2008 Olympic Games.

Day 1    Saturday:(09/8)
Session RO01    Start: 13:50    End: 18:00    Shunyi Olympic Rowing-Canoeing Park
13:50-14:00    Women’s Single Sculls Heat 01
14:00-14:10    Women’s Single Sculls Heat 02
14:10-14:20    Women’s Single Sculls Heat 03
14:20-14:30    Women’s Single Sculls Heat 04
14:30-14:40    Women’s Single Sculls Heat 05
14:40-14:50    Women’s Single Sculls Heat 06
14:50-15:00    Men’s Single Sculls Heat 01
15:00-15:10    Men’s Single Sculls Heat 02
15:10-15:20    Men’s Single Sculls Heat 03
15:20-15:30    Men’s Single Sculls Heat 04
15:30-15:40    Men’s Single Sculls Heat 05
15:40-15:50    Men’s Single Sculls Heat 06
15:50-16:00    Women’s Pair Heat 01
16:00-16:10    Women’s Pair Heat 02
16:10-16:20    Men’s Pair Heat 01
16:20-16:30    Men’s Pair Heat 02
16:30-16:40    Men’s Pair Heat 03
16:40-16:50    Women’s Double Sculls Heat 01
16:50-17:00    Women’s Double Sculls Heat 02
17:00-17:10    Men’s Double Sculls Heat 01
17:10-17:20    Men’s Double Sculls Heat 02
17:20-17:30    Men’s Double Sculls Heat 03
17:30-17:40    Men’s Four Heat 01
17:40-17:50    Men’s Four Heat 02
17:50-18:00    Men’s Four Heat 03

Day 2    Sunday:(10/8)
Session RO02    Start: 14:50    End: 18:00    Shunyi Olympic Rowing-Canoeing Park
14:50-15:00    Women’s Lightweight Double Sculls Heat 01
15:00-15:10    Women’s Lightweight Double Sculls Heat 02
15:10-15:20    Women’s Lightweight Double Sculls Heat 03
15:20-15:30    Men’s Lightweight Double Sculls Heat 01
15:30-15:40    Men’s Lightweight Double Sculls Heat 02
15:40-15:50    Men’s Lightweight Double Sculls Heat 03
15:50-16:00    Men’s Lightweight Double Sculls Heat 04
16:00-16:10    Men’s Lightweight Four Heat 01
16:10-16:20    Men’s Lightweight Four Heat 02
16:20-16:30    Men’s Lightweight Four Heat 03
16:30-16:40    Women’s Quadruple Sculls Heat 01
16:40-16:50    Women’s Quadruple Sculls Heat 02
16:50-17:00    Men’s Quadruple Sculls Heat 01
17:00-17:10    Men’s Quadruple Sculls Heat 02
17:10-17:20    Men’s Quadruple Sculls Heat 03
17:20-17:30    Women’s Eight Heat 01
17:30-17:40    Women’s Eight Heat 02
17:40-17:50    Men’s Eight Heat 01
17:50-18:00    Men’s Eight Heat 02

Day 3    Monday:(11/8)
Session RO03    Start: 15:30    End: 18:00    Shunyi Olympic Rowing-Canoeing Park
15:30-15:40    Women’s Single Sculls Repechage 01
15:40-15:50    Women’s Single Sculls Repechage 02
15:50-16:00    Women’s Single Sculls Repechage 03
16:00-16:10    Women’s Single Sculls Repechage 04
16:10-16:20    Men’s Single Sculls Repechage 01
16:20-16:30    Men’s Single Sculls Repechage 02
16:30-16:40    Men’s Single Sculls Repechage 03
16:40-16:50    Men’s Single Sculls Repechage 04
16:50-17:00    Women’s Pair Repechage 01
17:00-17:10    Women’s Pair Repechage 02
17:10-17:20    Men’s Pair Repechage
17:20-17:30    Women’s Double Sculls Repechage 01
17:30-17:40    Women’s Double Sculls Repechage 02
17:40-17:50    Men’s Double Sculls Repechage
17:50-18:00    Men’s Four Repechage

Day 4    Tuesday:(12/8)
Session RO04    Start: 16:00    End: 17:50    Shunyi Olympic Rowing-Canoeing Park
16:00-16:10    Women’s Lightweight Double Sculls Repechage 01
16:10-16:20    Women’s Lightweight Double Sculls Repechage 02
16:20-16:30    Men’s Lightweight Double Sculls Repechage 01
16:30-16:40    Men’s Lightweight Double Sculls Repechage 02
16:40-16:50    Men’s Lightweight Double Sculls Repechage 03
16:50-17:00    Men’s Lightweight Double Sculls Repechage 04
17:00-17:10    Men’s Lightweight Four Repechage
17:10-17:20    Women’s Quadruple Sculls Repechage
17:20-17:30    Men’s Quadruple Sculls Repechage
17:30-17:40    Women’s Eight Repechage
17:40-17:50    Men’s Eight Repechage

Day 5    Wednesday:(13/8)
Session RO05    Start: 14:50    End: 17:10    Shunyi Olympic Rowing-Canoeing Park
14:50-15:00    Women’s Single Sculls Semifinal C/D - Race 01
15:00-15:10    Women’s Single Sculls Semifinal C/D - Race 02
15:10-15:20    Men’s Single Sculls Semifinal C/D - Race 01
15:20-15:30    Men’s Single Sculls Semifinal C/D - Race 02
15:30-15:40    Women’s Single Sculls Semifinal A/B - Race 01
15:40-15:50    Women’s Single Sculls Semifinal A/B - Race 02
15:50-16:00    Men’s Single Sculls Semifinal A/B - Race 01
16:00-16:10    Men’s Single Sculls Semifinal A/B - Race 02
16:10-16:20    Men’s Pair Semifinal A/B - Race 01
16:20-16:30    Men’s Pair Semifinal A/B - Race 02
16:30-16:40    Men’s Double Sculls Semifinal A/B - Race 01
16:40-16:50    Men’s Double Sculls Semifinal A/B - Race 02
16:50-17:00    Men’s Four Semifinal A/B - Race 01
17:00-17:10    Men’s Four Semifinal A/B - Race 02

Day 6    Thursday:(14/8)
Session RO06    Start: 14:10    End: 18:00    Shunyi Olympic Rowing-Canoeing Park
14:10-14:20    Women’s Single Sculls Final E
14:20-14:30    Men’s Single Sculls Final E
14:30-14:40    Women’s Single Sculls Final D
14:40-14:50    Men’s Single Sculls Final D
14:50-15:00    Women’s Single Sculls Final C
15:00-15:10    Men’s Single Sculls Final C
15:10-15:20    Men’s Lightweight Double Sculls Semifinal C/D - Race 01
15:20-15:30    Men’s Lightweight Double Sculls Semifinal C/D - Race 02
15:30-15:40    Women’s Lightweight Double Sculls Semifinal A/B - Race 01
15:40-15:50    Women’s Lightweight Double Sculls Semifinal A/B - Race 02
15:50-16:00    Men’s Lightweight Double Sculls Semifinal A/B - Race 01
16:00-16:10    Men’s Lightweight Double Sculls Semifinal A/B - Race 02
16:10-16:20    Men’s Lightweight Four Semifinal A/B - Race 01
16:20-16:30    Men’s Lightweight Four Semifinal A/B - Race 02
16:30-16:40    Men’s Quadruple Sculls Semifinal A/B - Race 01
16:40-16:50    Men’s Quadruple Sculls Semifinal A/B - Race 02
16:50-17:00    Women’s Single Sculls Final B
17:00-17:10    Men’s Single Sculls Final B
17:10-17:20    Women’s Pair Final B
17:20-17:30    Men’s Pair Final B
17:30-17:40    Women’s Double Sculls Final B
17:40-17:50    Men’s Double Sculls Final B
17:50-18:00    Men’s Four Final B

Day 8    Saturday:(16/8)
Session RO07    Start: 14:00    End: 18:00    Shunyi Olympic Rowing-Canoeing Park
14:00-14:10    Men’s Lightweight Double Sculls Final D
14:10-14:20    Women’s Lightweight Double Sculls Final C
14:20-14:30    Men’s Lightweight Double Sculls Final C
14:30-14:40    Women’s Lightweight Double Sculls Final B
14:40-14:50    Men’s Lightweight Double Sculls Final B
14:50-15:00    Men’s Lightweight Four Final B
15:00-15:10    Women’s Quadruple Sculls Final B
15:10-15:20    Men’s Quadruple Sculls Final B
15:20-15:30    Men’s Eight Final B
15:30-15:40    Women’s Single Sculls Final A
15:50-16:00    Men’s Single Sculls Final A
16:00-16:10    Women’s Single Sculls Medal Ceremony
16:10-16:20    Women’s Pair Final A
16:20-16:30    Men’s Single Sculls Medal Ceremony
16:30-16:40    Men’s Pair Final A
16:40-16:50    Women’s Pair Medal Ceremony
16:50-17:00    Women’s Double Sculls Final A
17:00-17:10    Men’s Pair Medal Ceremony
17:10-17:20    Men’s Double Sculls Final A
17:20-17:30    Women’s Double Sculls Medal Ceremony
17:30-17:40    Men’s Four Final A
17:40-17:50    Men’s Double Sculls Medal Ceremony
17:50-18:00    Men’s Four Medal Ceremony

Day 9    Sunday:(17/8)
Session RO08    Start: 15:30    End: 18:00    Shunyi Olympic Rowing-Canoeing Park
15:30-15:40    Women’s Lightweight Double Sculls Final A
15:50-16:00    Men’s Lightweight Double Sculls Final A
16:00-16:10    Women’s Lightweight Double Sculls Medal Ceremony
16:10-16:20    Men’s Lightweight Four Final A
16:20-16:30    Men’s Lightweight Double Sculls Medal Ceremony
16:30-16:40    Women’s Quadruple Sculls Final A
16:40-16:50    Men’s Lightweight Four Medal Ceremony
16:50-17:00    Men’s Quadruple Sculls Final A
17:00-17:10    Women’s Quadruple Sculls Medal Ceremony
17:10-17:20    Women’s Eight Final A
17:20-17:30    Men’s Quadruple Sculls Medal Ceremony
17:30-17:40    Men’s Eight Final A
17:40-17:50    Women’s Eight Medal Ceremony
17:50-18:00    Men’s Eight Medal Ceremony

Day 7    Friday:(15/8)
Session AT01    Start: 09:00    End: 13:25    National Stadium
09:00-09:32    Women’s Heptathlon 100m Hurdles
09:05-10:05    Men’s Shot Put Qualifying Round - Group A/B
09:45-11:05    Men’s 100m Round 1
10:30-13:25    Women’s Heptathlon High Jump - Group A/B
10:40-11:40    Men’s Hammer Throw Qualifying Round - Group A
11:10-11:58    Women’s 800m Round 1
12:10-13:10    Men’s Hammer Throw Qualifying Round - Group B
Session AT02    Start: 19:00    End: 23:20    National Stadium
19:00-19:56    Women’s Heptathlon Shot Put - Group A/B
19:10-19:35    Men’s 1500m Round 1
19:45-20:20    Men’s 100m Round 2
19:55-20:45    Women’s Discus Throw Qualifying Round - Group A
20:25-21:10    Women’s 3000m Steeplechase Round 1
21:00-22:10    Men’s Shot Put Final
21:15-21:43    Women’s Heptathlon 200m
21:20-22:10    Women’s Discus Throw Qualifying Round - Group B
21:40-23:14    Women’s Triple Jump Qualifying Round - Group A/B
21:55-22:35    Men’s 400m Hurdles Round 1
22:45-23:20    Women’s 10000m Final

Day 8    Saturday:(16/8)
Session AT03    Start: 09:00    End: 13:10    National Stadium
09:00-10:40    Men’s 20km Walk Final
09:10-10:10    Women’s Shot Put Qualifying Round - Group A/B
09:20-10:00    Men’s 3000m Steeplechase Round 1
09:50-11:32    Women’s Heptathlon Long Jump - Group A/B
10:10-12:30    Women’s Pole Vault Qualifying Round - Group A/B
10:40-11:35    Men’s Discus Throw Qualifying Round - Group A
10:50-11:53    Women’s 100m Round 1
12:05-13:10    Men’s Discus Throw Qualifying Round - Group B
12:10-13:00    Women’s 400m Round 1
Session AT04    Start: 19:00    End: 22:40    National Stadium
19:00-19:50    Women’s Heptathlon Javelin Throw - Group A
19:30-19:57    Women’s 800m Semifinals
20:00-21:10    Men’s Long Jump Qualifying Round - Group A/B
20:05-20:21    Men’s 100m Semifinals
20:10-20:50    Women’s Heptathlon Javelin Throw - Group B
20:35-21:03    Women’s 100m Round 2
21:15-21:33    Men’s 400m Hurdles Semifinals
21:20-22:30    Women’s Shot Put Final
21:45-22:21    Women’s Heptathlon 800m
22:30-22:40    Men’s 100m Final

Day 9    Sunday:(17/8)
Session AT05    Start: 07:30    End: 11:20    National Stadium
07:30-11:20    Women’s Marathon Final
Session AT06    Start: 19:00    End: 23:20    National Stadium
19:00-19:40    Women’s 100m Hurdles Round 1
19:10-20:40    Men’s Hammer Throw Final
19:45-20:01    Women’s 100m Semifinals
20:10-20:50    Women’s 400m Hurdles Round 1
20:20-22:10    Men’s High Jump Qualifying Round - Group A/B
21:00-21:25    Women’s 400m Semifinals
21:30-21:46    Women’s 3000m Steeplechase Final
21:35-23:10    Women’s Triple Jump Final
21:55-22:15    Men’s 1500m Semifinals
22:25-22:35    Women’s 100m Final
22:45-23:20    Men’s 10000m Final

Day 10    Monday:(18/8)
Session AT07    Start: 09:00    End: 11:58    National Stadium
09:00-09:56    Men’s 400m Round 1
09:10-10:20    Women’s Hammer Throw Qualifying Round - Group A
10:00-11:15    Men’s Triple Jump Qualifying Round - Group A/B
10:05-11:01    Men’s 200m Round 1
10:40-11:50    Women’s Hammer Throw Qualifying Round - Group B
11:10-11:58    Men’s 110m Hurdles Round 1
Session AT08    Start: 19:00    End: 22:10    National Stadium
19:00-20:20    Women’s Discus Throw Final
19:20-21:50    Women’s Pole Vault Final
19:40-19:55    Women’s 100m Hurdles Semifinals
20:05-20:33    Men’s 200m Round 2
20:10-21:50    Men’s Long Jump Final
20:45-21:03    Women’s 400m Hurdles Semifinals
21:10-21:25    Men’s 3000m Steeplechase Final
21:35-21:45    Women’s 800m Final
22:00-22:10    Men’s 400m Hurdles Final

Day 11    Tuesday:(19/8)
Session AT09    Start: 09:00    End: 11:30    National Stadium
09:00-10:00    Women’s Javelin Throw Qualifying Round - Group A
09:40-11:14    Women’s Long Jump Qualifying Round - Group A/B
10:00-10:30    Women’s 1500m Round 1
10:30-11:30    Women’s Javelin Throw Qualifying Round - Group B
10:40-11:28    Women’s 200m Round 1
Session AT10    Start: 19:00    End: 23:00    National Stadium
19:00-19:28    Women’s 200m Round 2
19:10-21:00    Men’s High Jump Final
19:35-20:41    Women’s 5000m Round 1
20:45-21:20    Men’s 110m Hurdles Round 2
21:00-22:30    Men’s Discus Throw Final
21:25-21:40    Men’s 200m Semifinals
21:45-22:06    Men’s 400m Semifinals
22:10-22:20    Women’s 400m Final
22:30-22:40    Women’s 100m Hurdles Final
22:50-23:00    Men’s 1500m Final

Day 12    Wednesday:(20/8)
Session AT11    Start: 19:00    End: 23:10    National Stadium
19:00-19:56    Men’s 800m Round 1
19:20-20:40    Women’s Hammer Throw Final
20:15-21:15    Men’s 5000m Round 1
20:40-23:10    Men’s Pole Vault Qualifying Round - Group A/B
21:30-21:50    Men’s 110m Hurdles Semifinals
21:55-22:11    Women’s 200m Semifinals
22:20-22:30    Men’s 200m Final
22:35-22:47    Women’s 400m Hurdles Final

Day 13    Thursday:(21/8)
Session AT12    Start: 09:00    End: 13:16    National Stadium
09:00-10:50    Women’s 20km Walk Final
09:10-10:15    Men’s Javelin Throw Qualifying Round - Group A
09:20-09:48    Men’s Decathlon 100m
09:50-11:50    Women’s High Jump Qualifying Round - Group A/B
10:30-11:50    Men’s Decathlon Long Jump - Group A/B
10:40-11:45    Men’s Javelin Throw Qualifying Round - Group B
12:20-13:16    Men’s Decathlon Shot Put - Group A/B
Session AT13    Start: 19:00    End: 22:23    National Stadium
19:00-19:20    Women’s 1500m Semifinals
19:10-21:30    Men’s Decathlon High Jump - Group A/B
19:20-20:40    Women’s Javelin Throw Final
19:30-19:57    Men’s 800m Semifinals
20:00-20:20    Women’s 4 x 100m Relay Round 1
20:20-22:07    Men’s Triple Jump Final
20:25-20:43    Men’s 4 x 100m Relay Round 1
20:55-21:05    Men’s 400m Final
21:10-21:20    Women’s 200m Final
21:35-21:45    Men’s 110m Hurdles Final
21:55-22:23    Men’s Decathlon 400m

Day 14    Friday:(22/8)
Session AT14    Start: 07:30    End: 15:55    National Stadium
07:30-12:00    Men’s 50km Walk Final
09:00-09:32    Men’s Decathlon 110m Hurdles
10:05-11:05    Men’s Decathlon Discus Throw - Group A
11:25-12:25    Men’s Decathlon Discus Throw - Group B
12:55-15:55    Men’s Decathlon Pole Vault - Group A/B
Session AT15    Start: 19:00    End: 22:20    National Stadium
19:00-19:50    Men’s Decathlon Javelin Throw - Group A
19:20-21:20    Women’s Long Jump Final
19:40-20:00    Women’s 4 x 400m Relay Round 1
19:55-22:15    Men’s Pole Vault Final
20:10-20:30    Men’s 4 x 400m Relay Round 1
20:15-21:05    Men’s Decathlon Javelin Throw - Group B
20:40-21:02    Women’s 5000m Final
21:15-21:25    Women’s 4 x 100m Relay Final
21:40-22:00    Men’s Decathlon 1500m
22:10-22:20    Men’s 4×100m Relay Final

Day 15    Saturday:(23/8)
Session AT16    Start: 19:00    End: 21:17    National Stadium
19:00-20:30    Men’s Javelin Throw Final
19:10-21:10    Women’s High Jump Final
19:30-19:40    Men’s 800m Final
19:50-20:02    Women’s 1500m Final
20:10-20:30    Men’s 5000m Final
20:40-20:52    Women’s 4 x 400m Relay Final
21:05-21:17    Men’s 4 x 400m Relay Final

Day 16    Sunday:(24/8)
Session AT17    Start: 07:30    End: 10:40    National Stadium
07:30-10:40    Men’s Marathon Final

The People’s Bank of China (PBOC), the country’s central bank, is to issue a commemorative bank note with a face value of 10 yuan ($1.46) from Tuesday to mark the Beijing Olympic Games, the bank said in a statement on Sunday.

The PBOC said it would issue a total of 6 million such notes, which would be circulated in the currency market with the same denomination as the ordinary 10-yuan notes.

The new note, in cyan, is 148.5 millimeters long and 72 millimeters wide, according to the central bank. While the ordinary 10-yuan notes are in cobalt black, 140 millimeters long and 70 millimeters wide.

On one side is a picture of the National Stadium, or the Bird’s Nest, the main venue for the Games in August. Above the picture is the emblem of the Beijing Games, “Chinese Seal, Dancing Beijing”. The picture of national stadium and the emblem are both set against the backdrop of the Temple of Heaven, one of the country’s best-known landmarks.

This takes the place of the portrait of the late Chinese leader Mao Zedong and China’s national emblem on the ordinary 10-yuan notes.

The other side features the famous ancient Greek marble statue of a discus-thrower, Discobolus, portraits of athletes and the Arabic numeral “2008″.

These replace the drawing of the scenic Three Gorges, but the name of the PBOC in Chinese pinyin, Mongolian, Tibetan, Ugyur and Zhuang, remains in the top right corner.

The central bank also said it incorporated watermarks and other technologies to prevent counterfeiting of the notes.

A clear watermark appears on the picture of the National Stadium in the shape of the Arabic numeral “10″ and the Games of XXIX Olympiad in the Chinese characters, said the bank.

The synchronized swimming competition will be held at the National Aquatics Center in the Olympic Green.

Athlete quota:

8 teams of 9 athletes (72 athletes)
16 additional duets of 2 athletes (32 athletes)
Total of 104 athletes

The swimming event of the 29th Olympic Games will be held from August 9-24, 2008 in Beijing;

The swimming, diving, and synchronized swimming events of the 29th Olympic Games will be held at National Aquatics Center in the Olympic Green;

Beijing 2008 Olympic Games water polo event for men and women will be held at Ying Tung Natatorium;

The 10km-marathon swimming event for men and women will be held at Shunyi Olympic Row-Canoeing Park.

Athlete quota:

156 men’s players (12 teams of 13 players each)
104 women’s players (8 teams of 13 players each)
Total of 260 athletes