Ka rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - A Wasannin Olimfik na shekara ta 2008 a birnin Beijing, Peirsol ya ci zinariya a tseren mita 100 a baya da kuma tseren mita 4×100 a tseren da aka haɗa
Ka yi haƙuri. Ya kuma lashe azurfa a tseren mita 200 a baya. A cikin gasarsa ta farko, tseren mita 100, Peirsol ya kasance babban fifiko don zinare, tare da shi mai riƙe da tarihin duniya kuma mai kare gasar Olympics. Don wasan karshe na mita 100 na baya, Peirsol yana iyo a layin biyu, bayan ya cancanci na biyar a wasan kusa da na karshe. A farkon mita 50 na karshe na mita 100, Peirsol ya kasance a matsayi na biyu a bayan Liam Tancock, wanda ya fitar da shi a 25.11. Peirsol ya kasance 0.54 s a baya Tancock a cikin juyawa. Koyaya, bayan juyawa, Peirsol ya wuce Tancock, wanda a ƙarshe ya zama na shida, kuma ya ci zinare. Lokaci na karshe na Peirsol na 52.54 shine sabon rikodin duniya, yana inganta rikodin da ya gabata na 52.89 da aka kafa a watan da ya gabata. Bayan tseren, Peirsol ya ce, "Na ɗan yi farin ciki, na ɗan sami sauƙi, na yi farin ciki ƙwarai". A cikin sa na biyu, tseren mita 200, Peirsol ya zama na biyu bayan Ryan Lochte 1: 54.33 zuwa 1: 53.94. Ta hanyar lashe zinare, Lochte ya karya rikodin duniya da shi da Peirsol suka raba a tseren mita 200 a baya. A cikin wasansa na ƙarshe, tseren tseren mita 4 × 100, Peirsol ya haɗu tare da Brendan Hansen, Michael Phelps, da Jason Lezak don lashe zinare a cikin rikodin duniya na 3: 29.34, yana rage tsohuwar alama ta 3: 30.68 da aka kafa shekaru hudu da suka gabata a Athens.