The Official Website of the Beijing 2008 Olympic GamesAugust 8-24 2008
The drawing of lots for the Olympic football grouping will be held on April 20, 2008, in Beijing. The drawing of lots for the Olympic basketball grouping will be held on April 26, 2008, in Beijing. How the teams will be grouped will be clear in April. The detailed calendar is as follows:
| Start Date | End Date | Sport / Discipline | Event | Location | NOC | Qualification |
| 1-Apr | Trampoline | FIG to confirm the final allocation of places | ||||
| 1-Apr | 6-Apr | Wrestling | Senior European Championships (F, GR, W), Tampere (FIN) | The first man and the first woman in each weight category will qualify | ||
| 1-Apr | Gymnastics Rhythmic | FIG to confirm the final allocation of places | ||||
| 2-Apr | 6-Apr | Table Tennis | European Qualification Tournament | Nantes | FRA | 11 singles and 1 Team |
| 3-Apr | Tennis | National Tennis Associations to return completed Entry (by Country and region) forms, endorsed by their respective NOC, to the ITF | ||||
| 4-Apr | 6-Apr | Table Tennis | North America Qualification Tournament | Vancouver | CAN | 3 singles and 1Team |
| 5-Apr | 8-Apr | Table Tennis | Oceania Qualification Tournament | Nouméa | New Caledonia | 3 singles and 1 Team |
| 5-Apr | 18-Apr | Hockey | 2008 Men's Olympic Qualifying Tournament | Kakamigahara | JPN | NGOs occupying the top place will qualify. |
| 6-Apr | Triathon | 2008 New Plymouth BG Triathlon World Cup | New Plymouth | NZL | ||
| 6-Apr | Triathon | 2008 Lima ITU Triathlon Pan American Cup | Lima | PER | ||
| 7-Apr | 14-Apr | Boxing | AIBA 2nd Europe Olympic Qualifying Tournament | Athens | GRE | |
| 11-Apr | 20-Apr | Weightlifting | European continental qualification event -- Livorno (ITA) | 5 NOCs; 7 athletes | ||
| 12-Apr | 20-Apr | Hockey | 2008 Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament | Baku | AZE | NGOs occupying the top place will qualify. |
| 13-Apr | Triathon | 2008 Ishigaki BG Triathlon World Cup | Ishigaki | JAN | ||
| 13-Apr | Triathon | 2008 San Andres ITU Triathlon Pan American Cup | San Andres | COL | ||
| 15-Apr | 5-May | Fencing | zone-qualifying events | |||
| 19-Apr | Triathon | 2008 Mazatlan PATCO Triathlon Pan American Championships | Mazatlan | MEX | ||
| 19-Apr | 20-Apr | Wrestling | 1st freestyle qualification tournament, Martigny (SUI) | The first 4 men and the first 2 women in each weight category will qualify. | ||
| 19-Apr | 27-Apr | Hockey | 2008 Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament | Kazan | RUS | NGOs occupying the top place will qualify. |
| 20-Apr | Triathon | 2008 Pontevedra ITU Triathlon Premium European Cup | Pontevedra | ESP | ||
| 23-Apr | 30-Apr | Boxing | AIBA 2nd Americas Olympic Qualifying Tournament | Guatemala City | GUA | |
| 24-Apr | 27-Apr | Rowing | FISA Asian Olympic Qualification Regatta | Shanghai | CHN | |
| 25-Apr | 27-Apr | Canoe/Kayak Slalom | Olympic Qualification -- America | Charlotte | USA | 4 men and 1 women athlete quota places will qualify |
| 26-Apr | 4-May | Hockey | Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament | Victoria | CAN | NGOs occupying the top place will qualify. |
| 27-Apr | Triathon | 2008 Tongyeong BG Triathlon World Cup | Tongyeong | KOR | ||
| 27-Apr | Triathon | 2008 Ponce ITU Triathlon Pan American Cup -- PATCO Triathlon Central American and Caribbean Championships | Ponce | PUR | ||
| 27-Apr | 1-May | Weightlifting | Asian continental qualification event -- Kanazawa (JPN) | 5 NOCs; 7 athletes | ||
| 28-Apr | 3-May | Beach Volleyball (Men) | China Shanghai Jinshan Open | Shanghai | CHN | |
| 29-Apr | 4-May | Swimming | 5th FINA World Open Water Swimming Championships | Sevilla | ESP | The first 10 finalists from the 10km event will qualify |
| 29-Apr | 4-May | Beach Volleyball (Women) | China Shanghai Jinshan Open | Shanghai | CHN | |
| 30-Apr | Badminton | End of period for the BWF ranking list of 1 May 2008 | ||||
| April | July | Fencing | The Tripartite Commission to confirm, in writing, the allocation (if any) of the Invitation places to the NOCs | |||
| April | July | Tennis | The Tripartite Commission to confirm, in writing, the allocation (if any) of the Invitation places to the NOCs | |||
| April | July | Canoe / Kayak | The Tripartite Commission will confirm, in writing, the allocation of Invitation Places to the NOCs | |||
| April | July | Badminton | The Tripartite Commission to confirm, in writing, the allocation of the Invitation places to the NOCs | |||
| April | July | Judo | Final allocation of the Tripartite Commission Invitation places | |||
| April | July | Rowing | The Tripartite Commission will confirm, in writing, the allocation of Invitation places to the NOCs |
