Information about the 2008 Olympic Games

The 2008 Beijing Olympic Games was held in Beijing, the capital of People's Republic of China (PRC), at 8 pm on August 8, 2008. ? The host city of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games is Beijing, and Shanghai, Tianjin, Shenyang, Qinhuangdao and Qingdao are the co-host cities. Equestrian events are held in Hong Kong. In 2008, 204 countries and regions participated in the Beijing Olympic Games, with athletes 1 1438, 302 sports (28 kinds) and more than 60,000 athletes, coaches and officials. The 2008 Beijing Olympic Games * * * set 43 new world records and 132 new Olympic records, * * 87 countries and regions won medals in this event, and China topped the gold medal list with 5 1, becoming the first Asian country to top the gold medal list in Olympic history.

The slogan of the 29th Beijing Olympic Games in 2008 is: One World, One Dream.

The emblem of the 29th Beijing Olympic Games in 2008 is "Chinese Seal Dancing Beijing", designed by Zhang Wu, Guo Chunning and Mao Cheng. On August 3rd, 2003, BOCOG officially released the emblem presented by Jackie Chan and Deng Yaping in the Temple of Heaven.

The mascot of the 29th Olympic Games in Beijing in 2008 is Fuwa. Writer Zheng proposed that the number of mascots in this Olympic Games should be the largest, and later proposed to match the Olympic rings. Then it was designed by the painter Han Meilin. On June/KOOC-0/65438+/KOOC-0/October/KOOC-0/day, 2005, just before the opening of the Beijing Olympic Games/KOOC-0/000 days, Fuwa was officially released. The five Fuwa are Beibei, Jingjing, Huanhuan, Yingying and Nini. Connecting the names of the five Fuwa will read Beijing's warm invitation to the world "Beijing welcomes you".

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Bird’s Nest

The main stadium of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games is also commonly known as the "Bird's Nest" because of its unique shape. During the Olympic Games, the stadium has 654.38+million seats, which are used to hold the opening and closing ceremonies of the Olympic Games, as well as track and field and football competitions.

The National Stadium started construction on February 24, 2003, and was suspended on July 30, 2004 due to design adjustment. Resumption of work on February 27th, 2008 was completed in March, 2008. The total project cost is 2.267 billion yuan.

Water cube

Located in Beijing Olympic Park, one of the landmark buildings of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games. Hold a swimming competition.

The planned construction land of the National Swimming Center is 62,950 square meters, with a total construction area of 65,000-80,000 square meters, of which the underground construction area is not less than15,000 square meters, and the length, width and height are177m× 30m respectively.

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