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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]
An Olympic Film Collection of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) Olympic Foundation for Culture and Heritage (OFCH) includes fifty feature-length films providing a chronicle of the modern Olympic Games. [4] [5] A collection of many Official films was restored, [6] and released as a 2017 home video box set under the title 100 Years of ...
Blue asterisks display countries achieving their first medal ever in a Summer Olympics. The 2008 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXIX Olympiad, were a summer multi-sport event held in Beijing, the capital of the People's Republic of China, from 8 to 24 August 2008. [1]
Netflix has partnered with the International Olympic Committee for The Redeem Team—a new documentary looking at the U.S. Olympic Men’s Basketball team’s iconic victory of 2008, which will be ...
At the 2012 Summer Olympics, she became the oldest cycling gold medalist, when she won the women's road time trial race, defending her gold medal from Beijing 2008. She repeated her success at the 2016 Summer Olympics , winning third gold in a row and setting a new record.
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2017 Phillips Auction [3] Michael Jordan's 1998 NBA Finals jersey $ 10.1 million: Sportswear 2023 Sotheby's [4] Diego Maradona's "Hand of God" 1986 World Cup jersey $ 9.3 million: Sportswear 2022 Sotheby's [4] [5] Elizabeth Taylor Diamond $ 8.8 million: Jewelry 2011 Christie's [6] Kurt Cobain's 1959 Martin D-18E Guitar $ 6 million: Musical ...
Pages in category "Medalists at the 2008 Summer Olympics" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 1,874 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .