Talk:2008 Summer Olympics

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[edit] Broadcasting in Peru

ATV (Peruvian Network) share the rights to host the games. They will both broadcast them in Peru.

[edit] Broadcasting in Spain

The public Spanish network TVE has a High Definition channel TVE-HD which can be tuned in the Digital+ pay package. I can't edit the broadcaster box. Please somebody add this.

[edit] List of Countries That Won Medals, and How Many

Could somebody add a list of NOCs that won medals, and how many for each NOC? I think it would be a nice addition. 97.96.65.123 (talk) 16:46, 27 November 2010 (UTC)

If you look at the section 2008 Summer Olympics#Medal table it has a link to 2008 Summer Olympics medal table. David Biddulph (talk) 16:51, 27 November 2010 (UTC)
I never notice the most blatantly obvious things... 97.96.65.123 (talk) 01:36, 30 November 2010 (UTC)

[edit] Women-only sports

In the article, it says that there were one sport (softball) and one discipline (synchronized swimming) open only to women. In fact, there were these and one additional discipline--rhythmic gymnastics--open only to women, which should be reflected in the article. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.69.51.227 (talk) 23:01, 10 December 2010 (UTC)

[edit] Security

I found:

WhisperToMe (talk) 15:39, 30 October 2011 (UTC)

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