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The 2008 Summer Olympics (2008年夏季奥运会), officially the Games of the XXIX Olympiad (第二十九届夏季奥林匹克运动会) and officially branded as Beijing 2008 (北京2008), were an international multisport event held from 8 to 24 August 2008, in Beijing, China.
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Beijing was the Games of records and superlatives. The Opening Ceremony was unforgettable; the athletes’ achievements were astonishing, the organisation was excellent; the venues, breathtaking and the anti-doping tests were stricter. Several hundred million watched worldwide on TV as more than 40 world records and over 130 Olympic records were brok...
The National Stadium, nick-named the “Bird’s Nest”, and the National Swimming Centre, known as the “Water Cube”, were both stunning symbols of the new Beijing. In cycling, the road race followed the Great Wall and passed in front of the “Forbidden City”—two symbols of the thousand-year-old history of the city.
A record 204 National Olympic Committees took part in the Games. Some 87 of them celebrated their medal-winning athletes. Tajikistan, Afghanistan, Mauritius and Togo all experienced podium finishes for the first time. Tajikistan won its first medals thanks to Rasul Boqiev in judo and Yusup Abdusalomov in wrestling; Afghanistan stepped up on to the ...
Explore the highlights, records, legacy and medals of the Beijing 2008 Games. Watch exclusive videos, replays and documentaries of the athletes, events and venues that made history.
Beijing 2008 foi um dos Jogos de recordes e superlativos. A Cerimônia de Abertura foi inesquecível; as conquistas dos atletas foram surpreendentes, a organização foi excelente; os locais de tirarem o fôlego e os testes antidoping foram mais rigorosos.
Os Jogos de 2008 foram consagrados a Pequim pelo Comitê Olímpico Internacional (COI) em 13 de julho de 2001. O logotipo oficial dos Jogos, intitulado Dancing Beijing, traz uma caligrafia estilizada do carácter chinês jīng (京, capital), referindo-se à cidade sede.
Find out the list of teams and medals won by each at the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games. Watch replays and highlights of the Olympic events and sports on the official IOC channel.
A comprehensive overview of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games, hosted by China for the first time. Learn about the venues, the torch relay, the medalists, the highlights and the controversies of the XXIX Olympiad.
10 de out. de 2024 · In 2008 the Olympic Games were held in China for the first time. In the months prior to the Games’ start, a devastating earthquake in Sichuan province, international focus on China’s pollution problems, and protests over China’s human rights record and Tibet became part of the Olympic story.
