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Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics were held during the last ten days of the games from August 15 to August 24 2008 at the Beijing National Stadium. The Olympic sport of athletics is split into four distinct sets of events: track and field events road running events and racewalking events.Both men and women had very similar schedules of events. Men competed in 24 events and women in 23 as their schedule lacked the 50 km race walk.