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Tajikistan joined the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, People's Republic of China, from August 8 to August 24, 2008. Thirteen athletes from Tajikistan competed in five sports: boxing, judo, swimming, hammer throw, and freestyle wrestling.
An exciting moment happened on August 11, 2008, when Rasul Boqiev won Tajikistan's first Olympic medal—a bronze in men's judo. This was a proud moment because it was the first Olympic medal ever won by Tajikistan.
Medalists
Tajikistan won its first Olympic medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China. On August 11, 2008, Rasul Boqiev earned a bronze medal in men's judo, a proud moment for the country.
| Medal | Name | Sport | Event |
|---|---|---|---|
 Silver | Yusup Abdusalomov | Wrestling | Men's freestyle 84 kg |
 Bronze | Rasul Boqiev | Judo | Men's 73 kg |
Archery
Main article: Archery at the 2008 Summer Olympics
| Athlete | Event | Ranking round | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final / BM | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | Seed | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank | ||
| Albina Kamaletdinova | Women's individual | 547 | 63 |  Yun O-H (KOR) (2)L 102–109 | Did not advance | |||||
Athletics
Main article: Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Tajikistan sent athletes to the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing to compete in Athletics. They joined both men's and women's events.
The results for the athletes are shown in the tables below.
| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Final | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Distance | Position | Distance | Position | ||
| Dilshod Nazarov | Hammer throw | 75.35 | 12 q | 76.54 | 11 |
| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Final | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Distance | Position | Distance | Position | ||
| Galina Mityaeva | Hammer throw | 51.38 | 47 | Did not advance | |
Boxing
Main article: Boxing at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Tajikistan sent boxers to the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China. They were part of the team for their country in this sport.
| Athlete | Event | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank | ||
| Sherali Dostiev | Light flyweight |  Hernández (CUB)L 1–12 | Did not advance | ||||
| Anvar Yunusov | Flyweight |  Chauke (RSA)W 9–1 |  Vieira (BRA)W 12–6 |  Jongjohor (THA)L 1–8 | Did not advance | ||
| Djakhon Kurbanov | Light heavyweight |  Atoev (UZB)W 11–3 |  Šivolija (CRO)W 8–1 |  Shynaliyev (KAZ)L DSQ | Did not advance | ||
Judo
Main article: Judo at the 2008 Summer Olympics
On August 11, 2008, Rasul Boqiev won Tajikistan's first Olympic medal. He won a bronze medal in men's judo.
| Athlete | Event | Preliminary | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Repechage 1 | Repechage 2 | Repechage 3 | Final / BM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank | ||
| Rasul Boqiev | −73 kg | —N/a |  Kibanza (COD)W 0210–0000 |  Bilodid (UKR)W 1000–0000 |  Si Rg (CHN)W 1110–0001 | Wang K-C (KOR) L 0001–0010 | Bye |  van Tichelt (BEL)W 0011–0000 | | ||
| Sherali Bozorov | −81 kg |  Denanyoh (TOG)L 0010–0011 | Did not advance | ||||||||
| Nematullo Asranqulov | −90 kg | —N/a |  Mammadov (AZE)L 0000–0011 | Did not advance | |||||||
Shooting
Main article: Shooting at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Men
| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Final | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Points | Rank | Points | Rank | ||
| Sergey Babikov | 10 m air pistol | 574 | 31 | Did not advance | |
Swimming
Main article: Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Tajikistan had swimmers in the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. Both men and women competed, and their results are in tables.
| Athlete | Event | Heat | Semifinal | Final | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
| Alisher Chingizov | 50 m freestyle | 29.10 | 86 | Did not advance | |||
| Athlete | Event | Heat | Semifinal | Final | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
| Katerina Izmaylova | 50 m freestyle | 32.09 | 80 | Did not advance | |||
Weightlifting
Main article: Weightlifting at the 2008 Summer Olympics
| Athlete | Event | Snatch | Clean & Jerk | Total | Rank | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Result | Rank | Result | Rank | ||||
| Nizom Sangov | Men's −69 kg | 115 | 27 | 135 | 24 | 250 | 24 |
Wrestling
Main article: Wrestling at the 2008 Summer Olympics
In the 2008 Summer Olympics, athletes from Tajikistan competed in wrestling. The matches used different ways to decide the winner, such as winning by points or by a fall.
| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Round of 16 | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Repechage 1 | Repechage 2 | Final / BM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank | ||
| Vitalij Korjakin | −60 kg | Bye |  Yumoto (JPN)L 0–5 VT | Did not advance | 15 | ||||
| Yusup Abdusalomov | −84 kg | Bye |  Kumar (AUS)W 3–0 PO | Danko (UKR) W 3–0 PO |  Balcı (TUR)W 3–0 PO | Bye |  Mindorashvili (GEO)L 1–3 PP | | |
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