Benin at the 2008 Summer Olympics - AbsoluteAstronomy.com

Benin
Benin
Benin , officially the Republic of Benin, is a country in West Africa. It borders Togo to the west, Nigeria to the east and Burkina Faso and Niger to the north. Its small southern coastline on the Bight of Benin is where a majority of the population is located...

sent a team to compete at the 2008 Summer Olympics
2008 Summer Olympics
The 2008 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXIX Olympiad, was a major international multi-sport event that took place in Beijing, China, from August 8 to August 24, 2008. A total of 11,028 athletes from 204 National Olympic Committees competed in 28 sports and 302 events...

in Beijing

Beijing

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, China

China

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. The country planned to send a party of ten along with five athletes to compete in three sports: athletics, swimming and taekwondo.

Athletics

Athlete	Events	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final	Rank
Athlete	Events	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Mathieu Gnanligo Mathieu Gnanligo Mathieu Gnanligo is a Beninese sprinter who specializes in the 400 metres. His personal best time is 45.88 seconds, achieved in the heats of the 2008 African Championships in Addis Ababa....	Men's 400 m Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Men's 400 metres -Round 1:The first round was held on 18 August. The first three runners of each heat plus the next three overall fastest runners qualified for the semifinals.-Heat 1:-Heat 2:-Heat 3:-Heat 4:-Heat 5:-Heat 6:-Heat 7:-Semifinal 1:...	47.10	7	Did not advance					49
Fabienne Feraez Fabienne Feraez Fabienne Feraez is a Beninese sprinter who specializes in the 200 metres. She switched nationality from her native France on August 12, 2003.-Achievements:-Personal bests:100 metres - 11.55 s 200 metres - 22.81 s...	Women's 200 m Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Women's 200 metres -Round 1:Qualification: First 4 in each heat ' and the next 8 fastest ' advance to the Round 2.-Round 2:Qualification: First 3 in each heat ' and the next 4 fastest ' advance to the Semifinals.-Semifinal 1:...	24.07	8	Did not advance					40

Swimming

Athlete	Events	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Events	Time	Position	Time	Position	Time	Position
Alois Dansou	Men's 50 m freestyle Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Men's 50 metre freestyle The following Olympic records were set during this competition.-Heat 1:-Heat 2:-Heat 3:-Heat 4:-Heat 5:-Heat 6:-Heat 7:-Heat 8:-Heat 9:-Heat 10:-Heat 11:-Heat 12:-Heat 13:-Semifinal 1:-Semifinal 2:-Final:...	24.54	62	Did not advance
Gloria Koussihouede Gloria Koussihouede Gloria Koussihouede, occasionally listed in results as "M. Koussihouede" is an Olympic swimmer from Benin. She swam at the 2004 and 2008 Olympics.-Results:*2004 Olympics: Women's 100 free, 1:30.90...	Women's 50 m freestyle	37.09	88	Did not advance

Taekwondo

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage Quarterfinals	Repechage Semifinals	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Moloïse Ogoudjobi	−58 kg Taekwondo at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Men's 58 kg -Repechage:...	L 2-4	Did not advance

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