- Honorable Mention, Olympic Action
- Paul Kitagaki Jr/The Sacramento Bee

Olga Kaniskina of Russia is alone at the finish line of Women’s 20km Walk and wins the gold medal on Thursday 21, 2008, in the Games of the XXIX Olympiad in Beijing, China.
- 1st
- Andres Leighton
- Associated Press
- 2nd
- GARY HERSHORN
- REUTERS
- 3rd
- HELEN H. RICHARDSON
- THE DENVER POST
- HM
- Al Bello
- Getty Images
- HM
- Cameron Spencer
- Getty Images
- HM
- Paul Kitagaki Jr
- The Sacramento Bee
- HM
- Saurabh Das
- Associated Press
- HM
- Nicolas Asfouri
- Agence France-Presse
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