Bahrain at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Bahrain competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China. The country sent a total of 15 competitors to the Games, competing in athletics, swimming and shooting,.[1] This constituted Bahrain's largest Olympic delegation to date.[2] Among the country's representatives is Maryam Yusuf Jamal, reigning world champion in the women's 1,500 metre run.[3] Rakia Al Gassra was the country's flagbearer at the Games' opening ceremony.[2] In athletics, Rashid Ramzi was originally awarded the gold medal in men's 1,500 meters (Bahrain's first Olympic medal) but it was later stripped due to doping violation.[4]
Athletics
- Key
- Note–Ranks given for track events are within the athlete's heat only
- Q = Qualified for the next round
- q = Qualified for the next round as a fastest loser or, in field events, by position without achieving the qualifying target
- NR = National record
- N/A = Round not applicable for the event
- Bye = Athlete not required to compete in round
- Men
* Rashid Ramzi was originally awarded the gold medal in men's 1,500 meters (Bahrain's first Olympic medal) but it was later stripped due to doping violation.[4]
- Women
Shooting
Salman Zaman will be the country's only representative in shooting.[2]
- Men
Swimming
Bahrain will be represented by two swimmers at the Beijing Games.[2]
- Men
- Women
References
- ↑ Bahrain Athletes Bound for Beijing, (U.S.) Embassy of the Kingdom of Bahrain; published 2008-07-30, retrieved 2009-07-09.
- 1 2 3 4 "Bahrain gear up for Games", Gulf Daily News, August 1, 2008
- ↑ "Record Bahrain team for Games", Gulf Daily News, April 29, 2008
- 1 2 ", IOC website, retrieved 2009-11-19, 2009
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