Recapping the best of Beijing Olympic Games

There were 43 new world records and 132 new Olympic records set at the 2008 Beijing Summer Olympics. An unprecedented 86 countries won at least one medal during the Games. Chinese athletes won the most gold medals, with 51, and 100 medals altogether, while the United States had the most total medals with 110.

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The opening ceremony of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games was co-directed by Chinese filmmaker Zhang Yimou and Chinese choreographer Zhang Jigang; and featured a cast of over 15,000 performers. The last recipient in the Olympic Torch relay, former Chinese gymnast Li Ning ignited the cauldron, after being suspended into the air by wires and completing a lap of the National Stadium at Stadium roof height in the air.
The opening ceremony of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games was co-directed by Chinese filmmaker Zhang Yimou and Chinese choreographer Zhang Jigang; and featured a cast of over 15,000 performers. The last recipient in the Olympic Torch relay, former Chinese gymnast Li Ning ignited the cauldron, after being suspended into the air by wires and completing a lap of the National Stadium at Stadium roof height in the air.