From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Guinea at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Guinea at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Athlete Event Heats Semifinals Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Fatmata Fofanah[5] Women’s 100 m hurdles DNF[6] 87 Did not advance
Athlete Event Heats Semifinals Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Nabie Foday Fofanah[7] Men’s 200 m 21.68[8] Did not advance
Athlete Event Heats Semifinals Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Djene Barry[9] Women’s 50 m freestyle 39.80 89 Did not advance
Mamadou Cisse[10] Men’s 50 m freestyle 29.29 89 Did not advance
Guinea at the Olympic Games the use of Simplified Chinese stroke count, it was first af-
ter Greece in the Parade of Nations as it takes only two
strokes to write the first character—Guinea-Bissau fol-
lowed directly behind.
Athletics
Main article: Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Women
Flag of Guinea – Flag bearers Fatmata Fofanah, African Champion 100 m Hurdler,
IOC code GUI was much favoured going into her first qualifing heat.
Sadly, she fell at the first hurdle, and while uninjured,
NOC Comité National Olympique et Sportif was unable to finish.[4]
Guinéen
Men
At the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing
Competitors 5 in 3 sports Swimming
Flag bearer Fatmata Fofanah Main article: Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Medals Gold Silver Bronze Total
0 0 0 0
Olympic history (summary)
Taekwondo
Main articles: Taekwondo at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Summer Games
and Taekwondo at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Qualifi-
1968 • 1972 • 1976 • 1980 • 1984 • 1988 • 1992 • 1996 • 2000 • cation
2004 • 2008 • 2012 Women
Guinea sent a delegation of five athletes compete at the
2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China, which included References
Mariama Dalanda Barry in Taekwondo,[1] Fatmata Fo- [1] beijing2008.cn profile, accessed 2008-08-11
fanah (African champion in the Women’s 100m Hurdles), [2] Guinean team roster, 2008-08-11, Sports Illustrated.
Djene Barry and Mamadou Cisse in swimming, and Nabie [3] IAAF profile for Guinea at the 2008 Summer
Foday Fofanah in Athletics (who competed in the 200m Olympics
and 100m sprint in the 2004 Olympics).[2][3] Thanks to
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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Guinea at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Athlete Event Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Repechage Repechage Final
Quarterfinals Semifinals
Opposition Opposition Opposition Opposition Opposition Opposition
Result Result Result Result Result Result
Mariama Dalanda Barry −67 kg Fromm (GER) Did not advance
L 1-6
[4] Guinean falls at the first hurdle - literally. Reuters, [9] beijing2008.cn profile, accessed 2008-08-11
Sunday August 17, 2008 :: Heats, third round: 14 August 18:37
[5] beijing2008.cn profile, accessed 2008-08-11 beijing2008.cn, accessed 2008-08-11
[6] 100 m haies - femmes, 1er tour- 5e série Stade [10] beijing2008.cn profile, accessed 2008-08-11
National / dim. 17 août 2008 / Début 19:28. Did Not • Tout savoir sur les délégations africaines Jean-
Finish François Pérès, Radio France International 31 July
[7] beijing2008.cn profile, accessed 2008-08-11 2008
[8] Résultats 200 m - hommes, 1er tour - 6e série Stade
National / lun. 18 août 2008 / Début:10:40
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