Olympic Games 2008

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf multi-sport event
gptkbp:bidRunnersUp gptkb:Istanbul
gptkb:Osaka
gptkb:Paris
gptkb:Toronto
gptkbp:bidWinnerAnnouncementDate gptkb:Moscow,_Russia
2001-07-13
gptkbp:closed 2008-08-24
gptkbp:firstTimeOlympicHost gptkb:China
gptkbp:followedBy gptkb:Olympic_Games_2012
gptkbp:goldMedalsChina 48
gptkbp:goldMedalsRussia 23
gptkbp:goldMedalsUSA 36
gptkbp:hostCity gptkb:Beijing
gptkbp:hostCountry gptkb:China
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Olympic Games 2008
gptkbp:IOCPresident gptkb:Jacques_Rogge
gptkbp:mainVenue gptkb:Beijing_National_Stadium
gptkbp:mascot Fuwa
gptkbp:medalTableTopCountry gptkb:China
gptkbp:memberState 204
gptkbp:motto gptkb:One_World,_One_Dream
gptkbp:notableAthlete gptkb:Jamaica_4x100m_relay_team
gptkb:Michael_Phelps
gptkb:Usain_Bolt
gptkb:Yelena_Isinbayeva
gptkb:Guo_Jingjing
gptkb:Nastia_Liukin
gptkbp:notableEvent Michael Phelps won 8 gold medals
Usain Bolt set world records in 100m and 200m
Record number of world records broken
Baseball and softball last included until 2020
First Olympic Games in China
First Olympics broadcast in high definition
Wushu was held as an invitational sport
First time all National Olympic Committees had female athletes
gptkbp:numberOfAthletes 10942
gptkbp:numberOfEvents 302
gptkbp:officialLanguage gptkb:Chinese
gptkb:French
English
gptkbp:officialName gptkb:Games_of_the_XXIX_Olympiad
gptkbp:officialWebsite https://en.beijing2008.cn/
gptkbp:OlympicGames gptkb:2008_Summer_Paralympics
gptkbp:opened 2008-08-08
gptkbp:openingCeremonyDirector gptkb:Zhang_Yimou
gptkbp:openingCeremonyPerformer gptkb:Lang_Lang
gptkbp:precededBy gptkb:Olympic_Games_2004
gptkbp:secondMedalCountry gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:sport 28
gptkbp:thirdMedalCountry gptkb:Russia
gptkbp:torchRelayCountriesVisited 21
gptkbp:torchRelayStartDate 2008-03-24
2008-08-08
137,000 km
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Angel_Di_Maria
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6