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BBC World Service at Beijing 2008


London bus at the Beijing Olympics closing ceremony

Goodbye Beijing, hello London

Alex Capstick reviews at the Beijing Games and looks ahead to London 2012.

Sports Roundup

  • Listen to the latest from the Olympics with the BBC World Service Sport team in Beijing.

Listen to our China features

Medals table

  • CountryGSBT
    China512128100
    USA363836110
    Russia23212872
    Great Britain19131547
    Germany16101541
    Australia14151746
    South Korea1310831
    Japan961025
    Italy8101028
    France7161740

    Last updated: 2008-08-24@10:17:27GMT

Beijing venue guide

  • Venue guide
    Find out more about all the Olympic venues
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Olympic Quiz

  • Olympic factoids

    • At the Beijing Olympics, Argentina became the first team for 40 years to successfully defend the men's Olympic football title. Angel di Maria got the winning goal as they beat Nigeria 1-0.

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