Mauritius at the 2008 Summer Olympics

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Mauritius at the
2008 Summer Olympics
Flag of Mauritius.svg
IOC code MRI
NOC Mauritius Olympic Committee
in Beijing
Competitors12 in 7 sports
Flag bearer Stephan Buckland
Medals
Ranked 80th
Gold
0
Silver
0
Bronze
1
Total
1
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)

Mauritius competed in the 2008 Summer Olympics held in Beijing, People's Republic of China from August 8 to August 24, 2008. Bruno Julie won Mauritius's first ever medal (bronze) in boxing.

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Medalists

MedalNameSportEventDate
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Bruno Julie Boxing Bantamweight August 22

Archery

Mauritius sent archers to the Olympics for the third time, seeking the nation's first Olympic medal in the sport. The country was given one spot in the women's individual competition via Tripartite Commission invitation; Veronique D'Unienville will be Mauritius's representative. [1]

AthleteEventRanking roundRound of 64Round of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal / BM
ScoreSeedOpposition
Score		Opposition
Score		Opposition
Score		Opposition
Score		Opposition
Score		Opposition
Score		Rank
Veronique D'Unienville Women's individual 60553Flag of Mexico.svg  Román  (MEX) (12)
L 97–108		Did not advance

Athletics

Key
Men
Track & road events
AthleteEventHeatQuarterfinalSemifinalFinal
ResultRankResultRankResultRankResultRank
Stephan Buckland 200 m 20.983 Q20.37 SB5 q20.486Did not advance
Eric Milazar 400 m 46.067—Did not advance
Field events
AthleteEventQualificationFinal
DistancePositionDistancePosition
Arnaud Casquette Long jump DNSDid not advance
Women
Track & road events
AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinal
ResultRankResultRankResultRank
Annabelle Lascar 400 m 2:06.115Did not advance

Badminton

AthleteEventRound of 64Round of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalSemifinalFinal / BM
Opposition
Score		Opposition
Score		Opposition
Score		Opposition
Score		Opposition
Score		Opposition
Score		Rank
Karen Foo Kune Women's singles ByeFlag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Lu L  (CHN)
L 3–21, 1–7ret		Did not advance

Boxing

Mauritius qualified two boxers for the Olympic boxing tournament. Julie and Colin both earned spots at the second African qualifying tournament. [2] Bruno Julie is the first Olympic medalist for Mauritius since the nation began competing at the 1984 Summer Olympics. Julie secured a bronze medal with the quarterfinal victory over Venezuela's Héctor Manzanilla on August 18, 2008. [3]

AthleteEventRound of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Rank
Bruno Julie Bantamweight Flag of Lesotho.svg  Nketu  (LES)
W 17–8		Flag of Uzbekistan (3-2).svg  Tadjibayev  (UZB)
W 16–4		Flag of Venezuela.svg  Manzanilla  (VEN)
W 13–9		Flag of Cuba (3-2).svg  León  (CUB)
L 5–7		Did not advanceBronze medal icon.svg
Richarno Colin Light welterweight Flag of Brazil.svg  Carvalho  (BRA)
W 15–11		Flag of Russia.svg  Kovalev  (RUS)
L 2–11		Did not advance

Cycling

Road

AthleteEventTimeRank
Aurelie Halbwachs Women's road race 3:52:1162

Swimming

Men
AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinal
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Gael Adam 100 m freestyle 52.3557Did not advance
Women
AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinal
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Diane Etiennette 50 m freestyle 28.8363Did not advance

Weightlifting

AthleteEventSnatchClean & JerkTotalRank
ResultRankResultRank
Ravi Bhollah Men's −94 kg 125181501627516

References

  1. ↑ "FITA Olympic Qualification - Women" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-02-11. Retrieved 2008-05-14.
  2. ↑ "2nd AIBA African Olympic Boxing Qualification Tournament". Archived from the original on 2012-02-08. Retrieved 2008-05-15.
  3. ↑ "Coverage of 2018 Winter Games".
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