Australia at the 2008 Summer Olympics
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A total of 433 competitors competed for Australia at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. The team was Australia's second largest away team after the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, which included a team of 482 competitors. Australian athletes have competed in every Summer Olympic Games of the modern era.
Australian track cyclists Jack Bobridge, Anna Meares and Shane Kelly.
Australia's team just before the group stage match against Pakistan. Standing from the left: Abbott, Lambert, Kavanagh, Matheson, Guest, Ockenden, Brooks, Wells. Front row from the left: Brown, Dwyer, Hammond, George, Doerner, de Young, Schubert, Knowles.
Australia won the 470 class in both men's and women's competition. Pictured here are Elise Rechichi and Nathan Wilmot, the respective skippers.
Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics
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Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics were held during the last ten days of the games, from August 15 to August 24, 2008, at the Beijing National Stadium. The Olympic sport of athletics is split into four distinct sets of events: track and field events, road running events, and racewalking events.
Beijing National Stadium where the athletics for 2008 Summer Olympics was held
The Beijing National Stadium on August 16, 2008, during the Olympics