2008 Summer Olympics / Participant (Suriname)
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Suriname was represented at the Olympic Games for the 11th time bytaking part in the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing . The first participation was in 1960. With Anthony Nesty, the flag bearer at the opening ceremony wasnot a current athlete, but the swimming legend of the country.
Participants by sport
athletics
Although Nieuwendam only turned 17 on August 26, two days after the Olympic Games, she was not the youngest participant in Oracles. Chinyere Pigot, a swimmer, is even younger; only three months before the tournament, on May 1st, she was 15 years old.
| discipline | Men | Women |
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| 100 meter sprint | Jurgen topics | |
| 200 meter sprint | Kirsten Nieuwendam |
swim
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Chinyere Pigot
- Women, 50 meter freestyle
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Gordon Touw Ngie Tjouw
- Men, 100 meter butterfly
Web links
- Surinamese Olympic team 2008 in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )
