2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing | Athlete, Team Profiles, Olympics News

Games


Archery	Badminton	Baseball	Basketball
Beach Volleyball	Boxing	Canoe/Kayak Flatwater	Canoe/Kayak Slalom
Cycling	Diving	Equestrian	Fencing
Field Hockey	Artistic Gymnastics	Rhythmic Gymnastics	Trampoline
Handball	Judo	Modern Pentathlon	Rowing
Sailing	Shooting	Soccer	Softball
Swimming	Synchronized Swimming	Table Tennis	Taekwondo
Tennis	Track & Field	Triathlon	Volleyball
Water Polo	Weightlifting	Wrestling

Basketball

Twelve teams from both the men's and women's competition are broken up into two groups of six. The first round provides the first four teams from each group for the quarter-finals. The winners of the semi-finals play to decide the gold and silver medals while the remaining two teams contest the bronze. Four periods of 10 minutes are played, with a five-minute overtime being played in the event of a tie.A court measuring 28m in length by 15m in width is used. At each end, a basket is attached to a circular (45cm in diameter) steel apparatus. This hangs 3.05m from the floor and is fixed on to a board.Players are allowed to move with the ball while dribbling, with one hand only. More

India's Tally
	G	S	B	Total
IND	1	0	2	3

London 2012 Beckons

Venues

Venue: National Stadium
Location: Olympic Green
Competitions: Athletics, Football

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Fast Facts

Only four athletes have ever won medals at both the Winter and Summer Olympic Games: Eddie Eagan (United States), Jacob Tullin Thams (Norway), Christa Luding-Rothenburger (East Germany) and Clara Hughes (Canada).