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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.
The Jamaican men's team won the men's 4 × 100 m relay for the first time, setting a new world record time of 37.10 seconds. Usain Bolt , running the third leg, gained his third gold medal and third world record of the Beijing games, and became the first sprinter since 1984 to win the three sprint events in a single Olympiad.
The United States of America (USA), represented by the United States Olympic Committee (USOC), competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China.U.S. athletes have competed in every Summer Olympic Games in the modern era, except the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, which was boycotted by the American team and 65 other countries in protest of the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan.
2008 Summer Olympics cauldron; Chronological summary of the 2008 Summer Olympics; 2008 Summer Olympics closing ceremony; Coalition to Investigate the Persecution of Falun Gong; Concerns and controversies at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Daylight saving time started Sunday, March 10, at 2 a.m. local time, when most — but not all — states moved their clocks forward one hour. It will end Sunday, Nov. 3, at 2 a.m. local time ...
This year's Northern Hemisphere summer solstice will occur Thursday, June 20 at 4:51 p.m. Eastern Time. When will daylight saving time 'fall back'? Clocks will fall back on Sunday, Nov. 3, 2024.
Fall back, spring forward. Gain an hour, lose an hour. War time. No matter how you refer to it, daylight saving’s coming to an end in Florida for 2024
Pages in category "Events at the 2008 Summer Olympics" The following 30 pages are in this category, out of 30 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .