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Polish athlete Natalia Partyka, who was born without a right forearm, competed in Table Tennis in the 2008 Summer Olympics and 2008 Paralympic Games. Sports. The program for the Beijing Games was quite similar to that of the 2004 Summer Olympics held in Athens. There were 28 sports and 302 events at the 2008 Games.
Aug 7, 2008 · Beijing 2008 Olympic Games Legacy. Discover the lasting legacy that this edition of the Olympic Games created for its hosts. First Medals. 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 ...
Medal Table. See the list of teams and medals won by each. Official list of medal winners and results by sport at the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games. Celebrate medal-winning moments by the world's top 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
The 2008 Summer Olympics were held in Beijing, People's Republic of China, from 8 August to 24 August 2008. A total of 10,942 athletes from 204 National Olympic Committees (NOC) participated. Overall, 302 events in 28 sports were held; 165 events were opened to men, 127 were opened to women and 10 were mixed events.
EventGoldSilverBronzeMen's 100 m detailsUsain Bolt JamaicaRichard Thompson Trinidad and TobagoWalter Dix United StatesWomen's 100 m detailsShelly-Ann Fraser JamaicaSherone Simpson JamaicaNoneWomen's 100 m detailsShelly-Ann Fraser JamaicaKerron Stewart JamaicaNoneMen's 200 m detailsUsain Bolt JamaicaShawn Crawford United StatesWalter Dix United StatesBlue asterisks display countries achieving their first medal ever in a Summer Olympics. The 2008 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXIX Olympiad, were a summer multi-sport event held in Beijing, the capital of the People's Republic of China, from 8 to 24 August 2008. Approximately 10,942 athletes from 204 National Olympic ...
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1. Official medal table of the Summer Olympic Games in Beijing. Find an alphabetical list of medals and celebrate the achievements of 2008's finest athletes.
