Beijing Olymics 2008

In 2008 the Olympics  games where held in the wonderful city of Beijing.
Many people from round the world came to Beijing to either participate or watch the many hundreds competing for a one and only gold medal .

why in Beijing?
Beijing was awarded the chance to host the olyimic  games on 13th of July 2001 and won most of the votes to have it take place there.

Medals
There were 43 new world records and 132 new Olympic records set at the 2008 Summer Olympics.
An unprecedented 86 countries won at least one medal during the Games.




Events
During the Games many events where held like: archery, badminton, baseball, basketball, beach volleyball, boxing, cycling, diving, fencing, field hockey, gymnastics, judo, mountain biking, rowing, sailing, shooting, soccer, softball, swimming, synchronized swimming, table tennis, tennis, track and field, volleyball, water polo, weightlifting and wrestling.

Here is the logo for the Games held in Beijing 2008