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The men's marathon at the 2008 Summer Olympics took place on 24 August at 7:30am in Beijing, ending in the Beijing National Stadium. [1] It was (as of today) the last time in Summer Olympics history that the start and/or finish of the men's marathon route was located inside the Olympic Stadium. Ninety-five athletes from 56 nations competed. [2]
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.
Malaysia competed in the 2008 Summer Olympics, held in Beijing, People's Republic of China. Malaysia had 32 athletes who took part in ten sports in the games. Lee Chong Wei won the nation's first medal in twelve years in the badminton men's singles final despite losing to Lin Dan, from the host country China. It was the second silver medal ever ...
Kuala Lumpur Half Marathon Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia [36] Marathon: 2:49:28 Yuan Yufang: 30 April 2000 Kuala Lumpur International Marathon Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 24 years, 89 days 100 m hurdles: 13.27 (+1.3 m/s) Moh Siew Wei: 11 June 2004 Kassel, Germany 26 years, 42 days [37] 400 m hurdles: 56.02 Noraseela Mohd Khalid: 17 June 2006 Regensburg ...
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.
Malaysia first participated at the Olympic Games in 1956, and has sent athletes to compete in every Summer Olympic Games since then, except when Malaysia participated in the American-led boycott of the 1980 Summer Olympics. [1] [2] Malaysia made their debut at the Winter Olympic Games in 2018. [3]
Events in boxing result in a bronze medal being awarded to each of the two competitors who lose their semi-final matches, as opposed to fighting in a third place tie breaker. [23] Other combat sports, which include judo , taekwondo , and wrestling , use a repechage system which also results in two bronze medals being awarded. [ 24 ]
After a race lasting nearly two hours, Russia's Larisa Ilchenko beat Keri-Anne Payne of Great Britain by 1.5 seconds to win the women's 10 km marathon. Payne and fellow British swimmer Cassandra Patten, who took bronze, had shared the lead for almost the entire race before being overtaken by Ilchenko with 50 metres remaining. [236]