The US Beach Volleyball Women’s team helped their country retain the top position in the medal tally (in overall standing) in Beijing Summer Games, when they defeated the Chinese pair in the final. Misty May-Treanor and Kerri Walsh represent the winning pair of the US Women’s Beach Volleyball team. In the final this defending champion pair scored an ecstatic win on the Chinese pair – Tian Jia and Wang Jie in straight sets, 21-18, 21-18.

Misty May-Treanor and Kerri Walsh form the ‘dream team’ for the US in Beach Volleyball. They scored a convincing win in the last Summer Games at Athens as well. Since the last Summer Games, this ‘dream team’ is yet to lose a game in Women’s Beach Volleyball event in Summer Games. This consolidated unit has won World Championships in 2005 and 2007 at Berlin, Germany and Gstaad, Switzerland respectively.

The Chinese pair had not let the US win the match easily. At an instance in the first set, China was leading 18-16. But the US pair won 5 consecutive points to win the first set. In the second set too, China took leads at times. Rain tried to play a spoilsport in the match. But both these pairs braved the rain and gifted an exhilarating match to the spectators.

Updated (till Sailing Star-Medal Match on 21/08/08) Medal Tally for 2008 Beijing Summer Games (countries to have won gold medals are mentioned in the tally):
China – 45 gold, 15 silver, 21 bronze
USA – 27 gold, 28 silver, 28 bronze
Great Britain – 17 gold, 11 bronze, 11 bronze
Russia - 14 gold, 14 bronze, 18 bronze
Australia – 11 gold, 13 bronze, 13 bronze
Germany - 11 gold, 8 bronze, 10 bronze
Korea – 8 gold, 10 silver, 6 bronze
Japan – 8 gold, 6 silver, 9 bronze
Italy – 6 gold, 7 silver, 8 bronze
Ukraine - 5 gold, 5 silver, 8 bronze
Netherlands – 5 gold, 5 silver, 4 bronze
France - 4 gold, 12 silver, 14 bronze
Spain – 4 gold, 5 silver, 2 bronze
Jamaica - 4 gold, 3 silver
Romania - 4 gold, 1 silver, 3 bronze
Poland - 3 gold, 4 silver, 1 bronze
New Zealand - 3 gold, 1 silver, 5 bronze
Slovakia - 3 gold, 1 silver
Canada - 2 gold, 6 silver, 5 bronze
Kenya - 2 gold, 4 silver, 2 bronze
Belarus - 2 gold, 3 silver, 8 bronze
Czech Republic – 2 gold, 3 silver
Denmark - 2 gold, 1 silver, 3 bronze
DPR Korea - 2 gold, 1 silver, 3 bronze
Ethiopia - 2 gold, 1 silver
Switzerland - 2 gold, 3 bronze
Georgia - 2 gold, 2 bronze
Cuba - 1 gold, 6 silver, 6 bronze
Kazakhstan - 1 gold, 3 silver, 4 bronze
Norway - 1 gold, 3 silver, 2 bronze
Zimbabwe - 1 gold, 3 silver
Azerbaijan - 1 gold, 2 silver, 2 bronze
Slovenia - 1 gold, 2 silver, 2 bronze
Turkey - 1 gold, 2 silver, 1 bronze
Bulgaria - 1 gold, 1 silver, 3 bronze
Indonesia - 1 gold, 3 bronze
Finland – 1 gold, 1 silver, 1 bronze
Estonia - 1 gold, 1 silver
Mongolia - 1 gold, 1 silver
Thailand -1 gold, 1 silver
Brazil - 1 gold, 1 silver, 3 bronze
Argentina - 1 gold, 2 bronze
India – 1 gold, 1 bronze
Mexico - 1 gold, 1 bronze
Bahrain - 1 gold
Cameroon - 1 gold
Panama - 1 gold
Tunisia - 1 gold