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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.
The 2008 Summer Olympics Football Final was a football match that took place at the National Stadium in Beijing, China on 23 August 2008 to determine the winner of the men's football tournament at the 2008 Summer Olympics. It was the 22nd final of the men's football tournament at the Summer Olympics, a quadrennial tournament contested for the ...
Football at the 2008 Summer Olympics was held in Beijing and several other cities in the People's Republic of China from 6 to 23 August. Associations affiliated with FIFA were invited to send their full women's national teams and men's U-23 teams to participate. Men's teams were allowed to augment their squad with three players over the age of 23.
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. ...
July 13, 2008 1–0 Friendly 420 Brazil: July 16, 2008 1–0 Friendly 421 Norway: August 6, 2008 0–2 Olympics: 422 Japan: August 9, 2008 1–0 Olympics: 423 New Zealand: August 12, 2008 4–0 Olympics: 424 Canada: August 15, 2008 2–1 Olympics QF: 425 Japan: August 18, 2008 4–2 Olympics SF: 426 Brazil: August 21, 2008 1–0 Olympics F: 427
On 20 August 2014, the IOC disqualified Mikhnevich's results from the 2008 Summer Olympics in the men's shot put event and reallocated the bronze medal to Canadian athlete Dylan Armstrong. [48] Dylan Armstrong +1 +1 List of official changes in medal standings (2016 wave of retesting) 22 July 2016 Weightlifting, Women's 48 kg
Most goals scored in a final match 2, Tiffeny Milbrett ( United States), vs Norway, 2000; Carli Lloyd ( United States), vs Japan, 2012. Most goals scored in all final matches 3, Tiffeny Milbrett ( United States), 1 vs China in 1996 & 2 vs Norway in 2000; Carli Lloyd ( United States), 1 vs Brazil in 2008 & 2 vs Japan in 2012. Fastest hat-trick
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.