Senegal at the 2008 Summer Olympics - AbsoluteAstronomy.com

Senegal
Senegal
Senegal , officially the Republic of Senegal , is a country in western Africa. It owes its name to the Sénégal River that borders it to the east and north...

competed 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...

held 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...

, People's Republic of China

People's Republic of China

China , officially the People's Republic of China , is the most populous country in the world, with over 1.3 billion citizens. Located in East Asia, the country covers approximately 9.6 million square kilometres...

from August 8 to August 24, 2008.

Athletics

Athlete	Events	Heat		Semifinal		Final	Rank
Athlete	Events	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Abdoulaye Wagne Abdoulaye Wagne Abdoulaye Wagne is a Senegalese Olympic athlete competing in the 800 meters with a personal best of 1'45"08....	Men's 800 metres Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Men's 800 metres -Results:All times shown are in seconds. The following abbreviations are used:* Q denotes qualification by place* q denotes qualification by time* DNS denotes did not start* DNF denotes did not finish* DQ denotes disqualification...	1:47.50	5			Did not advance
Ndiss Kaba Badji Ndiss Kaba Badji Ndiss Kaba Badji is a Senegalese athlete who competes in the long jump and triple jump. He is the Senegalese record holder for triple jump, with 17.07 metres achieved when he won the 2008 African Championships...	Men's long jump Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Men's long jump -Qualifying round:Qualifying Performance 8.15 or at least 12 best performers advance to the Final.-Final:DNS — Did Not StartNM — No Mark...	8,07	7			8,16	6
	Men's triple jump Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Men's triple jump -Qualifying round:Qualifying Performance 17.10 or at least 12 best performers advance to the Final.-Final:...	NM	38			Did not advance	38

Canoeing

Flatwater

Men

Athlete	Event	Heats		Semifinals		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Assane Dame Fall Assane Dame Fall Assane Dame Fall is a Senegalese sprint canoer who competed in the late 2000s. At the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, he was eliminated in the semifinals of the K-1 500 m event and the heats of the K-1 1000 m events.-References:*...	K-1 500 m	1:52.215	26	2:04.633	25	Did not advance
	K-1 1000 m	4:07.061	24	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Heats		Semifinals		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Khathia Ba Khathia Bâ Khathia Bâ is a Senegalese sprint canoer who competed in the late 2000s. At the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, she was eliminated in the heats of the K-1 500 m event.-References:*...	K-1 500 m	2:17.740	25th	Did not advance

Fencing

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score
Abdulaye Thiam	Individual sabre	L 15-10	Did not advance
Mamadou Keita Mamadou Keita Mamadou Keita is a sabre fencer from Senegal.He participated in the Beijing Olympics in 2008 and finished there in 29th place. He won in the tableau of 64 match versus Satoshi Ogawa , then lost in the round of 32 versus Rares Dumitrescu ....	Individual sabre	W 15-14	L15-7	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score
Nafi Toure	Individual sabre	L 15-7	Did not advance

Judo

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage Round 1	Repechage Quarterfinals	Repechage Semifinals	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Deguy Bathily Diegy	+100 kg	L 0010 / 0001	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage Round 1	Repechage Quarterfinals	Repechage Semifinals	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Hortanse Diedhiou	−52 kg		L 0010 / 0001	To Repechage		L 1001 / 0001	Did not advance
Cecile Hanne	−63 kg	L 1012 / 0000	Did not advance
Gisele Mendy	−70 kg	L 1000 / 0000	To Repechage			L 0201 / 0000	Did not advance

Swimming

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Semiinal		Final	Rank
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Malick Fall Malick Fall Malick Fall is a former Senegal international football forward.-Career:Born in Matam, Fall moved to France as a youth and played for several clubs in Ligue 2, including Amiens SC, SC Abbeville and Angers SCO....	Men's 100m breaststroke	1:02.51		Did not advance			48
Binta Zahra Diop	Women's 100m butterfly	1:04.26		Did not advance			47

Taekwondo

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage Quarterfinals	Repechage Semifinals	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Bineta Diedhiou Bineta Diedhiou Bineta Diedhiou is a Senegalese Taekwondo practitioner. She won the bronze medal in featherweight at the 2005 World Taekwondo Championships in Madrid. Diedhiou carried Senegal's flag at the 2008 Summer Olympics Opening Ceremony.-References:*...	−57 kg	W 1-0	L 3-0	Did not advance

Wrestling

Men's Freestyle

Athlete	Event	Qualification	1/8 Final	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage Round 1	Repechage Round 2	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Adama Diatta Adama Diatta Adama Diata is a male freestyle wrestler from Senegal. He participated in the Men's freestyle 55 kg at the 2008 Summer Olympics. In the round of 16, he lost to Tomohiro Matsunaga from Japan...	−55 kg	L F	To Repechage			L 101 / 010	Did not advance

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