Athletes who trained at NAU’s Center for High Altitude Training won 22 Olympic medals during the 2008 Games in Beijing, for a total of 213 medals dating back to the 1996 Games in Atlanta.
Athletes from eight countries won seven gold, five silver and 10 bronze medals in Beijing.
Winners included:
| Australia—Swimming | | Stephanie Rice | Gold—Women’s 400m Individual Medley
Gold—Women’s 200m Individual Medley | | Eamon Sullivan | Silver—Men’s 100M Freestyle
Silver—Men’s 4x100m Medley Relay
Bronze—Men’s 4x100m Freestyle Relay | | Austria—Swimming | | Mirna Jukic | Bronze—Women’s 100m Breaststroke | | Canada—Triathlon | | Simon Whitfield | Silver—Men’s Triathlon | | Denmark—Swimming | | Lotte Friis | Bronze—Women’s 800m Freestyle | | Germany—Swimming | | Britta Steffan | Gold—Women’s 100m Freestyle
Gold—Women’s 50m Freestyle | | Italy—Swimming | | Federica Pellegrini | Gold-Women’s 200m Freestyle | | Alessia Filippi | Silver-Women’s 800m Freestyle | | Japan—Swimming | | Kosuke Kitajima | Gold-Men’s 100m Breaststroke
Gold-Men’s 200m Breaststroke
Bronze-Men’s 4x100m Medley Relay | | Takeshi Matsuda | Bronze-Men’s 200m Butterfly | | Reiko Nakamura | Bronze-Women’s 200m Backstroke | | Junichi Miyashita | Bronze-Men’s 4x100m Medley Relay | | Hisayoshi Sato | Bronze-Men’s 4x100m Medley Relay | | Norway—Swimming | | Alexander Dale Oen | Silver-Men’s 100m Breaststroke | | Sara Nordenstam | Bronze-Women’s 200m Breaststroke | | Medal Total: 22 | Gold: 7
Silver: 5
Bronze: 10 | |
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