Tajikistan at the 2008 Summer Olympics

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Tajikistan at the
2008 Summer Olympics
Flag of Tajikistan.svg
IOC code TJK
NOC National Olympic Committee of the Republic of Tajikistan
Website www.olympic.tj  (in Tajik)
in Beijing
Competitors13 in 5 sports
Flag bearers Dilshod Nazarov (opening)
Yusup Abdusalomov (closing)
Medals
Ranked 64th
Gold
0
Silver
1
Bronze
1
Total
2
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
Other related appearances
Flag of Russia.svg  Russian Empire (1900–1912)
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union (1952–1988)
Olympic flag.svg  Unified Team (1992)

Tajikistan competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics which was held in Beijing, People's Republic of China from August 8 to August 24, 2008. The country has sent thirteen competitors to the Games, who took part in five sports: boxing, judo, swimming, hammer throw and freestyle wrestling. [1]

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On August 11, 2008, Rasul Boqiev won Tajikistan's first Olympic medal, a bronze in men's judo. [2] This was Tajikistan's first Olympic medal ever. [3]

Medalists

MedalNameSportEvent
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Yusup Abdusalomov Wrestling Men's freestyle 84 kg
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Rasul Boqiev Judo Men's 73 kg

Archery

AthleteEventRanking roundRound of 64Round of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal / BM
ScoreSeedOpposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank
Albina Kamaletdinova Women's individual 54763Flag of South Korea (1997-2011).svg  Yun O-H  (KOR) (2)
L 102–109
Did not advance

Athletics

Key
Men
AthleteEventQualificationFinal
DistancePositionDistancePosition
Dilshod Nazarov Hammer throw 75.3512 q76.5411
Women
AthleteEventQualificationFinal
DistancePositionDistancePosition
Galina Mityaeva Hammer throw 51.3847Did not advance

Boxing

AthleteEventRound of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Sherali Dostiev Light flyweight Flag of Cuba (3-2).svg  Hernández  (CUB)
L 1–12
Did not advance
Anvar Yunusov Flyweight Flag of South Africa.svg  Chauke  (RSA)
W 9–1
Flag of Brazil.svg  Vieira  (BRA)
W 12–6
Flag of Thailand.svg  Jongjohor  (THA)
L 1–8
Did not advance
Djakhon Kurbanov Light heavyweight Flag of Uzbekistan (3-2).svg  Atoev  (UZB)
W 11–3
Civil ensign of Croatia.svg  Šivolija  (CRO)
W 8–1
Flag of Kazakhstan (3-2).svg  Shynaliyev  (KAZ)
LDSQ
Did not advance

Judo

Men
AthleteEventPreliminaryRound of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsRepechage 1Repechage 2Repechage 3Final / BM
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Rasul Boqiev −73 kg Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.svg  Kibanza  (COD)
W 0210–0000
Flag of Ukraine.svg  Bilodid  (UKR)
W 1000–0000
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Si Rg  (CHN)
W 1110–0001
Flag of South Korea (1997-2011).svg  Wang K-C  (KOR)
L 0001–0010
ByeFlag of Belgium (civil).svg  van Tichelt  (BEL)
W 0011–0000
Bronze medal icon.svg
Sherali Bozorov −81 kg Flag of Togo.svg  Denanyoh  (TOG)
L 0010–0011
Did not advance
Nematullo Asranqulov −90 kg Flag of Azerbaijan (1991-2013).svg  Mammadov  (AZE)
L 0000–0011
Did not advance

Shooting

Men
AthleteEventQualificationFinal
PointsRankPointsRank
Sergey Babikov 10 m air pistol 57431Did not advance

Swimming

Men
AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinal
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Alisher Chingizov 50 m freestyle 29.1086Did not advance
Women
AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinal
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Katerina Izmaylova 50 m freestyle 32.0980Did not advance

Weightlifting

AthleteEventSnatchClean & JerkTotalRank
ResultRankResultRank
Nizom Sangov Men's −69 kg 115271352425024

Wrestling

Key
Men's freestyle
AthleteEventQualificationRound of 16QuarterfinalSemifinalRepechage 1Repechage 2Final / BM
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Vitalij Korjakin −60 kg ByeFlag of Japan.svg  Yumoto  (JPN)
L 0–5 VT
Did not advance15
Yusup Abdusalomov −84 kg ByeFlag of Australia.svg  Kumar  (AUS)
W 3–0 PO
Flag of Ukraine.svg  Danko  (UKR)
W 3–0 PO
Flag of Turkey.svg  Balcı  (TUR)
W 3–0 PO
ByeFlag of Georgia.svg  Mindorashvili  (GEO)
L 1–3 PP
Silver medal icon.svg

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