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By Alex Perry

The 2008 Games officially run from Friday 8 August to Sunday 24 August in China's bustling capital city and you can be there every step of the way.

You won't even need to lift a finger to get the latest updates because this page will refresh automatically.

Get live Olympic video, text commentary and chat, as well as the latest Games stats and medals table, all in one place.



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At-a-glance medals table

Sunday, 24 August 2008 10:17 UK
Rank Country Gold Silver Bronze TOTAL
1 China 51 21 28 100
2 USA 36 38 36 110
3 Russia 23 21 28 72
4 Great Britain 19 13 15 47
5 Germany 16 10 15 41
6 Australia 14 15 17 46
7 South Korea 13 10 8 31
8 Japan 9 6 10 25
9 Italy 8 10 10 28
10 France 7 16 17 40

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