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The video was uploaded at YouTube on 30 July 2008, but was deleted soon after its upload. However, several additional videos have been uploaded by other users. [59] The Organizing Committee investigated the unauthorized filming, [60] and on 6 August 2008, banned SBS cameras inside the stadium during the ceremony as reprisals for the leak. [61]
India competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, People's Republic of China. India was represented by the Indian Olympic Association (IOA). A contingent of 57 athletes in 12 sports represented India, and had a support-staff of 42 officials. [2] For the first time since 1928, the men's national field hockey team was unable to take part in ...
India at the 2008 Summer Paralympics; IPC code: IND: NPC: Paralympic Committee of India: Website: Paralympic India: in Beijing September 6, 2008 () – September 17, 2008 () Competitors: 5 in 3 sports: Flag bearer : Rajinder Singh Rahelu: Medals: Gold 0 Silver 0 Bronze 0 Total 0: Summer Paralympics appearances
The Indian field hockey team won the lone medal, a gold, which was the first medal for India as an independent nation. [23] The 1952 Summer Olympics marked the first time India sent women competitors to the Games. [24] The Indian contingent consisted of 64 competitors including four women with first time participants in gymnastics and shooting ...
The 2008 Summer Paralympics closing ceremony was held at the Beijing National Stadium. It began at 8:00 pm China Standard Time ( UTC+8 ) on September 17, 2008. [ 11 ]
The 2008 Summer Paralympics opening ceremony was held at the Beijing National Stadium on September 6, 2008 just two weeks after the end of the 2008 Summer Olympics. The event was themed "One World, One Dream" and "Transcendence, Integration, Equality." [1] The show was attended by about 91,000 to 100,000 spectators.
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. [7] Afghanistan, [8] Mauritius, [9] Sudan, [10] Tajikistan [11] and Togo won their first Olympic medals of any kind. [12]
This is a list of Olympic broadcasters of the 2008 Summer Olympics.These games were the first to be produced and broadcast entirely in high-definition television. [1] In their bid for the Olympic games in 2001, Beijing confirmed to the olympic evaluation commission "that there would be no restrictions on media reporting and movement of journalists up to and including the Olympic Games."