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It was the 22nd final of the men's football tournament at the Summer Olympics, a quadrennial tournament contested for the men's under-23 national teams of FIFA to decide the Olympic champions. In front of a crowd of 89,102, Argentina won their second consecutive Olympic gold medal in football, beating Nigeria, 1–0. [2]
The men's football tournament at the 2008 Summer Olympics was held in Beijing and four other cities in the People's Republic of China from 7 to 23 August. Associations affiliated with FIFA were invited to enter their men's under-23 teams in regional qualifying competitions, from which 15 teams, plus the host nation, reached the final tournament.
"Sports Competition Schedule". Beijing Organizing Committee for the Olympic Games. 17 April 2006. Archived from the original on 10 August 2006 "Athletics". International Olympic Committee. 2006 "Programme of the Games of the XXIX Olympiad, Beijing 2008" (PDF). International Olympic Committee.
The 2008 Olympics were watched by 3.5 billion people worldwide, and featured the longest distance for an Olympic Torch relay. [4] [5] The 2008 Games also set numerous world and Olympic records, and were the most expensive Summer Olympics of all time, and the second most expensive overall, after the 2014 Winter Games in Sochi.
[2] [3] Cycling BMX racing and 10 km (6.2 mi) marathon swimming were included as official medal events for the first time in history. [4] The Marshall Islands, Montenegro and Tuvalu made their Summer Olympic debuts in Beijing. [5] Overall, athletes from a record 87 countries won at least one medal, [6] and 55 of them won at least one gold medal ...
Kosuke Kitajima of Japan won the Olympic gold medal in the men's 100 m breaststroke, and set a world record of 58.91. [38] Arkady Vyatchanin of Russia set a new Olympic record in the men's 100 m backstroke semifinal with a time of 53.06, only for the record to be set again in the second semifinal by Hayden Stoeckel of Australia, with a time of ...
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2008 Women's Olympic Football Tournament; Tournament details; Host country: China: Dates: 6–21 August: Teams: 12 (from 6 confederations) Venue(s) 5 (in 5 host cities) Final positions; Champions United States (3rd title) Runners-up Brazil: Third place Germany: Fourth place Japan: Tournament statistics; Matches played: 26: Goals scored: 66 (2. ...