Tunisia at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Tunisia at the
2008 Summer Olympics
Tunisia at the; 2008 Summer Olympics
IOC code	TUN
NOC	Tunisian Olympic Committee
Website	www.cnot.org.tn (in French)
in Beijing
Competitors	28 in 10 sports
Flag bearer	Anis Chedly
Medals ; Ranked 52nd	Gold1Silver0Bronze0Total1
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Last updated September 11, 2025

Tunisia competed in the 2008 Summer Olympics held in Beijing, People's Republic of China from August 8 to August 24, 2008. The country was represented by 28 athletes competing in 10 sports.^[1]

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event
Gold	Oussama Mellouli	Swimming	Men's 1500 m freestyle

Athletics

Key

Note – Ranks given for track events are within the athlete's heat only
Q = Qualified for the next round
q = Qualified for the next round as a fastest loser or, in field events, by position without achieving the qualifying target
NR = National record
N/A = Round not applicable for the event
Bye = Athlete not required to compete in round

Men
Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank
Hatem Ghoula	20 km walk	1:23:44	27
Hatem Ghoula	50 km walk	4:03:47	33
Hassanine Sebei	20 km walk	1:25:23	34

Women
Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Habiba Ghribi	3000 m steeplechase	9:25.50 NR	5 q	9:36.43	13

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Leila Ben Youssef	Pole vault	4.00	32	Did not advance

Boxing

Tunisia qualified five boxers for the Olympic boxing tournament. All five boxers qualified at the first African qualifier.^[2]

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Walid Cherif	Flyweight	Sutherland (AUS) W 14–2	Lee O-S (KOR) W 11–5	Picardi (ITA) L 5-7	Did not advance
Alaa Shili	Featherweight	Gratschow (GER) W 14–5	Santos (MEX) L 2–14	Did not advance
Saifeddine Nejmaoui	Lightweight	Tishchenko (RUS) L 2–10	Did not advance
Hamza Hassini	Light welterweight	Sepahvand (IRI) L 4–16	Did not advance
Mourad Sahraoui	Light heavyweight	Zhang Xp (CHN) L 1–3	Did not advance

Cycling

Road

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Rafâa Chtioui	Men's road race	7:03:04	87

Fencing

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Ines Boubakri	Individual foil	Luan (CAN) L 9–13	Did not advance
Azza Besbes	Individual sabre	Chetty (RSA) W 15–2	Perrus (FRA) W 15–11	Ovtchinnikova (CAN) W 15–12	Ward (USA) L 14–15	Did not advance

Judo

Men

Athlete	Event	Preliminary	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Repechage 3	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Youssef Badra	−81 kg	Mrvaljević (MNE) L 0010–0020	Did not advance
Anis Chedly	+100 kg	Bye	Riner (FRA) L 0000–0010	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Repechage 3	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Chahnez M'barki	−48 kg	Lusnikova (UKR) L 0000–0221	Did not advance
Nesria Jelassi	−57 kg	Bye	Lupetey (CUB) W 1000–0000	Pekli (AUS) L 0000–1011	Did not advance	Bye	Baczkó (HUN) L 0000–1011	Did not advance
Houda Miled	−78 kg	Bye	Possamaï (FRA) L 0012–1010	Did not advance
Nihal Chikhrouhou	+78 kg	Chalá (ECU) W 1000–0000	Kim N-Y (KOR) L 0001–0011	Did not advance

Swimming

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Oussama Mellouli	200 m freestyle	1:47.97	19	Did not advance
	400 m freestyle	3:44.54	7 Q	—		3:43.45 AF	5
	1500 m freestyle	14:47.76	6 Q	—		14:40.84 AF

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Maroua Mathlouthi	200 m individual medley	DNS		Did not advance
Maroua Mathlouthi	400 m individual medley	DNS		—		Did not advance

Taekwondo

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Bronze Medal	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Khaoula Ben Hamza	Women's +67 kg	Espinoza (MEX) L 0–4	Did not advance		Kedzierska (SWE) L 4–5	Did not advance

Tennis

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Selima Sfar	Women's singles	Wozniacki (DEN) L 4–6, 1–6	Did not advance

Weightlifting

Athlete	Event	Snatch		Clean & Jerk		Total	Rank
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Total	Rank
Khalil El Maoui	Men's −56 kg	126	7	~~142~~	DNF	126	DNF
Hanene Ourfelli	Women's −63 kg	80	16	95	15	175	15

Wrestling

Key

VT - Victory by Fall.
PP - Decision by Points - the loser with technical points.
PO - Decision by Points - the loser without technical points.

Men's freestyle

Athlete	Event	Qualification	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Adnan Rhimi	−84 kg	Bye	Yenokyan (ARM) L 1–3 ^PP	Did not advance					18

Men's Greco-Roman

Athlete	Event	Qualification	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Haykel Achouri	−84 kg	Bye	Gadabadze (AZE) L 0–3 ^PO	Did not advance					20

Women's freestyle

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Marwa Amri	−55 kg	Rentería (COL) L 1–3 ^PP	Did not advance					14

References

↑ "JO-2008 : participation de 27 athlètes tunisiens" Archived 2008-08-24 at the Wayback Machine , Xinhua, July 3, 2008
↑ 1st AIBA African Olympic Boxing Qualification Tournament

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[1] "JO-2008 : participation de 27 athlètes tunisiens" Archived 2008-08-24 at the Wayback Machine , Xinhua, July 3, 2008

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