Currently over 10,000 on display for your viewing pleasure. They qualified for the olympics by winning the fiba american championships 2007 held in las vegas, nevada. Aug 07, 2018 the 2008 beijing olympics were hailed as a major success, with the venues architecture lauded across the world. Basketball at the 2008 summer olympics was the seventeenth appearance of the sport of basketball as an official olympic medal event. Basketball in china beijing basketball 2008, olympic. Access official results for the beijing 2008 basketball event basketball men at the beijing 2008 summer games olympics, plus view video highlights of top performances. In the months prior to the games start, a devastating earthquake in sichuan province, international focus on chinas pollution problems, and protests over chinas human rights record and tibet. Find and follow the olympic events that interest you most. The official video game of the olympic games, players will embrace the competitive spirit of the world s most prestigious sporting event and represent their country as they compete for the highest honorthe gold medal. On july 2001 at the 112th ioc session in moscow, the chinese capital beijing was elected the host city for the games of the 29th xxix olympiad, to be held in 2008. In 2008 the olympic games were held in china for the first time. The 2008 olympic basketball tournaments were held at the beijing aolinpike lanqiuguan, or the olympic basketball gymnasium, which was also known as the beijing wukesong indoor stadium, which was built specifically for the 2008 olympics. Beijing olympic venues abandoned, rotting and forgotten.
Nov 22, 2018 team usa faced spain in the basketball final of the olympic games 2008 in beijing. Day 15 runners of the united states celebrate after the womens 4x400m relay final at the national stadium, also known as the birds nest, during beijing 2008 olympic games in beijing. From the time the international olympic committee selected beijing as host. Olympics, olympic, 2008 beijing, beijing 2008, 2008 olympics, beijing olympics, 2008 olympic games, beijing olympic games. Full schedule of all the 2008 summer olympics basketball events from beijing, china on. Under coach krzyzewski, the usas redemption team finished 80 to recapture olympic gold at the 2008 beijing olympics. The team was nicknamed the redeem team, a play on an alternative name for the legendary 1992 squad that was called the dream team, and a reference to the. Usa v spain full mens basketball final beijing 2008. Spain vs usa condensed gold medal match beijing 2008. Team canada the 2008 olympic games were the first to be held in china and there was no holding back on the pomp and splendor. Beijing olympics 2008 these athletic games bring together those athletes at the top of dozens of summer sports, from swimming and diving to badminton and.
It promised to be an incredibly exciting match, and after only grabbing the bronze medal in 2004, the redeem. Jul 14, 2001 international olympic committee awards 2008 summer games to beijing. Olympics 2008 basketball day two men usa v china 10th august 2008 pdtvxvid. Jan 06, 2008 microsoft silverlight gets a high profile win. Other articles where beijing 2008 olympic games is discussed. The august of 2008, particularly the 8th, will forever be remembered as the day when beijing, peoples republic of china, welcomed the world with an engulfing embrace.
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The 2008 beijing olympics were hailed as a major success, with the venues architecture lauded across the world. International olympic committee awards 2008 summer games to beijing. It continues to host sports events and in 2011 was renamed the mastercard stadium. Nike unveils team usas 2008 beijing footwear and apparel. The games of the xxix olympiad, involving some 200 olympic committees and as many as,000 accredited athletes competing in 28 different sports, were auspiciously scheduled to begin at 8. All the best photo and video highlights of beijing 2008 basketball at the beijing 2008 summer games olympics, plus official results and medals by event and athlete. Beijing olympics 2008 olympics 2016 rio olympics 2016. Beijing 2008 team canada official olympic team website. The centrepiece of the 2008 summer olympics was the beijing national stadium, nicknamed the birds nest because of its nestlike skeletal structure.
The united states redeem team with nba superstars like lebron james, dwyane wade, team captain kobe bryant. Athens was a learning experience and a launch pad for success. Mens basketball team represented the united states of america at the 2008 summer olympics in beijing, china. It covers the highlights of the swimming with heavy feature on micheal phelps, but also features others who achieved success, ryam locte, rebecca soni, jason lezak, aron piersol etc. She defended her gold medal title in the 10,000 metres at the 2012 london olympics, becoming the first woman to win the event at two consecutive olympics. This includes sportsrelated costs only, that is, i operational costs incurred by the organizing committee for the purpose of staging the games, e. Team usa faced spain in the basketball final of the olympic games 2008 in beijing. Davies became part of a core group of athletes that stayed intact through the next few years, winning gold at the world championships in 2006 and 2007 before lining up for the finals at the 2008 beijing olympics.
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