Beijing 2008
- 1. LeBron James
- What's Driving Dara Torres
- 3. Michael Phelps
- 4. Liu Xiang
- 5. Yao Ming
- 6. Allyson Felix
- 7. Shawn Johnson
- 8. Roman Sebrle
- 9. Guo Jingjing
- 10. Tyson Gay
- 11. Asafa Powell
- 12. Usain Bolt
- 13. Yang Wei
- 14. Jeremy Wariner
- 15. Heather O'Reilly
- 16. Pascal Hens
- 17. Stephanie Rice
- 18. Chris Paul
- 19. Paul Hamm
- 20. Zou Shiming
- 21. Sheila Taormina
- 22. Sara Khoshjamal
- 23. Marta Vieira da Silva
- 24. Nastia Liukin
- 25. Alicia Sacramone
- 26. Chellsie Memmel
- 27. Laure Manaudou
- 28. Federica Pellegrini
- 29. Alain Bernard
- 30. Laura Flessel-Colovic
- 31. Paula Radcliffe
- 32. Nader al Masri
- 33. Kobe Bryant
- 34. Vanessa Ferrari
- 35. Freddy Adu
- 36. Andrew Howe
- 37. Martin Lel
- 38. Catherine Ndereba
- 39. Marianne Vos
- 40. Adam Korol
- 41. Aaron Peirsol
- 42 & 43 & 44. Mark, Diana, and Steven Lopez
- 45. Mark Warkentin
- 46. Bryan Volpenhein
- 47. Guo Yue
- 48. Taufik Hidayat
- 49. Lin "Super" Dan
- 50. Tibor Benedek
- 51. Kohei Uchimura
- 52. Wang Liqin
- 53. Billy Joe Saunders
- 54. J.R. Holden
- 55. Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore
- 56. Amnat Ruenroeng
- 57. Ryan Lochte
- 58. Nagmeldin Ali Abubakr
- 59. Dayron Robles
- 60 & 61. Kerri Walsh & Misty May-Treanor
- 62. Libby Trickett
- 63. Tom Daley
- 64. Oxana Chusovitina
- 65. Otylia Jedrzejczak
- 66. Natalie Coughlin
- 67. Katie Hoff
- 68. Jenn Stuczynski
- 69. Cat Osterman
- 70. Ryan Hall
- 71. Candace Parker
- 72. Bernard Lagat
- 73. Reese Hoffa
- 74. Jennie Finch
- 75. Breaux Greer
- 76. Ryoko Tani
- 77. Sanya Richards
- 78. Brian Clay
- 79. Rau'Shee Warren
- 80. Taylor Phinney
- 81. Donny Robinson
- 82. Melanie Roach
- 83. Kristy Coventry
- 84. Eric Shanteau
- 85. Brad Vering
- 86. Laura Wilkinson
- 87. Howard Bach
- 88. Terrence Trammell
- 89. Vladimir Dyatchin
- 90. Blanka Vlasic
- 91. Novak Djokovic
- 92. Matt Emmons
- 93. Ali Adnan
- 94. Im Dong Hyun
- 95 & 96. Keeth & Erinn Smart
- 97. Haile Gebrselassie
- 98. Kyle Shewfelt
- 99. Dana Hussein Abdul-Razzaq
- 100. Natalie du Toit
100 Olympic Athletes To Watch
From Australia to Zimbabwe, China to the U.S., TIME takes you on a world tour to introduce you to the most compelling athletes you'll be seeing in the Beijing Games