The Games have expanded from a 42-event competition, with fewer than 250 men competing to including over 10,000 competitors of both genders from 202 nations. Organisers for the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing expect approximately 10,500 athletes to take part in the 302 events on the programme for the Games.The Athens 2004 games, for which organisers had also expected 10,500 competitors, drew a total of 11,099 in the 301 events offered.