BEIJING — Eager fans swarmed, and in some cases scuffled, as they lined up at sales windows today to get the final batch of tickets for next month's Olympics.

Scuffles broke out at one ticket site as officials opened additional sales windows, causing some fans to stampede ahead of others in a bid to buy some of the 250,000 tickets that went on sale throughout the city.

"It was so unfair," said Ji Liqiang, who waited for 28 hours with Wang Zhenqiang, a fellow businessman from eastern Shandong province for a chance to buy tickets to the diving competition.

"Those who came late but were able to push forward got the tickets," he said.

The two lost their place in line in the scramble and instead of tickets to the diving — where China is a gold-medal favorite — they ended up with tickets to the synchronized swimming.

"It was very dangerous. I was afraid," Wang said. "People got hurt around me. They fell and injured their knees and elbows. A barricade was bent out of shape by the crowd."

The official Xinhua News Agency said 30,000 people lined up for tickets and some became impatient because of the hot weather and long wait. Police limited access to some areas to maintain order, it said.

By The Associated Press