Olympijské hry Peking
weight: 7.78 g
purity: 999,9/1000 Au
edge: plain
limited mintage: 500 pcs
issue day: 2008
Objednávkový kód: CRM148
XXIX. Summer Olympic Games - took place in Beijing, capital of China, 8 to 24 August 2008. The Czech athletes have won six medals.
Chinese Olympics were in several directions record. Opening ceremony at the National Stadium into account more than 90 thousand people attended the games 10,708 athletes from 204 countries. Three and a half hour spectacular opening show, which involves 10 000 performers, launched a volley of thirty-five thousand fireworks. Among the new disciplines appeared marathon swimming or cycling BMX competition.
Overall, the most successful athletes were home. The various categories of Chinese won 51 gold medals. With thirty-six gold finished in second place Americans, the third Russia won 23 medals of the yellow metal. Czech athletes brought home three gold and three silver medals.
The biggest Olympics in history demanded the biggest budget, which amounted to $ 42 billion.
Just as spectacular as the beginning, was the conclusion of the Olympics. There were costly choreography, or fireworks. At the end of the Olympic flag ceremony, Mayor of London Boris Johnson. It is a city on the Thames became the organizer XXX. Summer Olympic Games in 2012.