List of Olympic gold medal winners from the 2008 Summer Olympics, listed alphabetically with photos when available. There was a lot of intense competition at the 2008 Summer Olympics, so these athletes who took home a gold medal should certainly be commended. These famous gold medal winning athletes all competed in their own particular event at the 2008 Summer Olympics, but what they all have in common is that they were able to rise above their competition and take home a medal for their country. List is made up of a variety of athletes, including LeBron James and Kobe Bryant.
This list answers the question, "Which athletes won a gold medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics?" Every historic Olympic competitor from the 2008 Summer Olympics competed bravely, but only the ones on this list were lucky enough to win a gold medal....more
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Aaron Peirsol
Men's 100m backstroke, Men's 4x100m medley relay2
Abhinav Bindra
Men's 10m air rifle- 3
Adam Kreek
Men's Eight with coxswain - 4
Adam van Koeverden
Men's K-1 1000m (kayak single), Men's K-1 500m (kayak single) - 5
Aksana Miankova
Women's Hammer throw - 6
Alain Bernard
Men's 4x100m freestyle relay, Men's 100m freestyle - 7
Aldo Montano
Men's Sabre individual, Men's Sabre team - 8
Aleksei Alipov
Men's Trap 9
Aleksei Tishchenko
Men's Boxing, Lightweight 57 - 60kg10
Alessandra Sensini
Women's Sailboard- 11
Alex Schwazer
Men's 50km walk 12
Alexander Grimm
Men's K-1 (kayak single)13
Alice Tait
Women's 4x200m freestyle relay, Women's 4x100m freestyle relay- 14
Alina Dumitru
Women's Judo, - 48kg (extra-lightweight) 15
Anderson Rodrigues
Men's Volleyball16
André Heller
Men's Volleyball17
André Luiz da Silva Nascimento
Men's Volleyball- 18
Andrea Minguzzi
Men's Greco-Roman Wrestling, Middleweight 74 - 84 kg - 19
Andreas Thorkildsen
Men's Javelin throw 20
Andrei Aramnau
Men's Weightlifting, Heavyweight 94 - 105 kg- 21
Andrey Moiseyev
Men's Modern pentathlon - 22
Andrey Silnov
Men's High jump - 23
Andrija Gerić
Men's Volleyball - 24
Angelo Taylor
Men's Athletics, 400m hurdles - 25
Anky van Grunsven
Dressage, individual