Press Trust of India . BBC News . The official website of the BEIJING 2008 Olympic Games - Games of the XXIX Olympiad 8-24Beijing Olympic DatabaseMedals of Olympic Summer Gamesen. beijing2008. cn/94/79/column211997994. shtml - 77k -. The IOC has strict stipulation on the Olympic medals' material, identification, weight, size and drawing. The medals for the champion and the runner-up areen. beijing2008. cn/67/83/article214028367. shtml - 39k -. Olympic medals since 1928 have featured the same design on the front: a Greek goddess, the Olympic Rings, the coliseum of ancient Athens, a Greek vase knownwww. cviog. uga. edu/Projects/olymphlx/answer. htm - 3k -. Recent posts have covered maps showing how generic names for soft drinks vary by U. S. region, the 2004 Olympic medal breakdown by country, coverage areasstrangemaps. wordpress. com/2008/08/18/307-higher-faster-stronger-the- olympic-medals-map-2004/ - 34k -. The Olympic medal winner database is compiled using data taken from official publications containing Olympic results produced by the Organising Committeeswww. olympic. org/uk/athletes/results/search_r_uk. asp - 24k -. Make any young athlete feel like an Olympic champ with this medal craft. It's an encouraging gift for school play days or summer track and field meets. crafts. kaboose. com/olympic-medal. html - 80k -. Instructions for making olympic medals for your own backyard olympic games. familycrafts. about. com/cs/sportscrafts/l/blolymedal. htm - 20k -. Check out the 2008 Beijing Summer Olympic Games Women's Air Rifle standings. See new coverage and updates. Medals > 2008 Standings. 2008 Olympics: Complete. www. nbcolympics. com/medals/2008standings. Offers a complete list of medals won by country during the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. sportsillustrated. cnn. com/olympics/2008/medals/tracker. Complete medal count by country and sport for the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. sports. yahoo. com/olympics/beijing/medals. Information on the Games of the XXIX Olympiad in Beijing, China. From August 8, 2008, to August 24, 2008. en. wikipedia. org/wiki/2008_Summer_Olympics. A breakdown of medals that countries have won in Beijing and past summer Olympic Games. Circles are sized by the number of medals that countries won in summer Olympic Games. Use the slider to view past Olympics, or click on a country to display a list of its medal winners. www. nytimes. com/interactive/2008/08/04/sports/olympics/. www. nytimes. com/interactive/2008/08/04/sports/olympics/20080804_MEDALCOUNT_MAP. html. The medals awarded to the winning athletes in the Sydney, Australia, Olympic Games were designed by the Australian sculptor Wojciech Pietranik. The Back of the Medals: The back depicts the five Olympic rings, the Sydney Opera House, the Sydney Olympic torch, and waves of water. www. enchantedlearning. com/olympics/printouts/Medals. sht. www. enchantedlearning. com/olympics/printouts/Medals. shtml. var wikiImage = new Image(); wikiImage. onload = function() &ob;if(this. height The Olympic Games (often referred to simply as The Olympics or The Games) is an international multi-sport event subdivided into summer and winter sporting events. The summer and winter games are each. en. wikipedia. org/wiki/Olympic_Games. indicates World record and Olympic record indicates Olympic record. www. msnbc. com/d/oly2002/medaldate_02. asp www. msnbc. com/d/oly2002/medaldate_02. asp. The string of symbols on both sides of the medal are, of course, Greek letters. The International Olympic Committee (IOC) website's description of the medal design for the 2004 Athens Olympics states that "the main feature of the medals is the Greek character shown on both sides… This is of particular importance, as from. edsitement. neh. gov/view_lesson_plan. asp?id=583. Total gold, silver and bronze medals achieved by each country in summer and winter olympic games since 1896. www. olympic. it/english/medal www. olympic. it/english/medal. The tradition of shrouding the Olympic champions with honour continues to exist even today. Their main award being medals. During the course of various Olympic Games medals have been changed in many ways. www. angelfire. com/ms/stamp/olympic/medals. html www. angelfire. com/ms/stamp/olympic/medals. html.