The 2008 Summer Olympics (Chinese: 2008年夏季奥运会), officially the Games of the XXIX Olympiad (Chinese: 第二十九届夏季奥林匹克运动会) and also known as Beijing 2008 (Chinese: 北京2008), were an international multisport event held from 8 to 24 August 2008 in Beijing, China. A total of 10,942 athletes from 204 National Olympic Committees (NOCs) competed in 28 sports and 302 events, one event more than those scheduled for the 2004 Summer Olympics. It marked the first time China had hosted the Olympic Games, and the third time the Summer Olympic Games had been held in East Asia, following the 1964 Olympics in Tokyo, Japan, and the 1988 Olympics in Seoul, South Korea. These were also the second Summer Olympic Games to be held in a communist state, the first being 1980 Summer Olympics in the Soviet Union.
2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China
Juegos Olímpicos de Pekín 2008, China
Beijing was awarded the 2008 Games over four competitors on 13 July 2001, having won a majority of votes from members of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) after two rounds of voting. The Government of the People’s Republic of China promoted the 2008 Games and invested heavily in new facilities and transport systems. 37 venues were used to host the events, including twelve constructed specifically for the 2008 Games. The equestrian events were held in Hong Kong, making these the third Olympics for which the events were held under the jurisdiction of two different NOCs. The sailing events were contested in Qingdao, while the football events took place across several different cities.
Olympische Sommerspiele 2008 in Peking, China
2008 年中国北京夏季奥运会
Thế vận hội mùa hè 2008 tại Bắc Kinh, Trung Quốc
دورة الألعاب الأولمبية الصيفية لعام 2008 في بكين ، الصين
The official logo for the 2008 Games, titled “Dancing Beijing “(舞动北京), created by Guo Chunning (郭春宁), featured the Chinese character for capital (京, stylized into the shape of a human being) in reference to the host city. The 2008 Olympics were watched by 3.5 billion people worldwide, and featured the longest distance for an Olympic Torch relay. The 2008 Games also set numerous world and Olympic records, and were the most expensive Summer Olympics of all time. The opening ceremony was lauded by spectators and numerous international presses as spectacular, spellbinding, and by many accounts, “the greatest ever in the history of Olympics”.
Jeux Olympiques d’été de 2008 à Pékin, Chine
Летние Олимпийские игры 2008 года в Пекине, Китай
2008년 중국 베이징 하계올림픽
An unprecedented 87 countries won at least one medal during the 2008 Games. Host nation China won the most gold medals (48), and became the seventh different team to top an overall Summer Olympics medal tally, winning a total of 100 medals overall. The United States placed second in the gold medal tally but won the highest number of medals overall (112). The third place in the gold medal tally was achieved by Russia.
These also became the first Olympic Games involving Montenegro and Serbia (as a separated states in 2006) and Nepal (as a republic, also in 2006), as well as the last Olympic Games involving Libyan Arab Jamahiriya (dissolved in 2011) and Netherlands Antilles (dissolved in 2010).
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