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Olympic highlights: August 10, 2008. Archery. South Korea set a world record for a 24-arrow team match, in their victory over Italy in the quarter finals of the women's team archery event. They went on to win the gold medal, stretching the country's winning streak to 20 years over 6 Olympic games.
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.
Pages in category "Chronological summaries of the Olympics". The following 11 pages are in this category, out of 11 total. This list may not reflect recent changes . 0–9. Chronological summary of the 1960 Summer Olympics. Chronological summary of the 2006 Winter Olympics. Chronological summary of the 2008 Summer Olympics.
In 2022, Beijing became the first city to have hosted both the Summer and Winter Olympics. By 2034, eleven cities will have hosted the Olympic Games more than once: Athens (1896 and 2004 Summer Olympics), Paris (1900, 1924 and 2024 Summer Olympics), London (1908, 1948 and 2012 Summer Olympics), St. Moritz (1928 and 1948 Winter Olympics), Lake ...
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
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]
Badminton at the 2008 Summer Olympics (1 C, 7 P) Baseball at the 2008 Summer Olympics (2 C, 2 P) Basketball at the 2008 Summer Olympics (3 C, 3 P) Boxing at the 2008 Summer Olympics (3 C, 16 P)
However, during these 2008 Olympics, negotiations failed for political reasons. Despite this, by coincidence in Simplified Chinese, the sort order would have placed North Korea immediately after South Korea, since 韩 and 朝 both have 12 strokes starting with ㇐丨丨㇕ (1225) which no other 12-stroke country starts with.