English: Gold for countries achieving at least one gold medal. Grey for countries achieving at least one silver medal. Brown for countries achieving at least one bronze medal. Green for countries that didn't get any medal. Black for countries that did not participate. A yellow square displays the host city (Beijing). Blue asterisks display countries achieving their first medal ever in a Summer Olympics.
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Included countries that did not participate (Western Sahara, Vatican City and Brunei). Note that Greenland participated as part of Denmark, and French Guiana as a region of France.
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