| 2008 Medals Table | |||
| Country | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| China | 51 | 21 | 28 |
| United States | 36 | 38 | 36 |
| Russia | 23 | 21 | 28 |
| Great Britain | 19 | 13 | 15 |
| Germany | 16 | 10 | 15 |
| Australia | 14 | 15 | 17 |
| South Korea | 13 | 10 | 8 |
| Japan | 9 | 6 | 10 |
| Italy | 8 | 10 | 10 |
| France | 7 | 16 | 17 |
| Ukraine | 7 | 5 | 15 |
| Netherlands | 7 | 5 | 4 |
| Jamaica | 6 | 3 | 2 |
| Spain | 5 | 10 | 3 |
| Kenya | 5 | 5 | 4 |
| Belarus | 4 | 5 | 10 |
| Romania | 4 | 1 | 3 |
| Ethiopia | 4 | 1 | 2 |
| Canada | 3 | 9 | 6 |
| Poland | 3 | 6 | 1 |
| Hungary | 3 | 5 | 2 |
| Norway | 3 | 5 | 2 |
| Brazil | 3 | 4 | 8 |
| Czech Republic | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| Slovakia | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| New Zealand | 3 | 1 | 5 |
| Georgia | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| Cuba | 2 | 11 | 11 |
| Kazakhstan | 2 | 4 | 7 |
| Denmark | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| Mongolia | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Thailand | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| North Korea | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| Argentina | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| Switzerland | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| Mexico | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Turkey | 1 | 4 | 3 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| Azerbaijan | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| Uzbekistan | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Slovenia | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| Finland | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Latvia | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Dominican Republic | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Estonia | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| India | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Iran | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Bahrain | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Panama | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Tunisia | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Sweden | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| Croatia | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| Lithuania | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| Greece | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Nigeria | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Austria | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Ireland | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Serbia | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Algeria | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Bahamas | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Colombia | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Kirghyzstan | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Morocco | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Tajikistan | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Chile | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Ecuador | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Iceland | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Malaysia | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| South Africa | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Singapore | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Sudan | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Vietnam | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Armenia | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Chinese Taipei | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Afghanistan | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Egypt | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Israel | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Moldova | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Mauritius | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Togo | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Venezuela | 0 | 0 | 1 |
