The 2008 Beiling Olympics Introduction

The 2008 Summer Olympic Games，officially known as the Games of the XXIX Olympiad，was a major international multi-sport event that took place in Beijing from August 8 to 24，2008.A total of 10，942 athletes from 204 National Olympic Committees（NOCs）competed in 28 sports and 302 events.China became the 22nd nation to host the Olympic Games and the 18th to hold a Summer Olympic Games.It was the third time that the Summer Olympic Games were held in Asia，after Tokyo，Japan in 1964 and Seoul，South Korea in 1988.The equestrian events were held in Hong Kong，making it the third time the events of the same Olympics were held under the 4 jurisdiction of two different NOCs，while sailing was contested in Qingdao，and football events took place in several different cities.

Beijing was awarded the Games over four competitors on July 13，2001，having won an absolute majority of votes from members of the International Olympic Committee（1OC）after two rounds of voting.The Government of the People’s Republic of China promoted the Games and invested heavily in new facilities and transportationsystems.A total of 37 venues were used to host the events，including 12 constructed specifically for use at the Games.The official logo of these Olympic Games，titled”Dancing Beijing”，featured a stylized calligraphic character Jing（meaning capital），referring to the host city.

Media outlets reported unprecedented audience interest in the Games，and these Olympics had the largest television audience in Olympichistory to date，an achievement later surpassed by the 2012 Games.

There were 43 world records and 132 Olympic records set at the 2008 Summer Olympics.An unprecedented 86 countries won at least one medal during the Games.Chinese athletes won the most gold medals，with 51，and 100 medals altogether，while the United States had the most total medals with 110.American swimmer Michael Phelps broke the records for most gold medals in one Olympics by winning eight swimming events.

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