"204"^^ . "10942"^^ . "The 2008 Summer Olympic Games, officially known as the Games of the XXIX Olympiad (Chinese: \u7B2C\u4E8C\u5341\u4E5D\u5C4A\u590F\u5B63\u5965\u6797\u5339\u514B\u8FD0\u52A8\u4F1A; pinyin: D\u00EC \u00C8rsh\u00EDji\u01D4 Ji\u00E8 Xi\u00E0j\u00EC \u00C0ol\u00EDnp\u01D0k\u00E8 Y\u00F9nd\u00F2nghu\u00EC) and commonly known as Beijing 2008, was a major international multi-sport event that took place in Beijing, China, from 8 to 24 August 2008. A total of 10,942 athletes from 204 National Olympic Committees (NOCs) competed in 28 sports and 302 events (a total of one event more than the schedule of the 2004 Games)."@en .