The Summer Olympic Games or the Games of the Olympiad (French:Jeux olympiques d'été), first held in 1896, are an international multi-sport event, occurring every four years, organized by the International Olympic Committee. Medals are awarded in each event, with gold medals for first place, silver for second and bronze for third, a tradition that started in 1904. The Winter Olympic Games were also created due to the success of the Summer Olympics.
The Olympics have increased from a 42-event competition with fewer than 250 male competitors from 14 nations to a 300-event sporting celebration with over 10,000 competitors from 205 nations. Organizers for the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing expected approximately 10,500 competitors to take part in the 302 events on the program for the games.
Eighteen countries have hosted the Summer Olympics, with Great Britain 2012 being the most recent. The United States has hosted four Summer Olympics (1904, 1932, 1984, and 1996), more than any other nation, and Great Britain has hosted three Summer Olympics (1908, 1948, and 2012), all in London. Three cities have hosted two Summer Olympics: Los Angeles (1932 and 1984), Paris (1900 and 1924), and Athens (1896 and 2004).
The 1908 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the IV Olympiad, were an internationalmulti-sport event which was held in 1908 in London, England, United Kingdom. These games were originally scheduled to be held in Rome, but were re-located on financial grounds following a disastrous eruption of Mt Vesuvius in 1906. They were the fourth chronological modern Olympic Games in keeping with the now-accepted four-year cycle as opposed to the proposed Intercalated Games alternate four-year cycle. The IOC president for these Games was Baron Pierre de Coubertin. Lasting a total of 187 days, or 6 months and 4 days, these games were the longest in modern Olympics history.
Background
The selection process for the 1908 Summer Olympics consisted of four bids, and saw Rome selected ahead of London, Berlin and Milan. The selection was made at the 6th IOC Session in London in 1904.
Italian authorities were preparing to hold the games when Mount Vesuvius erupted on 7 April 1906, devastating the city of Naples. Funds were diverted to the reconstruction of Naples, so a new venue was required. London was selected for the first time to hold the Games which were held at White City alongside the Franco-British Exhibition, at the time the more noteworthy event.
The 1972 Summer Olympics (German: Olympische Sommerspiele 1972), officially known as the Games of the XX Olympiad, was an internationalmulti-sport event held in Munich, West Germany, from August 26 to September 11, 1972.
The sporting nature of the event was largely overshadowed by the Munich massacre in which eleven Israeli athletes and coaches and a West German police officer were killed. Five Black September Palestinian terrorists died.
The 1972 Summer Olympics were the second Summer Olympics to be held in Germany, after the 1936 Games in Berlin, which had taken place under the Nazi regime. Mindful of the connection, the West German Government was eager to take the opportunity of the Munich Olympics to present a new, democratic and optimistic Germany to the world, as shown by the Games' official motto, "Die Heiteren Spiele", or "the cheerful Games". The logo of the Games was a blue solar logo (the "Bright Sun") by Otl Aicher, the designer and director of the visual conception commission. The Olympic mascot, the dachshund "Waldi", was the first officially named Olympic mascot. The Olympic Fanfare was composed by Herbert Rehbein, a companion of Bert Kaempfert.
The 2008 Summer Olympic Games, officially known as the Games of the XXIX Olympiad (Chinese:第二十九届夏季奥林匹克运动会; pinyin:Dì Èrshíjiǔ Jiè Xiàjì Àolínpǐkè Yùndònghuì) and commonly known as Beijing 2008, was a major international multi-sport event that took place in Beijing, China, from 8 to 24 August 2008. A total of 10,942 athletes from 204 National Olympic Committees (NOCs) competed in 28 sports and 302 events (a total of one event more than the schedule of the 2004 Games). China became the 22nd nation to host the Olympic Games and the 18th to hold a Summer Olympic Games. It was the third time that the Summer Olympic Games were held in Asia, after Tokyo, Japan, in 1964 and Seoul, South Korea, in 1988. This was the second time the Summer Olympic Games were staged in a socialist country, after the 1980 Olympics in the Soviet Union.
The equestrian events were held in Hong Kong, making it the third time the events of the same Olympics were held under the jurisdiction of two different NOCs, while sailing was contested in Qingdao, and football events took place in several different cities.
Table tennis, also known as ping pong, is a sport in which two or four players hit a lightweight ball back and forth across a table using a small paddle. The game takes place on a hard table divided by a net. Except for the initial serve, the rules are generally as follows: Players must allow a ball played toward them to bounce one time on their side of the table, and must return it so that it bounces on the opposite side at least once. Points are scored when a player fails to return the ball within the rules. Play is fast and demands quick reactions. Spinning the ball alters its trajectory and limits an opponent's options, giving the hitter a great advantage. When doing so the hitter has a better chance of scoring if the spin is successful.
Table tennis is governed by the worldwide organization International Table Tennis Federation, founded in 1926. ITTF currently includes 220 member associations. The table tennis official rules are specified in the ITTF handbook. Table tennis has been an Olympic sport since 1988, with several event categories. In particular, from 1988 until 2004, these were: men's singles, women's singles, men's doubles and women's doubles. Since 2008, a team event has been played instead of the doubles.
Wang Hao vs. Ma Lin - Table Tennis Condensed Gold Medal Match - Beijing 2008 | Throwback Thursday
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This was a historic moment for the Olympic Games! Relive all the excitement from the Beijing 2008 Table Tennis Gold Medal match. China has a long tradition of Table Tennis excellence, and this match-up showcased two of the best Chinese players, Wang Hao and Ma Lin.
What is your favorite Olympic Moment? Let us know in the comments and maybe it will be next week's Throwback Thursday!
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2008 Olympics (ws-r4) ZHANG Yining vs Fukuhara AI
2008 Beijing Olympics Table Tennis Round 4
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2008 Olympic Men's Teams 2nd Stage China vs Korea Match 1 MA Lin vs OH Sang Eun
published: 20 Aug 2016
An iconic table Tennis throwback moment from Beijing 2008 to celebrate World Table Tennis Day 🏓
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Mens Table Tennis Final China vs China Beijing 2008 Summer Olympic Games
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The story of the German Table Tennis team at Beijing 2008
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Making it's debut at Beijing 2008, the Team Event was a new addition to the Olympic Table Tennis competition. Dimitrij Ovcharov, Timo Boll and Christian Süß were competing in the Men's German team.
Dimitrij Ovcharov shares his memories of the event as Germany made their way to final.
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Tennis - Men's Doubles - Beijing 2008 Summer Olympic Games
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Enjoy these highlights from the men's tennis doubles event at the Beijing 2008 Summer Olympic Games.
Athletes featured in this video :
FEDERER Roger / WAWRINKA Stanislas, Switzerland :
http://www.olympic.org/roger-federer
http://www.olympic.org/tennis-doubles-men
http://www.olympic.org/beijing-2008-summer-olympics
http://www.olympic.org/switzerland
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Table Tennis Women's Individual Class 5 Gold Medal Match - Beijing 2008 Paralympic Games
A Chinese Final between Guixiang Ren and Gai Gu
published: 14 Mar 2012
Wang Chen vs Kim Kyung Ah (2008 Olympics)
Round of 16, women's singles. USA vs South Korea. The match lasted 75 minutes. In the next round (quarterfinals), Wang Chen lost to Li Jiawei of Singapore. This was (and still is) the best result ever achieved by an American in Olympic table tennis.
published: 26 Aug 2012
Table Tennis Olympic 2008 Persson vs Samsonov highlights
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This was a historic moment for the Olympic Games! Relive all the excitement from the Beijing 2008 Table Ten...
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This was a historic moment for the Olympic Games! Relive all the excitement from the Beijing 2008 Table Tennis Gold Medal match. China has a long tradition of Table Tennis excellence, and this match-up showcased two of the best Chinese players, Wang Hao and Ma Lin.
What is your favorite Olympic Moment? Let us know in the comments and maybe it will be next week's Throwback Thursday!
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This was a historic moment for the Olympic Games! Relive all the excitement from the Beijing 2008 Table Tennis Gold Medal match. China has a long tradition of Table Tennis excellence, and this match-up showcased two of the best Chinese players, Wang Hao and Ma Lin.
What is your favorite Olympic Moment? Let us know in the comments and maybe it will be next week's Throwback Thursday!
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Making it's debut at Beijing 2008, the Team Event was a new addition to the Olympic Table Tennis competitio...
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Making it's debut at Beijing 2008, the Team Event was a new addition to the Olympic Table Tennis competition. Dimitrij Ovcharov, Timo Boll and Christian Süß were competing in the Men's German team.
Dimitrij Ovcharov shares his memories of the event as Germany made their way to final.
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Making it's debut at Beijing 2008, the Team Event was a new addition to the Olympic Table Tennis competition. Dimitrij Ovcharov, Timo Boll and Christian Süß were competing in the Men's German team.
Dimitrij Ovcharov shares his memories of the event as Germany made their way to final.
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Enjoy these highlights from the men's tennis doubles event at the Beijing 2008 Summer Olympic Games.
Athle...
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Enjoy these highlights from the men's tennis doubles event at the Beijing 2008 Summer Olympic Games.
Athletes featured in this video :
FEDERER Roger / WAWRINKA Stanislas, Switzerland :
http://www.olympic.org/roger-federer
http://www.olympic.org/tennis-doubles-men
http://www.olympic.org/beijing-2008-summer-olympics
http://www.olympic.org/switzerland
For more Olympic videos go to http://www.youtube.com/olympic and visit the official website of the Olympic Movement at http://www.olympic.org for all information on Olympic Games, Sports and Athletes, National Olympic Committees and Olympic News.
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Enjoy these highlights from the men's tennis doubles event at the Beijing 2008 Summer Olympic Games.
Athletes featured in this video :
FEDERER Roger / WAWRINKA Stanislas, Switzerland :
http://www.olympic.org/roger-federer
http://www.olympic.org/tennis-doubles-men
http://www.olympic.org/beijing-2008-summer-olympics
http://www.olympic.org/switzerland
For more Olympic videos go to http://www.youtube.com/olympic and visit the official website of the Olympic Movement at http://www.olympic.org for all information on Olympic Games, Sports and Athletes, National Olympic Committees and Olympic News.
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Round of 16, women's singles. USA vs South Korea. The match lasted 75 minutes. In the next round (quarterfinals), Wang Chen lost to Li Jiawei of Singapore. This...
Round of 16, women's singles. USA vs South Korea. The match lasted 75 minutes. In the next round (quarterfinals), Wang Chen lost to Li Jiawei of Singapore. This was (and still is) the best result ever achieved by an American in Olympic table tennis.
Round of 16, women's singles. USA vs South Korea. The match lasted 75 minutes. In the next round (quarterfinals), Wang Chen lost to Li Jiawei of Singapore. This was (and still is) the best result ever achieved by an American in Olympic table tennis.
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This was a historic moment for the Olympic Games! Relive all the excitement from the Beijing 2008 Table Tennis Gold Medal match. China has a long tradition of Table Tennis excellence, and this match-up showcased two of the best Chinese players, Wang Hao and Ma Lin.
What is your favorite Olympic Moment? Let us know in the comments and maybe it will be next week's Throwback Thursday!
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Making it's debut at Beijing 2008, the Team Event was a new addition to the Olympic Table Tennis competition. Dimitrij Ovcharov, Timo Boll and Christian Süß were competing in the Men's German team.
Dimitrij Ovcharov shares his memories of the event as Germany made their way to final.
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Enjoy these highlights from the men's tennis doubles event at the Beijing 2008 Summer Olympic Games.
Athletes featured in this video :
FEDERER Roger / WAWRINKA Stanislas, Switzerland :
http://www.olympic.org/roger-federer
http://www.olympic.org/tennis-doubles-men
http://www.olympic.org/beijing-2008-summer-olympics
http://www.olympic.org/switzerland
For more Olympic videos go to http://www.youtube.com/olympic and visit the official website of the Olympic Movement at http://www.olympic.org for all information on Olympic Games, Sports and Athletes, National Olympic Committees and Olympic News.
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Round of 16, women's singles. USA vs South Korea. The match lasted 75 minutes. In the next round (quarterfinals), Wang Chen lost to Li Jiawei of Singapore. This was (and still is) the best result ever achieved by an American in Olympic table tennis.
The Summer Olympic Games or the Games of the Olympiad (French:Jeux olympiques d'été), first held in 1896, are an international multi-sport event, occurring every four years, organized by the International Olympic Committee. Medals are awarded in each event, with gold medals for first place, silver for second and bronze for third, a tradition that started in 1904. The Winter Olympic Games were also created due to the success of the Summer Olympics.
The Olympics have increased from a 42-event competition with fewer than 250 male competitors from 14 nations to a 300-event sporting celebration with over 10,000 competitors from 205 nations. Organizers for the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing expected approximately 10,500 competitors to take part in the 302 events on the program for the games.
Eighteen countries have hosted the Summer Olympics, with Great Britain 2012 being the most recent. The United States has hosted four Summer Olympics (1904, 1932, 1984, and 1996), more than any other nation, and Great Britain has hosted three Summer Olympics (1908, 1948, and 2012), all in London. Three cities have hosted two Summer Olympics: Los Angeles (1932 and 1984), Paris (1900 and 1924), and Athens (1896 and 2004).
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