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*[http://en.beijing2008.cn/ The Beijing Organizing Committee for the Games of the XXIX Olympiad]

*[http://en.beijing2008.cn/ The Beijing Organizing Committee for the Games of the XXIX Olympiad]

*[http://www.olympic.org/uk/index_uk.asp International Olympic Committee]

*[http://www.olympic.org/uk/index_uk.asp International Olympic Committee]

*[http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2008/08/04/sports/olympics/20080804_MEDALCOUNT_MAP.html Interactive Map of Olympic Medals], New York Times

*[https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2008/08/04/sports/olympics/20080804_MEDALCOUNT_MAP.html Interactive Map of Olympic Medals], New York Times

==Further reading==

==Further reading==

* Buchanan, Ian, and Bill Mallon. ''Historical Dictionary of the Olympic Movement'' (2nd ed. 2006) 366pp. [http://books.google.com/books?id=fH3hD3MkIMYC&dq=intitle:Dictionary+intitle:of+intitle:the+intitle:Olympic+intitle:Movement&lr=&as_drrb_is=q&as_minm_is=0&as_miny_is=&as_maxm_is=0&as_maxy_is=&num=30&as_brr=0 excerpt and text search]  

* Buchanan, Ian, and Bill Mallon. ''Historical Dictionary of the Olympic Movement'' (2nd ed. 2006) 366pp. [https://books.google.com/books?id=fH3hD3MkIMYC&dq=intitle:Dictionary+intitle:of+intitle:the+intitle:Olympic+intitle:Movement&lr=&as_drrb_is=q&as_minm_is=0&as_miny_is=&as_maxm_is=0&as_maxy_is=&num=30&as_brr=0 excerpt and text search]  

* Gerlach, Larry, ed. ''The Winter Olympics: From Chamonix to Salt Lake City'' (2004) 330pp

* Gerlach, Larry, ed. ''The Winter Olympics: From Chamonix to Salt Lake City'' (2004) 330pp

* Guttman, Allen. ''The Olympics, a history of the modern games.''  (2nd ed. 2002) [http://books.google.com/books?id=TbLmQQG-2bQC&pg=PA151&dq=taiwan+winter+olympics+boycott&lr=&ei=zxXBSensFI_ClQTFsMDuBg excerpt and text search]

* Guttman, Allen. ''The Olympics, a history of the modern games.''  (2nd ed. 2002) [https://books.google.com/books?id=TbLmQQG-2bQC&pg=PA151&dq=taiwan+winter+olympics+boycott&lr=&ei=zxXBSensFI_ClQTFsMDuBg excerpt and text search]

* MacAloon, John J. ''This Great Symbol: Pierre de Coubertin and the Origins of the Modern Olympic Games'' (2008)

* MacAloon, John J. ''This Great Symbol: Pierre de Coubertin and the Origins of the Modern Olympic Games'' (2008)

* Miller, David. ''Athens to Athens: The Official History of the Olympic Games and the IOC, 1894-2004'' (2008)  528p.

* Miller, David. ''Athens to Athens: The Official History of the Olympic Games and the IOC, 1894-2004'' (2008)  528p.

* Pelle, Kimberly D. ''Encyclopedia of the Modern Olympic Movement'' (2nd ed. 2004) 602pp. [http://books.google.com/books?id=QmXi_-Jujj0C&pg=PR13&dq=intitle:Encyclopedia+intitle:of+intitle:the+intitle:Modern+intitle:Olympic&lr=&as_drrb_is=q&as_minm_is=0&as_miny_is=&as_maxm_is=0&as_maxy_is=&num=30&as_brr=0 excerpt and text search]

* Pelle, Kimberly D. ''Encyclopedia of the Modern Olympic Movement'' (2nd ed. 2004) 602pp. [https://books.google.com/books?id=QmXi_-Jujj0C&pg=PR13&dq=intitle:Encyclopedia+intitle:of+intitle:the+intitle:Modern+intitle:Olympic&lr=&as_drrb_is=q&as_minm_is=0&as_miny_is=&as_maxm_is=0&as_maxy_is=&num=30&as_brr=0 excerpt and text search]

* Preuss, Holger. ''The Economics of Staging the Olympics: A Comparison of the Games, 1972-2008'' (2006) [http://books.google.com/books?id=-8T15RJkepIC&dq=intitle:The+intitle:Economics+intitle:of+intitle:Staging+intitle:the+intitle:Olympics+intitle:A&lr=&as_drrb_is=q&as_minm_is=0&as_miny_is=&as_maxm_is=0&as_maxy_is=&num=30&as_brr=0 excerpt and text search]

* Preuss, Holger. ''The Economics of Staging the Olympics: A Comparison of the Games, 1972-2008'' (2006) [https://books.google.com/books?id=-8T15RJkepIC&dq=intitle:The+intitle:Economics+intitle:of+intitle:Staging+intitle:the+intitle:Olympics+intitle:A&lr=&as_drrb_is=q&as_minm_is=0&as_miny_is=&as_maxm_is=0&as_maxy_is=&num=30&as_brr=0 excerpt and text search]

* Schaffer, Kay,  and Sidonie Smith, eds. ''The Olympics at the Millennium: Power, Politics and the Games'' (2000), 318pp; postmodern essays

* Schaffer, Kay,  and Sidonie Smith, eds. ''The Olympics at the Millennium: Power, Politics and the Games'' (2000), 318pp; postmodern essays

* [http://www.questia.com/library/sociology-and-anthropology/leisure-and-recreation/olympics.jsp online books and articles from [[Questia]]]

* [http://www.questia.com/library/sociology-and-anthropology/leisure-and-recreation/olympics.jsp online books and articles from [[Questia]]]