2008 Summer Olympics(officially known as the Games of the XXIX Olympiad)an international multi sport event took place in Beijing,China from Aug 8 -24,2008.
A total of 11,028 athletes from 204 National Olympic Committees(NOCs) competed in 28 sports and 302 events.
It was the 3rd time that the Summer Olympic Games were held in Asia, after Tokyo, Japan(1964) and Seoul, South Korea(1988).China became the 22nd Nation to host the Olympic Games and the 18th to hold a Summer Olympic Games.
A total of 37 venues were used to host the events including 12 constructed for use at the Games.
The official logo of these Olympic Games, titled '' Dancing Beijing'', featured a stylised calligraphic character jīng (京, meaning capital), referring to the host city.
43 New World Recordsand 132 New Olympic Records were set at the 2008 Summer Olympics.
Chinese Athletics won the most gold medals, with 51, and 100 medals altogether, while the United States had the most medals total with 110.
Michael Fred Phelps(USA) broke the records for most gold medals in one Olympics(8 at Beijing in 2008) and for most career gold medals(16) for an Olympian by winning 8 Gold Medals in swimming events at Beijing in 2008 and 6 Gold and 2 Bronze at Athens in 2004
Usain Bolt(Jamaica) secured the traditional title of "World's Fastest Man" by setting new world records in the 100 m and 200 m sprints.
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