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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. [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 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]
Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's 800 metres. The women's 800 metres at the 2008 Summer Olympics took place on 15–18 August at the Beijing National Stadium. [1] The qualifying standards were 2:00.00 (A standard) and 2:01.30 (B standard). [2] Vanja Perišić of Croatia was later disqualified for failing an in-competition drugs ...
men. v. t. e. The Women's 100 metres at the 2008 Summer Olympics took place on August 16 (heats) and 17 (final) at the Beijing National Stadium. [1] The qualifying standards for the 2008 event were 11.32 s (A standard) and 11.42 s (B standard). [2] Jamaica dominated the event with athlete Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce taking the gold and Sherone ...
men. v. t. e. The women's pole vault at the 2008 Summer Olympics took place between August 16 and 18 at the Beijing National Stadium. [ 1] The qualifying standards were 4.45 m (A standard) and 4.30 m (B standard). [ 2] The final was won by 25 cm by Yelena Isinbayeva, who set a new world record height of 5.05 meters for the discipline.
The women's 100 metres hurdles at the 2008 Summer Olympics took place on 17–19 August at the Beijing National Stadium. [1] [2]The qualifying standards were 12.96 s (A standard) and 13.11 s (B standard).
The women's 200 metres at the 2008 Summer Olympics took place on 19–21 August (final) at the Beijing National Stadium. [1] The winning margin was 0.19 seconds. The winner had the second fastest reaction time in the final. Allyson Felix, the young American athlete and already a double World champion, entered the 200m race in Beijing as a ...
t. e. Women's artistic individual all-around competition at the 2008 Summer Olympics was held on August 15. at the Beijing National Indoor Stadium. [1] For each competitor in the women's qualification, the scores [2] for all four apparatus were summed to give an all-around qualification score. The top 24 competitors moved on to the individual ...