The 2008 Beijing Olympic Games, held in Beijing, capital of the People's Republic of China*** and the State of China, at 8:00 p.m. sharp on August 8, 2008. ?The host city of the 2008 Beijing Olympics is Beijing, with Shanghai, Tianjin, Shenyang, Qinhuangdao and Qingdao as co-host cities. Hong Kong hosted the equestrian events. 2008 Beijing Olympics*** had 204 participating countries and regions, 11,438 athletes, 302 sports (28 sports),*** more than 60,000 athletes, coaches and officials participated. 2008 Beijing Olympics*** created 43 new world records and 132 new Olympic records,*** 87 countries and regions won medals in the event, and China won a medal in the event. In the event of medals, China to 51 gold medals topped the gold medal list, is the first Olympic history on the gold medal list of the top Asian countries.
1 The slogan of the 29th Beijing Olympics in 2008 was One World, One Dream.
2 The emblem of the 29th Beijing Olympic Games in 2008 is "China Seal - Dancing Beijing", the Beijing Olympic Games emblem was designed by Zhang Wu, Guo Chunning, Mao Cheng. 2003 August 3, the Beijing Organizing Committee of the Olympic Games officially launched the emblem in the Temple of Heaven in Beijing Praying for the Year of the Emperor, the emblem was held out by Jackie Chan and Deng Yaping*** together
3 The Beijing Olympic Games 2008 slogan is: One World, One Dream.
3 The mascot of the 29th Olympic Games in Beijing in 2008 was Fuwa. By the writer Zheng Yuanjie proposed this Olympic Games mascot should be the largest number of mascots, and later proposed to match the Olympic five rings. After the completion of the design by the painter Han Meilin. November 11, 2005, in exactly 1000 days from the opening of the Beijing Olympic Games Fuwa officially released came out. The five Fuwa are "Beibei", "Jingjing", "Huanhuan", "Yingying" and "Nini". The five Fuwa names are "Beibei", "Jingjing", "Huanhuan", "Yingying" and "Nini", which together will read out Beijing's heartfelt invitation to the world, "Beijing welcomes you".
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Bird's Nest p>The Bird's Nest
The main stadium for the 2008 Beijing Olympics is commonly known as the "Bird's Nest" because of its unique shape. The stadium, which seats 100,000 during the Games, hosted the opening and closing ceremonies of the Games, as well as track and field and soccer events.
The construction of the National Stadium began on December 24, 2003, and was temporarily suspended on July 30, 2004, due to design adjustments, and resumed on December 27 of the same year, and was completed in March 2008, at a total cost of 2.267 billion yuan. The total cost of the project is 2.267 billion yuan.
Water Cube
Located in Beijing Olympic Park, one of the landmark buildings of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games. It hosts swimming events.
The National Swimming Center is planned to be built on 62,950 square meters of land, with a total floor area of 65,000-80000 square meters, of which the underground part has a floor area of not less than 15,000 square meters, with a length, width and height of 177m × 177m × 30m.
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Baidu Wikipedia - Olympic Games