2008 Summer Olympics / Participant (Vanuatu)

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Vanuatu took part in the 2008 Summer Olympics in the Chinese capital Beijing with threeathletes namedby the Vanuatu Association of Sports and National Olympic Committee (VASANOC), two women and one man.

The two track and field athletes Moses Kamut and Elis Lapenmal received a wild card for the 100 meter competitions because of their silver medals, which they won at the Pacific Mini Games in 2005 . Tommy got her starting place on the basis of a decision of a commission consisting of the World Table Tennis Federation and the International Olympic Committee .

Since 1988 it was the sixth participation of the island state in the Summer Olympics .

Flag bearer

Table tennis player Priscilla Tommy carried the Vanuatu flag during the opening ceremony.

Participants by sport

athletics

• Moses Kamut

  Men, 100 m: eliminated in the preliminary run

• Elis Lapenmal

  Women, 100 m: eliminated in the preliminary run

Table tennis

• Priscilla Tommy

  Women, singles: eliminated in the qualifying round

Web links

• Olympic team 2008 from Vanuatu in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )