2008 Summer Olympics

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Summer Olympic Games international sporting event multi-sport event

The 2008 Summer Olympics were an international multi-sport event held in China that showcased Beijing’s rapid modernization and featured memorable performances by athletes like Michael Phelps and Usain Bolt.

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All labels observed (11)

Label Occurrences
2008 Summer Olympics canonical 90
Beijing 2008 Olympic Games 5
Beijing 2008 Summer Olympics 4

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Summer Olympic Games ⓘ
international sporting event ⓘ
multi-sport event ⓘ
athletesVillage Olympic Green ⓘ
surface form: Beijing Olympic Village
biddingCity Beijing ⓘ
Istanbul ⓘ
Osaka ⓘ
Paris ⓘ
Toronto ⓘ
cauldronLighter Li Ning ⓘ
closingDate 2008-08-24 ⓘ
collectiveMascotName Fuwa ⓘ
continentOfHostCity Asia ⓘ
country China ⓘ
currencyOfHostCountry Chinese yuan ⓘ
surface form: Renminbi
editionNumber 29 ⓘ
featuredAthlete Michael Phelps ⓘ
Usain Bolt ⓘ
followedBy 2012 Summer Olympics ⓘ
governingBody International Olympic Committee ⓘ
hostCity Beijing ⓘ
hostCountryCapital Beijing ⓘ
hostSelectionCity Moscow ⓘ
hostSelectionDate 2001-07-13 ⓘ
iocPresidentAtGames Jacques Rogge ⓘ
mainAquaticsVenue Beijing National Aquatics Center ⓘ
mainStadium Beijing National Stadium ⓘ
mascot Beibei ⓘ
Huanhuan ⓘ
Jingjing ⓘ
Nini ⓘ
Yingying ⓘ
motto One World, One Dream ⓘ
notablePerformance Michael Phelps won eight gold medals in swimming ⓘ
Usain Bolt set world records in the 100 m and 200 m sprints ⓘ
numberOfAthletes approximately 11000 ⓘ
numberOfEvents 302 ⓘ
numberOfParticipatingNations 204 ⓘ
numberOfSports 28 ⓘ
officialName Games of the XXIX Olympiad ⓘ
olympicTorchRelayEndLocation Beijing National Stadium ⓘ
olympicTorchRelayStartDate 2008-03-24 ⓘ
olympicTorchRelayStartLocation Olympia, Greece ⓘ
openingDate 2008-08-08 ⓘ
openingDeclaredBy Hu Jintao ⓘ
organisingCommittee Beijing Organizing Committee for the Olympic Games ⓘ
precededBy 2004 Summer Olympics ⓘ
symbolized Beijing’s rapid modernization ⓘ
timeZone China Standard Time ⓘ
typeOfGames Olympic Games ⓘ
surface form: Summer Games

Referenced by (109)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Beijing → hosted → 2008 Summer Olympics ⓘ
Summer Olympics 2012 → precededBy → 2008 Summer Olympics ⓘ
subject surface form: 2012 Summer Olympics
Christine Sinclair → OlympicParticipation → 2008 Summer Olympics ⓘ
Beijing National Stadium → hostedEvent → 2008 Summer Olympics ⓘ
this entity surface form: 2008 Summer Olympics opening ceremony
Beijing Capital International Airport → terminal3BuiltFor → 2008 Summer Olympics ⓘ
Carmelo Anthony → OlympicGoldMedalist → 2008 Summer Olympics ⓘ
Jason Kidd → OlympicGamesParticipatedIn → 2008 Summer Olympics ⓘ
this entity surface form: Beijing 2008 Summer Olympics
Kobe Bryant → OlympicGamesParticipated → 2008 Summer Olympics ⓘ
Diana Taurasi → OlympicGoldMedal → 2008 Summer Olympics ⓘ
Sue Bird → OlympicGoldMedal → 2008 Summer Olympics ⓘ
this entity surface form: Beijing 2008 Summer Olympics
Tamika Catchings → OlympicGoldMedalist → 2008 Summer Olympics ⓘ
Candace Parker → OlympicGoldMedalist → 2008 Summer Olympics ⓘ
Bird's Nest → builtForEvent → 2008 Summer Olympics ⓘ
Bird's Nest → hostedEvent → 2008 Summer Olympics ⓘ
this entity surface form: 2008 Summer Olympics opening ceremony
Bird's Nest → hostedEvent → 2008 Summer Olympics ⓘ
this entity surface form: athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Capital Airport Express → openedFor → 2008 Summer Olympics ⓘ
2004 Summer Olympics → followedBy → 2008 Summer Olympics ⓘ
Terminal 3 → openedForOlympics → 2008 Summer Olympics ⓘ
subject surface form: Terminal 3 (Beijing Capital International Airport)
Dirk Nowitzki → OlympicAppearances → 2008 Summer Olympics ⓘ
2008 Summer Olympics women's football tournament → partOf → 2008 Summer Olympics ⓘ
One World, One Dream → officialSloganOf → 2008 Summer Olympics ⓘ
One World, One Dream → officialSloganOf → 2008 Summer Olympics ⓘ
this entity surface form: Beijing 2008 Olympic Games
One World, One Dream → usedIn → 2008 Summer Olympics ⓘ
this entity surface form: Beijing 2008 Olympic ceremonies
Beibei → associatedWith → 2008 Summer Olympics ⓘ
Beibei → associatedWith → 2008 Summer Olympics ⓘ
this entity surface form: Beijing 2008 Olympic Games
Beibei → createdForEvent → 2008 Summer Olympics ⓘ
Nini → associatedWithEvent → 2008 Summer Olympics ⓘ
Nini → createdFor → 2008 Summer Olympics ⓘ
this entity surface form: Beijing 2008 Olympic Games
Beijing Organizing Committee for the Olympic Games → eventOrganized → 2008 Summer Olympics ⓘ
Usain Bolt → olympicGames → 2008 Summer Olympics ⓘ
this entity surface form: Beijing 2008
Michael Phelps won eight gold medals in swimming → hasCompetition → 2008 Summer Olympics ⓘ
Usain Bolt set world records in the 100 m and 200 m sprints → competition → 2008 Summer Olympics ⓘ
Dwyane Wade → OlympicGoldMedalist → 2008 Summer Olympics ⓘ
Games of the XXIX Olympiad → commonName → 2008 Summer Olympics ⓘ
Games of the XXIX Olympiad → abbreviation → 2008 Summer Olympics ⓘ
this entity surface form: Beijing 2008
Jingjing → associatedWith → 2008 Summer Olympics ⓘ
Jingjing → associatedWith → 2008 Summer Olympics ⓘ
this entity surface form: Beijing 2008 Olympic Games
Jingjing → createdForEvent → 2008 Summer Olympics ⓘ
Michael Phelps → competedIn → 2008 Summer Olympics ⓘ
Michael Phelps → olympicGoldMedalsAt → 2008 Summer Olympics ⓘ
Chris Bosh → medalEvent → 2008 Summer Olympics ⓘ
Huanhuan → associatedWith → 2008 Summer Olympics ⓘ
this entity surface form: Beijing 2008 Summer Olympics
Huanhuan → createdForEvent → 2008 Summer Olympics ⓘ
this entity surface form: 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing
Capital Indoor Stadium → cityForEvent → 2008 Summer Olympics ⓘ
this entity surface form: Beijing 2008 Summer Olympics
National Indoor Stadium → builtFor → 2008 Summer Olympics ⓘ
National Indoor Stadium → usedDuring → 2008 Summer Olympics ⓘ
Yao Ming → olympicParticipation → 2008 Summer Olympics ⓘ
Chris Hoy → participatedIn → 2008 Summer Olympics ⓘ
Becky Hammon → OlympicParticipation → 2008 Summer Olympics ⓘ
Chris Paul → OlympicsParticipation → 2008 Summer Olympics ⓘ