2008 Summer Olympics
Games of the XXIX Olympiad, in Beijing, China
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Summary
2008 Summer Olympics is a Summer Olympic Games edition[1]. It draws 12,567 Wikipedia views per month (summer olympic games edition category, ranking #8 of 35).[2]
Key Facts
- Country: People's Republic of China[3]
- Instance of: international sporting event[4]
- Follows: 2004 Summer Olympics[5]
- Followed by: 2012 Summer Olympics[6]
- Part of the series: Summer Olympic Games[7]
- Location: Beijing[8]
- Commons category: 2008 Summer Olympics[9]
- Edition number: 29[10]
- Has part(s): synchronized swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics[11], basketball at the 2008 Summer Olympics[12], athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics[13], football at the 2008 Summer Olympics[14], tennis at the 2008 Summer Olympics[15], handball at the 2008 Summer Olympics[16], swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics[17], badminton at the 2008 Summer Olympics[18], cycling at the 2008 Summer Olympics[19], weightlifting at the 2008 Summer Olympics[20], wrestling at the 2008 Summer Olympics[21], boxing at the 2008 Summer Olympics[22], water polo at the 2008 Summer Olympics[23], field hockey at the 2008 Summer Olympics[24]
- Officially opened by: Hu Jintao[25]
- Oath made by: Zhang Yining[26], Huang Liping[27]
- Torch lit by: Li Ning[28]
- Start time: August 8, 2008[29]
- End time: August 24, 2008[30]
- Point in time: August 2008[31]
- Sport: Olympic sport[32]
- Organizer: Beijing Organizing Committee for the 29th Olympic Games[33]
- Participant: Petr Svoboda[34], Tomáš Fučík[35], Liechtenstein at the 2008 Summer Olympics[36], Cayman Islands at the 2008 Summer Olympics[37], Kiribati at the 2008 Summer Olympics[38], Nauru at the 2008 Summer Olympics[39], Palau at the 2008 Summer Olympics[40], Homare Sawa[41], Formiga[42], Carli Lloyd[43], Fabiana Simões[44], Malta at the 2008 Summer Olympics[45], Saint Kitts and Nevis at the 2008 Summer Olympics[46], Tom Daley[47]
- Mascot: Fuwa[48]
- Official website: https://olympics.com/en/olympic-games/beijing-2008[49], https://www.beijing2008.cn[50], https://www.beijing2008.cn/en/[51]
- Topic's main category: Category:2008 Summer Olympics[52]
Why It Matters
2008 Summer Olympics has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[53] It is known by 94 alternative names across languages and contexts.[54]