Papua New Guinea

Papua New Guinea

Papua New Guinea , officially the Independent State of Papua New Guinea, is a country in Oceania, occupying the eastern half of the island of New Guinea and numerous offshore islands...

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's participation, in part, was funded by a large "nationwide fun run" organised in early July, with expectations of 35,000 participating runners. Papua New Guinea was represented by a total of seven athletes.

Athletics

Athlete	Events	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final	Rank
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result
Mae Koime Mae Koime Mae Koime is a Papua New Guinean sprinter.Described as "the fastest ever female sprinter in Papua New Guinea", as Papua New Guinea's "star sprinter", and as Oceania's "fastest woman", Koime has represented her country at the 2004 Summer Olympics, the 2006 Commonwealth Games, and the 2003, 2005 and...	Women's 100 m Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Women's 100 metres -Results:All times shown are in seconds. The following abbreviations are used:* Q denotes qualification by place* q denotes qualification by time* PB denotes personal best* SB denotes season best* NR denotes national record...	11.68	6	Did not advance					44
Mowen Boino	Men's 400 m hurdles Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Men's 400 metre hurdles -Round 1:-Semifinal 1:-Semifinal 2:-Final:...	51.47	6	Did not advance					=23

Boxing

Papua New Guinea qualified one boxer for the Olympic boxing tournament. Jack Willie

Jack Willie

Jack Willie is an amateur boxer from Papua New Guinea who won the Oceania Championships 2006, 2007 and 2008 at Junior Flyweight and qualified for the 2008 Summer Olympics....

 qualified in the light flyweight class at the Oceania Championships.

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Jack Willie Jack Willie Jack Willie is an amateur boxer from Papua New Guinea who won the Oceania Championships 2006, 2007 and 2008 at Junior Flyweight and qualified for the 2008 Summer Olympics....	Light flyweight Boxing at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Light flyweight The Light Flyweight class in the boxing at the 2008 Summer Olympics competition is the lightest class. Light flyweights were limited to those boxers weighing less than 48 kilograms ....	L 2-14	Did not advance

Swimming

Ryan Pini

Ryan Pini

Ryan John Pini is a 2-time Olympic swimmer from Papua New Guinea. He swam for PNG at the 2004 and 2008 Olympics; also serving as the PNG flagbearer in 2008...

 participated in the men's 100 butterfly finals.

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Semiinal		Final	Rank
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time
Ryan Pini Ryan Pini Ryan John Pini is a 2-time Olympic swimmer from Papua New Guinea. He swam for PNG at the 2004 and 2008 Olympics; also serving as the PNG flagbearer in 2008...	Men's 100m butterfly	52.00	14	51.62	8	51.86	8
	Men's 100m freestyle	49.72	4	Did not advance			39
	Men's 200m freestyle	1:49.04		Did not advance			32
Anna-Liza Mopio Jane	Women's 50m freestyle	26.47	2	Did not advance			43

Taekwondo

Theresa Tona qualified to represent Papua New Guinea in the women's 49kg division.

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Theresa Tona	−49 kg	L 5-0	Did not advance

Weightlifting

Dika Toua

Dika Toua

Dika Loa Toua is a Papua New Guinean weightlifter.She was the first woman ever to lift weight at the Olympic Games, competing in the 48kg category at the Sydney Olympics in 2000. She finished sixth in the women's 53 kg weight class at the 2004 Summer Olympics, lifting a total of 177.5 kg...

 qualified to compete in the women's 53kg event.

Women

Athlete	Event	Snatch		Clean & Jerk		Total	Rank
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Dika Toua Dika Toua Dika Loa Toua is a Papua New Guinean weightlifter.She was the first woman ever to lift weight at the Olympic Games, competing in the 48kg category at the Sydney Olympics in 2000. She finished sixth in the women's 53 kg weight class at the 2004 Summer Olympics, lifting a total of 177.5 kg...	-53 kg Weightlifting at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Women's 53 kg The women's 53 kg weightlifting event was the second lightest women's event at the weightlifting competition, limiting competitors to a maximum of 53 kilograms of body mass. The whole competition took place on August 10 at 15:30...	80	8	104	7	184	8