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The women's association football tournament at the 2008 Summer Olympics was held in Beijing and four other cities in the People's Republic of China from 6 to 21 August. Associations affiliated with FIFA were invited to send their full women's national teams. For these Games, the women competed in a 12-team tournament.
Football at the 2008 Summer Olympics was held in Beijing and several other cities in the People's Republic of China from 6 to 23 August. Associations affiliated with FIFA were invited to send their full women's national teams and men's U-23 teams to participate. Men's teams were allowed to augment their squad with three players over the age of 23.
3, Pia Sundhage, ( United States 2008 & 2012, Sweden 2016), John Herdman ( New Zealand 2008, Canada 2012 & 2016). Most final appearances as player and head coach 4, Pia Sundhage, ( Sweden 1996 as player and 2016 as coach; United States 2008 & 2012 as coach).
June 21, 2008 1–0 Peace Queen Cup Final: 417 Norway: July 2, 2008 4–0 Friendly 418 Sweden: July 5, 2008 1–0 Friendly 419 Brazil: July 13, 2008 1–0 Friendly 420 Brazil: July 16, 2008 1–0 Friendly 421 Norway: August 6, 2008 0–2 Olympics: 422 Japan: August 9, 2008 1–0 Olympics: 423 New Zealand: August 12, 2008 4–0 Olympics: 424 Canada
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.
The team is the most successful in international women's soccer, winning four Women's World Cup titles (1991, 1999, 2015, and 2019), five Olympic gold medals (1996, 2004, 2008, 2012, and 2024), nine CONCACAF W Championship titles, and one CONCACAF W Gold Cup title.
On 20 August 2014, the IOC disqualified Mikhnevich's results from the 2008 Summer Olympics in the men's shot put event and reallocated the bronze medal to Canadian athlete Dylan Armstrong. [48] Dylan Armstrong +1 +1 List of official changes in medal standings (2016 wave of retesting) 22 July 2016 Weightlifting, Women's 48 kg
The 2008 Summer Olympics were held in Beijing, People's Republic of China, from 8 August to 24 August 2008. A total of 10,942 athletes from 204 National Olympic Committees (NOC) participated. Overall, 302 events in 28 sports were held; 165 events were opened to men, 127 were opened to women and 10 were mixed events. [1]