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Olympic Game Schedule
Olympic game is one of the sport events which have global presence. Olympic Games is subdivided into summer and winter sporting events. It is often referred as The Olympics or The Games. The summer Olympics Game of 2008 will have 28 sports. Olympic game schedule of 2008 begins with an opening ceremony. The opening ceremony will be held on 8th of August, 2008.

The rowing event will start on August 9, 2008 and continue till August 17, 2008. The event will be held at the Shunyi Olympic Rowing-Canoeing Park. In this discipline 14 sets of medals will be given out. The Olympic Game Schedule for Badminton is from August 9, 2008 till August 17, 2008. In this discipline 5 sets of medals will be given. The cycling on road event will be held on August 9, August 10 and August 13. The Olympic Game Schedule for Boxing event is from August 9, 2008. It will take place in two phases. The first phase is from August 9 till August 20. The second phase will start from 22nd August and will continue till 24th August. The boxing program will be held at Workers’ Indoor Arena. The boxing discipline will include eleven events. All the eleven events have only male participants.

Artistic Gymnastic event is divided into three halves. The first phase of events continues for 2days – 9th August and 10th August. The second phase is from 12th -15th August and the last phase starts on 17th August and ends on the 20th. The Judo program is also scheduled to begin from 9th August, 2008 and will continue till August 15, 2008. Handball event is from August 9 to August 24.

Weightlifting event will begin on 9th August. The first phase will continue till 13th August. The next phase begins on 15th August and will continue till August 19. Events such as shooting, sailing, volleyball and beach volleyball will also begin on 9th August.

Archery will be held over a period of seven days. This event is scheduled to begin on August 9 and will continue tell August 15. This event will primary take place at the Olympic Green Archery Field. The temporary fields for this event are Beijing’s Olympic park and Olympic Green.

The Athletics program will begin on August 15 and will continue till August 24. this event will cover a span of 10 days and will be held at Beijing National Stadium. Baseball is from August 13 till August 23. Canoeing program is from August 18 till August 23. Water polo event will begin from 10th August and will continue till 22nd August. The tournaments will be held at Beijing National Aquatics Center.

The Olympic Game Schedule of Tennis is from August 10 till August 17 and will be held at the Olympic Green Tennis Centre. Table tennis, which is one of the popular events of Olympic Games, is scheduled to begin from August 13. It will continue till August 23. This event will be held at the Peking University Gymnasium.

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