Football at the 2008 Summer Olympics was held from 6 to 23 August 2008 in various locations in China.
Medal Table[]
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Argentina | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
United States | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
3 | Brazil | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
4 | Nigeria | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
5 | Germany | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Medalists[]
Event | |||
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Men | Argentina Lautaro Acosta Sergio Aguero Ever Banega Diego Buonanotte Angel Di Maria Federico Fazio Fernando Gago Ezequiel Garay Ezquiel Lavezzi Javier Mascherano Lionel Messi Luciano Monzon Nicolas Navarro Nicolas Pareja Juan Riquelme Sergio Romero Jose Sosa Oscar Ustari Pablo Zabaleta |
Nigeria Olubayo Adefemi Dele Adeleye Ebenezer Ajilore Efe Ambrose Victor Anichebe Onyekachi Apam Emmanuel Ekpo Ikechukwu Ezenwa Promise Isaac Monday James Sani Kaita Victor Obinna Peter Odemwingie Chinedu Ogbuke Obasi Chibuzor Okonkwo Solomon Okoronkwo Oladapo Olufemi Taye Taiwo Abruse Vanzekin |
Brazil Alex Silva Alexandre Pato Anderson Breno Diego Diego Alves Hernanes Ilsinho Jo Lucas Marcelo Rafael Sobis Rafinha Ramires Renan Ronaldinho Thiago Neves Thiago Silva |
Women | United States Nicole Barnhart Shannon Boxx Rachel Buehler Lori Chalupny Lauren Cheney Stephanie Cox Tobin Heath Angela Hucles Natasha Kai Carli Lloyd Kate Markgraf Heather Mitts Heather O'Reilly Christie Rampone Amy Rodriguez Hope Solo Lindsay Tarpley Aly Wagner |
Brazil Andreia Andreia Rosa Barbara Cristiane Daniela Erika Ester Fabiana Formiga Francielle Marta Maurine Maycon Pretinha Renata Costa Rosana Simone Tania |
Germany Nadine Angerer Fatmire Bajramaj Saskia Bartusiak Melanie Behringer Linda Bresonik Kerstin Garefrekes Ariane Hingst Ursula Holl Annike Krahn Simone Laudehr Renate Lingor Anja Mittag Celia Okoyino Da Mbabi Babett Peter Conny Pohlers Birgit Prinz Sandra Smisek Kerstin Stegemann |
Statistics[]
- There were 469 total athletes from 21 countries.
- Lou Jiahui was the youngest participant with 17 years and 72 days.
- Brian McBride was the oldest participant with 36 years and 49 days.
- No participants were chosen to be a flag bearer at the opening ceremony.