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10 km. men. women. v. t. e. The swimming competitions at the 2008 Summer Olympics took place from 9 to 17 August 2008 at the Beijing National Aquatics Centre. [1] The newly introduced open water marathon events (10 km) were held on 20 and 21 August 2008 at Shunyi Olympic Rowing-Canoeing Park. [2]
This Olympic Games marked the return of the Summer Olympic Games to Asia after the 1988 Olympics in South Korea. It was the first Olympics for Serbia as a separate state since 1912 and the first for Montenegro, having separated from Serbia in 2006. It was also the first Olympics for Nepal as a republic, the Marshall Islands and Tuvalu.
History Early coverage 1964 Summer Olympics. NBC televised its first Olympic Games in 1964, when it broadcast that year's Summer Olympics from Tokyo.The network originally had intended to film the events from Tokyo but the Syncom team had a 1-hour test on the Syncom 3 satellite and it was discovered that it can transmit up to two hours from the US to Japan as with signals from the West Coast.
The 2008 Summer Olympics opening ceremony was held at the Beijing National Stadium, also known as the Bird's Nest.It began at 20:00 China Standard Time on Friday, 8 August 2008, as the number 8 is considered to be auspicious.
10 km. men. women. v. t. e. The schedule of swimming events at the 2008 Summer Olympics occurred in two segments: pools events: evening of August 9 through the morning of August 17, at the "Water Cube". open water events: August 20 and 21 at Shunyi Olympic Rowing-Canoeing Park (held between rowing events on the Olympic Rowing course).
Mariska Hargitay – star of the long-running drama series Law & Order: Special Victims Unit. Taylor Kinney – star of the drama series Chicago Fire. Melissa Rauch – star of the comedy series Night Court. George Lopez – star of the comedy series Lopez vs. Lopez. Lester Holt – anchor of NBC Nightly News. Jimmy Fallon – host of The ...
SF&OCHK. BOCOG. v. t. e. This is a list of Olympic broadcasters of the 2008 Summer Olympics. These games were the first to be produced and broadcast entirely in high-definition television. [1] In their bid for the Olympic games in 2001, Beijing confirmed to the olympic evaluation commission "that there would be no restrictions on media ...
Olympic highlights: August 12, 2008. Swimming. Michael Phelps of the U.S. set the world record while winning the 200 m men's freestyle, tying the record for most gold medals for an athlete. Natalie Coughlin of the U.S. became the first athlete to successfully defend a gold medal in the women's 100 m backstroke event.