5. The five Olympic rings were designed in 1913,
adopted in 1914 and
debuted at the Games at Antwerp, 1920.
6. Generations of Olympics
I st - The Ancient Olympic Games
held at Olympia, Greece.
II nd - The Modern Olympic Games
were first held in 1896, in
Athens, Greece.
7. Olympics - Introduction
There are 302 events in 28 sports.
One event more than the ’04 Olympics.
The Olympic Games were awarded to Beijing
after an exhaustive ballot of the International
Olympic Committee (IOC) on July 13, 2001.
The official logo of the Games, titled "Dancing
Beijing"
8. Summer Olympics ’08 –
Officially XXIX
Opening ceremony: August 8
Closing ceremony: August 24
Officially opened by: President Hu Jintao
Athlete's Oath : Zhang Yining
Judge's Oath : Huang Liping
Olympic Torch : Li Ning
Stadium: Beijing National Stadium
9. Olympics’ Relay Torch
Completed Global Journey in 130 days.
Journey Began on 24 March ’08, Olympia.
Total Journey Traveled 1,37,000 Kms.
Features
Remains Burning in 50 mm/hr of rain.
Can Tolerate Temp up to -40°C.
Abhors the 40mph of wind.
10. Achievements
A record 87 countries won a medal during the
Games.
Chinese athletes won 51 gold medals altogether.
43 New World Records.
132 New Olympic Records.
Michael Phelps broke the record for most golds
in one Olympics.
11. New Records - Athletics'
(August 16)
Men's 100 metres, 9.69s, Usain Bolt of Jamaica
(August 18)
Women's Pole Vault, 5.05 meters, Yelena Isinbayeva
of Russia
(August 20)
Men's 200 metres, 19.30s, Usain Bolt of Jamaica
(August 22)
Men's 4 x 100 metres, 37.10s, Nesta Carter, Michael
Frater, Usain Bolt and Asafa Powell of Jamaica
12. New Records - Archery
(August 10)
Women's Team 1/4 Eliminations: Park
Sung-Hyun, Yun Ok-Hee and Joo Hyun-Jung of
South Korea
13. New Records - Weightlifting
(August 13)
Women's 69kg: Liu Chunhong, of China
(August 15)
Men's 85kg: Andrei Rybakou, of Belarus
14. New Records - Swimming
There were 19 new records during the Olympics.
15. Major Events At Olympics
Archery Athletics Baseball
Badminton Basketball Volleyball
Boxing Cycling Hockey
Cycling Football Fencing
Gymnastics Sailing Weightlifting
Judo Handball Trampoline
Swimming Fencing Triathlon
Tennis Sailing Table Tennis
16. The Top Ten Ranked NOCs
R Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1 China (CHN) 51 21 28 100
2 United States (USA) 36 38 36 110
3 Russia (RUS) 23 21 28 72
4 Great Britain (GBR) 19 13 15 47
5 Germany (GER) 16 10 15 41
6 Australia (AUS) 14 15 17 46
7 South Korea (KOR) 13 10 8 31
8 Japan (JPN) 9 6 10 25
9 Italy (ITA) 8 10 10 28
10 France (FRA) 7 16 17 40
