SUMMER Beijing Olympic Games   of 2008 O.Š.B.KASICA ZADAR Croatia

BEJING 2008 In the summer of 2008, from 8 to  24 August 2008, the Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXIX Olympiad, took place in Beijing China. A total of  11,028 athletes from 204 countries competed in 28 sports and 302  other events. China became the 18th nation to hold Summer Olympic Games and the 22nd nation to host the Olympic Games it was the third time that the Summer Olympic Games were held in Asia, after Tokyo, Japan (1964) and Seoul, South Korea (1988). The grand opening ceremony officially began nn the Beijing National Stadium,  at 8:00 pm on August 8, 2008

The programme / records The program for the 2008 Beijing Games included 28 sports and 302 events. There were 43 new world records and 132 new Olympic records set at the 2008 Summer Olympics.  The women’s 800m record had been held by Janet Evans (USA) for almost 20 years. But in Beijing, Great Britain’s Rebecca Adlington smashed this record Chinese athletes won the most gold medals, with 51, and 100 medals altogether, while the United States had the most medals total with 110 Michael Phelps broke the records for most gold medals in one Olympics and for most career gold medals for an Olympian by winning eight swimming events.  Usain Bolt secured the traditional title of "World's Fastest Man" by setting new world records in the 100 m and 200 m sprints