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Kuala Lumpur Half Marathon Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia [36] Marathon: 2:49:28 Yuan Yufang: 30 April 2000 Kuala Lumpur International Marathon Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 24 years, 89 days 100 m hurdles: 13.27 (+1.3 m/s) Moh Siew Wei: 11 June 2004 Kassel, Germany 26 years, 42 days [37] 400 m hurdles: 56.02 Noraseela Mohd Khalid: 17 June 2006 Regensburg ...
Malaysia competed in the 2008 Summer Olympics, held in Beijing, People's Republic of China. Malaysia had 32 athletes who took part in ten sports in the games. Lee Chong Wei won the nation's first medal in twelve years in the badminton men's singles final despite losing to Lin Dan, from the host country China. It was the second silver medal ever ...
Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics were held during the last ten days of the games, from August 15 to August 24, 2008, at the Beijing National Stadium. The Olympic sport of athletics is split into four distinct sets of events: track and field events, road running events, and racewalking events.
It was the first year that the IAAF had provided the race designation. The series included a total of 49 road races, 12 Gold and 37 Silver Label status. In terms of distance, 32 races were marathons, 8 were half marathons, 6 were 10K runs, and 3 were held over other distances.
The men's marathon at the 2008 Summer Olympics took place on 24 August at 7:30am in Beijing, ending in the Beijing National Stadium. [1] It was (as of today) the last time in Summer Olympics history that the start and/or finish of the men's marathon route was located inside the Olympic Stadium. Ninety-five athletes from 56 nations competed. [2]
Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's marathon; Athletics at the 2008 Summer Paralympics – Men's marathon T12; Athletics at the 2008 Summer Paralympics – Men's marathon T46; Athletics at the 2008 Summer Paralympics – Men's marathon T52; Athletics at the 2008 Summer Paralympics – Men's marathon T54
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. [1]
Events in boxing result in a bronze medal being awarded to each of the two competitors who lose their semi-final matches, as opposed to fighting in a third place tie breaker. [23] Other combat sports, which include judo , taekwondo , and wrestling , use a repechage system which also results in two bronze medals being awarded. [ 24 ]