Papua New Guinea at the 2008 Summer Olympics
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Papua New Guinea
Papua New Guinea
Papua New Guinea , officially the Independent State of Papua New Guinea, is a country in Oceania, occupying the eastern half of the island of New Guinea and numerous offshore islands...

sent a team to compete at 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
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, China
China
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. The country's participation, in part, was funded by a large "nationwide fun run" organised in early July, with expectations of 35,000 participating runners. Papua New Guinea was represented by a total of seven athletes.

Athletics

Athlete Events Heat Quarterfinal Semifinal Final Rank
Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank Result
Mae Koime
Mae Koime
Mae Koime is a Papua New Guinean sprinter.Described as "the fastest ever female sprinter in Papua New Guinea", as Papua New Guinea's "star sprinter", and as Oceania's "fastest woman", Koime has represented her country at the 2004 Summer Olympics, the 2006 Commonwealth Games, and the 2003, 2005 and...

Women's 100 m
Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Women's 100 metres
-Results:All times shown are in seconds. The following abbreviations are used:* Q denotes qualification by place* q denotes qualification by time* PB denotes personal best* SB denotes season best* NR denotes national record...

11.68 6 Did not advance 44
Mowen Boino Men's 400 m hurdles
Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Men's 400 metre hurdles
-Round 1:-Semifinal 1:-Semifinal 2:-Final:...

51.47 6 Did not advance =23

Boxing

Papua New Guinea qualified one boxer for the Olympic boxing tournament. Jack Willie
Jack Willie
Jack Willie is an amateur boxer from Papua New Guinea who won the Oceania Championships 2006, 2007 and 2008 at Junior Flyweight and qualified for the 2008 Summer Olympics....

 qualified in the light flyweight class at the Oceania Championships.
Athlete Event Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Jack Willie
Jack Willie
Jack Willie is an amateur boxer from Papua New Guinea who won the Oceania Championships 2006, 2007 and 2008 at Junior Flyweight and qualified for the 2008 Summer Olympics....

Light flyweight
Boxing at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Light flyweight
The Light Flyweight class in the boxing at the 2008 Summer Olympics competition is the lightest class. Light flyweights were limited to those boxers weighing less than 48 kilograms ....


L 2-14
Did not advance

Swimming

Ryan Pini
Ryan Pini
Ryan John Pini is a 2-time Olympic swimmer from Papua New Guinea. He swam for PNG at the 2004 and 2008 Olympics; also serving as the PNG flagbearer in 2008...

 participated in the men's 100 butterfly finals.
Athlete Event Qualification Semiinal Final Rank
Time Rank Time Rank Time
Ryan Pini
Ryan Pini
Ryan John Pini is a 2-time Olympic swimmer from Papua New Guinea. He swam for PNG at the 2004 and 2008 Olympics; also serving as the PNG flagbearer in 2008...

Men's 100m butterfly 52.00 14 51.62 8 51.86 8
Men's 100m freestyle 49.72 4 Did not advance 39
Men's 200m freestyle 1:49.04 Did not advance 32
Anna-Liza Mopio Jane Women's 50m freestyle 26.47 2 Did not advance 43

Taekwondo

Theresa Tona qualified to represent Papua New Guinea in the women's 49kg division.

Women
Athlete Event Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Repechage
Semifinals
Final
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Theresa Tona −49 kg
L 5-0
Did not advance

Weightlifting

Dika Toua
Dika Toua
Dika Loa Toua is a Papua New Guinean weightlifter.She was the first woman ever to lift weight at the Olympic Games, competing in the 48kg category at the Sydney Olympics in 2000. She finished sixth in the women's 53 kg weight class at the 2004 Summer Olympics, lifting a total of 177.5 kg...

 qualified to compete in the women's 53kg event.

Women
Athlete Event Snatch Clean & Jerk Total Rank
Result Rank Result Rank
Dika Toua
Dika Toua
Dika Loa Toua is a Papua New Guinean weightlifter.She was the first woman ever to lift weight at the Olympic Games, competing in the 48kg category at the Sydney Olympics in 2000. She finished sixth in the women's 53 kg weight class at the 2004 Summer Olympics, lifting a total of 177.5 kg...

-53 kg
Weightlifting at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Women's 53 kg
The women's 53 kg weightlifting event was the second lightest women's event at the weightlifting competition, limiting competitors to a maximum of 53 kilograms of body mass. The whole competition took place on August 10 at 15:30...

80 8 104 7 184 8
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