A little late but here are the final standings of the 2008 Chess Olympiad: The USA managed to pull in a Bronze medal, several different results had to happen for the USA to get this medal. However the Olympiad was tainted by the theft of the Gaprindashvili Cup. See earlier blog post.
Tie break 1: Match points (2 for win, 1 for Draw, 0 for Loss)
Tie break 2: Olympiad tiebreak (read more here)
Final Open (Men's) Standings: (top 10)
1 Armenia 19 400.5
2 Israel 18 377.5
3 United States of America 17 362
4 Ukraine 17 348.5
5 Russia 16 375
6 Azerbaijan 16 359.5
7 China 16 357.5
8 Hungary 16 341.5
9 Vietnam 16 340
10 Spain 16 337.5
Final Womwn's Standings: (Top 10)
1 Georgia 18 411.5
2 Ukraine 18 406.5
3 United States of America 17 390.5
4 Russia 17 367
5 Poland 17 364.5
6 Armenia 16 353
7 Serbia 16 318.5
8 China 15 392.5
9 Israel 15 325
10 Belarus 15 317.5
The US Women's team brings home a Bronze medal as well, keeping up with the guys, way to go!
Top 10 performance ratings ELO (####) Perf. Rat. [####]
1 GM Sargissian Gabriel (2642) Armenia [2869]
2 GM Leko Peter (2747) Hungary [2834]
3 GM Gelfand Boris (2719) Israel [2833]
4 GM Topalov Veselin (2791) Bulgaria [2821]
5 GM Akopian Vladimir (2679) Armenia [2813]
6 GM Vallejo Pons Francisco (2664) Spain [2807]
7 GM Movsesian Sergei (2732) Slovakia [2794]
8 GM Jakovenko Dmitry (2737) Russia [2794]
9 GM Blagojevic Dragisa (2522) Montenegro [2792]
10 GM Delchev Aleksander (2632) Bulgaria [2788]
Top 10 Womwn's Performance Rating
1 GM Chiburdanidze Maia (2489) Georgia [2715]
2 WIM Majdan Joanna (2284) Poland [2621]
3 IM Fierro Baquero Martha L (2361) Ecuador [2613]
4 IM Kosintseva Nadezhda (2468) Russia [2591]
5 IM Zatonskih Anna (2440) United States of America [2571]
6 IM Khukhashvili Sopiko (2409) Georgia [2564]
7 WGM Hou Yifan (2578) China [2563]
8 IM Socko Monika (2434) Poland [2563]
9 WGM Zhukova Natalia (2488) Ukraine [2553]
10 IM Mkrtchian Lilit (2443) Armenia [2549]
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