Why is the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games held on August 8th?

On August 8th, the 29th Summer Olympic Games will be held in Beijing, China.

A friend who cares about the Olympic Games asked, "Why is the opening ceremony of the Beijing Olympic Games scheduled for August 8?" The reporter consulted the relevant personnel of BOCOG and learned that the opening ceremony of the Beijing Olympic Games was held on August 8, one of the most important reasons was to consider the climate factor, and the second reason was that it would not affect the arrangement of a series of subsequent important international competitions.

The International Olympic Committee first proposed that the opening date of the Beijing Olympic Games was July 25th, 2008. However, according to the climate characteristics of Beijing, it was hot in late July with occasional rain. It is best to hold a comprehensive sports meeting in September, and the Beijing Asian Games will be held in September 1990. The problem is that if it is held in September, it will conflict with major international events that have been institutionalized for decades, such as the US Open and the IAAF Grand Prix, so it is almost impossible to hold it in September.

The sight of choosing time fell in August. BOCOG suggested that the opening ceremony should not be earlier than August 6, 2005. However, most American football, NBA and baseball games started in late August, and NBC invested a huge amount of broadcasting expenses, so the International Olympic Committee proposed to hold the opening ceremony on August 8. Judging from the time window on July 25th, BOCOG plans to "guarantee two guarantees and three guarantees"-it is best to postpone it for three weeks and open it in August 15. If it is postponed for two weeks, it can be opened on August 8. At the end of June 2006, at the115th meeting of the International Olympic Committee held in Prague, it was decided that the opening ceremony of the Beijing Olympic Games would be held at 8 pm on August 8, 2008.

On August 8 last year, the weather in Beijing was fine. I hope the weather will be fine on August 8 this year. In case of rainy days, there are ways to slow down and weaken the influence of rainy days on the opening ceremony without affecting environmental protection.

For the opening ceremony, IOC President jacques rogge has a witty footnote: "At 8 o'clock on August 8 (evening), plus I am the eighth president of the IOC, there are four eights!"