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Most Shocking is an American reality television series that originally aired on Court TV and later its successor truTV. The series premiered on October 4, 2006 and ended on November 10, 2010, with a total of 89 episodes over the course of 7 seasons.
Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics were held during the last ten days of the games, from August 15 to August 24, 2008, at the Beijing National Stadium. The Olympic sport of athletics is split into four distinct sets of events: track and field events, road running events, and racewalking events. Both men and women had very similar schedules ...
The 2008 Summer Olympics were held in Beijing, People's Republic of China, from 8 August to 24 August 2008. A total of 10,942 athletes from 204 National Olympic Committees (NOC) participated. Overall, 302 events in 28 sports were held; 165 events were opened to men, 127 were opened to women and 10 were mixed events.
The 2008 Olympics were watched by 3.5 billion people worldwide, and featured the longest distance for an Olympic Torch relay. The 2008 Games also set numerous world and Olympic records, and were the most expensive Summer Olympics of all time, and the second most expensive overall, after the 2014 Winter Games in Sochi.
The men's 800 metres at the 2008 Summer Olympics took place from 20–23 August at the Beijing National Stadium. [1] Fifty-eight athletes from 40 nations competed. [2] The qualifying standards were 1:46.00 (A standard) and 1:47.00 (B standard). [3] The final on 23 August resulted in a triumph for Kenyan runner Wilfred Bungei in an official time ...
Decathlon. men. v. t. e. The men's 100 metres sprint event at the 2008 Olympic Games took place on 15 and 16 August at the Beijing National Stadium. [1] Eighty athletes from 64 nations competed. [2] Each nation was limited to 3 athletes per rules in force since the 1930 Olympic Congress. The final was won by Jamaican Usain Bolt in a world ...
The men's 200 metres at the 2008 Summer Olympics took place on 18–20 August at the Beijing National Stadium. [1] There were 63 competitors from 53 nations. [2] Jamaican Usain Bolt set a new world record of 19.30 seconds in the final, and won by the largest margin of victory (0.66 seconds, after two disqualifications) in an Olympic 200 metres ...
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.