The Olympic Games by numbers
Posted by: Kevin Fylan
- 18 - number of days of competition – Aug. 6-7 and 9-24.
- 302 - medal events
- 10,708 - athletes taking part
- 21,600 - media accredited to the Games
- 2,924 - judges and referees
- 70,000 - Olympic Games volunteers
- 91,000 - seats in the “Bird’s Nest” stadium
- 31 - venues in Beijing
- 6 - venues outside Beijing (Hong Kong, Qingdao, Tianjin, Shenyang, Shanghai, Qinhuangdao)
- 7,000,000 - tickets sold
- 5,000 yuan - ticket for opening ceremony ($661.4)
- 30 yuan - ticket for softball preliminaries ($3.97)
- 137,000 km - distance covered by pre-Games torch relay
- 24.9 Celsius - average temperature in Beijing in August
- 159.7 mm - average rainfall in Beijing in August
Reuters is putting out a ton of stats and factbox material as well as scores of stories per day. If you haven’t already, please check out our Olympics Website here.
NOTE: This post was updated with new information at 0837 GMT on August 8.
