BEIJING OLYMPICS

Around 10,500 athletes from 214 nations will be participating in this greatest of great sporting extravaganza . Sportspersons from world over will be competing against each other for 302 diverse events covering as many as 28 Sports Disciplines . Athletics and Swimming are the top disciplines and will have the maximum number of events in Beijing Olympics .

The vibrant city of Beijing is all set to welcome sportspersons , sports officials and tourists for 2008 Beijing Olympics. To cater to this Herculean task of being both a great venue and a host. Under the stewardship of International Olympic Committee ( IOC) President Jacques Rogge , Liu Qi , The President of The Beijing Organizing Committee for the Games of the XXIX Olympiad (BOCOG) is leaving no stone unturned to make 2008 Beijing Olympics a great success.

For Beijing Olympics numerous new stadiums have been built as well as existing stadiums have been renovated and refurbished.The main functions of Opening and Closing ceremony will be held at the august National Stadium .This 95,000 capacity stadium will be the main venue for track and field events. Swimming and Diving will be held at National Aquatics Center. The Shooting Competition will be held at Beijing Shooting Range Hall .

During the Summer Olympics, Athletes along with the sports officials will be able to have a comfortable stay at the Olympics Games Village .Situated North west to the National Stadium the Olympic Village will have 42 buildings housing more than 10,000 rooms.

The Mascot for Beijing Olympics are Five Fuwa ( Good fortune Dolls ) .The Dancing Beijing on the other hand is the emblem for this years Summer Olympics.

2008 Beijing Olympics will be the 29th Olympics .The first 28 Summer Olympics in the ascending order along with the year , host city and country are as follows .1st 1896 Athens Greece , 2nd 1900 Paris (France),3rd 1904 St. Louis, Missouri United States,4th 1908 London United Kingdom, 5th 1912 Stockholm Sweden, 6th 1916 Berlin Germany, 7th 1920 Antwerp Belgium,8th 1924 Paris France, 9th 1928 Amsterdam Netherlands, 10th 1932 Los Angeles United States, 11th 1936 Berlin Germany, 12th 1940 Helsinki Finland , 13th 1944 London United Kingdom, 14th 1944 London United Kingdom, 15th 1952 Helsinki Finland , 16th 1956 Melbourne Australia,17th 1960 Rome Italy, 18th 1964 Tokyo Japan, 19th 1968 Mexico City Mexico, 20th 1972 Munich Germany, 21st 1976 Montreal Canada, 22nd 1980 Moscow Russia, 23rd 1984 Los Angeles USA ,24th 1988 Seoul South Korea, 25th 1992 Barcelona Spain , 26th 1996 Atlanta USA , 27th 2000 Sydney Australia, 28th 2004 Athens Greece.

Each Olympic Game is better than the preceding Game and there is no doubt that 2008 Beijing Olympics will be the best Olympics till date . Eighteen years back , Beijing proved it to the world by organizing successfully the 11th Asian Games in 1990.

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