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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.
Beijing 2008 was the successful bid for the 2008 Summer Olympics. Eight years earlier, Beijing proposed a competitive bid to host the 2000 Summer Olympics , losing to Sydney , Australia. The selection of Sydney was an upset, as Beijing led in the first three rounds of voting that year and lost in the final round by only two votes.
The Men's 5000 metres at the 2008 Summer Olympics took place on 20 and 23 August at the Beijing National Stadium. [1] The winning margin was 4.98 seconds. The qualifying standards were 13:21.50 (A standard) and 13:28.00 (B standard). [2]
This week, Beijing will become the first city in the world to have hosted both the Summer and Winter Olympics. The 2008 Summer Games were a spectacular celebration, a sort of coming-out party for ...
The Men's 3000 metres steeplechase at the 2008 Olympic Games took place on 16–18 August at the Beijing Olympic Stadium. [1] The winning margin was 0.15 seconds which as of 2024 remains the only time the men's steeplechase was won by less than 0.3 seconds at the Olympics. The qualifying standards were 8:24.60 (A standard) and 8:32.00 (B ...
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.
Main menu. Main menu. ... Download QR code; Print/export ... Retrieved from Beijing Olympics 2008 Official Website. [3] Rank Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total; 1
Basketball at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament; Tournament details; Host country: China: City: Beijing: Dates: 10 – 24 August 2008: Teams: 12 (from 5 confederations) Venue(s) Beijing Olympic Basketball Gymnasium: Final positions; Champions: United States (13th title) Runners-up Spain: Third place Argentina: Fourth place Lithuania ...