Beijing 2008 Olympic Games
Posted on August 10, 2008
When I was a kid I kept wondering about the brouhaha of sporting events. Why a nation and a country tend to dramatise a sporting event. In the Cold War era when the so-called global influence were equally divided between USA and Soviet Union, the Olympics became a place to show each other dominance.
Millions or billions of dollars are spent by each country to have their best sportpersons excel in such event. Again I didn’t understand then the actual purpose in the sense is the spending of such a lot money worth the result and the feeling any country will get when one of their sportsmen reach the glory?
But now when I start to understand the important of branding, of making good impression; of the fact that a corporate spend a lot more money to advertise its new product. Because the billions of dollars of money spent for such purpose will get even in no time when the image and branding creation campaign has been achieved. If such artificial campaign as promoting a new product can make a lot of difference in terms of selling products, then a campaign by a country through sports and sportsperson certainly deserves a lot more respect.
Beijing Summer Olympic 2008
Many people think of Beijing Olympic 2008 as the most colossal ever. China obviously wanted to make this event a lifetime experience for its visitors to remember in a positive note not only in terms of prosperity, but also in terms of many other things China previously infamous for. Obviously billions of dollars China has spent for this event worth the expectation for either side: China and the visitors.
The 2008 Summer Olympic Games, officially known as the Games of the XXIX Olympiad, is a major international multi-sport event which is being celebrated in Beijing, People’s Republic of China from August 8 (with football starting on August 6) to August 24, 2008 and followed by the 2008 Summer Paralympics from September 6 to September 17. 10,500 athletes are expected to compete in 302 events in 28 sports, one event more than was on the schedule of the 2004 games. The 2008 Beijing Olympics will also mark the third time that Olympic events will have been held in the territories of two different National Olympic Committees (NOC), with the equestrian events to be held in Hong Kong. [...]
A Mei – Forever Friends (Beijing Olympic song)
Gold Silver Bronze Total (as of 24 August 2008)
Gold Silver Bronze Total
1. China 49 19 28 96
2. USA 34 37 36 1073.
3. Russia 21 21 28 70
Indonesia
Indonesia got one gold and three bronze medals and ranked at no. 38 out of 202 participating countries. Not bad.
Apiq has interesting account on this. Indonesia, he says, is occupies the Numero Uno spot among ASEAN countries and even better than Argentina and Brasil.
Beijing 2008 Olympic Summer Games official website: en.beijing2008.cn/
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nice info
opening ceremony Olympiade in china is very good and smart. China show to the world if china is best country.
May i ask, when the olympiade event in indonesia
I hope Indonesia can make better with their playing……….
Semoga indonesia bisa dapat emas… ayo indonesia kamu pasti bisa
I hope INDONESIA could get gold medal from Beijing 2008…
Indonesia got one medal so far..
Indonesia got a silver medal so far..
It has been said that the kind of money flowing into the host country from tourism and TV rights alone is beyond anyone’s imagination.
Yan
hope indonesian athletes can give their best performance in this event..
Indonesia jangan kalaaah..
Lihat juga
Assesoris Olimpiade Beijing
Juice Fruit Olimpiade Beijing
Indonesia jangan kalah…:>
Nowadays Olympics or even Asian Games not just a games its more like a nations promotion and superiority prooving in economic and technology.So how about Indonesia?Indonesia is absolutely going nowhere neather in sports game or in hosting capabilities. just like I wrote on my blog.
Indonesia masih suka ribut masalah internal…
nice blog
cheers
Parked
still support to Indonesian atlet
many people hate this event. But I always support our country. go indonesia! get more medals!
salam kenal, http://www.gareng.net/ u comment i follow
The opening ceremony was amazing, the best i have ever seen.
Semoga indonesia bisa dapat medali emas…
yakin dunk dengan kemampuan team indonesia
wish that we will get more medals than last period
Indonesia got first gold medal from badminton in beijing olympic!!!
jangan sampai kejadian uber thomas terulang lagi di olympiade…
Yeah, olympic games has become a lot more than just a sport event. Huge amount money involved rapidly compare to the old times.
Markis and Hendra has come back to our mother land as hero!
when will indonesia be the host of this international sport event? for more than 20 years(?)
Our athletes must be trained more than before. The standard training we have has to be upgraded to the next level.
Go Indonesia Go!
i lovE Indonesia!!
Indonesia dh bErjuang mximaL
jd Qta hrZ bersyukur dunkZ,,
N’ dukung trZ atLit2 Qta
Waiting for Indonesia in the TOP TEN.
nice post
Many people think of Beijing Olympic 2008 as the most colossal ever!!
Banyak orang menyebutkan olimpiade beijing adalah gambaran tentang fenomenalnya perkembangan ekonomi dan teknologi negeri ini.
Mungkin banyak orang melihat apa yang dicapai ekonomi cina tidak terkait dengan apa yang dilakukan oleh Mao di kurun sejarah sebelumnya.
Ternyata berdasarkan kajian Wim F Wertheim (Jalan Sosialisme Dunia Ketiga-ISAI -Pusat Data dan Analisa Tempo), kemajuan ekonomi cina hari ini landasannya dibangun oleh Mao melalui pembangunan fundamentalisme ekonomi dengan memperkuat basis ekonomi petani.
Gambaran ini sebenarnya menegaskan jalur ekonomi menuju negara industrialis, yang niscaya harus terlebih dahulu dengan membangun landasan ekonomi pertanian dan land-reform. Ini yang terus menerus diingkari di negeri ini.