Google Beijing Olympic Logos: How Google Celebrated the Event

Posted by Sun on August 24, 2008
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So the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games is over!

The past two weeks were pretty exciting, with all the sport events happening 6000 miles away. Right after the opening ceremony on 08/08/08, checking all the actions and scores and, of course, the medal count, became my daily routine. Too bad that most of the time I had to wait till 8:00 in the evening to watch some live competitions on NBC, especially in the first week. Though only four hours a day, I had fun :D Considering that this is the first time China has ever hosted an event at this scale, I have to say the Beijing Olympic is a huge success, not only for China, but for the Olympic itself. I know many people may have different opinions on issues that are not related to the sport, but as a Chinese, I am proud of what China has done for this Olympic and what Team China has achieved: 51 Golds, 21 Silvers, and 28 Bronzes. Though United States still lead the overall medal table with 110 medals, China has its turn to shine in the biggest sport event on its own soil.

In addition to checking Olympic news and watching the games on TV, another thing I did everyday since August 8 was downloading the Google Olympic Logos. Since August 8, Google has released a new logo everyday throughout the games, featuring one sport and one of the 12 Chinese Animals Zodiac: Rat, Ox, Tiger, Rabbit, Dragon, Horse, Goat, Monkey, Roster, Dog, and Pig, and that’s what made these logos so special.

In case you missed these special Google Olympic logos, here are what Google has shown us in the past 17 days during the Olympic.

Olympics 2008 Opening Ceremony

The 2008 Beijing Olympic Opening Ceremony: Fu Wa (福娃), The Olympic Flag and Flame, and The Bird’s Nest.

Olympics 2008 CyclingOlympics 2008 Weightlifting

Cycling (Goat) and Weightlifting (Rat)

Olympics 2008 DivingOlympics 2008 Rhythm

Diving (Pig) and Rhythmic gymnastics (Ox)

Olympics 2008 RingsOlympics 2008 Soccer

Still rings (Monkey) and Soccer (Horse, Snake)

Olympics 2008 BasketballOlympics 2008 Badminton

Basketball (Dragon, Rat) and Badminton (Tiger)

Olympics 2008 RowingOlympics 2008 Ping Pong

Rowing (Dog) and Table Tennis (Dragon)

Olympics 2008 Martial ArtsOlympics 2008 Track and Field

Martial Art (Tiger) and Track and Field (Horse and Rabbit)

Olympics 2008 High JumpOlympics 2008 Baseball

High Jump (Rabbit) and Baseball (Roster)

Olympics 2008 SwimmingOlympics 2008 Closing

Swimming (Snake) and Closing (All twelve)

Like these logos? Go to my Flickr page to download them in full size.

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5 Comments
August 24, 2008

Google’s little touches like that are great; just like how the logo on Reddit changes.

Posted by Big Winner
August 25, 2008

Google is great. I hadn’t realised that they had included the different animals.

August 26, 2008

I just love the way Google does this. They are the absolutely best in terms of the details.

Posted by Manshu
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