Games of the XXIX Olympiad

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Summer Olympic Games international sporting event multi-sport event

Games of the XXIX Olympiad is the formal title of the 2008 Summer Olympics held in Beijing, China.

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Label Occurrences
Games of the XXIX Olympiad canonical 12
2008 Beijing Olympics opening ceremony 1

Statements (59)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Summer Olympic Games ⓘ
international sporting event ⓘ
multi-sport event ⓘ
abbreviation 2008 Summer Olympics ⓘ
surface form: Beijing 2008
aquaticsVenue Beijing National Aquatics Center ⓘ
aquaticsVenueNickname Beijing National Aquatics Center ⓘ
surface form: Water Cube
bidCity Beijing ⓘ
Istanbul ⓘ
Osaka ⓘ
Paris ⓘ
Toronto ⓘ
closingCeremonyVenue Beijing National Stadium ⓘ
closingDate 2008-08-24 ⓘ
commonName 2008 Summer Olympics ⓘ
emblemColor red ⓘ
emblemDescription stylized calligraphic figure of a dancing athlete in the shape of the Chinese character Jing ⓘ
followedBy Summer Olympics 2012 ⓘ
surface form: 2012 Summer Olympics
governingBody International Olympic Committee ⓘ
hostCity Beijing ⓘ
hostCityFirstTimeOlympics true ⓘ
hostContinent Asia ⓘ
hostCountry China ⓘ
hostCountryFirstSummerOlympics true ⓘ
hostSelectionCity Moscow ⓘ
hostSelectionDate 2001-07-13 ⓘ
legacy construction of new sports venues in Beijing ⓘ
expansion of Beijing transport infrastructure ⓘ
mainStadium Beijing National Stadium ⓘ
mainStadiumNickname Bird's Nest ⓘ
mascot Beibei ⓘ
Huanhuan ⓘ
Jingjing ⓘ
Nini ⓘ
Yingying ⓘ
mascotGroupName Fuwa ⓘ
motto One World, One Dream ⓘ
notableIssue air pollution concerns in Beijing ⓘ
human rights concerns in China ⓘ
numberOfAthletes approximately 11000 ⓘ
numberOfEvents 302 ⓘ
numberOfParticipatingNOCs 204 ⓘ
numberOfSports 28 ⓘ
officialName Games of the XXIX Olympiad self-link ⓘ
olympiadNumber 29 ⓘ
olympicCauldronDesigner Cai Zhisong ⓘ
openingCeremonyDirector Zhang Yimou ⓘ
openingCeremonyVenue Beijing National Stadium ⓘ
openingDate 2008-08-08 ⓘ
organisingCommittee Beijing Organizing Committee for the Olympic Games ⓘ
precededBy 2004 Summer Olympics ⓘ
selectedBy International Olympic Committee ⓘ
timeZone China Standard Time ⓘ
torchRelayEndDate 2008-08-08 ⓘ
torchRelayEndLocation Beijing National Stadium ⓘ
torchRelayStartDate 2008-03-24 ⓘ
torchRelayStartLocation Olympia ⓘ
torchRelayType international torch relay ⓘ
typeOfCompetition amateur and professional athletes ⓘ
year 2008 ⓘ

Referenced by (13)

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

2008 Summer Olympics → officialName → Games of the XXIX Olympiad ⓘ
Lang Lang → performedAt → Games of the XXIX Olympiad ⓘ
this entity surface form: 2008 Beijing Olympics opening ceremony
Games of the XXX Olympiad → precededBy → Games of the XXIX Olympiad ⓘ
One World, One Dream → associatedWithEdition → Games of the XXIX Olympiad ⓘ
Michael Phelps won eight gold medals in swimming → hasOlympicGamesEdition → Games of the XXIX Olympiad ⓘ
Usain Bolt set world records in the 100 m and 200 m sprints → olympicGames → Games of the XXIX Olympiad ⓘ
Games of the XXIX Olympiad → officialName → Games of the XXIX Olympiad self-link ⓘ
XXIV Olympic Winter Games → previousSummerGamesInHostCity → Games of the XXIX Olympiad ⓘ
Games of the XXVIII Olympiad → followedBy → Games of the XXIX Olympiad ⓘ
synchronized swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics → OlympicGames → Games of the XXIX Olympiad ⓘ
One Dream → sloganFor → Games of the XXIX Olympiad ⓘ
100 metres – Beijing 2008 → Olympiad → Games of the XXIX Olympiad ⓘ
Beijing 2008 Olympic Mascot Design Team → event → Games of the XXIX Olympiad ⓘ