Bhutan Commemorative Stamps for the 2008 Beijing Summer Olympic Games
date: label: date made
content: 2008
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Set of four attached stamps forming a square. Maroon border. Stamps are from Bhutan. They commemorate the 2008 Olympics, held in Beijing, China. stamps are stored in paper envelope. $4.00. This was collected by the donor, Patricia Mink at the 2008 Olympics in Beijing, China.
label: Description (Brief)
content: The 2008 Summer Olympics, also known as the Games of the XXIX Olympiad were held in Beijing, China with 204 countries, 6,305 men and 4,637 women athletes participating. The swimming competition included 65 World and Olympic records being set which most attribute to the use of the Speedo LZR Racer swimsuit developed in part my NASA. Michael Phelps won eight gold medals at these games, the most of any athlete in a single Olympic Games and broke many records. The LZR Racer was subsequently banned from competition as they gave the competitor a technical edge that was deemed unfair by FINA, the International Federation used by the International Olympic Committee for overseeing international water sport competitions. BMX racing was added to the cycling events and American Nastia Liukin won gold in the all-around gymnastic competition. Two disabled athletes competed in the Olympics instead of the Paralympics because neither used a prosthesis to give them an advantage in competition. The United States won the medal count with 112 but China won the gold medal count with 12 more than the Americans.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: web subject
content: Sports
label: level of sport
content: Olympics
label: web subject
content: Collectors
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content: Culture and the Arts: Sport and Leisure
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: From Ms. Patricia Mink
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2012.3052.41
label: nonaccession number
content: 2012.3052
label: catalog number
content: 2012.3052.41
objectType: label: Object Name
content: stamps
label: Object Name
content: stamps, summer olympics
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: stamps: 3 1/2 in x 3 1/2 in; x 8.89 cm x 8.89 cm
label: Measurements
content: envelope: 4 in x 4 in; x 10.16 cm x 10.16 cm