全国体育传统项目学校,体育特色为排球、田径。1999级校友熊榆参加伦敦奥运会火炬传递。2010年7月盛夏,全国青少年女排锦标赛在重庆八中举行,经过5天激烈角逐,主场作战的重庆八中女排发挥出色,在U16级别夺得第五名,U14级别更是夺得了亚军。对于这个结果,重庆八中U14教练林建萍很开心:“首次参加这类全国大赛,我们队开始阶段有点不适应,但我们通过换人逐渐找到感觉,最终打出了主场队伍应有的气势, National Traditional Sports Schools, sports characteristics of volleyball, track and field. 1999 alumni Xiong Yu to attend the London Olympic torch relay. July 2010 Summer, the National Youth Volleyball Championships held in Chongqing eight, fierce competition for 5 days, the home of the eight women’s volleyball team played well in the U16 level won the fifth, U14 level even won the runner-up. For this result, I am very happy to have U14 coach Lin Chiping from eight-in-eight in Chongqing: ”For the first time in such a national competition, we did not adapt to the initial stage of our team. However, we gradually found the feeling through substitutions and finally played the momentum we should have at home.