Tajikistan at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Tajikistan at the
2008 Summer Olympics
IOC codeTJK
NOCNational Olympic Committee of the Republic of Tajikistan
Websitewww.olympic.tj (in Tajik)
in Beijing
Competitors13 in 5 sports
Flag bearers Dilshod Nazarov (opening)
Yusup Abdusalomov (closing)
Medals
Ranked 64th
Gold
0
Silver
1
Bronze
1
Total
2
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
Other related appearances
 Russian Empire (1900–1912)
 Soviet Union (1952–1988)
 Unified Team (1992)

Tajikistan competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics which was held in Beijing, People's Republic of China from August 8 to August 24, 2008. The country has sent thirteen competitors to the Games, who took part in five sports: boxing, judo, swimming, hammer throw and freestyle wrestling.[1]

On August 11, 2008, Rasul Boqiev won Tajikistan's first Olympic medal, a bronze in men's judo.[2] This was Tajikistan's first Olympic medal ever.[3]

  1. ^ "Tajikistan ambassador expects "high-level" Beijing Olympics", Xinhua, July 7, 2008
  2. ^ "Medallists - the official website of the BEIJING 2008 Olympic Games". Archived from the original on 2008-08-15. Retrieved 2008-08-11.
  3. ^ "Tajikistan Historical Medal Tracker - 2008 Olympics - SI.com". sportsillustrated.cnn.com. Archived from the original on 2011-06-22.

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