2008 Summer Olympics / Participant (Afghanistan)
AFG
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Afghanistan participated inthe 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing . It was the 12th participation in the Summer Olympics. The Afghanistan National Olympic Committee nominated a total of 4 athletes in 2 sports.
The standard bearer at the opening ceremony was the Taekwondoin Nesar Ahmad Bahave .
Medals
Medal table
Medal table Algeria | |||||
space | sport | total | |||
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1 | Taekwondo | - | - | 1 | 1 |
Total | - | - | 1 | 1 |
Medalist
bronze
Surname | sport | competition |
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Rohullah Nikpai | Taekwondo | Men - class up to 58 kg |
Participants by sport
athletics
Running and walking
Athletes | competition | Round 1 | round 2 | Semifinals | final | rank | ||||
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time | rank | time | rank | time | rank | time | rank | |||
Men | ||||||||||
Massoud Azizi | 100 m | 11.45 s | 8th | eliminated | - | |||||
Women | ||||||||||
Robina Muqimyar | 100 m | 14.80 s | 8th | eliminated | - |
Taekwondo
Athletes | competition | Round of 16 | Quarter finals | Semifinals | Hope round semifinals |
Hope round final |
final | rank | ||||||
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opponent | Result | opponent | Result | opponent | Result | opponent | Result | opponent | Result | opponent | Result | |||
Men | ||||||||||||||
Rohullah Nikpai | Class up to 58 kg | Levent Tuncat GER |
4: 3 | Guillermo Pérez MEX |
1: 2 | eliminated | Michael Harvey GBR |
2: 1 | Juan Antonio Ramos ESP |
4: 1 | eliminated | 3 | ||
Nesar Ahmad Bahave | Class up to 68 kg | Mark López USA |
0: 3 | eliminated | Daniel Manz GER |
2: 1 | eliminated | - |
Web links
- 2008 Afghan Olympic Team in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )