The 2008 Summer Olympics

The Olympic Games is an international multi-sport event subdivided into summer and winter sporting events. The summer and winter games are each held every four years. Until 1992, they were both held in the same year. Since then, they have been separated by a two year gap.

The 2008 Summer Olympics will be hold in Beijing, in China, from August 8 to August 24, 2008.

Beijing is a city in northern China and the capital of the People's Republic of China. Beijing is China's second largest city, after Shanghai and has also been known in English as Peking.

The 2008 Summer Olympics emblem is known as "Dancing Beijing". The emblem combines a traditional Chinese red seal and a representation of the calligraphic character jīng.