XXIX Summer Olympic Games 2008 in Beijing

About games

• Natalie du Toit, a 20-year-old South African who took part in the 10-kilometer marathon in swimming, became the first athlete in history to participate in both the Olympic and Paralympic Games (in 2001, Natalie lost her leg in a car accident).

• During the Games of the XIX Olympiad, the Beijing authorities ordered the city's restaurants to exclude traditional dog dishes from the menu.