Samoa at the 2008 Summer Olympics

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Samoa at the
2008 Summer Olympics
Flag of Samoa.svg
IOC code SAM
NOC Samoa Association of Sports and National Olympic Committee Inc.
Website www.oceaniasport.com/samoa
in Beijing
Competitors6 in 5 sports
Flag bearers Ele Opeloge (opening)
Aunese Curreen (closing)
Medals
Ranked 70th
Gold
0
Silver
1
Bronze
0
Total
1
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)

Samoa sent a delegation to compete at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China. The country was represented by a total of six athletes. [1] The country's flagbearer during the Games' opening ceremony was weightlifter Ele Opeloge. [2] Samoa won its first Olympic medal due to medals reallocation after the IOC's retesting of doping samples in 2016.

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Medalists

MedalNameSportEventDate
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Ele Opeloge Weightlifting Women's +75 kg August 16

Archery

Samoa sent an archer to the Olympics for the first time. Joseph Muaausa earned the nation's first Olympic archery qualifying spot, in the men's competition, by placing second in the 2008 Oceanian championship. [3]

AthleteEventRanking roundRound of 64Round of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal / BM
ScoreSeedOpposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank
Joseph Muaausa Men's individual 56364Flag of Mexico.svg  Serrano  (MEX) (1)
L 88–116
Did not advance

Athletics

Aunese Curreen set a national record in the men's 800 metres, with a time of 1:47.45. [4]

Men
AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinal
ResultRankResultRankResultRank
Aunese Curreen 800 m 1:47.45 NR 6Did not advance
Women
AthleteEventQualificationFinal
DistancePositionDistancePosition
Serafina Akeli Javelin throw 49.2649Did not advance
Key

Boxing

Samoa qualified one boxer for the Olympic boxing tournament. Satupaitea Farani Tavui earned Oceania's qualifying spot in the light heavyweight class by winning the Oceanian continental qualifying tournament. [5] Tavui lost his first match against Croatia's Marijo Šivolija, being eliminated by knockout. He had to be taken to hospital. [6]

AthleteEventRound of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Satupaitea Farani Tavui Light heavyweight Civil ensign of Croatia.svg  Šivolija  (CRO)
LRSC
Did not advance

Canoeing

Sprint

AthleteEventHeatsSemifinalsFinal
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Rudolph Berking-Williams Men's K-1 500 m 1:47.8398 QSDNSDid not advance
Men's K-1 1000 m 4:00.7847 QS4:04.6589Did not advance

Qualification Legend: QS = Qualify to semi-final; QF = Qualify directly to final

Weightlifting

AthleteEventSnatchClean & JerkTotalRank
ResultRankResultRank
Ele Opeloge [7] Women's +75 kg 11921503269Silver medal icon.svg

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