With Beijing, which is the capital of China, all set to stage the Beijing 2008 or the Summer Games for the year 2008, all the world is waiting eagerly for it. This is going to be the 29th Games of Olympiad and will be held in the month of August in 2008. The opening ceremony of the Beijing 2008 will be held on the 8th of August, while the closing ceremony on August 24 will mark the end of the competition. During this period, as many as 302 events will be held in 28 sports.
There will be approximately 10,500 athletes participating in the Beijing 2008 Summer Games. After a tough competition with Toronto of Canada, Paris of France, Istanbul of Turkey and Osaka of Japan, Beijing won the right to host the Summer Olympics 2008. The major venue for the event will be the Beijing National Stadium. Some of the nations, which are going to participate in the Beijing 2008 Summer Olympics, are listed below:
Some of the major sports, which are there in the Beijing 2008 Summer Games calendar, are listed below:
Below is some information on Beijing Summer Games 2008:
