| Dates: |
August 8 - 24, 2008 |
| N.O.C. participants: |
204 |
| Number of sports: |
28 |
| Number of contests: |
302 |
| Number of athletes: |
10942 |
| Men: |
6305 |
| Women: |
4637 |
| Volonteers: |
70000 |
| Media: |
22000 |
| Opening: |
Hu Jintao, Republic President |
| Oath: |
Zhang Yinin |
| Oath juges: |
Huang Liping |
| Last torch bearer: |
Li Ning |
| Bids towns: |
Istanbul (TUR), Paris(FRA), Osaka(JPN), Toronto(CAN) |
THE XXIXth SUMMER GAMES 
