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The 2008 Summer Olympics (Chinese: 2008年夏季奥运会; pinyin: Èr Líng Líng Bā Nián Xiàjì Àoyùnhuì), officially the Games of the XXIX Olympiad (Chinese: 第二十九届夏季奥林匹克运动会; pinyin: Dì Èrshíjiǔ Jiè Xiàjì Àolínpǐkè Yùndònghuì) and also known as Beijing 2008 (Chinese: 北京2008 ...
- One World, One Dream, (同一个世界 同一个梦想; Tóng yīge shìjìe tóng yīge mèngxiǎng)
- Beijing, China
- 302 in 28 sports (41 disciplines)
- Beijing National Stadium
01 - 30. Relive the moments that went down in history at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. Access official videos, results, galleries, sport and athletes.
- Overview
- Key Events from the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games
The Games of the XXIX Olympiad, involving some 200 Olympic committees and as many as 13,000 accredited athletes competing in 28 different sports, were auspiciously scheduled to begin at 8:08 pm on the eighth day of the eighth month of 2008 in Beijing, capital of the world’s most populous country. From the time the International Olympic Committee selected Beijing as host city, on July 13, 2001, China invested huge sums of money in urban renewal, expanded infrastructure, and construction of Olympic facilities in Beijing and the six other Olympic venues (Qingdao, Hong Kong, Tianjin, Shanghai, Shenyang, and Qinhuangdao). In the months prior to August 8, a devastating earthquake in Sichuan province, international focus on China’s pollution problems, protests over China’s human rights record and Tibet, and criticism of the Chinese government’s control of information became part of the Olympics story. Nevertheless, China was determined to show the world, also through an Olympics lens, that it had joined the ranks of the world’s most modern and influential countries.
Britannica is pleased to showcase a broad selection of information on China and the Olympics, including a brief history of China’s association with the Olympics and a special essay by Olympics expert Xu Guoqi; key facts and articles about China, Beijing, and the six other Olympic cities; a calendar of key dates in 2008; an essay on China’s explosive growth by researcher Dorothy-Grace Guerrero; the story of the Olympics and Paralympics, with tables of IOC presidents and 2004 medal winners; a colourful photo gallery; and a list of Web sites for additional information.
•August 9: The first gold medal of the games went to Czech markswoman Katerina Emmons, who won the women’s 10-metre air rifle event.
•August 10: Guo Jingjing, two-time gold medal winner at the Athens Olympic Games, took home the third gold of her career as a member of the victorious Chinese team in the 3-metre synchronized springboard diving event.
•August 11:
•India’s Abhinav Bindra won the first individual gold medal in his country’s history by taking the men’s 10-metre air rifle event.
•American swimmer Michael Phelps—who won the 400-metre individual medley event on August 10—continued his historic quest for eight gold medals in one Olympic Games as a member of the winning American 4 × 100-metre freestyle relay team.
•August 12:
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Beijing 2008 saw the Olympic Games – and Olympic broadcasting – come of age, as superb sporting action was delivered to the world via television, the internet and mobile phones, offering fans unprecedented choice of what, when and where to watch the Games.
This Final Report of the IOC Coordination Commission for the Games of the XXIX Olympiad – Beijing 2008 – will be presented to the IOC Executive Board and to the IOC members on the occasion of the 122nd IOC Session in February 2010.
The 2008 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXIX Olympiad and also known as Beijing 2008, were an international multisport event held from 8 to 24 August 2008, in Beijing, China.
GENERAL DATA OFFICIAL REPORT 2008. Title: The Official report of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games. Volumes: 3 ( + 1 with 4 DVD`s) Read the full content: LA84 FOUNDATION. Pages Volume 1: 144.
