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Revision as of 19:30, 17 April 2010
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 |
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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 (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)
- ↑ Template:Cite press release