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The 2008 Olympics were watched by 3.5 billion people worldwide, and featured the longest distance for an Olympic Torch relay. [3] [4] 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.
FISU World University Summer Games(Summer Universiade) 1959: 2025: 2 Germany, Rhine-Ruhr: International: Age: FISU World University Winter Games(Winter Universiade) 1960: 2025: 2 Italy, Torino: International: Age: Friendship Games: 1984: 1984-Political: Defunct. For athletes who did not participate in the 1984 Summer Olympics. Friendship ...
The following is a list of sports and games, ... Basketball player Dwight Howard making a slam dunk at the 2008 Summer Olympics. Basketball. ... Free solo climbing;
The National Senior Games (Senior Olympics) are a sports competition for senior citizens in the United States. It is conducted by the National Senior Games Association (NSGA) once every two years. Akin to the Summer Olympics, it is a multi-sport event devoted to adults above the age of 50. It consists of regional competitions held yearly in all ...
The Summer Olympic Games, also known as the Summer Olympics or the Games of the Olympiad, is a major international multi-sport event normally held once every four years. The inaugural Games took place in 1896 in Athens, then part of the Kingdom of Greece, and the most recent was held in 2024 in Paris, France.
Pages in category "Events at the 2008 Summer Olympics" The following 30 pages are in this category, out of 30 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
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.
Pages in category "2008 Summer Olympics" The following 48 pages are in this category, out of 48 total. ... Beijing 2008 (video game) Beijing Olympic Broadcasting;