Usain Bolt's lightning, Phelps' eight golds—witness the moment China stopped the world.
Here's a Special Edition DVD that captures the most dramatic and exciting moments from the 2008 Summer Olympic Games. Officially known as the Games of the XXIX Olympiad, the competition was held in Beijing, People's Republic of China from August 8 to August 24, 2008. Ten thousand five hundred athletes competed in 302 events in 28 sports. The 2008 Summer Olympics did bring athletes from around the world together as they competed for the bronze, silver and gold medals. More importantly, television coverage united citizens from all nations, who rooted for their own countrymen as well as the world's best athletes. These games were the first to be produced and broadcast entirely in high definition, and did garner upwards of four billion viewers. This exclusive highlights DVD features the greatest athletes in the world, united in the most important competition of their lifetimes.
Production
First-ever full HD Olympic broadcast—every water droplet visible
Editing
Three-hour sprint through 302 events, zero fat
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
China spent $40+ billion on these Games—partly as a coming-out party to assert superpower status after centuries of perceived humiliation.
The 2008 opening ceremony's 2,008 drummers and flying torch runner were so iconic that London 2012 literally joked 'this is easy' in their opening.
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