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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. Both men and women had very similar schedules ...
Decathlon. men. v. t. e. The men's 100 metres sprint event at the 2008 Olympic Games took place on 15 and 16 August at the Beijing National Stadium. [ 1] 80 athletes from 64 nations competed. [ 2] Each nation was limited to 3 athletes per rules in force since the 1930 Olympic Congress. The final was won by Jamaican Usain Bolt in a world record ...
t. e. The men's 800 metres at the 2008 Summer Olympics took place from 20–23 August at the Beijing National Stadium. [ 1] Fifty-eight athletes from 40 nations competed. [ 2] The qualifying standards were 1:46.00 (A standard) and 1:47.00 (B standard). [ 3] The final on 23 August resulted in a triumph for Kenyan runner Wilfred Bungei in an ...
The men's 4 × 100 metre relay event at the 2008 Olympic Games took place on 21 and 22 August at the Beijing National Stadium. [ 1] There were 16 NOCs competing at this event. These 16 NOCs were selected by the average of the two best marks at the qualifying period. Australia was 14th but withdrew and the Netherlands was invited instead. [ 2]
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.
The United States of America (USA), represented by the United States Olympic Committee (USOC), competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China.U.S. athletes have competed in every Summer Olympic Games in the modern era, except the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, which was boycotted by the American team and 65 other countries in protest of the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan.
v. t. e. Field hockey at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing was held over a fourteen-day period beginning on 10 August, culminating with the medal finals on 22 and 23 August. [ 1] All games were played at the hockey field constructed on the Olympic Green. [ 1][ 2]
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).