States) won the women's fencing gold medal in the individual Sabre event.
Kirsty Coventry of Zimbabwe in the world record time of 2:05.24.
Long Qingquan (China) won the gold medal for men's 56 kg weightlifting in the 2008 Summer Olympics.
Columbia sent 64 athletes to the 2008 Games. As of 11 August, Colombia has won already won a medal, a silver by Diego Fernando Salazar in men's weightlifting.
At the 2008 Games in Beijing, Puerto Rico participated in athletics, boxing, gymnastics, judo, shooting, swimming, taekwondo, and weightlifting without winning a medal.