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One last lap around the Olympic green

BEIJING -- During three weeks inside the heavily secured Olympic Green zone, life became increasingly surreal. Every building, every barricade, every lamp post was either...

Observations from Beijing

Globe reporters checked in with their daily observations and cultural insights from China.

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Phelps is eighth wonder

With 8 gold medals in Beijing, Michael Phelps expunged countryman Mark Spitz's 1972 record for most golds at one Games. Take a look at his memorable Olympics. Photos

• no. 1 400 individual medley
• no. 2 4 x 100 freestyle relay
• no. 3 200 freestyle
• no. 4 200 butterfly
• no. 5 4 x 200 freestyle relay
• no. 6 200 individual medley
• no. 7 100 butterfly
• no. 8 4 x 100 medley relay

• Archery
• Badminton
• Baseball
• Men's basketball
• Women's basketball
• Boxing
• Canoe/Kayak
• Cycling
• Diving
• Equestrian
• Fencing
• Field hockey
• Gymnastics
• Handball
• Judo
• Pentathlon
• Rowing
• Sailing
• Shooting
• Soccer
• Softball
• Swimming
• Table tennis
• Taekwondo
• Tennis
• Track & Field
• Triathlon
• Volleyball
• Water polo
• Weightlifting
• Wrestling

• Beijing 2008
• Turin 2006
• Athens 2004

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Photos > The big picture

Beijing's best

Boston.com's The Big Picture blog takes an Olympic-sized look at the most intriguing photos from the 2008 Games.

• gallery Photos from the closing ceremony in Beijing
• video Time lapse of the closing ceremony

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Closing statement

The US Olympic team might have been knocked off the gold standard by the Chinese when the Bird's Nest went dark here, but once the final medal tally was in, the Americans had topped the overall table for the fourth straight Summer Games. A sport-by-sport look at how the US fared in Beijing ... (Boston Globe, 8/25/08)

• Olympics Notebook Rogge lauds hosts for raising bar
• How New England athletes fared in Beijing
• China went to great lengths to give world great Games
• Final medal count  |  US medals  |  Sport-by-sport results

• gallery Photos from the Olympic basketball competition

Waiting for answers

Of the 149 people who submitted nearly 80 applications to protest in designated parks during the Games, none were approved. Globe reporter Patricia Wen submitted her own application to find out why.

• US disappointed Olympics didn't open China more

• Chinese proud of gold medal count

• Olympic notebook Easy sledding for Pyeongchang in bid for ’18 Winter Olympics? (Boston Globe, 10/28/09)
• Jack Poole, 76; spearheaded Vancouver’s bid for Olympics (Boston Globe, 10/24/09)

More Olympics news from the wires

• Former Olympic skier Bogner to head Munich bid (AP, 11/6/09)
• City hands over athlete's village to Olympics (AP, 11/5/09)
• Olympians celebrate 100 days until Vancouver (AP, 11/4/09)
• Olympic officials tender $1.1 billion in contracts (AP, 11/4/09)
• Organizers struggle to fill Beijing's Bird Nest (AP, 11/4/09)
• US hockey roster will be announced Jan. 1 (AP, 11/3/09)
• Olympic flame to shine in northern Canada (AP, 11/3/09)
• 100 days from Vancouver, USOC looks for a leader (AP, 11/3/09)
• Final tickets for Vancouver Games to go on sale (AP, 11/3/09)
• Queen visits London 2012 Olympic Park site (AP, 11/3/09)
• Colbert goes for gold, sponsors US speedskating (AP, 11/3/09)
• Colbert goes for gold, sponsors US speedskating (AP, 11/2/09)
• Dubai rulers push Dubai 2020 Olympic bid (AP, 11/2/09)
• Dubai takes first steps toward Olympic bid in 2020 (AP, 11/2/09)
• Radio communications system in place for Olympics (AP, 11/2/09)
• Olympic flame journeys by foot, bike, wheelchair (AP, 10/31/09)