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Athletics At The 2008 Summer Olympics – Qualification
For the athletics competitions at the 2008 Summer Olympics, the following qualification systems were in place. Qualifying standards A National Olympic Committee (NOC) may enter up to 3 qualified athletes in each individual event if all athletes meet the A standard during the qualifying period. An NOC may also enter a maximum of 1 qualified if they have met the B standard. An NOC may also enter a maximum of 1 qualified relay team per event. NOCs may enter athletes regardless of mark (1 athlete per gender) if they have no athletes meeting the entry standard. This makes it possible for every nation to have a minimum of one representative of each gender in the sport. The qualifying time standards may be obtained in various meets during the given period that have the approval of the IAAF. All approved outdoor meets and indoor meets with the exception of 100 m, 200 m and 110 /100 m hurdles races are eligible. The qualifying period was 1 January 2007 to 23 July 2008. For the relays, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2008 Summer Olympics
The 2008 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIX Olympiad () and also known as Beijing 2008 (), were an international multisport event held from 8 to 24 August 2008, in Beijing, China. A total of 10,942 athletes from 204 National Olympic Committees (NOCs) competed in 28 sports and 302 events, one event more than those scheduled for the 2004 Summer Olympics. This was the first time China had hosted the Olympic Games, and the third time the Summer Olympic Games had been held in East Asia, following the 1964 Olympics in Tokyo, Japan, and the 1988 Olympics in Seoul, South Korea. These were also the second Summer Olympic Games to be held in a communist state, the first being the 1980 Summer Olympics in the Soviet Union (with venues in Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, and Estonia). Beijing was awarded the 2008 Games over four competitors on 13 July 2001, having won a majority of votes from members of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) after two rounds o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Athletics At The 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's 10,000 Metres
The women's 10,000 metres at the 2008 Summer Olympics took place on 15 August at the Beijing National Stadium. The race was won by Tirunesh Dibaba of Ethiopia, who set a new Olympic record time of 29:54.66. The qualifying standards were 31:45.00 (A standard) and 32:20.00 (B standard). The early part of the race was dominated by Lornah Kiplagat. But in the second half of the race, the contenders moved to the front, dominated by Elvan Abeylegesse, with the string of runners lined up behind her. Abeylegesse separated herself from the rest of the field, except for Tirunesh Dibaba, who marked her every step. Midway through the last lap, Dibaba pounced with a kick Abeylegesse couldn't answer. Almost a half a minute back, Shalane Flanagan was the best of the rest for bronze, with Linet Chepkwemoi Masai setting the World junior record a few steps behind her. At the time Dibaba and Abeylegesse ran the second and third fastest of all time (the best having occurred also in Beijing ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Athletics At The 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's High Jump
The women's high jump at the 2008 Olympic Games took place on 21–23 August at the Beijing Olympic Stadium. Summary The qualifying standards were 1.95 m (A standard) and 1.91 m (B standard). The field was narrowed to four athletes by 2.01m. Blanka Vlašić was in the driver's seat, with a perfect round. Vlašić remained in gold medal position by continuing her perfect round to 2.03m. Anna Chicherova moved into silver position with a first attempt clearance as well. Tia Hellebaut took two attempts to get over the height and was in bronze position. Yelena Slesarenko couldn't get over the height and finished in fourth. After Vlašić missed for the first time in the competition Hellebaut's fortunes reversed with a first attempt clearance of , leapfrogging her into the lead. Vlašić cleared on her second attempt, while Chicherova ended her competition with three straight misses. The bar was moved up to an Olympic record 2.07m, just 2cm below the world record. Neither co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Athletics At The 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's High Jump
The men's high jump at the 2008 Olympic Games took place on 17–19 August at the Beijing Olympic Stadium. Forty athletes from 28 nations competed. The event was won by Andrey Silnov of Russia, the nation's second victory (after 2000) in the men's high jump. Germaine Mason's silver was Great Britain's first medal in the event since 1996, and matched the nation's best-ever result. Silnov's countryman Yaroslav Rybakov won bronze, marking the first time since 1988 that a nation had two medalists in the men's high jump in the same Games. Reigning world champion Donald Thomas, who cleared 2.32 metres at Osaka 2007, finished in twenty-first place and failed to advance into the final round. For the first time (other than the boycotted 1980 Games), no American made the final. In June 2019, Silnov faced doping charges. His doping ban was confirmed by the Court of Arbitration for Sport on 7 April 2021 when he was banned for four years with all of his results from 8 July 2013 disqualifie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Athletics At The 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's 50 Kilometres Walk
The men's 50 kilometres walk at the 2008 Summer Olympics took place on August 22 at the Beijing National Stadium The National Stadium (), also known as the Bird's Nest (), is an 80,000-capacity stadium in Beijing. The stadium was jointly designed by architects Jacques Herzog and Pierre de Meuron from Basel-based architecture team Herzog & de Meuron, p .... The qualifying standards were 4:00:00 (A standard) and 4:07:00 (B standard). Records Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows: The following new Olympic record was set during this competition. Results OR - Olympic Record / PB - Personal Best / SB - Season Best / NR - National Record / DNF - Did Not Finish / DQ - Disqualified / DNS - Did Not Start Intermediates s.t. - same time. Referencessports-reference {{DEFAULTSORT:Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Men's 50 kilometres walk Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics Racewalking at the Olympics Men's events at ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Athletics At The 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's 20 Kilometres Walk
The women's 20 km walk event at the 2008 Olympic Games took place on August 21 at the Beijing Olympic Stadium. The qualifying standards were 1:33.30 (A standard) and 1:38.00 (B standard). Records Prior to this event, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows: Schedule All times are China standard time (UTC+8 UTC+08:00 is an identifier for a time offset from UTC of +08:00. With an estimated population of 1.708 billion living within the time zone, roughly 24% of the world population, it is the most populous time zone in the world, as well as a ...) Results OR - Olympic Record, NR - National Record, PB - Personal Best (= - Equaled), SB - Season Best Intermediates s.t. - same time. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Women's 20 kilometres walk Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics Racewalking at the Olympics 2008 in women's athletics Women's events at the 2008 Summer Olympics ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Athletics At The 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's 20 Kilometres Walk
The men's 20 kilometres walk at the 2008 Summer Olympics took place on 16 August at the Beijing National Stadium The National Stadium (), also known as the Bird's Nest (), is an 80,000-capacity stadium in Beijing. The stadium was jointly designed by architects Jacques Herzog and Pierre de Meuron from Basel-based architecture team Herzog & de Meuron, p .... The qualifying standards were 1:23:00 (A standard) and 1:24:30 (B standard). Records Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows: No new world or Olympic records were set for this event. Results PB = Personal Best, SB = Season Best Intermediates s.t. - same time. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Men's 20 kilometres walk Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics Racewalking at the Olympics Men's events at the 2008 Summer Olympics ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Athletics At The 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's Marathon
The women's marathon at the 2008 Summer Olympics took place on August 17 around an urban circuit specifically designed for the competition at Beijing, and finished in the Beijing National Stadium; it was, as of today, the last time in Summer Olympics history in which women's marathon route start and/or finish was located in the Olympic Stadium. The qualifying standards were 2:37.00 (A standard) and 2:42.00 (B standard). There were a total number of 82 competitors from 42 nations. The winner was Constantina Diṭă-Tomescu of Romania who at one point took a lead of over a minute and maintained it ahead of the chasing pack all the way into the stadium. She completed the marathon in a time of 2:26:44. In second place was Catherine Ndereba of Kenya who completed the race in 2:27:06, closely followed by bronze medalist Zhou Chunxiu of China who finished in a time of 2:27:07. World record holder Paula Radcliffe of Great Britain took part in the race despite injury problems that bothere ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Athletics At The 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's Marathon
The men's marathon at the 2008 Summer Olympics took place on 24 August at 7:30am in Beijing, ending in the Beijing National Stadium. It was (as of today) the last time in Summer Olympics history that the start and/or finish of the men's marathon route was located inside the Olympic Stadium. Ninety-five athletes from 56 nations competed. The winner of the event was Samuel Wanjiru of Kenya, who set an Olympic record in the time of two hours, six minutes, and 32 seconds. It was Kenya's first victory in the men's marathon. Morocco won its first medal in the event since 1960, with Jaouad Gharib's silver. Tsegay Kebede of Ethiopia took bronze. Summary It began in the early morning instead of the traditional late at night start. Through 10k, a group of 8 was at front. They were all broken down to five at 20k. At the front was Eritrean Yonas Kifle, Ethiopian Deriba Merga, Kenya's Martin Lel and Sammy Wanjiru, and Moroccan Jaouad Gharib. over the next 10k Deriba Merga started to press the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Athletics At The 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's 3000 Metres Steeplechase
The women's 3000 metres steeplechase at the 2008 Summer Olympics occurred on 15–17 August at the Beijing National Stadium, the first time this event had ever been held at the Olympics. The qualifying standards were 9:46.00 (A standard) and 9:55.00 (B standard). In the Final, Gulnara Samitova-Galkina of Russia won, with a new world record of 8:58.81: she was the first woman to break the nine-minute barrier for this event. Yekaterina Volkova of Russia tested positive for dehydrochlormethyltestosterone (turinabol) and was disqualified. Schedule All times are China Standard Time (UTC+8) Records Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows: The following new world and Olympic records were set during this competition. Results Round 1 Qualification: First 4 in each heat(Q) and the next 3 fastest(q) advance to the Final Final, Finals or The Final may refer to: * Final (competition), the last or championship round of a sporti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Athletics At The 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's 3000 Metres Steeplechase
The Men's 3000 metres steeplechase at the 2008 Olympic Games took place on 16–18 August at the Beijing Olympic Stadium. The qualifying standards were 8:24.60 (A standard) and 8:32.00 (B standard). Brimin Kipruto, who won the silver medal at the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, became the seventh Kenyan runner in a row to win this event at the Olympics. In total Kenya won nine gold medals in the 3000m steeplechase since 1968 The year was highlighted by protests and other unrests that occurred worldwide. Events January–February * January 5 – "Prague Spring": Alexander Dubček is chosen as leader of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia. * Januar ..., but none of those medalists was ever able to defend his title. Records Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows. No new world or Olympic records were set for this event. Results Round 1 Legend: Q=Qualified top 4 in heat; q=Qualified by time; DNF=Did Not Finish; D ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Athletics At The 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's 400 Metres Hurdles
The women's 400 metres hurdles at the 2008 Summer Olympics took place on 17–20 August at the Beijing National Stadium. The qualifying standards were 55.60 s (A standard) and 56.50 s (B standard). Schedule All times are China Standard Time (UTC+8) Records Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows: The following new Olympic record was set during this competition. Results Round 1 The first three runners of each heat (Q) plus the next four overall fastest runners (q) qualified for the Semifinals. Semifinals Qualification: First 4 in each heat (Q) advance to the Final Final, Finals or The Final may refer to: * Final (competition), the last or championship round of a sporting competition, match, game, or other contest which decides a winner for an event ** Another term for playoffs, describing a sequence of con .... Final ''(OR = Olympic record; NR = National Record; PB = Personal Best; SB = Season Best.)'' References ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
