<P> The 2008 Summer Olympics medal table is a list of National Olympic Committees (NOCs) ranked by the number of gold medals won by their athletes during the 2008 Summer Olympics, held in Beijing, the capital of the People's Republic of China, from 8 August to 24 August 2008 . Approximately 11,028 athletes from 204 NOCs participated in 302 events in 28 sports . </P> <P> Athletes from 87 countries won medals, leaving 115 countries without a medal, and 54 of them won at least one gold medal . Both of these categories set new records until surpassed in 2016 . Athletes from China won the most gold medals, with 48 gold medals . Athletes from the United States won the most total medals, with 111 . Afghanistan, Mauritius, Sudan, Tajikistan and Togo won their first Olympic medals . Athletes from Mongolia (which previously held the record for most medals without a gold) and Panama won their first gold medals . Serbian swimmer Milorad Čavić won the first medal for the country as an independent NOC . Serbian athletes have previously won medals as nationals of Yugoslavia and Serbia and Montenegro . Samoa won its first Olympic medal due to medals reallocation after 2016 wave of doping samples retesting . </P> <Table> <Tr> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Part of a series on </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 2008 Summer Olympics (show) <Ul> <Li> Bid process </Li> <Li> Venues </Li> <Li> Marketing (mascots) </Li> <Li> Broadcasters </Li> <Li> Concerns and controversies </Li> <Li> Torch relay (route) </Li> <Li> Opening ceremony (flag bearers) </Li> <Li> Medal table (medalists) </Li> <Li> Closing ceremony (flag bearers) </Li> <Li> Chronological summary </Li> <Li> World and Olympic records </Li> <Li> Olympics (medal table) </Li> </Ul> <Ul> <Li> IOC </Li> <Li> COC </Li> <Li> SF&OCHK </Li> <Li> BOCOG </Li> </Ul> <Ul> <Li> </Li> <Li> </Li> <Li> </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> </Table>

Who won the most gold medals in 2008 olympics