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2008 Summer Olympics

Beijing National Stadium


Bindra Won The Gold
Abhinav Bindra – Single Gold
Beijing
Olympics ’08
Made By: Sachin Kr Pourush
The five Olympic rings were designed in 1913,
adopted in 1914 and
debuted at the Games at Antwerp, 1920.
Generations of
Olympics

 Ist - The Ancient Olympic Games


held at Olympia, Greece.

 IInd - The Modern Olympic Games


were first held in 1896, in
Athens, Greece.
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"
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
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.
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.
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
New Records - Archery

 (August 10)
Women's Team 1/4 Eliminations:
Park Sung-Hyun, Yun Ok-Hee and Joo
Hyun-Jung of South Korea
New Records -
Weightlifting

 (August 13)
Women's 69kg: Liu Chunhong, of
China
 (August 15)
Men's 85kg: Andrei Rybakou, of
Belarus
New Records -
Swimming
 There were 19 new records during
the Olympics.
Major Events At
Olympics

Archery Athletics
Baseball Badminton Basketball
Volleyball Boxing Cycling
Hockey Cycling
Football Fencing Gymnastics
Sailing Weightlifting
Judo Handball
Trampoline
Swimming Fencing
The Top Ten Ranked
NOCs
Bronz
R Nation Gold Total
Silver e
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
Thanks!
for your Patience

Sachin Kr Pourush
MBA

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