Yemen

Yemen

The Republic of Yemen , commonly known as Yemen , is a country located in the Middle East, occupying the southwestern to southern end of the Arabian Peninsula. It is bordered by Saudi Arabia to the north, the Red Sea to the west, and Oman to the east....

competed 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

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...

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Athletics

Neither Yemeni runner managed to qualify out of their opening heats, though Waseelah Saad

Waseelah Saad

Waseelah Fadhl Saad is a track and field sprint athlete who competes internationally for Yemen.Saad represented Yemen at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. She competed at the 100 metres sprint and placed seventh in her heat without advancing to the second round. She ran the distance in a time...

 set a new national record in the women's 100 metres.

Athlete	Events	Round 1		Round 2		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Mohammed Al-Yafaee Mohammed Al-Yafaee Mohammed Al-Yafaee is an athlete from Yemen. He ran the 800 metres in the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China, and was the flag-bearer for his nation during the opening ceremonies of those games.-References:...	Men's 800m 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...	1:54.82	56			→ Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Events	Round 1		Round 2		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Waseelah Saad Waseelah Saad Waseelah Fadhl Saad is a track and field sprint athlete who competes internationally for Yemen.Saad represented Yemen at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. She competed at the 100 metres sprint and placed seventh in her heat without advancing to the second round. She ran the distance in a time...	Women's 100m 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...	13.60	78	→ Did not advance

Artistic

Nashwan Al-Harazi

Nashwan Al-Harazi

Nashwan Al-Harazi is a Yemeni gymnast. Nashwan was born on November 29, 1986, in Sana'a, the capital city of Yemen. He is one of the best gymnasts in Yemen and has got many silver and golden international medals. Also, Nashwan al-Harazi became the first Yemeni gymnast to compete in the Olympics...

 completed routines on three of the six apparatus, with his best showing on vault, where he was 60th with his first attempt. He did attempt to qualify for the vault final by taking a second attempt, but ended up in last place in the 2-vault standings.

Men

Athlete	Event	Apparatus						Qualification		Final
		Vault	Floor	Pommel horse	Rings	Parallel bars	Horizontal bar	Total	Rank	Total	Rank
Nashwan Al-Harazi Nashwan Al-Harazi Nashwan Al-Harazi is a Yemeni gymnast. Nashwan was born on November 29, 1986, in Sana'a, the capital city of Yemen. He is one of the best gymnasts in Yemen and has got many silver and golden international medals. Also, Nashwan al-Harazi became the first Yemeni gymnast to compete in the Olympics...	All-around	15.400 15.250	13.250	12.525				41.175	81	Did not advance

Italicized vault scores represent two vault attempts to qualify for the event final.

Judo

Yemen's lone judoka in Beijing lost his first round match and was eliminated.

Men

Athlete	Event	Preliminary	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	Opposition Result
Ali Khousrof	−60 kg		L 0000 / 0200	Did not advance

Swimming

The only swimmer representing Yemen in Beijing failed to advance from the heats.

Men

Athlete	Events	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Abdulsalam Al Gadabi Abdulsalam Al Gadabi Abdulsalam Al-Gadabi is an Olympic swimmer from Yemen. He swam for Yemen at the 2008 Olympics, whereHe also swam at the 2007 World Championships in Melbourne....	50 m freestyle Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Men's 50 metre freestyle The following Olympic records were set during this competition.-Heat 1:-Heat 2:-Heat 3:-Heat 4:-Heat 5:-Heat 6:-Heat 7:-Heat 8:-Heat 9:-Heat 10:-Heat 11:-Heat 12:-Heat 13:-Semifinal 1:-Semifinal 2:-Final:...	30.63	94	→ Did not advance