2008 Olympic Games Competition Venues
11 New Competition Venues
|
No. |
Venue |
Sports and events |
Location |
|
1 |
National Stadium |
Opening & Closing Ceremonies, Track and Field, Football Finals (TBD)
|
Olympic Green |
|
2 |
National Aquatics Center |
Swimming, Diving, Water Pole,
Synchronized Swimming |
Olympic Green |
|
3 |
Beijing Shooting Range
Hall |
Shooting |
Xiangshan
Nanlu |
|
4 |
Laoshan Velodrome |
Cycling (Track) |
Laoshan,
Shijingshan District |
|
5 |
Wukesong Indoor Stadium |
Basketball |
Wukesong Culture
and Sports Center |
|
6 |
National Indoor Stadium |
Artistic Gymnastics, Trampoline,
Handball |
Olympic Green |
|
7 |
Shunyi Olympic Bowing
Canoeing Park |
Rowing, Canoe/Kayak (Flatwater
Racing, Slalom Racing) |
Mapo Village,
Shunyi District |
|
8 |
China Agriculture
University Gymnasium |
Wrestling |
China Agriculture
University |
|
9 |
Peking University
Gymnasium |
Table Tennis |
Peking University |
|
10 |
Beijing Science &
Technology University
Gymnasium |
Judo, Taekwondo |
Beijing Science
& Technology
University |
|
11 |
Beijing University of
Technology Gymnasium |
Badminton, Rhythmic Gymnastics |
Beijing University
Of Technology |
11 Exsiting Competition Venues
|
No. |
Venue |
Sports and events |
Location |
|
1 |
Fengtai Softball Field |
Softball |
Fengtai Sports center |
|
2 |
Workers' Indoor Arena |
Boxing |
Gongti road |
|
3 |
Workers' Stadium |
Football |
Gongti road,
Chaoyang District |
|
4 |
Beihang University
Gymnasium |
Weightlifting |
Beihang University |
|
5 |
Olympic Sports Center
Stadium |
Football, Modern Pentathlon
(Running, Riding) |
Olympic Sports Center |
|
6 |
Ying Tung Natatorium |
Water polo, Modern Pentathlon
(Swimming) |
Olympic Sports Center |
|
7 |
Laoshan Mountain Bike
Course |
Cycling (Mountain Bike) |
Laoshan, Shijingshan
District |
|
8 |
Beijing Shooting Range
(Clay Target Field) |
Shooting |
Xiang Shan Nan Lu |
|
9 |
Olympic Sports Center
Gymnasium |
Handball |
Olympic Sport Center |
|
10 |
Capital Indoor Stadium |
Volleyball |
Baishiqiao, Haidian District |
|
11 |
Beijing Institute of
Technology Gymnasium |
Volleyball |
Beijing Institute of
Technology |
9 Temporary Competition Venues
|
No. |
Venue |
Sports |
Location |
|
1 |
Fencing Gymnasium
(Conference Center) |
Fencing, Modern Pentathlon
(Shooting &Fencing) |
Olympic Green |
|
2 |
Wukesong Baseball Field |
Baseball |
Wukesong Culture and
Sports Center |
|
3 |
Olympic Green Hockey
Field |
Hockey |
Olympic Green |
|
4 |
Beach Volleyball Ground |
Beach Volleyball |
Chaoyang Park |
|
5 |
Olympic Green Archery Field |
Archery |
Olympic Green |
|
6 |
BMX Field |
Cycling (BMX) |
Laoshan, Shijingshan
District |
|
7 |
Triathlon Venue |
Triathlon |
Ming Tomb Reservoir |
|
8 |
Urban Road Cycling
Course |
Cycling (Road Race) |
TBD |
|
9 |
Olympic Green Tennis
Center |
Tennis |
Olympic Green |
Interesting facts about the 2008 Games
-The 2008 Olympic Games will begin at 8:08 p.m. on August 8, 2008 , and will end on August 24.
-It is estimated that about three million foreign visitors will be attracted by the 2008 Olympics, and about 30,000 journalists from around the globe will come to document the Games and Beijing.
-It is anticipated that the 2008 Olympic Torch Relay will pass the base of Mount Everest.
-There will be 28 main competition sports in the 2008 Games.
-About 100,000 volunteers from around the world will assist during the 2008 Olympics.
-The 2008 Olympics emblem is “Dancing Beijing”; its slogan is “One World, One Dream”.
-Established on December 13, 2001, BOCOG now had 18 departments with more than 400 staff, including Marketing ,Media & Communications, Venue Planning and Construction departments. By 2008, there will be more than 30 departments and 4,000 staff under the BOCOG umbrella.
(Source: Beijing Organizing Committee for the Games of the XXIX Olympiad)
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