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Olympic Green
On the Olympic Green, located in Chaoyang District, you can find a variety of different stadiums. Please have a look below for more details.
Name: National Stadium or Bird's Nest
Location: Olympic Green, Chaoyang District
Seats: 91,000
Sports: Athletics, Football, Opening Ceremony, Closing Ceremony |
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Name: National Aquatics Center or Water Cube
Location: Olympic Green, Chaoyang District
Seats: 6,000 permanent and 11,000 temporary
Sports: Swimming, Diving, Water Polo, Synchronized Swimming |
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Name: National Indoor Stadium
Location: Olympic Green, Chaoyang District
Sports: Artistic Gymnastics, Trampolines and Handball |
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Name: Olympic Sports Center Stadium
Location: Olympic Sports Center, Chaoyang District
Seats: 40,000
Sports: Football, Modern Pentathlon (running and equestrian) |
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Name: Olympic Sports Center Gymnasium
Location: Olympic Sports Center, Chaoyang District
Sports: Handball |
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Name: Ying Tung Natatorium
Location: Olympic Sports Center, Chaoyang District
Sports: Water Polo, Modern Pentathlon (swimming) |
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Name: National Fencing Gymnasium
Location: Olympic Green, Chaoyang District
Sports: Fencing preliminaries and finals and Modern Pentathlon (fencing and shooting) |
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Name: Hockey Field
Location: Olympic Green, Chaoyang District
Sports: Hockey |
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Name: Archery Field
Location: Olympic Green, Chaoyang District
Sports: Archery |
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Name: Tennis Center
Location: Olympic Green, Chaoyang District
Sports: Tennis |
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Beijing Shooting Range Hall
Name: Beijing Shooting Range Hall
Location: Shijingshan District
Sports: Qualifications and finals of 11 shootings events, consisting of all 10-meter, 25-meter, and 50-meter range shooting events. The entire shooting sports of the 2008 Paralympic Games will also be held in the venue. |
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Wukesong Indoor Stadium
Name: Wukesong Indoor Stadium
Location: Fengtai District
Sports: Basketball |
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Laoshan Velodrome
Name: Laoshan Velodrome
Location: Shijingshan District
Seats: 6,000
Sports: Cycling (track) |
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Shunyi Olympic Rowing & Canoeing Park
Name: Shunyi Olympic Rowing & Canoeing Park
Location: Shunyi District
Sports: Rowing, Canoe/Kayak (flat-water racing and slalom racing) |
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China Agricultural University Gymnasium
Name: China Agricultural University Gymnasium
Location: Haidian District
Seats: 6,000 permanent and 2,000 temporary
Sports: Wrestling |
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Peking University Gymnasium
Name: Peking University Gymnasium
Location: Haidian District
Seats: 6,000 permanent and 2,000 temporary
Sports: Table Tennis |
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University of Science and Technology Beijing Gymnasium
Name: University of Science and Technology Beijing Gymnasium
Location: Haidian District
Seats: 4,068 permanent and 3,956 temporary
Sports: Judo and Taekwondo |
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Beijing University of Technology Gymnasium
Name: Beijing University of Technology Gymnasium
Location: Chaoyang District
Seats: 7,500
Sports: Badminton and Rhythmic Gymnastics |
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Workers Stadium
Name: Workers Stadium
Location: Chaoyang District
Sports: Football |
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Workers Indoor Arena
Name: Workers Indoor Arena
Location: Chaoyang District
Sports: Boxing |
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Capital Indoor Stadium
Name: Capital Indoor Stadium
Location: Haidian District
Sports: Volleyball |
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Fengtai Softball Field
Name: Fengtai Softball Field
Location: Fengtai District
Sports: Softball |
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Laoshan Mountain Bike Course
Name: Laoshan Mountain Bike Course
Location: Shijingshan District
Sports: Cycling (Mountain Bike) |
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Beijing Shooting Range Clay Target Field
Name: Beijing Shooting Range Clay Target Field
Location: Shijingshan District
Sports: Shooting |
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Beijing Institute of Technology Gymnasium
Name: Beijing Institute of Technology Gymnasium
Location: Haidian District
Sports: Volleyball |
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Beihang University Gymnasium
Name: Beihang University Gymnasium
Location: Haidian District
Sports: Weightlifting |
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Wukesong Baseball Field
Name: Wukesong Baseball Field
Location: Fengtai District
Sports: Baseball |
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Chaoyang Park Beach Volleyball Ground
Name: Chaoyang Park Beach Volleyball Ground
Location: Chaoyang District
Sports: Beach Volleyball |
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BMX venue
Name: BMX venue
Location: Shijingshan District
Sports: Cycling (BMX) |
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Triathlon Venue Ming Tombs Reservoir
Name: Triathlon Venue Ming Tombs Reservoir
Location: Changping District
Sports: Triathlon |
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Urban Road Cycling Course
Name: Urban Road Cycling Course
Location: TBD, Chaoyang District
Sports: Cycling (road race) |
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Qingdao International Marina
Name: Qingdao International Marina
Location: Qingdao, Shandong Province
Sports: Sailing |
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Hong Kong Equestrian Venues
Name: Hong Kong Equestrian Venues
Location: Shatin, Hong Kong
Sports: Equestrian |
The 2008 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXIX Olympiad, will be celebrated from August 8, 2008, to August 24, 2008, with the opening ceremony commencing at 08:08:08 pm CST (12:08:08 UTC) at the Beijing National Stadium in Beijing, People's Republic of China. Some events will be held outside Beijing, namely football (soccer) (in Qinhuangdao, Shanghai, Shenyang and Tianjin), equestrian (in Hong Kong) and sailing (in Qingdao). This will be the third time the Olympics are held under the jurisdiction of 2 different NOCs (Hong Kong and mainland China compete separately).