Beijing 2008 Olympics

The Pan American (Pan Am) Games is a competition held every four years for athletes from the Americas. Some of the sports featured are swimming, fencing. baseball, boxing, rowing, tennis and shooting.

The 2008 Summer Olympics closing ceremony will conclude the Beijing Games on August 24, 2008. It is planned to begin at 8:00pm China Standard Time (UTC+8), and to take place at the Beijing National Stadium.

These towels are actually called "shammies" they are quick absorbent towels that help athletes dry off quickly and are generally used by those in aquatic events.

Because the design is based on a birds nest. If you look at the contruction of an actual birds nest it is very similar to the bird cage. Especially if viewed from the air.

Courage in carrying on after his Dad died last year. His Dad went everywhere with him and protected him. Determination in his training schedule and amount of competitions entered. Excellence in his results and awards achieved so far.

Long Qingquan (China) won the gold medal for men's 56 kg weightlifting in the 2008 Summer Olympics.

According to Baseball Almanac, through the 2007 season there has never been an MLB player who was born in Costa Rica.

it can be used for dental (gold teeth braces etc) and it can be used for money. it can also be used for toilet paper for some rich people.

204 countries

Georgina is married to sam earl who was once a elite rower but his carrer was ended due to injury. Im not sure if Caroline is married yet but she will probably marry Carl Meyer her long time partner and bowman of the 2007 world champ coxless 4

For the London Olympiad, the land preparation for the stadium began in mid-2007, (with the official construction start date on 22 May 2008) and construction took four years (to 2011) to complete.

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In 2009 the IAAF rule is that the whole field is warned after the first false start regardless of who is responsible and then whoever is responsible for subsequent false starts will be disqualified.

From 2010 all athletes responsible for a false start will be disqualified - there will be no warning.

They start on the 27th of July on a Friday in London

The Beijing Olympics were held in the year 2008.

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There are a total of 31 events in the Olympics (Beijing 2008)

The youngest athlete in the 2008 Games is 12 year old Antoinette Joyce Guedia Mouaffo of Cameroon who competed in the women's 50 meter freestyle event. She finished fourth in her preliminary heat and did not qualify for further competition. The official Olympics website lists her birthdate as October 21, 1995.

4 Gold Medals, which was his lowest number from any of the past 3 summer Olympic games

It depends on the number of events that year.

32 new world records were set and there were also new Olympic records set with 11 just in the 47 athletic events and 20 more in the 34 swimming events. There are also many other records for World Junior, Asia, African, European, Country and individual records

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A TOTAL OF 205 COUNTRIES, 3 MORE THAN AT THE ATHENS OLYMPIC GAMES IN 2004

The Olympic torch is part of a tradition going back thousands of years to the original Greek Olympics; it symbolizes the blessing of Apollo, the sun god (the Olympic flame is first ignited with sunlight, using a concave mirror to focus the light). We no longer worship Apollo, but we still light the torch.

Countries that are confirmed so far as of 22/05/08 are:

CHN (China) host nation

GER (Germany) the gold medalist from the EuroHockey Nations Championship

ARG (Argentina) the gold medalist from the Pan American Games

RSA (South Africa) the gold medalist from the Africa Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament

NED (Netherlands) the silver medalist from the EuroHockey Nations Championship

GBR (Great Britain) the bronze medalist from the EuroHockey Nations Championship

NZL (New Zealand) the gold medalist from the Oceania Cup

AUS (Australia) the silver medalist from the Oceania Cup

JPN (Japan)

CHN (China) host nation

NED (Netherlands) the gold medalist from the EuroHockey Nations Championship

KOR (South Korea) the gold medalist from the Asian Games

CAN (Canada) the gold medalist from the Pan American Games

RSA (South Africa) the gold medalist from the Africa Men's Olympic Qualifying Tournament

ESP (Spain) the silver medalist from the EuroHockey Nations Championship

BEL (Belgium) the bronze medalist from the EuroHockey Nations Championship

PAK (Pakistan) the bronze medalist from the Asian Games

AUS (Australia) the gold medalist from the Oceania Cup

NZL (New Zealand) the gold medalist from the first Olympic qualification