G.K. Olympics 2008

The 2008 Summer Olympics held in Beijing were the 29th edition of the modern Olympic Games.

A total of 204 National Olympic Committees participated in the 2008 Beijing Olympics.

Sushil Kumar won the bronze medal in the men's 66kg freestyle wrestling event at the 2008 Beijing Olympics.

Approximately 10,942 athletes participated in the 2008 Olympics, which is significantly more than 11.

The Beijing National Stadium, which hosted the opening and closing ceremonies, is widely known as the Bird's Nest due to its unique architectural design.

Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce won the gold medal in the women's 100 meters at the 2008 Beijing Olympics with a time of 10.78 seconds.

Argentina won the gold medal in men's football at the 2008 Olympics by defeating Nigeria 1-0 in the final.

Carl Lewis, Mark Spitz, and Paavo Nurmi all achieved the milestone of winning nine Olympic gold medals during their careers.

Abhinav Bindra won the gold medal in the men's 10m air rifle event, marking India's first individual Olympic gold medal.

Germany won the gold medal in men's field hockey at the 2008 Olympics by defeating Spain 1-0 in the final.

The United States men's basketball team, often called the Redeem Team, won the gold medal by defeating Spain in the final.

India finished in 50th place in the medal table at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, with one gold and two bronze medals.

China topped the gold medal count at the 2008 Beijing Olympics with 51 gold medals.

The United States won the highest total number of medals at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, with 110 medals in total.

Maurren Maggi of Brazil won the gold medal in the women's long jump at the 2008 Olympics with a jump of 7.04 meters.

Alex Schwazer of Italy won the gold medal in men's 50 km walk at the 2008 Beijing Olympics with a time of 3:37:09. Jared Tallent (misspelled as Javed) of Australia won the silver medal, and Denis Nizhegorodov of Russia won the bronze.

The Netherlands women's hockey team defeated China 2-0 in the final to win the gold medal at the 2008 Beijing Olympics. Australia won the bronze medal.

Yelena Isinbayeva of Russia won the gold medal in women's pole vault at the 2008 Beijing Olympics by clearing 5.05 meters, setting an Olympic record. Jennifer Stuczynski (misspelled as Stuczynski) of USA won silver, and Svetlana Feofanova won bronze.

The United States team of Misty May-Treanor and Kerri Walsh won the gold medal in women's beach volleyball at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, defeating China in the final. This was their second consecutive Olympic gold medal.

Usain Bolt won the gold medal in the men's 100 meters at the 2008 Beijing Olympics with a then-world record time of 9.69 seconds.

Katerina Emmons of the Czech Republic won the first gold medal of the 2008 Beijing Olympics in the women's 10m air rifle event.

Michael Phelps won eight gold medals in swimming at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, setting a record for the most gold medals in a single Games.

Usain Bolt won the gold medal in the men's 200 meters at the 2008 Beijing Olympics with a world record time of 19.30 seconds.

Vijender Kumar won the bronze medal in the middleweight boxing category for India at the 2008 Beijing Olympics.