Fiji

Fiji

Fiji , officially the Republic of Fiji , is an island nation in Melanesia in the South Pacific Ocean about northeast of New Zealand's North Island...

sent a team to compete in the 2008 Summer Olympics

2008 Summer Olympics

The 2008 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXIX Olympiad, was a major international multi-sport event that took place in Beijing, China, from August 8 to August 24, 2008. A total of 11,028 athletes from 204 National Olympic Committees competed in 28 sports and 302 events...

in Beijing

Beijing

Beijing , also known as Peking , is the capital of the People's Republic of China and one of the most populous cities in the world, with a population of 19,612,368 as of 2010. The city is the country's political, cultural, and educational center, and home to the headquarters for most of China's...

, China

China

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. The country's flagbearer during the Games' opening ceremony was female sprinter Makelesi Bulikiobo

Makelesi Bulikiobo

Makelesi Bulikiobo Batimala is a Fiji Islands sprinter.- Biography :Nicknamed the "Sprint Queen" by the Fiji Times and Fiji Village, she has represented her country in several international competitions, including the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens. She won four gold medals at the 2003 South...

. Fiji was represented by a total of six athletes.

30px Athletics

Men

Athlete	Event	Heats		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Niko Verekauta Niko Verekauta Niko Verekauta is a Fiji Islands sprinter. He represented Fiji in the 400m sprint at 2006 Commonwealth Games and the 400m sprint at the 2008 Summer Olympics. He also won five gold medals at the Mini South Pacific Games in 2009.-External links:...	400 m Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Men's 400 metres -Round 1:The first round was held on 18 August. The first three runners of each heat plus the next three overall fastest runners qualified for the semifinals.-Heat 1:-Heat 2:-Heat 3:-Heat 4:-Heat 5:-Heat 6:-Heat 7:-Semifinal 1:...	46.32 SB	40	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Heats		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Makelesi Bulikiobo Makelesi Bulikiobo Makelesi Bulikiobo Batimala is a Fiji Islands sprinter.- Biography :Nicknamed the "Sprint Queen" by the Fiji Times and Fiji Village, she has represented her country in several international competitions, including the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens. She won four gold medals at the 2003 South...	400 m	52.24 SB	24	Did not advance

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Sisilia Nasiga

Sisilia Nasiga

Sisilia Nasiga Rasokisoki is a Fiji Islander judoka.Nasiga competed at the 2002 Commonwealth Games in Manchester, where she won bronze in the women's 70 kg. She has won gold at both the South Pacific Games and the South Pacific Judo Championships...

 will represent Fiji in judo.

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	First Repechage Round	Repechage Quarterfinals	Repechage Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Sisilia Nasiga Sisilia Nasiga Sisilia Nasiga Rasokisoki is a Fiji Islander judoka.Nasiga competed at the 2002 Commonwealth Games in Manchester, where she won bronze in the women's 70 kg. She has won gold at both the South Pacific Games and the South Pacific Judo Championships...	−70 kg	L 1000-0000	Did not advance			L 1001-0000	Did not advance

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Glenn Kable

Glenn Kable

Glenn Kable is a Fijian sport shooter who specializes in the trap.Controversially omitted from the Australian Olympic Team in 2000 after winning the selection shoot and being a member of the current World Champion winning Men's Olympic Trap team from Tampere, Finland, in 1999...

 represented Fiji in shooting.

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final		Rank
		Score	Rank	Score	Total
Glenn Kable Glenn Kable Glenn Kable is a Fijian sport shooter who specializes in the trap.Controversially omitted from the Australian Olympic Team in 2000 after winning the selection shoot and being a member of the current World Champion winning Men's Olympic Trap team from Tampere, Finland, in 1999...	Trap	115	13	Did not advance		13

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Two of Fiji's top swimmers, Caroline Pickering Puamau

Caroline Pickering Puamau

Caroline Pickering Puamau is a 2-time Olympic and national record-holding swimmer from Fiji. She swam at the 1996 and 2000 Olympics; as well as at the 2002 Commonwealth Games in Manchester....

 and Rachel Ah Koy

Rachel Ah Koy

Rachel Ah Koy is a Fiji Islander swimmer.She competed in the 2002 Commonwealth Games, setting a national record in the women's 50 metres breaststroke, with a time of 34.99 sec. during the qualifiers, and a national record in the women's 100 m breaststroke heats, with a time of 1:17.33...

, declined to seek qualification, leaving Carl Probert

Carl Probert

Carl Harvie Probert is a 5-time Olympic swimmer and National Record holder from Fiji. He swam for Fiji at the 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004 and 2008 Olympics....

 as the only Fiji Islander swimmer seeking to qualify for the 2008 Games. Probert, who has taken part in every Summer Olympics since 1992

1992 Summer Olympics

The 1992 Summer Olympic Games, officially known as the Games of the XXV Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event celebrated in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, in 1992. The International Olympic Committee voted in 1986 to separate the Summer and Winter Games, which had been held in the same...

, subsequently qualified for the Beijing Games.

Athlete	Events	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Carl Probert Carl Probert Carl Harvie Probert is a 5-time Olympic swimmer and National Record holder from Fiji. He swam for Fiji at the 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004 and 2008 Olympics....	Men's 100 m freestyle	52.37	58	Did not advance

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Men

Athlete	Event	Snatch		Clean & Jerk		Total	Rank
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Josefa Vueti	-77 kg Weightlifting at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Men's 77 kg The men's 77 kg weightlifting event was the fourth lightest men's event at the weightlifting competition, limiting competitors to a maximum of 77 kilograms of body mass. The whole competition took place on August 13, but was divided in two parts due to the number of competitors. Group B...	124	26	155	23	279	23