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2008 Summer Olympics opening ceremony

ceremony held at the Beijing National Stadium
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2008 Summer Olympics opening ceremony

Summary

2008 Summer Olympics opening ceremony is an Olympic Games opening ceremony[1]. It draws 61 Wikipedia views per month (olympic_games_opening_ceremony category, ranking #6 of 18).[2]

Key Facts

  • 2008 Summer Olympics opening ceremony is in the country of People's Republic of China[3].
  • 2008 Summer Olympics opening ceremony's instance of is recorded as Olympic Games opening ceremony[4].
  • 2008 Summer Olympics opening ceremony's instance of is recorded as live television[5].
  • 2008 Summer Olympics opening ceremony was directed by Zhang Yimou[6].
  • 2008 Summer Olympics opening ceremony followed 2004 Summer Olympics opening ceremony[7].
  • 2008 Summer Olympics opening ceremony was followed by 2012 Summer Olympics opening ceremony[8].
  • The location of 2008 Summer Olympics opening ceremony was Beijing[9].
  • 2008 Summer Olympics opening ceremony's Commons category is recorded as 2008 Summer Olympics opening ceremony[10].
  • 2008 Summer Olympics opening ceremony occurred on August 8, 2008[11].
  • 2008 Summer Olympics opening ceremony's coordinate location is recorded as {'latitude': 39.99166667, 'longitude': 116.39055556}[12].
  • 2008 Summer Olympics opening ceremony's official website is recorded as https://web.archive.org/web/20080809145103/http://en.beijing2008.cn:80/ceremonies/headlines/openingceremony/%202008%20Beijing%20Olympics%20Opening%20Ceremony[13].
  • 2008 Summer Olympics opening ceremony's choreographer is recorded as Zhang Jigang[14].

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Identity

2008 Summer Olympics opening ceremony followed 2004 Summer Olympics opening ceremony[7]. It was followed by 2012 Summer Olympics opening ceremony[8].

Why It Matters

2008 Summer Olympics opening ceremony draws 61 Wikipedia views per month (olympic_games_opening_ceremony category, ranking #6 of 18).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 14 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[15] It is known by 37 alternative names across languages and contexts.[16]

Related Entities

Beijing Zhang Yimou

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [15] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [16] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 5w ago · Bouzinac · 2026-09-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → —
    Choreographer → Zhang Jigang
    Followed by → 2012 Summer Olympics opening ceremony
    Website → —
    + 13 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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