The document provides details about the 2008 Beijing Summer Olympics. It includes information about the opening and closing ceremonies, participating countries denoted by color codes, the Beijing National Stadium nicknamed the "Bird's Nest", Olympic torch route, and profiles of Michael Phelps and Usain Bolt who broke records at the Games. The Olympics hosted 302 events across 28 sports and attracted over 10,000 athletes from 204 countries over its duration from August 8-24, 2008.

2. SLIDE
 FRONT PAGE…………………………………………….….. 1
 INDEX………………………………………………….….….… 2
 SUMMARY…………………………………………………...... 3
 MASCOTS…………………………………………………..….. 4
 LOGOTYPE……………………………………………………. 5
 OLYMPIC STADIUM............................................ 6 – 8
 OPENING CEREMONY…………………………………… 9
 VIDEO…………………………………………………..……… 10
 DIFFERENT EVENTS………………………………………. 11 – 12
 CLOSING CEREMONY………………………………….... 13
 PARTICIPATING COUNTRIES………………….……… 14 – 16
 ROUTE OF THE TORCH………………………….………. 17
 MEDAL COUNT……………………………………………... 18
 MICHEL PHELPS……………………………………………. 19
 USAIN BOLT………………………………………………….. 20

3. The Olympic Games of 2008 were in Beijing, capital of
the Republic of China, from 8 to 24 August 2008. After its
conclusion, were the 13th Paralympics Games, which
began on 6 September. The Olympic Games reached a
cost which exceeded 44,000 billion of dollars. The
sporting event was attended by 302 events in 28 sports
involving a few 10,902 athletes from 204 National
Olympic committees.

6. The Beijing National Stadium was inaugurating 28 June
2008 and the architects are Herzog and de Meuron.
The stadium is commonly known as “bird's nest”, due to
its exterior steel net.
The stadium measures:
 330 m long
 220 m wide
 69 m high
It is equipped with a system of solar energy and
collection of rainwater for irrigation and cleaning. It has
the capacity of 91,000 spectators.

9. The 2008 Summer Olympics opening ceremony began at 8:00
pm China Standard Time on 08/08/2008. The artistic part of
the ceremony comprised two parts titled "Brilliant
Civilization" and "Glorious Era" respectively. The first part
highlighted the Chinese civilization and the second part
exhibited modern China.
The sequence of events:
 Welcoming ceremony
 Artistic section
 Parade of nations
 Speeches by the Presidents
 The lighting of the flame cauldron

13. CLOSING CEREMONY
The 2008 Summer Olympics Closing Ceremony concluded
the Beijing Games on 24 August 2008. It began at 8:00 pm
and took place at the National Stadium of Beijing.
The Ceremony included the handover of the Games from
Beijing to London. Guo Jinlong, the Mayor of Beijing
handed over the Olympic flag to the Mayor of London Boris
Johnson, followed by a performance. This presentation
included performances by guitarist Jimmy Page, and
recording artist Leona Lewis.

16. Blue = Participating for the first time
Green = Have previously participated.
Yellow square is host city (Beijing).
Gray = Not participating.

17. OLYMPIC TORCH

19. Michael Fred Phelps II born on 30 June
1985, is a retired American swimmer and
the most decorated Olympian of all time,
with a total of 22 medals. Phelps also
holds the all-time records for Olympic
gold medals (18), Olympic gold medals in
individual events (11), and Olympic
medals in individual events for a male
(13). In winning eight gold medals at the
2008 Beijing Games, Phelps took the
record for the most first-place finishes at
any single Olympic Games.

20. Usain St. Leo Bolt born on 21 August 1986,
is a Jamaican sprinter widely regarded as
the fastest person ever. He is the first
man to hold both the 100 metres and
200 metres world records since fully
automatic time measurements became
mandatory in 1977. Along with his
teammates, he also set the world record
in the 4×100 metres relay.
In the Olympic Games of Beijing in 100 m
final, Bolt broke new ground, winning in
9.69 s with a reaction time of 0.165 s.