Senegal at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Senegal joined the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, the capital of the People's Republic of China. The games took place from August 8 to August 24, 2008. Many athletes from Senegal took part in different sports, showing their skills. This was an important event for the country, as it let them compete with athletes from around the world.

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Senegal sent athletes to compete in running and road events, as well as field events, at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing.

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Abdoulaye Wagne	800 m	1:47.50	5	Did not advance

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Ndiss Kaba Badji	Long jump	8.07	7 Q	8.16	6
Ndiss Kaba Badji	Triple jump	NM	—	Did not advance

Canoeing

Main article: Canoeing at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Sprint

Qualification Legend: QS = Qualify to semi-final; QF = Qualify directly to final

Athlete	Event	Heats		Semifinals		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Assane Dame Fall	Men's K-1 500 m	1:52.215	5 QS	2:04.633	9	Did not advance
Assane Dame Fall	Men's K-1 1000 m	4:07.061	9	Did not advance
Khathia Ba	Women's K-1 500 m	2:17.740	9	Did not advance

Fencing

Main article: Fencing at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Senegal sent athletes to the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing to compete in fencing. The events were for both men and women.

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Abdoulaye Thiam	Individual sabre	Rogers (USA) L 10–15	Did not advance
Mamadou Keita	Individual sabre	Ogawa (JPN) W 15–14	Dumitrescu (ROU) L 7–15	Did not advance

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Nafi Toure	Individual sabre	González (CUB) L 7–15	Did not advance

Judo

Main article: Judo at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Senegal sent athletes to compete in judo at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing.

Athlete	Event	Preliminary	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Repechage 3	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Djegui Bathily	Men's +100 kg	Bye	McCormick (USA) L 0001–0010	Did not advance
Hortense Diédhiou	Women's −52 kg	—N/a	Bye	Haddad (ALG) L 0001–0010	Did not advance		Müller (LUX) L 0001–1001	Did not advance
Cécile Hane	Women's −63 kg	—N/a	Barreto (VEN) L 0000–1012	Did not advance
Gisèle Mendy	Women's −70 kg	—N/a	Böhm (GER) L 0000–1000	Did not advance			Smal (UKR) L 0000–0201	Did not advance

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Senegal sent swimmers to the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China. The athletes competed in events for both men and women.

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Malick Fall	100 m breaststroke	1:02.51	48	Did not advance

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Binta Zahra Diop	100 m butterfly	1:04.26	47	Did not advance

Taekwondo

Main article: Taekwondo at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Senegal sent athletes to compete in taekwondo at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. The event happened between August 8 and August 24, 2008. The athletes took part in matches to show their skills.

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Bronze Medal	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Bineta Diedhiou	Women's −57 kg	Nguyen (VIE) W 1–0	Calabrese (ITA) L 0–3	Did not advance

Wrestling

Main article: Wrestling at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Senegal sent athletes to compete in men's freestyle wrestling at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. The event had exciting matches where wrestlers from around the world showed their skills.

Athlete	Event	Qualification	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Adama Diatta	−55 kg	Matsunaga (JPN) L 0–5 ^VT	Did not advance			Akgül (TUR) L 1–3 ^PP	Did not advance		15