Tajikistan at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Tajikistan
Tajikistan
Tajikistan , officially the Republic of Tajikistan , is a mountainous landlocked country in Central Asia. Afghanistan borders it to the south, Uzbekistan to the west, Kyrgyzstan to the north, and China to the east....

competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics which was held in Beijing

Beijing

Beijing , also known as Peking , is the capital of the People's Republic of China and one of the most populous cities in the world, with a population of 19,612,368 as of 2010. The city is the country's political, cultural, and educational center, and home to the headquarters for most of China's...

, People's Republic of China

People's Republic of China

China , officially the People's Republic of China , is the most populous country in the world, with over 1.3 billion citizens. Located in East Asia, the country covers approximately 9.6 million square kilometres...

from August 8 to August 24, 2008. The country has sent thirteen competitors to the Games

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...

, who took part in five sports: boxing, judo, swimming, hammer throw and freestyle wrestling.

On August 11, Rasul Boqiev

Rasul Boqiev

Rasul Boqiev Rasul Boqiev Rasul Boqiev (also spelled as Rasul Bokiev (born 29 September 1982) is an Tajikistani judoka.He is considered one of the top athletes in Tajikistan and the world in judo under 73 kg...

won a bronze medal in judo

Judo at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Judo competitions at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing were held from August 9 to August 15 at the Beijing Science and Technology University Gymnasium....

by beating Kichun Wang of South Korea

South Korea at the 2008 Summer Olympics

South Korea competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, People's Republic of China. This is a list of all of the South Korean athletes who qualified for the Olympics and their results...

. This was Tajikistan's first Olympic medal ever.

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event
	Yusup Abdusalomov Yusup Abdusalomov Yusup Abdusalomov is a Tajik wrestler, who won a silver medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics.-Career:Having won the freestyle wrestling title in his weight category at the 2003 Asian championship, Abdusalomov made his Olympic debut at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens where he finished 9th overall...	Wrestling Wrestling at the 2008 Summer Olympics Wrestling competitions at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China, were held at the China Agricultural University Gymnasium from August 12–21, 2008. It was split into two disciplines, Freestyle and Greco-Roman which are further divided into different weight categories...	Men's freestyle 84 kg
	Rasul Boqiev Rasul Boqiev Rasul Boqiev Rasul Boqiev Rasul Boqiev (also spelled as Rasul Bokiev (born 29 September 1982) is an Tajikistani judoka.He is considered one of the top athletes in Tajikistan and the world in judo under 73 kg...	Judo Judo at the 2008 Summer Olympics Judo competitions at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing were held from August 9 to August 15 at the Beijing Science and Technology University Gymnasium....	Men's 73 kg

Archery

Women

Athlete	Event	Ranking Round		Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
Athlete	Event	Score	Seed	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Albina Kamaletdinova Albina Kamaletdinova Albina Kamaletdinova is an athlete from Tajikistan who competes in archery.-2008 Summer Olympics:At the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing Kamaletdinova finished her ranking round with a total of 547 points. This gave her the 63rd seed for the final competition bracket in which she faced Yun Ok-Hee...	Individual Archery at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Women's individual The following new world and Olympic records were set during this competition.-Ranking Round:-Finals:-Section 1:-Section 2:-Section 3:-Section 4:-Details:- External links :* *...	547	63	(2) L 102-109	Did not advance

Men

Athlete	Events	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Events	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Dilshod Nazarov Dilshod Nazarov Dilshod Nazarov is a Tajikistani athlete who specializes in the hammer throw. He has represented his country at the Olympic Games on two occasions...	Hammer throw Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Men's hammer throw -Qualifying round:Qualification: Qualifying Performance 78.00 or at least 12 best performers advance to the Final.-External links:...	75.35	5 q					76.54	9

Boxing

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Sherali Dostiev Sherali Dostiev Sherali Dostiev is a male boxer from Tajikistan...	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 ....	Hernandez Yampier Hernandez Yampier Hernández Gonzales is a Cuban boxer who has qualified for the 2008 Olympics at junior flyweight.-Boxing career:... (CUB Cuba at the 2008 Summer Olympics Cuba competed in the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, People's Republic of China. As of 8 August 2008, 165 Cuban athletes had qualified to compete in 16 sports. The country's flagbearer at the opening ceremony was wrestler Mijaín López.-Medalists:... ) L 12-1	Did not advance
Anvar Yunusov Anvar Yunusov Anvar Yunusov is an amateur boxer from Tajikistan best known to handle AsianGames winner Violito Payla his first ever stoppage defeat at the 2007 world championships...	Flyweight	W 9-1	W 12-6	L 1-8	Did not advance
Djakhon Kurbanov	Light heavyweight	Atoev Abbos Atoev Abbos Atoyev is an Uzbek amateur boxer best known for winning gold in the light heavyweight competition at the 2007 World Championships... (UZB Uzbekistan at the 2008 Summer Olympics Uzbekistan competed in the 2008 Summer Olympics held in Beijing, People's Republic of China from August 8 to August 24, 2008, with a team of 58 athletes.-Medalists:- Athletics:Men's decathlonWomen's heptathlon... ) W 11-3	Sivolija-Jelica (CRO) W 8-1	DSQ	Did not advance

Judo

Athlete	Event	Preliminary	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	First Repechage Round	Repechage Quarterfinals	Repechage Semifinals	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Rasul Bokiev	−73 kg		W 0210 - 0000	W 1000 - 0000	W 1110 - 0001	L 0001 - 0010				W 0011 - 0000
Sherali Bozorov	−81 kg	L 0010 - 0011	Did not advance
Negmatuillo Asranqulov	−90 kg	L 0000 - 0011	Did not advance

Shooting

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final		Rank
Athlete	Event	Score	Rank	Score	Rank	Rank
Sergey Babikov	10 m air pistol	574	31st	Did not advance		31st

Swimming

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Semiinal		Final	Rank
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Alisher Chingizov	Men's 50m 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:...	29.10	6	Did not advance			86
Katerina Izmaylova Katerina Izmailova (swimmer) Katerina Izmailova is a 2-time Olympic swimmer from Tajikistan. She competed for Tajikistan at the 2000 and 2008 Olympics.-References:...	Women's 50m freestyle	32.09	8	Did not advance			80

Weightlifting

Men

Athlete	Event	Snatch		Clean & Jerk		Total	Rank
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Total	Rank
Nizom Sangov	-69 kg Weightlifting at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Men's 69 kg The men's 69 kg weightlifting event was the third lightest men's event at the weightlifting competition, limiting competitors to a maximum of 69 kilograms of body mass. The competition took place between August 11 and 12 and was divided in three parts due to the large amount of competitors...	115	27	135	24	250	24

Wrestling

Men's Freestyle

Athlete	Event	Qualification	1/8 Final	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage Round 1	Repechage Round 2	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Vitalij Korjakin	−60 kg		L 3-6	Did not advance
Jousop Abdusalomov	−84 kg		W 8-0	W 7-0	W 4-0			L 3-9

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