2008 Summer Olympics

The 2008 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXIX Olympiad, are an international multi-sport event, that will be held in Beijing, People's Republic of China from August 8 to August 24, 2008, and followed by the 2008 Summer Paralympics from September 6 to September 17. 10,500 athletes are expected to compete in 302 events in 28 sports, just one event more than was on the schedule of the Athens games of 2004.[1]
The Olympic games were awarded to Beijing after an exhaustive ballot of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) on July 13, 2001. The official logo of the games, titled "Dancing Beijing," features a stylized calligraphic character jīng (京, meaning capital), referencing the host city. The mascots of Beijing 2008 are the five Fuwa, each representing both a color of the Olympic rings and a symbol of Chinese culture. The Olympic slogan, One World, One Dream, calls upon the world to unite in the Olympic spirit. Several new National Olympic Committees (NOCs) have also been recognized by the IOC.
The Chinese government has promoted the games to highlight China's emergence on the world stage.[2][3] A total of 37 venues will be used to host the events including 12 newly constructed venues. Earlier in 2007, former IOC president Juan Antonio Samaranch had said that he believes that the Beijing games will be "the best in Olympic history.

Beijing 2008 Olympic Games Calendar

In the following calendar for the 2008 Olympic Games, each blue box represents an event competition, such as a qualification round, on that day. The yellow boxes represent days during which medal-awarding finals for a sport are held. Each bullet in these boxes is an event final, the number of bullets per box representing the number of finals that will be contested on that day.

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Opening ceremony

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Event competitions

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Event finals

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Exhibition gala

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Closing ceremony

August	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th	11th	12th	13th	14th	15th	16th	17th	18th	19th	20th	21st	22nd	23rd	24th	T
Ceremonies			●																●
Archery					●	●			●	●										4
Athletics										● ●	● ● ● ●	●●● ●●●	●●● ●●●	●●● ● ●	●●●	●●● ●●●	7	7	●	47
Badminton										●	● ●	● ●								5
Baseball																		●		1
Basketball																		●	●	2
Boxing																		●●● ● ●	●●● ●●●	11
Canoeing							● ●		● ●								6	6		16
Cycling				●	●			● ●		●	●●●	●	● ●	●●●		● ●	●	●		18
Diving					●	●	●	●				●		●		●		●		8
Equestrian							● ●		●				●	●		●				6
Fencing				●	●	●	●	● ●	●	●	●	●								10
Field hockey																	●	●		2
Football (soccer)																●		●		2
Gymnastics							●	●	●	●		4	4	4				●	●	18
Handball																		●	●	2
Judo				2	2	2	2	2	2	2										14
Modern pentathlon																1	1			2
Rowing											7	7								14
Sailing											2	1	2	2	2	2				11
Shooting				2	2	2	2	1	2	1	2	1								15
Softball																●				1
Swimming					4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4			●	●				34
Synchronized swimming															●			●		2
Table tennis												●	●				●	●		4
Taekwondo															2	2	2	2		8
Tennis											● ●	● ●								4
Triathlon													●	●						2
Volleyball																●	●	●	●	4
Water polo																●			●	2
Weightlifting				●	● ●	● ●	● ●	● ●		● ●	●	●	●	●						15
Wrestling							● ●	● ●	●●●		● ●	● ●		● ●	● ●	●●●				18
August	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th	11th	12th	13th	14th	15th	16th	17th	18th	19th	20th	21st	22nd	23rd	24th	302

List of participating NOCs

* Afghanistan
* Albania
* Algeria
* American Samoa American Samoa
* Andorra Andorra
* Angola Angola
* Antigua and Barbuda Antigua and Barbuda
* Argentina Argentina
* Armenia Armenia
* Aruba Aruba
* Australia Australia
* Austria Austria
* Azerbaijan Azerbaijan
* Bahamas Bahamas
* Bahrain Bahrain
* Bangladesh Bangladesh
* Barbados Barbados
* Belarus Belarus
* Belgium Belgium
* Belize Belize
* Benin Benin
* Bermuda Bermuda
* Bhutan Bhutan
* Bolivia Bolivia
* Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosnia and Herzegovina
* Botswana Botswana
* Brazil Brazil
* British Virgin Islands British Virgin Islands
* Brunei Brunei
* Bulgaria Bulgaria
* Burkina Faso Burkina Faso
* Burundi Burundi
* Cambodia Cambodia
* Cameroon Cameroon
* Canada Canada
* Cape Verde Cape Verde
* Cayman Islands Cayman Islands
* Central African Republic Central African Republic
* Chad Chad
* Chile Chile
* China China
* Colombia Colombia
* Comoros Comoros
* DR Congo DR Congo
* Congo Congo
* Cook Islands Cook Islands
* Costa Rica Costa Rica
* Côte d'Ivoire Côte d'Ivoire
* Croatia Croatia
* Cuba Cuba
* Cyprus Cyprus
* Czech Republic Czech Republic
* Denmark Denmark
* Djibouti Djibouti
* Dominica Dominica
* Dominican Republic Dominican Republic
* Ecuador Ecuador
* Egypt Egypt
* El Salvador El Salvador
* Equatorial Guinea Equatorial Guinea
* Eritrea Eritrea
* Estonia Estonia
* Ethiopia Ethiopia
* Fiji Fiji
* Finland Finland
* France France
* Gabon Gabon
* Gambia Gambia
* Georgia Georgia
* Germany Germany
* Ghana Ghana
* Great Britain Great Britain
* Greece Greece
* Grenada Grenada
* Guam Guam
* Guatemala Guatemala
* Guinea Guinea
* Guinea-Bissau Guinea-Bissau
* Guyana Guyana
* Haiti Haiti
* Honduras Honduras
* Hong Kong, China Hong Kong, China
* Hungary Hungary
* Iceland Iceland
* India India
* Indonesia Indonesia
* Iran Iran
* Iraq Iraq
* Ireland Ireland
* Israel Israel
* Italy Italy
* Jamaica Jamaica
* Japan Japan
* Jordan Jordan
* Kazakhstan Kazakhstan
* Kenya Kenya
* Kiribati Kiribati
* South Korea South Korea
* North Korea North Korea
* Kuwait Kuwait
* Kyrgyzstan Kyrgyzstan
* Laos Laos
* Latvia Latvia
* Lebanon Lebanon
* Lesotho Lesotho
* Liberia Liberia
* Libya Libya
* Liechtenstein Liechtenstein
* Lithuania Lithuania
* Luxembourg Luxembourg
* FYR Macedonia FYR Macedonia
* Madagascar Madagascar
* Malawi Malawi
* Malaysia Malaysia
* Maldives Maldives
* Mali Mali
* Malta Malta
* Marshall Islands Marshall Islands
* Mauritania Mauritania
* Mauritius Mauritius
* Mexico Mexico
* FS Micronesia FS Micronesia
* Moldova Moldova
* Monaco Monaco
* Mongolia Mongolia
* Montenegro Montenegro
* Morocco Morocco
* Mozambique Mozambique
* Myanmar Myanmar
* Namibia Namibia
* Nauru Nauru
* Nepal Nepal
* Netherlands Netherlands
* Netherlands Antilles Netherlands Antilles
* New Zealand New Zealand
* Nicaragua Nicaragua
* Niger Niger
* Nigeria Nigeria
* Norway Norway
* Oman Oman
* Pakistan Pakistan
* Palau Palau
* Palestine Palestine
* Panama Panama
* Papua New Guinea Papua New Guinea
* Paraguay Paraguay
* Peru Peru
* Philippines Philippines
* Poland Poland
* Portugal Portugal
* Puerto Rico Puerto Rico
* Qatar Qatar
* Romania Romania
* Russia Russia
* Rwanda Rwanda
* Saint Kitts and Nevis Saint Kitts and Nevis
* Saint Lucia Saint Lucia
* Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
* São Tomé and Príncipe São Tomé and Príncipe
* Samoa Samoa
* San Marino San Marino
* Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia
* Senegal Senegal
* Serbia Serbia
* Seychelles Seychelles
* Sierra Leone Sierra Leone
* Singapore Singapore
* Slovakia Slovakia
* Slovenia Slovenia
* Solomon Islands Solomon Islands
* Somalia Somalia
* South Africa South Africa
* Spain Spain
* Sri Lanka Sri Lanka
* Sudan Sudan
* Suriname Suriname
* Swaziland Swaziland
* Sweden Sweden
* Switzerland Switzerland
* Syria Syria
* Chinese Taipei Chinese Taipei
* Tajikistan Tajikistan
* Tanzania Tanzania
* Thailand Thailand
* Timor-Leste Timor-Leste
* Togo Togo
* Tonga Tonga
* Trinidad and Tobago Trinidad and Tobago
* Tunisia Tunisia
* Turkey Turkey
* Turkmenistan Turkmenistan
* Tuvalu Tuvalu
* Uganda Uganda
* Ukraine Ukraine
* United Arab Emirates United Arab Emirates
* United States United States
* Uruguay Uruguay
* Uzbekistan Uzbekistan
* Vanuatu Vanuatu
* Venezuela Venezuela
* Vietnam Vietnam
* Virgin Islands Virgin Islands
* Yemen Yemen
* Zambia Zambia
* Zimbabwe Zimbabwe

Source : Wikipedia

Libellés : Beijing, Olympic games 2008

 

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