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Beijing 2008 Olympics
This category contains questions about the Games of the XXIX Olympiad held in Beijing, China.
547 Questions
Who won the most medals in war?
As far as the USA is concerned, that honor would go to Colonel Matt Urban of Buffalo, NY (deceased 1995). He was called the most decorated combat soldier the USA has ever had.
What was the first country to win the first Olympics?
The Ancient Olympic Games were a series of competitions held between representatives of several city-states from Ancient Greece, which featured mainly athletic but also combat and chariot racing events.
The first significant attempt to emulate the ancient Olympic Games was the L'Olympiade de la République, a national Olympic festival held annually from 1796 to 1798 in Revolutionary France. The competition included several disciplines from the ancient Greek Olympics. The 1796 Games also marked the introduction of the metric system into sport. In 1850 an Olympian Class began in England. It was renamed the Wenlock Olympian Games in 1859, and continues today as the Wenlock Olympan Society Annual Games. In 1866, a national Olympic Games in Great Britain was organized by Dr. William Penny Brookes at London's Crystal Palace.
Greek interest in reviving the Olympic Games began after the country's independence from the Ottoman Empire in 1829. It was first proposed by poet and newspaper editor Panagiotis Soutsos in his poem "Dialogue of the Dead", published in 1833. Evangelis Zappas, a wealthy Greek philanthropist, sponsored the first modern international Olympic Games in 1859 in an Athens city square. Athletes came from Greece and the Ottoman Empire. Later Zappas paid for the complete restoration of the ruins of the ancient Panathenian Stadium so that it could stage two further editions of the Games, one in 1870 and a second in 1875.
source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olympic_Games
What country has the most olympic athletes?
The country with the most athletes is Great Britain with 558 athletes.
The country with the second most athletes is the United States of America, with 529 athletes.
The country with the third most athletes is Russia with 448 athletes.
How many gold medals have the Jamaican bobsleigh team won?
Jamaica won 6 gold medals in the 2008 Olympics. Usain Bolt won 3 gold medals and broke the world record in the 100 meter dash and 200 meter dash and was on the 4x100 meter relay team that broke the world record: 1) Shelly-Ann Fraser - women's 100 meter dash
2) Melanie Walker - women's 400 meter hurdles
3) Usain Bolt - men's 100 meter dash and men's 200 meter dash
4) Veronica Campbell-Brown - women's 200 meter dash
5) Usain Bolt, Michael Frater, Nesta Carter, Asafa Powell - men's 4x100 meter relay Jamaica also won 3 silver medals and 2 bronze medals at the 2008 Games.
Who won the gold medal in womens' curling in 1998?
Canada won the gold medal in women's curling at the 1998 Games. Denmark won silver and Sweden won bronze.
How many medals did the Great Britain cyclists win in the 2008 Olympics?
The final medal haul at the close of the Games was 19 golds, putting GB 4th on the medals table. They (we!) also won 13 silver and 15 bronze, so a total of 47 medals. and lost everything else.
Who was the only Jewish athlete to compete for Germany in the 1936 summer games in the Olympics?
Rudi Ball, a member of the ice hockey team.
Who are the youngest olympic athletes?
in Greek mythology we have "the big three". they are the 3 brothers that are in theory the oldest Olympians: Zeus, Hades and Poseidon (since they are 3 equals Zeus was given the sky, Poseidon the sea and hades the underworld - the earth was created by Gaea for the humans). Demeter (goddess of the harvest was their sister). all of the other Olympians have their own stories for example Athena was born for Zeus's thoughts, Aphrodite was born from the sea foam and there are the twins Apollo and Artemis (who were given the sun and the moon respectively instead of Helios and his sister) just to name a few. originally there were 12 Olympians - 6 males and 6 females. however one day a man named Dionysus created wine and Zeus felt that this was such an important thing that he made him a god. (this began a war between the Olympians so Hestia the goddess of the hearth gave up her seat to allow for Dionysus. therefore although they have no official ages it is generally accepted that Dionysus is the youngest Olympian. if you have any more questions on Greek mythology PLEASE let me know because i find it really interesting! hope this was helpfull!!!
What Caribbean Countries took part in the Olympics games?
The following Caribbean countries competed at the 2008 Games in Beijing: Antigua and Barbuda, Aruba, Bahamas, Barbados, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Cuba, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Grenada, Haiti, Jamaica, Puerto Rico, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Trinidad and Tobago, Virgin Islands and Guyana.
How does Olympics unite people?
They did not unite the Greeks - there was just a pause in their fighting each other while the games were on.
Who got the most 2008 Beijing olympic gold medals?
Individual is Michael phelps with 8 gold medals.
country is china with 51 gold medals.
Who won the womens gymnastics gold medal in 2008?
Source: http://www.olympic.org/uk/games/past/index_uk.asp?OLGT=1&OLGY=2000
1. United States of America USA
2. Russian Federation RUS
3. People's Republic of China CHN
4. Australia AUS
5. Germany GER
6. France FRA
7. Italy ITA
8. Netherlands NED
9. Cuba CUB
10. Great Britain GBR
11. Romania ROU
12. Korea KOR
13. Hungary HUN
14. Poland POL
15. Japan JPN
16. Bulgaria BUL
17. Greece GRE
18. Sweden SWE
19. Norway NOR
20. Ethiopia ETH
21. Ukraine UKR
22. Kazakhstan KAZ
23. Belarus BLR
24. Canada CAN
25. Spain ESP
26. Turkey TUR
27. Islamic Republic of Iran IRI
28. Czech Republic CZE
29. Kenya KEN
30. Denmark DEN
31. Finland FIN
32. Austria AUT
33. Lithuania LTU
34. Azerbaijan AZE
35. Slovenia SLO
36. Switzerland SUI
37. Indonesia INA
38. Slovakia SVK
39. Mexico MEX
40. Algeria ALG
41. Uzbekistan UZB
42. Latvia LAT
43. Yugoslavia YUG
44. Bahamas BAH
45. New Zealand NZL
46. Estonia EST
45. Thailand THA
48. Croatia CRO
49. Cameroon CMR
50. Colombia COL
51. Mozambique MOZ
How many medals were won by GB?
GB have won 19 medals so far in the London 2012 Olympics, 6 golds, 6 silvers and 7 bronzes. They are 4th on the medal tally under the People's Republic of China (36 medals - 18 gold), USA (37 medals - 18 gold) and the Republic of Korea (14 medals - 7 gold). To become 3rd, GB need one more gold. They would need 12 more gold medals and 4 more silver medals to beat the USA, and 12 more gold medals and 6 more silver medals to beat China and become first on the list.
How many people watched the Beijing Olympics?
Around 7500 med watched the olympics. Women werent allowed to watch as the men were naked!
What world events happened after world war2?
- United Nations Founded 1945
- The begining of the cold war in 1947
- NATO formed 1949
- The Chinese Civil War ends in 1950
- The Korean War 1950-1953
- Warsaw Pact formed 1955
- The launching of Sputnik 1, the first artificial satelite, in 1957
- The Vietnam War begins 1959
- Yuri Gagarin becomes the first human in space 1961
- The Berlin Wall begins constuction, 1961
- Tsar Bomba, the most powerful nuclear weapon ever detonated(50 MT), tested by the Soviet Union, 1961
- Second Vatican Council, 1962-1965
- Apollo 11, first manned mission to the moon, 1969
- The 70s counterculture.
- Vietnam War ends 1975
- Soviet Russia invades Afghanistan 1979-1989
- Iran-Iraq War, 1980-1988
- Tiananmen Square protests, 1989
- Berlin wall breached, Germany reunited, 1989
- Cold War ends, 1991, leaving the United States as the only major world power.
How many people attend the Olympics each year?
As the first records we have are of the games held at Olympia in 776BC and these are very basic it is not known how many took part or watched.
How many years did Beijing China have to plan and build for the 2008 Olympic Games?
Beijing was awarded the 2008 Games on July 13, 2001. They had seven years to get everything in order for the Games.
What are the different sports in Olympics 2008?
swimming diving track and field cycling basketball soccer baseball softball feturing the hot Jessie fitch and handball wresling wieghtlifting. also whats sup usain bolt
Which female track athlete won 2 gold medals at the 2008 beijing olympics?
Track
Women's individual pursuit- Rebecca Romero Great Britain
Womens Sprint-Victoria Pendleton Great Britain
Womens Point race-Marianne Vos Netherlands
Road
Womens Road Race-Nicole Cooke Great Britain
Womens Time Trial-Kristin Armstrong United States
Mountain Biking
Women's Cross-Country-Sabine Spitz Germany
BMX
Women BMX- Anne-Caroline Chausson France
Who won Burghley horse trials in 2008?
William Fox-Pitt on Tamarillo won Burghley Horse Trials in 2008.
What events are Ireland apart of?
Ireland have 51 competitors in the Olypmics, ranging over 12 sports; athletics, rowing, boxing, cycling, sailing, equestrian events, badminton, canoeing, fencing, shooting, swimming and triathlon.
