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These were also the second Summer Olympic Games to be held in a communist statethe first being the Summer Olympics in the Soviet Union with venues in RussiaUkraineByelorussiaand Estonia. Beijing was awarded the Games over four competitors on 13 Julyhaving won a majority of votes from members of the International Olympic Committee IOC after two rounds of voting. The equestrian events were held in Hong Kongmaking these the third Os i peking 2008 for which the events were held under the jurisdiction of two different NOCs, os i peking 2008.

The men's football tournament at the Summer Olympics was held in Beijing and four other cities in the People's Republic of China from 7 to 23 August. Associations affiliated with FIFA were invited to enter their men's under teams in regional qualifying competitions, from which 15 teams, plus the host nation, reached the final tournament. Men's teams were allowed to augment their squads with up to three players over the age of For these Games, the men competed in a team tournament. Preliminary matches commenced on 7 August, the day before the Games' opening ceremony. The teams were grouped into four pools of four teams each for a round-robin preliminary round.

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Os i peking 2008

These were also the second Summer Olympic Games to be held in a communist state , the first being the Summer Olympics in the Soviet Union with venues in Russia , Ukraine , Byelorussia , and Estonia. Beijing was awarded the Games over four competitors on 13 July , having won a majority of votes from members of the International Olympic Committee IOC after two rounds of voting. The equestrian events were held in Hong Kong , making these the third Olympics for which the events were held under the jurisdiction of two different NOCs. The Olympics were watched by 3. An unprecedented 87 countries won at least one medal during the Games. Host nation China won the most gold medals 48 , and became the seventh different team to top an overall Summer Olympics medal tally, winning a total of medals overall. The United States placed second in the gold medal tally but won the highest number of medals overall The third place in the gold medal tally was achieved by Russia. It was the first Olympics for Serbia as a separate state since and the first ever for Montenegro , having separated from Serbia in Mongolia and Panama each won their first ever Olympic gold medal.

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CNN reported that, for the first time, "live online video rights in some markets for the Olympics have been separately negotiated, not part of the overall 'broadcast rights. There is a key at the top of the calendar to aid the reader. Archived from the original on 28 August Hidden categories: Webarchive template wayback links CS1 Spanish-language sources es Articles with short description Short description is different from Wikidata Use British English from January Use dmy dates from January All articles with unsourced statements Articles with unsourced statements from March Commons category link from Wikidata. Shanghai Stadium , Shanghai. Archived from the original on 19 June The Telegraph. Archived from the original on 29 April Beach volleyball. Kalou 81'. In other projects. In addition, many IOC delegates who had formerly been athletes expressed concern about heat and air quality during the Games, considering the high levels of air pollution in Beijing. Archived from the original on 19 September Retrieved 10 January Tianjin Olympic Centre Stadium.

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Archived from the original on 28 April Tianjin Olympic Center Stadium , Tianjin. Afghanistan , [] Mauritius , [] Sudan , [] Tajikistan [] and Togo [] won their first ever Olympic medals. Archived from the original on 28 August In addition to the official Olympic sports, the Beijing Organizing Committee was given special dispensation by the IOC to run a wushu competition in tandem with the Games. Bakkal 36'. Men Retrieved 27 July Qualification rounds Olympic Qualifying Tournament. The number of events contested in each sport is indicated in parentheses in sports with more than one discipline, as identified by the IOC, [96] these are also specified. Qualification for the Summer Olympics. Retrieved 6 June Archived from the original on 12 January