GAMES OF THE XXIX OLYMPIAD, THE {2008 BEIJING OLYMPICS}: DAY 13 {PART 2} (TV)
Summary
This program presents a portion of coverage of the 2008 Summer Games of the XXIX Olympiad from Beijing. Highlights of this portion include coverage of the following events and topics:
Anchor sports commentator Bob Costas presides throughout this portion and introduces various events and highlights.
Sports commentator (unidentified in this portion) covers performances by various medal winners in the men's and women's "Gymnastics Gala," featuring Shawn Johnson (USA), who won the gold medal on the balance beam, Fabien Hambuechen (Germany), who won the bronze medal on the horizontal bar, Jonathon Horton (USA), who won the silver medal on the horizontal bar, and Nastia Lukin (USA), who won a total of five medals in these Olympic Games.
Sports commentators Tom Hammond, Ato Boldon, and Lewis Johnson cover the men's 200m track and field event: Usain Bolt (Jamaica) wins the gold medal with a world-record time of 19.30 seconds, Shawn Crawford (USA) wins the silver medal with a time of 19.96 seconds, and Walter Dix wins the bronze medal with a time of 19.98 seconds after the disqualification of Wallace Spearmon (USA) and Churandy Martina (Netherlands).
Sports commentator Bob Neumeier interviews track and field athlete Spearmon (USA) about his would-be silver medal finish and his disqualification from the men’s 200m finals.
Neumeier interviews track and field athlete Bolt (Jamaica) about his new world record in the men's 200m.
Hammond, Bolton, and Johnson cover the women's 400m hurdles finals: Menaine Walker (Jamaica) wins the gold medal with a time of 52.46 seconds, Sheena Tosta (USA) wins the silver medal with a time of 53.70 seconds, and Tasha Danvers (Great Britain) wins the bronze medal with a time of 53.84 seconds.
Neumeier interviews track and field athlete Tosta (USA) about her silver medal finish in the women's 400m hurdles event.
Sports commentators Ted Robinson, Cynthia Potter, and Andrea Kremer cover the third round of the qualifying dives for the women's 10m platform diving event: Chen Ruolin (China) is in first place with 258.60 points, Wang Xin (China) is in second place with 244.50 points, and Paola Espinoza (Mexico) is in the third place with 239.45 points.
Sports commentators Chris Marlowe and Karch Kiraly provide coverage of the women's beach volleyball gold medal match, featuring Misty May-Treanor (USA), Kerri Walsh (USA), Wang Jie (China) and Jia Tian (China).
Notable commercials and/or promos include the following: Michael Johnson, Bryan Clay, and Kerri Strug for Visa; Lebron James for Vitamin Water; Peyton and Eli Manning for NFL; Misty May-Treanor, Kerri Walsh, Wang Jie, and Jia Tian for Coca-Cola; Nastia Lukin for AT&T; Adrian Peterson for DirecTV; Hannah Thompson, Jake Arnold, Jill Camarena, Josh McAdams, Jeff Smoke, Mary Wineberg, and Jeff Skiba for Home Depot.
Details
- NETWORK: NBC
- DATE: August 20, 2008
- RUNNING TIME: 01:36:22
- COLOR/B&W: Color
- CATALOG ID: 112867
- GENRE: Sports
- SUBJECT HEADING: U.S. Olympic Archive, presented by Gordon Crawford, The; Olympic Games, 2008, Summer, Beijing; Olympics; Sports; Artistic Gymnastics, balance beam women; Artistic Gymnastics, horizontal bar men; Track and Field, 200m men; Track and Field, 400m hurdles women; Diving, 10m platform women; Beach Volleyball, beach volleyball women; African-American Collection - Sports
- SERIES RUN: N/A
- COMMERCIALS:
- TV - Commercials - AT&T
- TV - Commercials - Bud Light
- TV - Commercials - Chevrolet
- TV - Commercials - Coca-Cola
- TV - Commercials - DirecTV
- TV - Commercials - General Electric
- TV - Commercials - Goodyear
- TV - Commercials - Home Depot
- TV - Commercials - McDonald's
- TV - Commercials - Visa
- TV - Commercials - Vitamin Water
- TV - Promos - NFL
CREDITS
- Bob Costas … Anchor Sports Commentator
- Tom Hammond … Sports Commentator
- Lewis Johnson … Sports Commentator
- Ted Robinson … Sports Commentator
- Chris Marlowe … Sports Commentator
- Karch Kiraly … Sports Commentator
- Bob Neumeier … Sports Commentator
- Cynthia Potter … Sports Commentator
- Andrea Kremer … Sports Commentator
- Fabien Hambuechen … Athlete
- Jonathan Horton … Athlete
- Ato Boldon … Athlete
- Usain Bolt … Athlete
- Wallace Spearmon … Athlete
- Churandy Martina … Athlete
- Shawn Crawford … Athlete
- Walter Dix … Athlete
- Shawn Johnson … Athlete
- Chen Ruolin … Athlete
- Paola Espinosa … Athlete
- Wang Xin … Athlete
- Wang Jie … Athlete
- Jia Tian … Athlete
- Menaine Walker … Athlete
- Sheena Tosta … Athlete
- Tasha Danvers … Athlete
- Nastia Liukin … Athlete
- Misty May-Treanor … Athlete
- Kerri Walsh … Athlete
- Nastia Liukin … Talent, AT&T Commercial
- Michael Johnson … Talent, Visa Commercial
- Bryan Clay … Talent, Visa Commercial
- Kerri Strug … Talent, Visa Commercial
- LeBron James … Talent, Vitamin Water Commercial
- Peyton Manning … Talent, NFL Promo
- Eli Manning … Talent, NFL Promo
- Adrian Peterson … Talent, DirecTV Commercial
- Jake Arnold … Talent, Home Depot Commercial
- Josh McAdams … Talent, Home Depot Commercial
- Jeff Skiba … Talent, Home Depot Commercial
- Jeff Smoke … Talent, Home Depot Commercial
- Tian Jia … Talent, Coca-Cola Commercial
- Jie Wang … Talent, Coca-Cola Commercial
- Kerri Walsh … Talent, Coca-Cola Commercial
- Misty May-Treanor … Talent, Coca-Cola Commercial
- Hannah Thompson … Talent, Home Depot Commercial
- Jill Camarena … Talent, Home Depot Commercial
- Mary Wineberg … Talent, Home Depot Commercial