2008 Summer Olympics

By Roads I found myself in Greece for the Olympics, back where it all started. Four years late for Athens, and half a world from China. Yet the medal table tells only a small part of the story about Beijing. Because surely, this picture is on a far larger scale, just like those huge images of the opening ce...

 Australia - Aug 22, 2008 Olympics since table tennis was included in Seoul, and who was the last man standing against the Chinese Wall. China has already completed a medal sweep ... Olympics: China guaranteed Olympic table tennis gold after ... Channel News Asia AFP - NEWS.com.au

New Zealand is among the most successful countries at the 2008 Olympics according to the calculations of medal success per population.

Singapore's Li Jia Wei hopes to win another Olympic medal Xinhua China guaranteed double Olympic medal sweep in table tennis NEWS.com.au Yining downs Wang Nan in singles final to complete Chinese sweep Malaysia Star NEWS.com.au - Channel News Asia

By Reuters News Aug 21 (Reuters) - Olympic Games medal table at the start of competition in Beijing on Thursday. Rank Country GSB Total 1. China 45 14 20 79 2. US 26 28 28 82 3. Britain ...

By Jonathan Watts In Australia, the Board of Statistics reckons a better guide is medals per head of population, which makes Jamaica the world's top nation, followed by Slovakia and then, erm, Australia. Not to miss out, the European Union groups competitors in economic blocks, which means - guess what? -...

China praised injured national hero Liu Xiang on Tuesday, smothering disappointment that he limped away from his hurdles heat by stressing its dominance of the Olympics medals table.

By Paul Kelso The Australian Olympic chief John Coates no longer believes his country can catch Team GB in the medals table

By Keith Teare So…. why do all US based Olympic medal tables deviate from the official version, whilst the rest of the world does not? Could it be that the only way to get the US in first position is to add Gold, Silver and Bronze into a total and ...

By Greg Johnson BEIJING -- I watched Austria play South Korea in table tennis on Monday. There were two teams of players. Round 1 had the first two face off, and South Korea won. The next two played and Austria won. Then they... BEIJING -- I watched Austria play South Korea in table tennis on Monday. There were two tea...

Sydney Morning Herald  New Zealand - Aug 18, 2008 China has extended its lead over USA at the top of the Olympic medal table. The host nation picked up another four gold medals on day 10 of the Games to ... Olympic medals more valuable than the metal MarketWatch Melbourne Herald Sun - Buzzle

By Claire Noland Why, that’s Medals Per Capita poetry. The top 10 (pending Iceland’s Sunday medal): Photo: Members of Iceland's team celebrate victory over Spain in a men's handball semifinal at the Beijing Olympics. Credit: PHILIPPE HUGUEN/AFP/Getty Images

By Mike If he was a country he would currently be fifth in the country Olympic medal table, just behind Australia and in front of Japan, South Korea and Great Britain. Michael Phelps has now won eight gold medals at the Beijing Olympics. If he was a country he would currently be fifth in the country Oly...

PR-inside.com) BEIJING (AP) - The United States must win gold medals outside its favorite two sports if it hopes to stay ahead of China and Russia at next year's Beijing Olympics. The Americans have traditionally topped the medal table by dominating the two high-profile Olympic events _ t...