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Revision as of 10:32, 26 August 2012
The 2008 Summer Olympics, officially known as the XXIX Olympic Summer Games, were celebrated in Beijing, People's Republic of China from August 8 through August 24. The opening ceremony started at 08:08:08 pm CST (12:08:08 UTC) at the Beijing National Stadium.
Venues
New competition venues
Venue | Sports | Capacity |
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Beijing National Stadium | Athletics, Football | 91,000 |
Beijing National Aquatics Centre | Swimming, Diving and Synchronized Swimming | 17,000 |
Beijing National Indoor Stadium | Artistic Gymnastics, Trampoline, Handball | 19,000 |
Beijing Shooting Range Hall | Qualifications and finals 10-, 25-, and 50-meter range shooting events | 9,000 |
Wukesong Indoor Stadium | Basketball | 18,000 |
Laoshan Velodrome | Cycling (track) | 6,000 |
Shunyi Olympic Rowing-Canoeing Park | Rowing, Canoe/Kayak (flat-water racing and Slalom Racing) | 37,000 |
China Agricultural University Gymnasium | Wrestling | 8,000 |
Peking University Gymnasium | Table tennis | 8,000 |
University of Science and Technology Beijing Gymnasium | Judo and Taekwondo | 8,024 |
Beijing University of Technology Gymnasium | Badminton and Rhythmic Gymnastics | 7,500 |
Olympic Green Tennis Center | Tennis | 17,400 |
Existing competition venues
Venue | Sports |
---|---|
Olympic | Football, Modern Pentathlon (running and equestrian) |
Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium | Handball |
Workers Stadium | Football |
Workers Indoor Arena | Boxing |
Capital Indoor Stadium | Volleyball |
Fengtai Softball Field | Softball |
Ying Tung Natatorium | Water Polo, Modern Pentathlon (swimming) |
Laoshan Mountain Bike Course | Cycling (Mountain Bike) |
Beijing Shooting Range Clay Target Field | Shooting |
Beijing Institute of Technology Gymnasium | Volleyball |
Beihang University Gymnasium | Weightlifting |
Temporary Competition Venues
Venue | Sports |
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Olympic Green Convention Centre | Fencing preliminaries and finals, and Modern Pentathlon at Beijing 2008|Modern Pentathlon (fencing and shooting) |
Olympic Green Hockey Field | Hockey |
Olympic Green Archery Field | Archery |
Wukesong Baseball Field | Baseball |
Beach Volleyball Ground | Beach volleyball |
BMX Field | Cycling (BMX) |
Triathlon Venue | Triathlon |
Urban Road Cycling Course | Cycling (road race) |
Competition venues outside Beijing
Venue | Sports |
---|---|
Quingdao International Sailing Centre | Sailing |
Shanghai Stadium | Football Preliminary |
Qinhuangdao Olympic Sports Centre Stadium | Football Preliminary |
Hong Kong Equestrian Venues | Equestrian |
Tianjin Olympic Centre Stadium | Football Preliminary |
Shenyang Olympic Sports Centre Stadium | Football Preliminary |
Controversies, Embarrassments, and Scandals
Torch relay
Censorship
- IOC gave nod to website censorship (Toronto Star)
- Tessa Jowell condemns Chinese assault on ITN journalist as 'ugly breach' (Times Online UK; Tessa Jowell is a British MP and Minister of the Olympics for the UK)
- Chinese police rough up British TV reporter (The Olympian, McClatchy Newspapers)
Opening ceremony
- Beijing Olympic 2008 opening ceremony giant firework footprints 'faked' (Telegraph UK)
- Blue Screen of Death Strikes Bird's Nest During Opening Ceremonies Torch Lighting (Gizmodo)
- Olympic girl seen but not heard (CNN)
Human rights
- China's un-Olympic human rights record (Calgary Herald)
- Crackdown continues for Chinese human rights activists, with no Olympic truce during games (Reporters sans frontieres aka Reporters without borders)
- Beijing Olympics 2008: Elderly evicted women given labour sentence (Guardian UK)
Age falsification
- Teeny-Tiny Matter of Age for China’s Gymnasts (NY Times)
- China accused of putting forward Olympic gymnasts who are too young to compete (Daily Mail UK)
Medals
- United States 36 Gold, 38 Silver and 36 Bronze. 110 Medals
- China 51 Gold, 21 Silver and 28 Bronze. 100 Medals.
- Russia 23 Gold, 21 Silver and 28 Bronze. 72 Total
- Great Britain 19 Gold, 13 Silver and 15 Bronze. 47 Total.
- Australia 14 Gold, 15 Silver and 17 Bronze. 46 Total.
- Germany 16 Gold, 10 Silver and 15 Bronze. 41 Total.
- France 7 Gold, 16 Silver and 17 Bronze. 40 Total.
- South Korea 13 Gold, 10 Silver and 8 Bronze. 31 Total.
- Italy 8 Gold, 10 Silver and 10 Bronze. 28 Total.
- Ukraine 7 Gold, 5 Silver and 15 Bronze. 27 Total.
- Japan 9 Gold, 6 Silver and 10 Bronze. 25 Total.
- Cuba 2 Gold, 11 Silver and 11 Bronze. 24 Total.
- Belarus 4 Gold, 5 Silver and 10 Bronze. 19 Total.
- Spain 5 Gold, 10 Silver and 3 Bronze. 18 Total.
- Canada 3 Gold, 9 Silver and 6 Bronze. 18 Total.
- Netherlands 7 Gold, 5 Silver and 4 Bronze. 16 Total.
- Brazil 3 Gold, 4 Silver and 8 Bronze. 15 Total.
- Kenya 5 Gold, 5 Silver and 4 Bronze. 14 Total
- Kazakhstan 2 Gold, 4 Silver and 7 Bronze. 13 Total.
- Jamaica 6 Gold, 3 Silver and 2 Bronze. 11 Total.
- Poland 3 Gold, 6 Silver and 1 Bronze. 10 Total.
- Hungary 3 Gold, 5 Silver and 2 Bronze. 10 Total.
- Norway 3 Gold, 5 Silver and 2 Bronze. 10 Total.
- New Zealand 3 Gold, 1 Silver and 5 Bronze. 9 Total.
- Romania 4 Gold, 1 Silver and 5 Bronze. 8 Total.
- Turkey 1 Gold, 4 Silver and 3 Bronze. 8 Total.
- Ethiopia 4 Gold, 1 Silver and 2 Bronze. 7 Total.
- Denmark 2 Gold, 2 Silver and 3 Bronze. 7 Total.
- Azerbaijan 1 Gold, 2 Silver and 4 Bronze. 7 Total.
- Czech Republic 3 Gold and 3 Silver. 6 Total.
- Slovakia 3 Gold, 2 Silver and 1 Bronze. 6 Total.
- Georgia 3 Gold and 3 Silver. 6 Total.
- North Korea 2 Gold, 1 Silver and 3 Bronze. 6 Total.
- Argentina 2 Gold and 4 Bronze. 6 Total.
- Switzerland 2 Gold and 4 Bronze. 6 Total.
- Uzbekistan 1 Gold, 2 Silver and 3 Bronze. 6 Total.
- Armenia 6 Bronze. 6 Total.
- Slovenia 1 Gold, 2 Silver and 2 Bronze. 5 Total.
- Bulgaria 1 Gold, 1 Silver and 3 Bronze. 5 Total.
- Indonesia 1 Gold, 1 Silver and 3 Bronze. 5 Total.
- Sweden 4 Silver and 1 Bronze. 5 Total.
- Croatia 2 Silver and 3 Bronze. 5 Total.
- Lithuania 2 Silver and 3 Bronze. 5 Total.
- Mongolia 2 Gold and 2 Silver. 4 Total.
- Thailand 2 Gold and 2 Silver. 4 Total.
- Zimbabwe 1 Gold and 3 Silver. 4 Total.
- Finland 1 Gold, 1 Silver and 2 Bronze. 4 Total.
- Greece 2 Silver and 2 Bronze. 4 Total.
- Nigeria 1 Silver and 3 Bronze. 4 Total.
- Chinese Taipei (Taiwan) 4 Bronze. 4 Total.
- Mexico 2 Gold and 1 Silver. 3 Total.
- Latvia 1 Gold, 1 Silver and 1 Bronze. 3 Total.
- India 1 Gold and 2 Bronze. 3 Total.
- Austria 1 Silver and 2 Bronze. 3 Total.
- Ireland 1 Silver and 2 Bronze. 3 Total.
- Serbia 1 Silver and 2 Bronze. 3 Total.
- Belgium 1 Gold and 1 Silver. 2 Total.
- Dominican Republic 1 Gold and 1 Silver. 2 Total.
- Estonia 1 Gold and 1 Silver. 2 Total.
- Portugal 1 Gold and 1 Silver. 2 Total.
- Iran 1 Gold and 1 Bronze. 2 Total.
- Trinidad and Tobago. 2 Silver. 2 Total.
- Algeria 1 Silver and 1 Bronze. 2 Total.
- Bahamas 1 Silver and 1 Bronze. 2 Total.
- Colombia 1 Silver and 1 Bronze. 2 Total.
- Kyrgyzstan 1 Silver and 1 Bronze. 2 Total.
- Morocco 1 Silver and 1 Bronze. 2 Total.
- Tajikistan 1 Silver and 1 Bronze. 2 Total.
- Bahrain 1 Gold. 1 Total.
- Cameroon 1 Gold. 1 Total.
- Panama 1 Gold. 1 Total.
- Tunisia 1 Gold. 1 Total.
- Chile 1 Silver. 1 Total.
- Ecuador 1 Silver. 1 Total.
- Iceland 1 Silver. 1 Total.
- Malaysia 1 Silver. 1 Total.
- Singapore 1 Silver. 1 Total.
- South Africa 1 Silver. 1 Total.
- Sudan 1 Silver. 1 Total.
- Vietnam 1 Silver. 1 Total.
- Afghanistan 1 Bronze. 1 Total.
- Egypt 1 Bronze. 1 Total.
- Israel 1 Bronze. 1 Total.
- Mauritius 1 Bronze. 1 Total.
- Moldova 1 Bronze. 1 Total.
- Togo 1 Bronze. 1 Total.
- Venezuela 1 Bronze. 1 Total.
Image Gallery
Sources and references
- ↑ Template:Cite press release
See Also
- Logos - A collection of logos featuring this event.
- Mascots - The official mascots of this Olympics'.
- Torch - Information about this Olympics' torch.
Preceded by Torino 2006 |
Winter Olympics 2008 |
Succeeded by Vancouver 2010 |
Preceded by Athens 2004 |
Summer Olympics 2008 |
Succeeded by London 2012 |