Beijing olympics...

Beijing, the capital of China, held the olympic games in 2008. It was the summer olympics and was officially known as the Games of the XXIX Olympiad. It was a major international multi-sport event that took place from the 8th August till the 24th August.  A total of 11,208 athletes from 204 National Olympic Committees competed in 28 sports and 302 events. China was the 22nd Nation to host the olympic games. Here is the logo from the Beijing games, it was tittled the 'Dancing Beijing'


There was many different games that the athletes took part in, here are all the games that were played in 2008. Archery, Athletics, Badminton, Baseball, Basketball, Basque pelota, Boxing, BMX racing, Canoeing, Cricket, Croquet, Cycling, Diving, Equestrian, Fencing, Football, Golf, Gymnastics, Handball, Hockey, Jeu de paume, Judo and the modern games are Swimming, Synchronized swimming, Water polo, Modern pentathlon, Rowing, Sailing, Shooting, Softball, Table tennis, Taekwondo, Triathlon, Tennis, Triathlon, Volleyball, Weightlifting and Wrestling.

There was also many trophies and medals awarded aswell. There were 43 new world records and 132 Olympic records set at the 2008 summer olympics. An unpredicted 86 countries won at least one medal during the games.