Beijing 2008 Olympics

[Araxen]

Opening

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Archery

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Badminton

Baseball

Basketball

Boxing
Light flyweight (-48 kg)
Flyweight (48-51 kg)
Bantamweight (51-54 kg)
Featherweight (54-57 kg)
Lightweight (57-60 kg)
Light welterweight (60-64 kg)
Welterweight (64-69 kg)
Middleweight (69-75 kg)
Light heavyweight (75-81 kg)
Heavyweight (81-91 kg)
Super heavyweight (+91 kg)

Canoeing

Cycling
Track Cycling
Team Sprint Men
Sprint Men
Keirin Men
4000m Team Pursuit Men
4000m Individual Pursuit Men
Madison 50km Men
Points Race 40km Men
Sprint Women
3000m Individual Pursuit Women
Points Race 25km Women
Road Cycling
Road Race Men -- 239km
Road Time Trial Men -- 46.8km
Road Race Women -- 120km
Road Time Trial Women -- 31.2km
Mountain Bike
Mountain Bike Men
Mountain Bike Women
BMX
BMX Race Men
BMX Race Women

Diving
3m Springboard Synchronized
10m Platform Synchronized
3m Springboard
10m Platform

Equestrian
Individual Dressage
Team Dressage
Individual Jumping
Team Jumping
Individual Eventing
Team Eventing

Fencing
Individual Épée Men
Individual Épée Women
Individual Foil Men
Individual Foil Women
Individual Sabre Men
Individual Sabre Women
Team Épée Men
Team Foil Women
Team Sabre Men
Team Sabre Women

Field hockey

Football (soccer)

Gymnastics
Team All-Around Men
Individual All-Around Men
Floor Men
Pommel Horse Men
Rings Men
Vault Men
Parallel Bars Men
Horizontal Bar Men
Team All-Around Women
Individual All-Around Women
Vault Women
Uneven Bars Women
Balance Beam Women
Floor Women

Handball

Judo
-60kg Men
60-66kg Men
66-73kg Men
73-81kg Men
81-90kg Men
90-100kg Men
+100kg Men
-48kg Women
48-52kg Women
52-57kg Women
57-63kg Women
63-70kg Women
70-78kg Women
+78kg Women

Modern pentathlon

Rowing
Single Sculls Men
Pairs Men
Double Sculls Men
Fours Men
Quadruple Sculls Men
Eights Men
Double Sculls Lightweight Men
Fours Lightweight Men
Single Sculls Women
Pairs Women
Double Sculls Women
Quadruple Sculls Women
Eights Women
Double Sculls Lightweight Women

Sailing
Wind Surfer
One Person Dinghy
Two Person Dinghy
Keelboat
Heavyweight Dinghy
Skiff
Multihull

Shooting
50m Rifle Prone Men
50m Rifle 3 Positions Men
50m Rifle 3 Positions Women
10m Air Rifle Men
10m Air Rifle Women
50m Pistol Men
25m Pistol Women
25m Rapid Fire Pistol Men
10m Air Pistol Men
10m Air Pistol Women
Trap Men
Trap Women
Double Trap Men
Skeet Men
Skeet Women

Softball

Synchronized swimming

Table tennis

Taekwondo
-58kg Men
59-68kg Men
69-80kg Men
+80kg Men
-49kg Women
50-57kg Women
57-67kg Women
+67kg Women

Tennis

Triathlon

Volleyball

Water polo

Weightlifting
56kg Men
62kg Men
69kg Men
77kg Men
85kg Men
94kg Men
105kg Men
+105kg Men

48kg Women
53kg Women
58kg Women
63kg Women
69kg Women
75kg Women
+75kg Women

Wrestling
Men's weight classes
Freestyle and Greco Roman events:
55 kg
60 kg
66 kg
74 kg
84 kg
96 kg
120 kg
Women's weight classes
48 kg
55 kg
63 kg
72 kg

Athletics:
100 m
200 m
400 m
800 m
1500 m
5000 m
10000 m
100 m hurdles
110 m hurdles
400 m hurdles
4x 100 m Relay
4x 400 m Relay
3,000 m Steeplechase
High Jump
Pole Vault
Long Jump
Triple Jump
Shot Put
Discus Throw
Hammer Throw
Javelin Throw
Heptathlon
Decathlon
20 km Race Walk
50 km Race Walk
Marathon

Swimming:
50 metre freestyle
100 metre freestyle
200 metre freestyle
400 metre freestyle
800 metre freestyle (women only)
1500 metre freestyle (men only)
100 metre backstroke
200 metre backstroke
100 metre breaststroke
200 metre breaststroke
100 metre butterfly
200 metre butterfly
200 metre individual medley
400 metre individual medley
4x 100 metre freestyle Relay
4x 100 metre medley Relay
4x 200 metre Relay

[Genjiro]

I'm interested to see if Beijing is going to get embarrassed by all the pollution. I know in the cycling they had people puking all over the place, and runners were blowing their noses in the distance runs and having nothing but pure black snot coming out of their noses. There was an article on it somewhere, I'll see if I can find it.

[PerritoBites]

Wiki knows everything!

Air pollution levels on an average day in Beijing are nearly five times above World Health Organization standards for safety.[36] China's extremely inefficient use of coal - the country's main source of energy - results in much of the pollution. Despite promises to stage a green 2008 Summer Olympics, Bejing has had persistent air pollution - thus city officials are planning to reduce its motor traffic by half during the Games to improve air quality.[37] In February 2008, the Chinese government announced that it would close 144 gas stations in Beijing, which amounts to about 10% of such stations in the city, to improve air quality in preparation for the Olympics.[38]

Since 2001, when Beijing won the right to hold the Olympics, nearly $17 billion has been spent to clean the air, but the city remains under smoggy conditions on many days and athletes frequently complain about the air quality.[39]

[Regime]

Love the new avatar PB.


I never had a problem there, however, it was always beautiful and shiny the days I was there. The city itself is much more clean now than a lot of US cities I have visited. (Basically places where if you cannot speak Chinese you go)

[kcxiv]

Womens Gymnastics FTW. I used to watch it in the summers as a kid with my grandmother. RIP Grams.

[Waedar]

Originally Posted by Araxen

Also wtf did they gay up Soccer for in the Olympics? You can have all the NBA stars and shit in Basketball but you can't have all the pro's in the Olympics for Soccer?

to show off the younger players and get them international experiance they might normally get the chance to have. besides there are plenty of U-23 talents out there...

~slight edit: last i heard the NBA and the players associated with it didn't seem to care about the olympics, i remember sportscenter talking about "winning the gold is nothing compared to winning the nba championship" which stunned the hell outta me because i think representing ones country would be far better than one's team, that and well there was the good ol mid 90s US dream team that was pretty much unbeatable

[Duppin]

Some of you might not care (okay, most of you) but the US has really good chances for several medals in fencing.

We have the defending world champion and defending Olympic gold medalist in women's saber, and some serious contenders in foil and epee events as well.

[slitz]

Originally Posted by Araxen

Also wtf did they gay up Soccer for in the Olympics? You can have all the NBA stars and shit in Basketball but you can't have all the pro's in the Olympics for Soccer?

FIFA got a lot of power and don't want the Olympics to screw their own tournaments. So only people that haven't played in the world cup is allowed to play in the Olympics and as long as they are under 23.
That's basically the reason why Olympics football suck 8)

[Azzikai]

Originally Posted by Duppin

Some of you might not care (okay, most of you) but the US has really good chances for several medals in fencing.

We have the defending world champion and defending Olympic gold medalist in women's saber, and some serious contenders in foil and epee events as well.

I would be interested in them if I could see the damn competitions. Alas, the dutch are even worse than americans when it comes to showing only events that they can medal in.

The BBC isn't much better.

So, unless either of those countries have a shot, I'm stuck watching shit like dressage.

[Araxen]

NBC shows alot of events now. All their sister channels will be showing the Olympics pretty much non-stop. I know during the winter games I was able to record curling albeit during the overnight hours like at 3am. I'm one of the few people that likes to watch curling and some of the women teams aren't too bad looking.

I am really hoping to catch archery, judo, fencing, ping pong, among others.

[Tuco]

Thread needs people to post youtubes of the events when they come out btw.

[Ironhawk]

Originally Posted by Araxen

NBC shows alot of events now. All their sister channels will be showing the Olympics pretty much non-stop. I know during the winter games I was able to record curling albeit during the overnight hours like at 3am. I'm one of the few people that likes to watch curling and some of the women teams aren't too bad looking.

I am really hoping to catch archery, judo, fencing, ping pong, among others.

At least one member of the US curling team is from my hometown. They use the curling club in town while they're there.

[Duppin]

Originally Posted by Azzikai

I would be interested in them if I could see the damn competitions. Alas, the dutch are even worse than americans when it comes to showing only events that they can medal in.

The BBC isn't much better.

So, unless either of those countries have a shot, I'm stuck watching shit like dressage.

If you're in the US, you'll see some fencing on NBC.

It'll be mostly women's saber since that's where the best medal chances for the US are, but they'll add some of the other weapons for "flavor".

They're already doing a lot of coverage on their site. It doesn't hurt that our top three fencers are all photogenic girls in their late teens/early 20s.

[Zarcath]

Originally Posted by Duppin

They're already doing a lot of coverage on their site. It doesn't hurt that our top three fencers are all photogenic girls in their late teens/early 20s.

Especially with the full-facial masks and the padded suits!

US Fencing - 2008 US Olympic Team

Only one thats cute is Doris.

Will Judo be broadcast on NBC?

[Duppin]

But you can't even see how sharp their knees are in those pictures!