| Luxembourg at the 2008 Summer Olympics | |
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| IOC code | LUX |
| NOC | Luxembourg Olympic and Sporting Committee |
| Website | www |
| in Beijing | |
| Competitors | 13 in 7 sports |
| Flag bearer | Raphaël Stacchiotti (opening) Sascha Palgen (closing) |
| Medals |
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| Summer Olympics appearances (overview) | |
Luxembourg sent a team to compete at the 2008 Summer Olympics , held in Beijing, People's Republic of China.
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kim Kirchen | Men's road race | 6:26:40 | 45 |
| Men's time trial | 1:06:29 | 23 | |
| Andy Schleck | Men's road race | 6:23:49 | 4 |
| Fränk Schleck | 6:26:27 | 42 |
| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Final | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apparatus | Total | Rank | Apparatus | Total | Rank | ||||||||||||
| F | PH | R | V | PB | HB | F | PH | R | V | PB | HB | ||||||
| Sascha Palgen | All-around | 15.200 | 13.000 | 14.325 | 15.725 | 14.225 | 13.600 | 86.075 | 37 | Did not advance | |||||||
| Athlete | Event | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Repechage 1 | Repechage 2 | Repechage 3 | Final / BM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank | ||
| Marie Müller | Women's −52 kg |  L 0000–0211 | Did not advance |  W 1001–0001 |  L 0001–0010 | Did not advance | ||||
| Athlete | Event | Race | Net points | Final rank | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | M* | ||||
| Marc Schmit | Laser | 30 | 39 | 25 | 35 | 30 | 35 | 40 | 33 | CAN | EL | 227 | 42 | |
M = Medal race; EL = Eliminated – did not advance into the medal race; CAN = Race cancelled;
| Athlete | Event | Heat | Semifinal | Final | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
| Laurent Carnol | 200 m breaststroke | 2:15.87 | 40 | Did not advance | |||
| Alwin de Prins | 100 m breaststroke | 1:03.64 | 51 | Did not advance | |||
| Raphaël Stacchiotti | 200 m freestyle | 1:42.01 | 49 | Did not advance | |||
| Athlete | Event | Heat | Semifinal | Final | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
| Christine Mailliet | 200 m freestyle | 2:02.91 | 39 | Did not advance | |||
| Athlete | Event | Preliminary round | Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 3 | Round 4 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final / BM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank | ||
| Ni Xialian | Women's singles | Bye |  W 4–1 |  L 1–4 | Did not advance | |||||
| Athlete | Event | Swim (1.5 km) | Trans 1 | Bike (40 km) | Trans 2 | Run (10 km) | Total Time | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dirk Bockel | Men's | 18:26 | 0:27 | 57:52 | 0:27 | 34:19 | 1:51:31.01 | 25 |
| Elizabeth May | Women's | 20:26 | 0:30 | 1:05:56 | 0:33 | 40:30 | 2:07:55.58 | 41 |
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