Beijing 2008 Olympics

Bindra - Abhinav was the first Indian sports man to win gold medal in Olympics.

The Beijing National Stadium cost over 2 million Yuan. It was built for the 2008 Olympic games but is now at tourist attraction and sport center.

Ethiopia I suppose

That was Rebecca Adlington who won gold in the 400 meter freestyle and 800 meter freestyle.

Published estimates have put the number at over 40 billion dollars.

They have won about 10000 x 0 medals, what does that equal? 0 cause their sh*t

Answer: At the time of the 2008 Summer Olympics, the stadium's capacity was 91,000. Since the end of the Olympics 11,000 have been removed giving a current capacity of 80,000.

In 2008, in Beijing, China: Usain Bolt won the Olympic Gold Medal in the Men's 100m Dash. Bolt completed the race in 9.69 seconds, and consequently set a new world record. Shelly-Ann Fraser won the Olympic Gold Medal in the Women's 100m Dash. Fraser completed the race in 10.78 seconds. The world record time for the Women's 100m Dash is 10.54, held by the late Florence Griffith-Joyner AKA "Flo-Jo". Flo-Jo set the record in 1988, in Seoul, South Korea, and it has yet to be broken. Both Bolt and Fraser are from Jamaica.

There were no Olympics in 1997, but there were in '96. And that depends on the category.

There were 202 countries competing in Athens: Afghanistan (suspended in 2000) Albania Algeria American Samoa Andorra Angola Antigua and Barbuda Argentina Armenia Aruba Australia Austria Azerbaijan Bahrain Bangladesh Barbados Belarus Belgium Belize Benin Bermuda Bhutan Bolivia Bosnia and Herzegovina Botswana Brazil British Virgin Islands Brunei Bulgaria Burkina Faso Burundi Cambodia Cameroon Canada Cape Verde Cayman Islands Central African Republic Chad Chile China Colombia Comoros Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Republic of the Cook Islands Costa Rica Cote d'Ivoire Croatia Cuba Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Djibouti Dominica Dominican Republic Ecuador Egypt El Salvador Equatorial Guinea Eritrea Estonia Ethiopia Fiji Finland France Gabon Georgia Germany Ghana Greece Grenada Guam Guatemala Guinea Guinea-Bissau Guyana Haiti Honduras Hong Kong Hungary Iceland India Indonesia International Olympic Athlete (East Timor in 2000) Iran Iraq Ireland Israel Italy Jamaica Japan Jordan Kazakhstan Kenya Kiribati (NOC recognized in 2003) Korea, North (DPR of Korea) Korea, South Kuwait Kyrgyzstan Laos Latvia Lebanon Lesotho Liberia Libya Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Macedonia, Former Yugoslav Republic of Madagascar Malawi Malaysia Maldives Mali Malta Mauritania Mauritius Mexico Micronesia, Federated States of Moldova Monaco Mongolia Morocco Mozambique Myanmar (Burma) Namibia Nauru Nepal Netherlands Netherlands Antilles New Zealand Nicaragua Niger Nigeria Northern Mariana Islands Norway Oman Pakistan Palau Palestine Panama Papua New Guinea Paraguay Peru Philippines Poland Portugal Puerto Rico Qatar Romania Russia Rwanda Saint Kitts and Nevis Saint Lucia Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Samoa San Marino Sao Tome and Principe Saudi Arabia Senegal Serbia and Montenegro (Yugoslavia) Seychelles Sierra Leone Singapore Slovakia Slovenia Solomon Islands Somalia South Africa Spain Sri Lanka Sudan Suriname Swaziland Sweden Switzerland Syria Taiwan (Chinese Taipei) Tajikistan Tanzania Thailand The Bahamas The Gambia Timor-Leste (participated under IOA in 2000) Togo Tonga Trinidad and Tobago Tunisia Turkey Turkmenistan Uganda Ukraine United Arab Emirates United Kingdom (Great Britain) United States Uruguay Uzbekistan Vanuatu Venezuela Vietnam Virgin Islands Yemen Zambia Zimbabwe More input: * Puerto Rico and Guam are not countries. Both are territories of the United States of America. Puerto Rico and Guam are NOT COUNTRIES - they are part of the United States. Therefore, they should not be included in the list of participating countries * 202 Countries Participating. Puerto Rico and Guam are territories of the United States but are listed as countries participating in the Athens 2004 Olympics. When you are watching the Olympics you will see PUR and GUM with their flag next to it. They also have an Olympic Committee. * I notice that both Gambia and the Bahamas are not included in the list. They both have webpages talking about their respective olympic teams. * Here's a list, in the order they entered in the Parade of Nations: http://www.athens2004.com/Files/pdf/NOC_marching_order.pdf The Greek alphabet can be seen here: http://www.ancientscripts.com/greek.html So, for example, Saint Lucia becomes, roughly, Agia Loikia; San Marino becomes Agios Marinos; Cape Verde is Prasino Akrotirio; France is Gallia; and so on. * The UN has 191 full members. The US recognizes those 191 plus Vatican City as nations. Only the Vatican and two others, both in the Pacific, Tuvalu and the Marshall Islands, did not send teams. (By population, Vatican is the world's smallest nation, Tuvalu second, and Marshall Is. ninth.) That makes 189 nations at Athens. You may be wondering about the difference between 189 and the "202 participating countries" at Athens. Athens also had Taiwan ("Chinese Taipei"), Palestine, and 11 dependencies/territories take part: Bermuda, Cayman Is., & British Virgin Is. (all British), Guam, Virgin Is., Puerto Rico, & American Samoa (all US), Aruba & Netherlands Antilles (Dutch), Cook Is. (NZ), and Hong Kong (Chinese) * What about the Northern Mariana Islands? Again they are not an independent country but like Guam and Puerto Rico they competed independently with their own flag Puerto Rico is an independent country (free associated state to the USA, but independent) Puerto Rico is not a "territory" of the USA (so far). American Samoa is an USA protectorate (The USA take care after it but it is not part of the USA. Therefore, it is somehow "independent" since it is not a "territory" of the USA.

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They submitted a bid to the IOC and they won the bid in 2001.

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I only know 2. Superstar U.S. athletes such as pro basketball players Kobe Bryant and LeBron James are playing in the 2008 Olympics in China. They are representing the US in the Olympics for the sport of basketball.

-AK.

Thailand won one gold medal at the 2000 Games in Sydney. It was won by Wijan Ponlid in men's flyweight boxing. Thailand also won two bronze medals at the 2000 Games. They were won by Pornchai Thongburan in men's middleweight boxing and Khassaraporn Suta in women's 58 kilogram weightlifting.

there is hockey

Through the 2008 Games in Beijing, swimmer Michael Phelps of the United States has won the most gold medals with 14.

Four athletes have won nine gold medals in the Summer Olympics and are tied for second. They are gymnist Larissa Latynina of the Soviet Union, swimmer Mark Spitz of the United States, runner Paavo Nurmi of Finland, and runner/long jumper Carl Lewis of the United States.

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According to the mayor of Beijing Municipality Mr. Wang Qishan, The time for the opening ceremony of the Beijing Olympics in 2008 has already been fixed on. The exact time will be at 8' clock on August 8, 2008. clock on August 8, 2008. (Londonrust)

The answer is 10 feet, about 3 feet deeper than most Olympic Pools.

Florence Griffith Joyner has the record for the fastest times in the women's 100 meter race. She currently holds the top 3 fastest times of 10.49 seconds, 10.61, and 10.62 seconds.

Steven Bradbury 1000 meter Short Track speed skating. It is kind of ironic because he was in the back the entire race and a fall in the lead pack caused all the leading members to fall, thus leaving room for Bradbury to head straight for the finish line and take the gold.

His first gold OLYMPIC medal was during the 2004 Athens games. He was 19.

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