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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.
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]
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 ...
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]
On four occasions the Kuala Lumpur Marathon was either postponed or cancelled, which occurred in 2013, 2015, 2020 and 2021, due to situations rendering the impracticability of holding the marathon. Since 2019, the marathon has switched to a two-day format due to the growing number of runners, spread out over a race weekend period.
Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's marathon; Athletics at the 2008 Summer Paralympics – Men's marathon T12; Athletics at the 2008 Summer Paralympics – Men's marathon T46; Athletics at the 2008 Summer Paralympics – Men's marathon T52; Athletics at the 2008 Summer Paralympics – Men's marathon T54
The Malaysia Athletics Federation (Malay: Kesatuan Olahraga Malaysia) is the governing body for the sport of athletics in Malaysia, is a member of the World Athletics.