2008 Summer Olympics torch relay route

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The 2008 Summer Olympics torch relay route involved 21 countries where the Olympic torch was carried between its lighting in Greece in March 2008 and the Olympic opening ceremony in China's host city of Beijing in August 2008. The relay took place in four separate legs: in Greece, an international leg, in the Special Administrative Region of China (Hong Kong and Macau), and in mainland China.

The planned route originally included a stop in Taipei between Ho Chi Minh City and Hong Kong, but there was disagreement in Beijing and Taipei over language used to describe whether it was an international or a domestic part of the route. While the Olympic committees of China and Chinese Taipei reached initial consensus on the approach, the government of the Republic of China in Taiwan intervened, stating that this placement could be interpreted as placing Taiwan on the same level as Hong Kong and Macau, an implication it objected to. The Beijing Organizing Committee attempted to continue negotiation,[1] but further disputes arose over the flag or the anthem of the Republic of China along the 24 km torch route in Taiwan.[2] By the midnight deadline for concluding the negotiation on September 21, 2007, Taiwan authorities and Mainland China were unable to come to terms with the issue of the Torch Relay. In the end, both sides of the Taiwan Strait decided to eliminate the Taipei leg.[3]

Route in Greece[]

March 24
March 25
March 26
March 27
March 28
March 29
March 30

International and HK&Macau route[]

hideInternational torch relay route
2008 Olympic Torch Relay's international leg
Date Country (city) Length[4] Notable torchbearers # of torchbearers[4]
March 31 China  (Beijing) Hu Jintao – paramount leader of PRC
Liu Xiang – gold medalist hurdler
April 2  Kazakhstan  (Almaty)
(start)
Medeo stadium
(finish)
Astana Square		 20 km Nursultan Nazarbaev – president of Kazakhstan
Bakhtiyar Artayev – gold medalist weightlifter
Yermakhan Ibraimov – boxer
Yuriy Melnichenko – gold medalist wrestler
Anatoly Khrapaty – weightlifter
Vladimir Smirnov – the first Olympic champion for independent Kazakhstan cross-country skiing
Roza Rymbaeva – singer[5]		 80
April 3  Turkey  (Istanbul)
(start)
Sultanahmet Square
(finish)
Taksim Square		 20 km Tuğba Karademir – figure skater
Taner Sağır – champion weightlifter[6]		 80
April 5  Russia  (St. Petersburg)
(start)
Victory Square
(finish)
Palace Square		 20 km Lyubov Yegorova – cross-country skiing
Viktor Zhdanovich – fencing
Vladimir Salnikov, Alexander Popov, Sergey Kopliakov, Andrey Krylov – gold medalist swimmer
Alexander Dityatin – gold medalist artistic gymnastics
Tatyana Kazankina – gold medalist runner
Anatoly Alyabyev – gold medalist biathlon
Evgeni Plushenko, Tatiana Totmianina, Maxim Marinin, Anton Sikharulidze, Alexei Urmanov, Oksana Kazakova, Artur Dmitriev, Oleg Vasiliev – gold medalist figure skater
Svetlana Zhurova – speed skating
Tamara Moskvina – figure skating coach
Fedor Emelianenko – mixed martial artist
Robert Swan – polar explorers
Artur Chilingarov – cosmonaut
Valentina Tereshkova – astronaut
Alisa Freindlich – actress
Andrei Arshavin – football player[7]		 80
April 6  Great Britain  (London)
(start)
Wembley Stadium
(finish)
The O2 arena		 48 km Kelly Holmes – gold medalist runner
Danny Crates – gold medalist Paralympic runner
Sir Trevor McDonald – journalist
Konnie Huq – TV Presenter
Vanessa Mae – classical musician
Kevin Pietersen – cricketer
Tim Henman – retired tennis player
Amara Karan – actress[8]		 80
April 7  France  (Paris)
(start)
Eiffel Tower
(finish)
Stade Charléty		 originally 28 km Stéphane Diagana – gold medalist runner
David Douillet – gold medalist in judo
Marie-José Pérec – gold medalist runner
Jin Jing – Paralympic fencer
Thierry Henry – Soccer star
Teddy Riner – gold medalist judoka
Arnaud Di Pasquale – tennis player
Pi Hongyan – badminton player
Mary Pierce – tennis player[9]
April 9  United States  (San Francisco)
(start)
AT&T Park
(finish)
San Francisco International Airport		 unannounced Lin Li – swimmer
April 11  Argentina  (Buenos Aires)
(start)
Lola Mora amphitheater
(finish)
Buenos Aires Riding Club		 13.8 km Carlos Espínola – windsurfer[10]
Georgina Bardach, Paola Suárez, Pablo Chacón – athletes		 78
April 13  Tanzania  (Dar es Salaam)
(start)
A railway station of Dar es Salaam
(finish)
Tanzanian National Stadium		 5 km John Stephen Akhwari – marathoner
Dorcus Inzikuru – steeplechaser
Anna Tibaijuka – Undersecretary general of the United Nations[11]		 80
April 14  Oman  (Muscat)
(start)
place roundabout Al Bustan
(where lies the "Sohar" boat
which visited China in 1981)
(finish)
Qurm Natural Park		 20 km 80
April 16  Pakistan  (Islamabad) Samiullah Khan – field hockey
Jahangir Khan – squash player[12]		 65
April 17  India  (New Delhi)
(start)
Raisina Hill
(finish)
India Gate		 2.3 km Manavjit Singh Sandhu, Abhinav Bindra – sport shooter[13]
Aamir Khan – actor, director		 around 70
April 19  Thailand  (Bangkok)
(start)
Yaowarat Road in Bangkok's Chinatown
(finish)
Royal Plaza		 10 km Anant Siripasraporn – Deputy Permanent Secretary for Bangkok Metropolitan Administration
Manus Boonjumnong, Somluck Kamsing – gold medalist boxers
Udomporn Polsak, Pawina Thongsuk – gold medalist weightlifters
[14]
 80
April 21  Malaysia  (Kuala Lumpur)
(start)
Independence Square
(finish)
Petronas Twin Towers		 16.5 km Cheah Soon Kit, Yap Kim Hock – retired badminton player
Nicol David – squash player[15]		 80
April 22  Indonesia  (Jakarta) 7 km; originally 20 km Taufik Hidayat, Susi Susanti, Alan Budikusuma – badminton player[16]
Fauzi Bowo – governor of Jakarta[17]		 80
April 24  Australia  (Canberra)
(start)
Reconciliation Place
(finish)
Commonwealth Park		 16 km Ian Thorpe, Jodie Henry, Libby Trickett, Matt Welsh, Adam Pine, Alice Mills, Petria Thomas – gold medalist swimmers
Ron Clarke – runner
Mark Beretta – TV sports reporter
Tania Major – Aboriginal activist
Megan Marcks – coxless pair rower
Jonathon Welch – conductor
Robert de Castella – gold medalist marathoner
Lee Kernaghan – singer
Fiona Stanley – epidemiologist
Mark Beretta – sports broadcaster
Peter Sharp – Rugby league coach
Louise Sauvage – Paralympic wheelchair racer
Jai Taurima – long jumper
Fiona Wood – director of Royal Perth Hospital, surgeon
Heather McKay – squash player[18]		 80
April 26  Japan  (Nagano)
(start)
Small park in Nagano
(finish)
Wakasato Park		 18.7 km Senichi Hoshino – baseball manager
Kosuke Kitajima – gold medalist swimmer
Mizuki Noguchi – gold medalist runner
Ai Fukuhara – table tennis player[19] 		80
April 27  South Korea  (Seoul)
(start)
Olympic Park
(finish)
City Hall Plaza		 22 km Moon Dae-sung – gold medalist taekwondo
Kim Mi-jung – gold medalist judoka
Ahn Hyun-soo – gold medalist speed skater
Nam Eun-young – gold medalist in handball
Kim Soo-nyung – gold medalist archer[20]
Bada – singer and musical actress
Jang Na-ra – singer and actress		 70+
April 28  North Korea  (Pyongyang)
(start)
Tower of Juche Idea
(finish)
Kim Il Sung Stadium		 20 km Pak Doo-ik – football player 80
April 29  Vietnam  (Ho Chi Minh City)
(start)
Opera House
(finish)
Military Zone 7 Competition Hall		 10 km 60

The opening relay route ceremony was held at the Hong Kong Cultural Centre.[21] The song "We are ready" was performed by Eason Chan, Hotcha, EO2 accompanied by Hong Kong Chinese Orchestra, Hong Kong Dance company, Gauido international golden eagle gymnastics team, and senior mixed choir of the Diocesan Girls' School and the Diocesan Boys' School.[22][23]

Date City Length[4] Notable torchbearers # of
torchbearers
May 2 Flag of Hong Kong.svg Hong Kong
(start)
Hong Kong Cultural Centre
(finish)
Golden Bauhinia Square		 26 km

Lee Lai-shan – gold medalist in windsurfing
Li Ching, Ko Lai-chak – table-tennis players
Andy Lau, Jacky Cheung, Alex Fong, Kelly Chen, Leo Ku – singers
Rebecca Chiu Wing-yin – squash player
Leung Chun-ying – member of Executive Council
Stephen Chan – general manager of TVB
Victor Li Tzar-kuoi – managing director of Cheung Kong group
Thomas Kwok Ping-kwong – managing director of Sun Hung Kai group
Ng Ching-fai – principal of Hong Kong Baptist University
Michael Cheng Lai-hin – footballer
Koon Wai-chee, Wang Chen – badminton players
Lee Ka-kit – vice chairman of Henderson Group
Chu Ching-wu – president of The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
Liza Wang – actress, singer & chairperson of Cantonese Opera Performers Association
Yip Wing-sie – music director of Hong Kong Sinfonietta
Rita Fan – president of Legislative Council
Timothy Fok – president of SFOC
Wong Kam-po – gold medalist at Asian games in cycling

119
May 3 Flag of Macau.svg Macau
(start and finish)
Macau Fisherman's Wharf		 19 km
originally 27 km[24]		 Miriam Yeung – Hong Kong singer
Stanley Ho – casino tycoon.		 120

Hong Kong and Macau gallery[]

  • Torch relay route map

  • Section 1, Tsim Sha Tsui

  • Section 2, Tsing Ma Bridge

  • Section 3A, Sha Tin

  • Section 3B, Sha Tin Racecourse

  • Avenue of Stars

  • Section 5, Victoria Harbour

  • Central and Wan Chai

  • Relayer #38: Thomas Kwok (郭炳江)

  • Relayer #51: Ma Koon-sang (馬觀生)

  • Fuwa designs along the way

  • Banners along the way

Route in Mainland China[]

hideMainland China torch relay route
Planned torch relay route in mainland China before the earthquake.
Date China Province / City Length Notable torchbearers # of torchbearers
May 4 Hainan Sanya 30.09[25] Yang Yang – gold medalist speed skater
Yi Jianlian – basketball player for the Milwaukee Bucks
Yang Lan – businesswomen
Zhang Zilin – Miss World 2007
Huang Xiaoming – actor
Jackie Chan – actor[26]		 208[25]
May 5 Wuzhishan 1.2 km 6
May 5 Wanning
(including Qionghai)		 16.63 km
(+13.51)		 113 (+89)
May 6 Haikou 30.2 km 208
May 7 Guangdong Guangzhou 40.82 km Yang Jinghui – gold medalist diver
Ulrika Knape – gold medalist Swedish diver
Dong Zhaozhi – silver medalist fencer
Shen Xiangfu – former Chinese national football coach		 208[27]
May 8 Shenzhen 40 km Xiao Jinfeng – gold medalist gymnast
Wang Shi (王石) – head of China Vanke[28]		 –
May 8 Mt Everest Summit – – –
May 9 Guangdong Huizhou – Liang Wenbo – snooker player[29] –
May 10 Shantou – Sun Shuwei – gold medalist diver
Xu Yinchuan – international master of Chinese chess[30]		 208
May 11 Fujian Fuzhou – Zheng Meizhu – gold medalist volleyball player[31]
Hou Yuzhu – gold medalist volleyball player[32]
Lin Qiang (林强), a sixth-generation descendant of Lin Zexu – person who opposed opium trade with the British in the Qing dynasty and led to the First Opium War[32]		 208
May 12 Quanzhou 20.35 km – 108[33]
May 12 Xiamen 17.4 km Guo Yuehua – winner of 8 consecutive titles for table tennis
Ji Xinpeng – gold medalist badminton player[34]		 100
May 13 Longyan 30.5 km Zhang Xiangxiang – bronze medalist weightlifter
Shi Zhiyong – gold medalist weightlifter
Chen Hong – badminton player[35]		 208
May 14 Jiangxi Ruijin 15 km – 208[36]
May 15 Jinggangshan 14.5 km – [37]
May 16 Nanchang – Peng Bo – gold medalist diver
May 17 Zhejiang Wenzhou – – 108[38]
May 17 Shaoxing – – 100[39]
May 18 Hangzhou – Li Lingwei – badminton champion[40] 208[41]
May 19 – 21 – – Relay suspended to honor victims of the 2008 Sichuan earthquake -
May 22 Ningbo – – -
May 22 Jiaxing 8.2 km Lü Lin – gold medalist table tennis player 90
May 23 – 24 Shanghai 62.84 km
(day 1)
+
136.55 km
(day 2)		 Zhuang Yong – gold medalist swimmer
Zhou Xun – actress and singer
Liu Xuegen (刘学根), father of Liu Xiang
Li Bingbing – actress
Tony Leung Ka-Fai – actor[42]
Sun Wen – football (soccer) player
Chen Lu – world champion figure skater
Zhu Jianhua – medalist high jumper[43]
Lee Kaifu – founder of Google China[44]
Cao Yanhua – table tennis champion		 416 (including 44 foreign nationals)
May 25 Jiangsu Suzhou 17 km – 104[45]
May 25 Nantong 20 km – 104[46]
May 26 Taizhou 12.8 km – 104[47]
May 26 Yangzhou 11 km – 104[48]
May 27 Nanjing 12.9 km Yang Yang – badminton player
Chen Peisi – actor
Gao Yuanyuan – actress
 208[49]
May 28 Anhui Hefei – Fan Xueping – wushu champion
Jiang Xiaoyu (蒋效愚) – executive VP of the Beijing Organizing Committee for the Olympic Games		 [50]
May 29 Huainan – Zhou Tao – TV presenter
(张燕) – singer		 100
May 29 Wuhu – Vicki Zhao – actress and singer 100[51]
May 30 Jixi – Ding Junhui – snooker player 80[52]
May 30 Huangshan – Ye Qiaobo – speed skating champ 120[53]
May 31 Hubei Wuhan 20.7 km Li Xiaoshuang – gold medalist gymnast[54]
June 1 Yichang 10 km Li Ting – gold medalist tennis player
Karen Mok – singer[55]		 208[56]
June 2 Jingzhou 18.6 km Zeng Li (曾黎) – actress 208[57]
June 3 Hunan Yueyang 16.9 km – [58]
June 4 Changsha – Zhong Zhihua – head of Hunan University
Xiong Ni – 3-time gold medalist diver[59]		 208
June 5 Shaoshan 79.1 km 208[60]
June 6 Guangxi Guilin – Xiao Jiangang – weightlifting champion
Tang Lingsheng – gold medalist weightlifter[61]
June 7 Nanning 16.5 km Chen Wenzhong – olympic sprinter
Mo Huilan – gymnast		 [62]
June 8 Baise – – [63]
June 9 Yunnan Kunming 8.3 km Angela Chang – Taiwanese singer and actress 208[64]
June 10 Lijiang 26 km – -[65]
June 11 Xamgyi'nyilha 40.36 km Zhang Guowei – track & field[66] –
June 12 Guizhou Guiyang 16.9 km – 208[67]
June 13 Kaili 19.3 km – 208[68]
June 14 Zunyi 6.3 km – 208[69]
June 15 – 16 Chongqing – 17 km Gu Li – Go champion 208[70]
June 17 Xinjiang Ürümqi 12.5 km Wang Yanhong – gold medalist archer
– boxing champion		 208[71]
June 18 Kashi 7.43 km – 208[72]
June 19 Shihezi – – -[73]
June 19 Changji 4.4 km – 104[74]
June 21 Tibet Lhasa 11 km[75] Cedai Drolma – singer[76] 156[77]
June 22 Qinghai Golmud 7.5 km – -[78]
June 23 Qinghai Lake 6 km – 162[79]
June 24 Xining – Li Chunxiu – medalist racewalker -[80]
June 25 Shanxi Yuncheng 9.8 km – actor

Zhang Weihong – medalist handball player

104[81]
June 25 Pingyao – – [82]
June 26 Taiyuan 39 km Yan Weiwen – singer
Tan Jing – singer
Robin Li – CEO of Baidu		 208[83]
June 27 Datong 4 km – 208[84]
June 28 Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center 22 Fei Junlong, Nie Haisheng – crew of Shenzhou spacecraft 6[85] –
June 29 Ningxia Zhongwei 3.3 km – -[86]
June 30 Wuzhong 5.6 km – 193[87]
July 1 Yinchuan – – -[88]
July 2 Shaanxi Yan'an 6.31 km – 208[89]
July 3 Yangling 6.53 km – 95[90]
July 3 Xianyang 6.9 km – 113[91]
July 4 Xi'an – Tian Liang – gold medalist diver 200[92]
July 5 Gansu Dunhuang 7.6 km Fan Jinshi – director of Dunhuang Research Institute 120[93]
July 6 Jiayuguan 13.8 km – 208[94]
July 7 Lanzhou – – -[95]
July 8 Inner Mongolia Hohhot 6.2 km Mengke Bateer – pro basketball player
Pan Gang – president of Yili group[96]		 208[97]
July 9 Ordos 6.3 km – 104[98]
July 9 Baotou – – 104[99]
July 10 Chifeng 6.2 km Siqingaowa – actress 208[100]
July 11 Heilongjiang Harbin 14.86 km Zhang Dan & Zhang Hao – pairs figure skating
Shen Xue & Zhao Hongbo – pairs figure skating
– singer		 208[101]
July 12 Daqing 7.6 km – 208[102]
July 13 Qiqihar 7.5 km – 208[103]
July 14 Jilin Changchun 9 km Wang Chunlu – silver medalist short track skater 218[104]
July 15 Songyuan – – 110[105]
July 15 Jilin City 7.7 km Wang Chunli – medalist skater 108[106]
July 16 Yanji – Xie Jun – chess champion -[107]
July 17 Liaoning Shenyang 10.08 km Zhuang Xiaoyan – gold medalist in judo
Han Xiaopeng – gold medalist freestyle skier
Li Yuwei – gold medalist shooter
Gao Hongmiao – racewalking champion		 241[108]
July 18 Anshan 7.3 km Wang Yifu – gold medalist shooter 175[109]
July 19 Dalian – [110]
July 21 Shandong Qingdao 14.5 km Zhang Xiaodong – medalist windsurfer 259[111]
July 21 Linyi 5.6 km – 109[112]
July 22 Qufu 5.1 km – 100[113]
July 22 Tai'an – Bi Wenjing – uneven bars athlete
Xing Aowei – gymnast		 120[114]
July 23 Jinan 13.5 km Xing Huina – gold medalist track & field
Lin Weining – weighlifter
Wu Minxia – gold medalist diver
Qiao Yunping – table tennis champion
Guo Jingjing – gold medalist diver		 243[115]
July 25 Henan Zhengzhou 7.6 km 208[116]
July 26 Kaifeng 6.6 km Chang Wu (張武) – a designer of Dancing Beijing symbol
Wang Liqun – historian and professor of Henan University
Mark Roswell – xiangsheng actor
Zheng Haixia – medalist basketball player		 208[117]
July 27 Luoyang 6.9 km – 208[118]
July 28 Anyang 5.9 km – 208[119]
July 29 Hebei Shijiazhuang 9.3 km Cai Yalin – medalist shooting champion
Li Meisu – medalist in shot put		 188[120]
July 30 Qinhuangdao 7 km Xi Enting – table tennis champion 256[121]
July 31 Tangshan 10.1 km Qian Hong – gold medalist swimmer
 208[122]
August 1 – 2 Tianjin 12 km – 225[123]
August 3 Sichuan Guang'an 7.3 km – policewoman 189[124]
August 4 Leshan 8.2 km Gao Min – gold medalist diver 185[125]
August 5 Chengdu 13.2 km Zhang Shan – gold medalist shooter 315[126]
August 6 Beijing
(outside)		 16.4 km Zhang Yimou – film director
Bai Yansong – CCTV anchor
Yang Liwei – astronaut
Liu Qi – president of the Beijing Organizing Committee for the Olympic Games
Li Furong – VP of BOCOG
Yao Ming – basketball player
Song Dandan – actress
Liu Chuanzhi – founder of Lenovo
Wu Shaozu – former chairperson of Chinese Olympic Committee
Lang Lang – pianist
Wang Hui – intellectual
Yang Yuanqing – Lenovo chairman
Jiang Xiaoyu – executive VP of BOCOG
JJ Lin – singer
Yu Dan – professor
Wu Jinglian – economist
Li Yongbo – medalist badminton player
Dong Jiong – medalist badminton player
Winfried Vahland – president of Volkswagen China
– Coca-Cola Beijing general manager
Luo Jing – Newsreporter		 433[127][128][129][130]
August 7 14.58 km Liu Xuan – medalist gymnast
Song Zuying – singer
Yang Wenjun – gold medalist flatwater canoer
Hu Kai – gold medalist sprinter
Han Geng - Member of South Korean Boy Band Super Junior		 268[130][131]
August 8 – Feng Gong – xiangsheng performer
Xu Zhihong – president of Peking University
 -[132]
August 8 Beijing
(part of opening ceremony in Beijing National Stadium)		 – Xu Haifeng – gold medalist shooter
Gao Min – gold medalist diver
Li Xiaoshuang – gold medalist gymnast
Zhan Xugang – gold medalist weighlifter
Zhang Jun – gold medalist badminton
Chen Zhong – gold medalist taekwondo
Sun Jinfang – member of team that won China's first major championship in a team sport
Li Ning – gold medalist gymnast		 -[133]

The total torchbearer counts for each city are available at the official website of the torch relay. The relay was suspended from May 19 – 21 to honor victims of the 2008 Sichuan earthquake.

See also[]

  • 2008 Summer Olympics torch relay

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