An Olympiad, usually marked with celebrations, signifies the four year interval between Olympic Games. The Greeks used it mainly to measure dates.
The 2008 Games are considered the XXIX Olympiad (29th Olympiad).
This is the 29th olympiad
The first olympiad was held in 776BCE The first modern olympiad was held in 1896
4 years in an olympiad
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29th Olympaid or the XXIX Olympiad
People's Olympiad happened in 1936.
Computer Olympiad was created in 1989.
Olympiad 448 BC Olympiad of Ancient Hellas - 2004 is rated/received certificates of: Greece:K-17
The 2008 Beijing games is the 29th olympiad.
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* 1896 - Games of the I Olympiad - Athens, Greece * 1900 - Games of the II Olympiad - Paris, France * 1904 - Games of the III Olympiad - St. Louis, Missouri, United States * 1906 - Intercalated Games - Athens, Greece * 1908 - Games of the IV Olympiad - London, United Kingdom * 1912 - Games of the V Olympiad - Stockholm, Sweden * 1916 - Games of the VI Olympiad - Berlin, Germany - Cancelled due to World War I * 1920 - Games of the VII Olympiad - Antwerp, Belgium * 1924 - Games of the VIII Olympiad - Paris, France * 1928 - Games of the IX Olympiad - Amsterdam, Netherlands * 1932 - Games of the X Olympiad - Los Angeles, California, United States * 1936 - Games of the XI Olympiad - Berlin, Germany * 1940 - Games of the XII Olympiad - Helsinki, Finland - Cancelled due to World War II * 1944 - Games of the XIII Olympiad - London, United Kingdom- Cancelled due to World War II * 1948 - Games of the XIV Olympiad - London, United Kingdom * 1952 - Games of the XV Olympiad - Helsinki, Finland * 1956 - Games of the XVI Olympiad - Melbourne, Australia / Stockholm, Sweden (Equestrian events) * 1960 - Games of the XVII Olympiad - Rome, Italy * 1964 - Games of the XVIII Olympiad - Tokyo, Japan * 1968 - Games of the XIX Olympiad - Mexico City, Mexico * 1972 - Games of the XX Olympiad - Munich, West Germany (now Munich, Germany) * 1976 - Games of the XXI Olympiad - Montréal, Quebec, Canada * 1980 - Games of the XXII Olympiad - Moscow, Soviet Union (now Moscow, Russia) * 1984 - Games of the XXIII Olympiad - Los Angeles, California, United States * 1988 - Games of the XXIV Olympiad - Seoul, South Korea * 1992 - Games of the XXV Olympiad - Barcelona, Spain * 1996 - Games of the XXVI Olympiad - Atlanta, Georgia, United States * 2000 - Games of the XXVII Olympiad - Sydney, Australia * 2004 - Games of the XXVIII Olympiad - Athens, Greece * 2008 - Games of the XXIX Olympiad - Beijing, China / Hong Kong, China (Equestrian events)