jamaica won 5 medals at the 2008 olympics.
how many medals did jamaica win at the 2008 olympics?
5
while isolated american gymnasts, including kurt thomas and cathy rigby, won medals in world championship meets in the 1970s, the united states team was largely considered a "second power" until the mid- to late 1980s, when american gymnasts began medaling consistently in major, fully attended competitions. in 1984, the olympic men's team won the gold. the team included tim daggett, peter vidmar, mitch gaylord, bart conner, scott johnson, jim hartung, and the team alternate jim mikus. also in 1984, mary lou retton became the first american olympic all-around champion and won individual medals as well. in 1991, kim zmeskal became the first american world all-around champion. at the 1992 olympics, the american women won their first team medal (bronze), as well as their highest all-around ranking, a silver medal by shannon miller, in a fully attended games. in men's gymnastics, trent dimas was able to capture the gold medal on the horizontal bar. this was the second time that an american gymnast, male or female, won a gold medal in an olympics held outside the united states. the u.s. women's team has become increasingly successful in the modern era, with the 1996 olympic team victory of the magnificent seven in atlanta, the 2003 worlds team victory in anaheim, california, and multiple-medal hauls in both wag and mag at the 2004 olympics. at the 2012 olympics and 2016 olympics, the u.s. women won the team gold. the united states has produced individual gymnasts such as olympic all-around champions carly patterson (2004), nastia liukin (2008), gabby douglas (2012), and simone biles (2016), and world all-around champions kim zmeskal (1991), shannon miller (1993, 1994), chellsie memmel (2005), shawn johnson (2007), bridget sloan (2009), jordyn wieber (2011), simone biles (2013, 2014, 2015, 2018), and morgan hurd (2017). of particular note is that at the 2005 world championships in melbourne, american women won the gold and silver the all-around and went 1–2 in every single event final except vault (in which they placed third). they continue to be one of the most dominant forces in the sport. the men's team has also matured, making the medal podium at both the 2004 and 2008 olympics; they also made the podium at the 2003 and 2011 world championships. paul hamm, the most successful u.s. male gymnast, became the first american to win the world all-around title in 2003. he followed this up by winning the gold medal at the 2004 olympic games. 2010 world all-around bronze medalist jonathan horton captured the silver medal on the horizontal bar at the 2008 olympic games, and danell leyva won the all-around bronze medal at the 2012 olympic games, as well as two silver medals (parallel bars and high bar) at the 2016 olympic games.
artistic gymnastics
in the most well known international swimming competition, the olympics, 30 auburn swimmers and divers have competed for 14 countries with 8 swimmers taking home medals. auburn coaches david marsh and jeff shaffer as well as incoming coach richard quick have all coached us teams in the olympics as well. the two most decorated auburn olympians are rowdy gaines and kirsty coventry. gaines competed in the 1984 los angeles games, where he won three gold medals in the 100 freestyle and in the 400 free relay and the 400 medley relay for the united states of america. coventry became the first auburn woman swimmer to medal in an olympics in the 2004 athens games when she won gold, silver and bronze in the 200 backstroke, 100 backstroke, and the 200 individual medley respectively. she is the first and (as of 2008) the only person ever to medal in an individual event in the olympics for her native country, zimbabwe. in the 2008 olympics, coventry surpassed rowdy gaines in most medals won in a single games (four) and in career medals (seven) for the swimming program. in total for the 2004 athens games, auburn sent 12 athletes to the games with five medals, a then auburn record-tying performance for a single olympics. auburn broke that record in the 2008 olympics, winning 13 total medals in swimming.
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