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2008" data-language-autonym="العربية" data-language-local-name="Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>العربية</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olympische_Sommerspiele_2008/Teilnehmer_(Irak)" title="Olympische Sommerspiele 2008/Teilnehmer (Irak) – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Olympische Sommerspiele 2008/Teilnehmer (Irak)" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irak_en_los_Juegos_Ol%C3%ADmpicos_de_Pek%C3%ADn_2008" title="Irak en los Juegos Olímpicos de Pekín 2008 – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Irak en los Juegos Olímpicos de Pekín 2008" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irak_aux_Jeux_olympiques_d%27%C3%A9t%C3%A9_de_2008" title="Irak aux Jeux olympiques d'été de 2008 – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Irak aux Jeux olympiques d'été de 2008" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iraq_ai_Giochi_della_XXIX_Olimpiade" title="Iraq ai Giochi della XXIX Olimpiade – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Iraq ai Giochi della XXIX Olimpiade" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ka mw-list-item"><a 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class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irak_op_de_Olympische_Zomerspelen_2008" title="Irak op de Olympische Zomerspelen 2008 – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Irak op de Olympische Zomerspelen 2008" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/2008%E5%B9%B4%E5%8C%97%E4%BA%AC%E3%82%AA%E3%83%AA%E3%83%B3%E3%83%94%E3%83%83%E3%82%AF%E3%81%AE%E3%82%A4%E3%83%A9%E3%82%AF%E9%81%B8%E6%89%8B%E5%9B%A3" title="2008年北京オリンピックのイラク選手団 – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="2008年北京オリンピックのイラク選手団" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a 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ئۆڵۆمپیادی ھاوینەی ٢٠٠٨ – Central Kurdish" lang="ckb" hreflang="ckb" data-title="عێراق لە ئۆڵۆمپیادی ھاوینەی ٢٠٠٨" data-language-autonym="کوردی" data-language-local-name="Central Kurdish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>کوردی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sr mw-list-item"><a href="https://sr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%98%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BA_%D0%BD%D0%B0_%D0%9B%D0%B5%D1%82%D1%9A%D0%B8%D0%BC_%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%BC%D0%BF%D0%B8%D1%98%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%BC_%D0%B8%D0%B3%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BC%D0%B0_2008." title="Ирак на Летњим олимпијским играма 2008. – Serbian" lang="sr" hreflang="sr" data-title="Ирак на Летњим олимпијским играма 2008." data-language-autonym="Српски / srpski" data-language-local-name="Serbian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Српски / srpski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fi mw-list-item"><a href="https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irak_kes%C3%A4olympialaisissa_2008" title="Irak kesäolympialaisissa 2008 – Finnish" 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scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/List_of_IOC_country_codes" title="List of IOC country codes">IOC code</a></th><td class="infobox-data">IRQ</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/National_Olympic_Committee" title="National Olympic Committee">NOC</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/National_Olympic_Committee_of_Iraq" title="National Olympic Committee of Iraq">National Olympic Committee of Iraq</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.iraqiolympic.org">www<wbr />.iraqiolympic<wbr />.org</a></span> <span class="languageicon">(in Arabic)</span></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="border-top: 1px solid #aaa;">in <span class="location"><a href="/wiki/Beijing" title="Beijing">Beijing</a></span></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Competitors</th><td class="infobox-data"><b>4</b> in <b>2</b> sports</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/2008_Summer_Olympics_national_flag_bearers" class="mw-redirect" title="2008 Summer Olympics national flag bearers">Flag bearer </a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Hamzah_Al-Hilfi" class="mw-redirect" title="Hamzah Al-Hilfi">Hamzah Al-Hilfi</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/2008_Summer_Olympics_medal_table" title="2008 Summer Olympics medal table">Medals</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><dl style="position: relative; margin: 0; min-width: 14em; height: 3em; text-align: center; background: linear-gradient(to right, gold 25%, silver 25%, silver 50%, #c96 50%, #c96 75%, transparent 75%); color:inherit;"> <dt style="position: absolute; left: 0%; top: 0.1em; margin: 0; width: 25%;">Gold</dt> <dd style="position: absolute; left: 0%; bottom: 0.1em; margin: 0; width: 25%; font-size: 125%;">0</dd> <dt style="position: absolute; left: 25%; top: 0.1em; margin: 0; width: 25%;">Silver</dt> <dd style="position: absolute; left: 25%; bottom: 0.1em; margin: 0; width: 25%; font-size: 125%;">0</dd> <dt style="position: absolute; left: 50%; top: 0.1em; margin: 0; width: 25%;">Bronze</dt> <dd style="position: absolute; left: 50%; bottom: 0.1em; margin: 0; width: 25%; font-size: 125%;">0</dd> <dt style="position: absolute; left: 75%; top: 0.1em; margin: 0; width: 25%;">Total</dt> <dd style="position: absolute; left: 75%; bottom: 0.1em; margin: 0; width: 25%; font-size: 125%;">0</dd> </dl></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="border-top: 1px solid #aaa;">Summer Olympics appearances (<a href="/wiki/Iraq_at_the_Summer_Olympics" class="mw-redirect" title="Iraq at the Summer Olympics">overview</a>)</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data hlist"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374" /><div class="hlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Iraq_at_the_1948_Summer_Olympics" title="Iraq at the 1948 Summer Olympics">1948</a></li><li><span style="color:gray">1952–1956</span></li><li><a href="/wiki/Iraq_at_the_1960_Summer_Olympics" title="Iraq at the 1960 Summer Olympics">1960</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Iraq_at_the_1964_Summer_Olympics" title="Iraq at the 1964 Summer Olympics">1964</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Iraq_at_the_1968_Summer_Olympics" title="Iraq at the 1968 Summer Olympics">1968</a></li><li><span style="color:gray">1972–1976</span></li><li><a href="/wiki/Iraq_at_the_1980_Summer_Olympics" title="Iraq at the 1980 Summer Olympics">1980</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Iraq_at_the_1984_Summer_Olympics" title="Iraq at the 1984 Summer Olympics">1984</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Iraq_at_the_1988_Summer_Olympics" title="Iraq at the 1988 Summer Olympics">1988</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Iraq_at_the_1992_Summer_Olympics" title="Iraq at the 1992 Summer Olympics">1992</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Iraq_at_the_1996_Summer_Olympics" title="Iraq at the 1996 Summer Olympics">1996</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Iraq_at_the_2000_Summer_Olympics" title="Iraq at the 2000 Summer Olympics">2000</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Iraq_at_the_2004_Summer_Olympics" title="Iraq at the 2004 Summer Olympics">2004</a></li><li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">2008</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Iraq_at_the_2012_Summer_Olympics" title="Iraq at the 2012 Summer Olympics">2012</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Iraq_at_the_2016_Summer_Olympics" title="Iraq at the 2016 Summer Olympics">2016</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Iraq_at_the_2020_Summer_Olympics" title="Iraq at the 2020 Summer Olympics">2020</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Iraq_at_the_2024_Summer_Olympics" title="Iraq at the 2024 Summer Olympics">2024</a></li></ul></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><a href="/wiki/Iraq" title="Iraq">Iraq</a> competed in the <a href="/wiki/2008_Summer_Olympics" title="2008 Summer Olympics">2008 Summer Olympics</a>, held in <a href="/wiki/Beijing" title="Beijing">Beijing</a>, <a href="/wiki/People%27s_Republic_of_China" class="mw-redirect" title="People's Republic of China">China</a>, from August 8 to August 24, 2008. As of late July, seven Iraqis—two rowers, a weightlifter, a sprinter, a discus thrower, a judoka and an archer<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>—had qualified to compete in seven events in five sports at the Beijing Olympics,<sup id="cite_ref-UPI_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-UPI-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and twenty have qualified to take part in the <a href="/wiki/2008_Summer_Paralympics" title="2008 Summer Paralympics">Beijing Paralympics</a> (see <a href="/wiki/Iraq_at_the_2008_Summer_Paralympics" title="Iraq at the 2008 Summer Paralympics">Iraq at the 2008 Summer Paralympics</a>).<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On July 24, 2008, it was announced that Iraq would be banned from the 2008 <a href="/wiki/Olympics" class="mw-redirect" title="Olympics">Olympics</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After five days of negotiations, the <a href="/wiki/International_Olympic_Committee" title="International Olympic Committee">International Olympic Committee</a> lifted the ban.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Five of Iraq's seven athletes missed the deadlines for their competitions, though the men's rowing team was allowed to compete by the <a href="/wiki/International_Rowing_Federation" class="mw-redirect" title="International Rowing Federation">International Rowing Federation</a>, after <a href="/wiki/North_Korea_at_the_2008_Summer_Olympics" title="North Korea at the 2008 Summer Olympics">North Korea</a> declined the offer of places in rowing and they were re-allocated to Iraq.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Thus, Iraq has four representatives: <a href="/wiki/Haidar_Nasir" title="Haidar Nasir">Haidar Nasir</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Discus_throw" title="Discus throw">discus throw</a>, <a href="/wiki/Dana_Hussein" class="mw-redirect" title="Dana Hussein">Dana Hussein</a> in sprinting,<sup id="cite_ref-xinhua_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-xinhua-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and <a href="/wiki/Haidar_Nozad" class="mw-redirect" title="Haidar Nozad">Haidar Nozad</a> and <a href="/wiki/Hamzah_Hussein_Jebur" class="mw-redirect" title="Hamzah Hussein Jebur">Hamzah Hussein Jebur</a> in men's double scull.<sup id="cite_ref-Rowing_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Rowing-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="IOC_ban">IOC ban</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Iraq_at_the_2008_Summer_Olympics&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: IOC ban"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Powell_and_National_Olympic_Committee_of_Iraq_2004.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/36/Powell_and_National_Olympic_Committee_of_Iraq_2004.jpg/220px-Powell_and_National_Olympic_Committee_of_Iraq_2004.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="175" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/36/Powell_and_National_Olympic_Committee_of_Iraq_2004.jpg/330px-Powell_and_National_Olympic_Committee_of_Iraq_2004.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/36/Powell_and_National_Olympic_Committee_of_Iraq_2004.jpg/440px-Powell_and_National_Olympic_Committee_of_Iraq_2004.jpg 2x" data-file-width="599" data-file-height="477" /></a><figcaption>In this 2004 photo, former U.S. Secretary of State <a href="/wiki/Colin_Powell" title="Colin Powell">Colin Powell</a> stands with then-National Olympic Committee of Iraq executive committee member Dr. Iman Sabeeh, center, and then-newly elected President of the NOCI Ahmad al-Samarra'i.</figcaption></figure> <p>On July 24, the <a href="/wiki/International_Olympic_Committee" title="International Olympic Committee">International Olympic Committee</a> announced that it was banning Iraq from the Olympics due to political influence within Iraq's national Olympic committee.<sup id="cite_ref-BBC7523708_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BBC7523708-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The decision follows the Iraqi government's suspension of the <a href="/wiki/National_Olympic_Committee_of_Iraq" title="National Olympic Committee of Iraq">National Olympic Committee of Iraq</a> in May 2008,<sup id="cite_ref-VOI20080523_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-VOI20080523-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> citing the lack of sufficient members for quorum and the consequent risk of corruption as concerns.<sup id="cite_ref-BBC7523708_9-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BBC7523708-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The government appointed an acting panel led by Jasem Muhammad Jaafar, the Minister of Sports, in its place.<sup id="cite_ref-VOI20080523_10-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-VOI20080523-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The former chairman, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Ahmad_al-Samarra%27i&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Ahmad al-Samarra'i (page does not exist)">Ahmad al-Samarra'i</a>, the secretary-general and several other members of the committee have been missing after being kidnapped when attending a public meeting in July 2006.<sup id="cite_ref-BBC7523708_9-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BBC7523708-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-VOI20080523_10-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-VOI20080523-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Seven members of Iraq's team had qualified for the Olympics,<sup id="cite_ref-UPI_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-UPI-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and received sympathy from the <a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">United States</a> after the ban was upheld. <a href="/wiki/White_House_Press_Secretary" title="White House Press Secretary">White House Press Secretary</a> <a href="/wiki/Dana_Perino" title="Dana Perino">Dana Perino</a> said, "I'm sure that the Iraqi athletes -- who have trained so hard, and were finally going to represent a country that is free, and sovereign, and working to establish its democracy -- they have to be terribly disappointed and I'm disappointed for the athletes as well."<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, if the original committee were to be reinstated, Iraq's track and field team might still be able to compete.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Iraq missed the July 23 entry deadlines for archery, judo, rowing and weightlifting, but the deadline for athletics is at the end of July. </p><p>On July 29, the IOC reversed their previous decision, ruling that Iraq could now participate in the Olympics, but only the two track and field athletes would be allowed to compete, as the others missed the deadlines for their respective sports.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, the <a href="/wiki/International_Rowing_Federation" class="mw-redirect" title="International Rowing Federation">International Rowing Federation</a> allowed the qualified rowers to compete at the Games<sup id="cite_ref-Rowing_8-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Rowing-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Athletics">Athletics</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Iraq_at_the_2008_Summer_Olympics&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Athletics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Athletics_at_the_2008_Summer_Olympics" title="Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics">Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics</a></div> <p>Iraq planned to send <a href="/wiki/Dana_Hussain" title="Dana Hussain">Dana Hussain</a>, a sprinter who had qualified for the <a href="/wiki/100_metres" title="100 metres">100</a> and <a href="/wiki/200_metres" title="200 metres">200 metres</a>. In the wake of the initial ban, despite being consoled by her coach, Abdul Rahman, who assured her that she could compete in the 2012 Olympics, Hussain noted "In this horrible situation, who can say I'll even be alive in 2012?"<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Dana Hussain is the only athlete on the 2008 Olympic team to train within the war-torn country. In the end she only ran the 100m. <a href="/wiki/Haidar_Nasir" title="Haidar Nasir">Haidar Nasir</a> represented Iraq in the discus throw.<sup id="cite_ref-xinhua_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-xinhua-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div style="font-size:85%;"> <dl><dt>Key</dt></dl> <ul><li><b>Note</b>–Ranks given for track events are within the athlete's heat only</li> <li><b>Q</b> = Qualified for the next round</li> <li><b>q</b> = Qualified for the next round as a fastest loser <i>or</i>, in field events, by position without achieving the qualifying target</li> <li><b>NR</b> = National record</li> <li>N/A = Round not applicable for the event</li> <li>Bye = Athlete not required to compete in round</li></ul></div> <dl><dt>Men</dt></dl> <table class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%"> <tbody><tr> <th rowspan="2">Athlete </th> <th rowspan="2">Event </th> <th colspan="2">Qualification </th> <th colspan="2">Final </th></tr> <tr style="font-size:95%"> <th>Distance </th> <th>Position </th> <th>Distance </th> <th>Position </th></tr> <tr align="center"> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Haidar_Nasser_Shaheed" class="mw-redirect" title="Haidar Nasser Shaheed">Haidar Nasser Shaheed</a> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Athletics_at_the_2008_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_discus_throw" title="Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's discus throw">Discus throw</a> </td> <td>54.19 </td> <td>36 </td> <td colspan="2">Did not advance </td></tr></tbody></table> <dl><dt>Women</dt></dl> <table class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%"> <tbody><tr> <th rowspan="2">Athlete </th> <th rowspan="2">Event </th> <th colspan="2">Heat </th> <th colspan="2">Quarterfinal </th> <th colspan="2">Semifinal </th> <th colspan="2">Final </th></tr> <tr style="font-size:95%"> <th>Result </th> <th>Rank </th> <th>Result </th> <th>Rank </th> <th>Result </th> <th>Rank </th> <th>Result </th> <th>Rank </th></tr> <tr align="center"> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Dana_Hussain" title="Dana Hussain">Dana Hussain</a> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Athletics_at_the_2008_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Women%27s_100_metres" title="Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's 100 metres">100 m</a> </td> <td>12.36 </td> <td>6 </td> <td colspan="6">Did not advance </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Rowing">Rowing</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Iraq_at_the_2008_Summer_Olympics&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Rowing"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Rowing_at_the_2008_Summer_Olympics" title="Rowing at the 2008 Summer Olympics">Rowing at the 2008 Summer Olympics</a></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Haider_Nawzad" title="Haider Nawzad">Haider Nawzad</a> and <a href="/wiki/Hamza_Hussein" title="Hamza Hussein">Hamza Hussein</a> participated in the men's double <a href="/wiki/Sculling" title="Sculling">sculls</a> and finished last of all competitors.<sup id="cite_ref-Rowing_8-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Rowing-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <dl><dt>Men</dt></dl> <table class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%"> <tbody><tr> <th rowspan="2">Athlete </th> <th rowspan="2">Event </th> <th colspan="2">Heats </th> <th colspan="2">Repechage </th> <th colspan="2">Semifinals </th> <th colspan="2">Final </th></tr> <tr style="font-size:95%"> <th>Time </th> <th>Rank </th> <th>Time </th> <th>Rank </th> <th>Time </th> <th>Rank </th> <th>Time </th> <th>Rank </th></tr> <tr align="center"> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Hamzah_Al-Hilfi" class="mw-redirect" title="Hamzah Al-Hilfi">Hamzah Al-Hilfi</a> <br /> <a href="/wiki/Haider_Nawzad" title="Haider Nawzad">Haider Nawzad</a> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Rowing_at_the_2008_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_double_sculls" title="Rowing at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's double sculls">Double sculls</a> </td> <td>7:00.46 </td> <td>5 <b>R</b> </td> <td>6:52.71 </td> <td>5 <b>FC</b> </td> <td colspan="2" data-sort-value="" style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #ececec); color: var(--color-base, inherit); vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na">Bye </td> <td>6:52.02 </td> <td>14 </td></tr></tbody></table> <p><small>Qualification Legend: <b>FA</b>=Final A (medal); <b>FB</b>=Final B (non-medal); <b>FC</b>=Final C (non-medal); <b>FD</b>=Final D (non-medal); <b>FE</b>=Final E (non-medal); <b>FF</b>=Final F (non-medal); <b>SA/B</b>=Semifinals A/B; <b>SC/D</b>=Semifinals C/D; <b>SE/F</b>=Semifinals E/F; <b>QF</b>=Quarterfinals; <b>R</b>=Repechage</small> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Competitors_unable_to_compete_due_to_the_missed_deadline">Competitors unable to compete due to the missed deadline</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Iraq_at_the_2008_Summer_Olympics&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Competitors unable to compete due to the missed deadline"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Archery_at_the_2008_Summer_Olympics" title="Archery at the 2008 Summer Olympics">Archery at the 2008 Summer Olympics</a>, <a href="/wiki/Judo_at_the_2008_Summer_Olympics" title="Judo at the 2008 Summer Olympics">Judo at the 2008 Summer Olympics</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Weightlifting_at_the_2008_Summer_Olympics" title="Weightlifting at the 2008 Summer Olympics">Weightlifting at the 2008 Summer Olympics</a></div> <p>Several athletes had qualified either regularly or as wildcards, but did not compete, due to Iraq having missed the entry deadlines for their events. </p><p>The country had planned to send an <a href="/wiki/Archery" title="Archery">archer</a> to the Olympics for the first time. The nation was awarded a spot in the men's individual competition via Tripartite Commission invitation; <a href="/wiki/Ali_Adnan" class="mw-redirect" title="Ali Adnan">Ali Adnan</a> would have become Iraq's first Olympic archer,<sup id="cite_ref-ArcheryMen_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ArcheryMen-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> whereas <a href="/w/index.php?title=Ali_Mohamed_Fakher&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Ali Mohamed Fakher (page does not exist)">Ali Mohamed Fakher</a> was to participate as a <a href="/wiki/Wild_card_(sports)" title="Wild card (sports)">wild card</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Judo" title="Judo">judo</a> competition.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In addition to the NOC's suspension, weightlifter <a href="/wiki/Mohammed_Jassim" class="mw-redirect" title="Mohammed Jassim">Mohammed Jassim</a> was faced with a potential suspension from Olympic participation after news of his failure of a drug test at the Asian Weightlifting Championship were received.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Iraq_at_the_2008_Summer_Olympics&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Iraq_at_the_2008_Summer_Paralympics" title="Iraq at the 2008 Summer Paralympics">Iraq at the 2008 Summer Paralympics</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a 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href="/wiki/The_Gambia_at_the_2008_Summer_Olympics" title="The Gambia at the 2008 Summer Olympics">The Gambia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ghana_at_the_2008_Summer_Olympics" title="Ghana at the 2008 Summer Olympics">Ghana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Guinea_at_the_2008_Summer_Olympics" title="Guinea at the 2008 Summer Olympics">Guinea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Guinea-Bissau_at_the_2008_Summer_Olympics" title="Guinea-Bissau at the 2008 Summer Olympics">Guinea-Bissau</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ivory_Coast_at_the_2008_Summer_Olympics" title="Ivory Coast at the 2008 Summer Olympics">Ivory Coast</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kenya_at_the_2008_Summer_Olympics" title="Kenya at the 2008 Summer Olympics">Kenya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lesotho_at_the_2008_Summer_Olympics" title="Lesotho at the 2008 Summer Olympics">Lesotho</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Liberia_at_the_2008_Summer_Olympics" title="Liberia at the 2008 Summer Olympics">Liberia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Libya_at_the_2008_Summer_Olympics" title="Libya at the 2008 Summer Olympics">Libya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Madagascar_at_the_2008_Summer_Olympics" title="Madagascar at the 2008 Summer Olympics">Madagascar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Malawi_at_the_2008_Summer_Olympics" title="Malawi at the 2008 Summer Olympics">Malawi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mali_at_the_2008_Summer_Olympics" title="Mali at the 2008 Summer Olympics">Mali</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mauritania_at_the_2008_Summer_Olympics" title="Mauritania at the 2008 Summer Olympics">Mauritania</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mauritius_at_the_2008_Summer_Olympics" title="Mauritius at the 2008 Summer Olympics">Mauritius</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Morocco_at_the_2008_Summer_Olympics" title="Morocco at the 2008 Summer Olympics">Morocco</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mozambique_at_the_2008_Summer_Olympics" title="Mozambique at the 2008 Summer Olympics">Mozambique</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Namibia_at_the_2008_Summer_Olympics" title="Namibia at the 2008 Summer Olympics">Namibia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Niger_at_the_2008_Summer_Olympics" title="Niger at the 2008 Summer Olympics">Niger</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nigeria_at_the_2008_Summer_Olympics" title="Nigeria at the 2008 Summer Olympics">Nigeria</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rwanda_at_the_2008_Summer_Olympics" title="Rwanda at the 2008 Summer Olympics">Rwanda</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/S%C3%A3o_Tom%C3%A9_and_Pr%C3%ADncipe_at_the_2008_Summer_Olympics" title="São Tomé and Príncipe at the 2008 Summer Olympics">São Tomé and Príncipe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Senegal_at_the_2008_Summer_Olympics" title="Senegal at the 2008 Summer Olympics">Senegal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Seychelles_at_the_2008_Summer_Olympics" title="Seychelles at the 2008 Summer Olympics">Seychelles</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sierra_Leone_at_the_2008_Summer_Olympics" title="Sierra Leone at the 2008 Summer Olympics">Sierra Leone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Somalia_at_the_2008_Summer_Olympics" title="Somalia at the 2008 Summer Olympics">Somalia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/South_Africa_at_the_2008_Summer_Olympics" title="South Africa at the 2008 Summer Olympics">South Africa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sudan_at_the_2008_Summer_Olympics" title="Sudan at the 2008 Summer Olympics">Sudan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Swaziland_at_the_2008_Summer_Olympics" title="Swaziland at the 2008 Summer Olympics">Swaziland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tanzania_at_the_2008_Summer_Olympics" title="Tanzania at the 2008 Summer Olympics">Tanzania</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Togo_at_the_2008_Summer_Olympics" title="Togo at the 2008 Summer Olympics">Togo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tunisia_at_the_2008_Summer_Olympics" title="Tunisia at the 2008 Summer Olympics">Tunisia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Uganda_at_the_2008_Summer_Olympics" title="Uganda at the 2008 Summer Olympics">Uganda</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zambia_at_the_2008_Summer_Olympics" title="Zambia at the 2008 Summer Olympics">Zambia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zimbabwe_at_the_2008_Summer_Olympics" title="Zimbabwe at the 2008 Summer Olympics">Zimbabwe</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#BFD7FF;width:1%">America</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Antigua_and_Barbuda_at_the_2008_Summer_Olympics" title="Antigua and Barbuda at the 2008 Summer Olympics">Antigua and Barbuda</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Argentina_at_the_2008_Summer_Olympics" title="Argentina at the 2008 Summer Olympics">Argentina</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aruba_at_the_2008_Summer_Olympics" title="Aruba at the 2008 Summer Olympics">Aruba</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bahamas_at_the_2008_Summer_Olympics" title="Bahamas at the 2008 Summer Olympics">Bahamas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Barbados_at_the_2008_Summer_Olympics" title="Barbados at the 2008 Summer Olympics">Barbados</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Belize_at_the_2008_Summer_Olympics" title="Belize at the 2008 Summer Olympics">Belize</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bermuda_at_the_2008_Summer_Olympics" title="Bermuda at the 2008 Summer Olympics">Bermuda</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bolivia_at_the_2008_Summer_Olympics" title="Bolivia at the 2008 Summer Olympics">Bolivia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brazil_at_the_2008_Summer_Olympics" title="Brazil at the 2008 Summer Olympics">Brazil</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/British_Virgin_Islands_at_the_2008_Summer_Olympics" title="British Virgin Islands at the 2008 Summer Olympics">British Virgin Islands</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Canada_at_the_2008_Summer_Olympics" title="Canada at the 2008 Summer Olympics">Canada</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cayman_Islands_at_the_2008_Summer_Olympics" title="Cayman Islands at the 2008 Summer Olympics">Cayman Islands</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chile_at_the_2008_Summer_Olympics" title="Chile at the 2008 Summer Olympics">Chile</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Colombia_at_the_2008_Summer_Olympics" title="Colombia at the 2008 Summer Olympics">Colombia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Costa_Rica_at_the_2008_Summer_Olympics" title="Costa Rica at the 2008 Summer Olympics">Costa Rica</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cuba_at_the_2008_Summer_Olympics" title="Cuba at the 2008 Summer Olympics">Cuba</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dominica_at_the_2008_Summer_Olympics" title="Dominica at the 2008 Summer Olympics">Dominica</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dominican_Republic_at_the_2008_Summer_Olympics" title="Dominican Republic at the 2008 Summer Olympics">Dominican Republic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ecuador_at_the_2008_Summer_Olympics" title="Ecuador at the 2008 Summer Olympics">Ecuador</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/El_Salvador_at_the_2008_Summer_Olympics" title="El Salvador at the 2008 Summer Olympics">El Salvador</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grenada_at_the_2008_Summer_Olympics" title="Grenada at the 2008 Summer Olympics">Grenada</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Guatemala_at_the_2008_Summer_Olympics" title="Guatemala at the 2008 Summer Olympics">Guatemala</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Guyana_at_the_2008_Summer_Olympics" title="Guyana at the 2008 Summer Olympics">Guyana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Haiti_at_the_2008_Summer_Olympics" title="Haiti at the 2008 Summer Olympics">Haiti</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Honduras_at_the_2008_Summer_Olympics" title="Honduras at the 2008 Summer Olympics">Honduras</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jamaica_at_the_2008_Summer_Olympics" title="Jamaica at the 2008 Summer Olympics">Jamaica</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mexico_at_the_2008_Summer_Olympics" title="Mexico at the 2008 Summer Olympics">Mexico</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Netherlands_Antilles_at_the_2008_Summer_Olympics" title="Netherlands Antilles at the 2008 Summer Olympics">Netherlands Antilles</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nicaragua_at_the_2008_Summer_Olympics" title="Nicaragua at the 2008 Summer Olympics">Nicaragua</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Panama_at_the_2008_Summer_Olympics" title="Panama at the 2008 Summer Olympics">Panama</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paraguay_at_the_2008_Summer_Olympics" title="Paraguay at the 2008 Summer Olympics">Paraguay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Peru_at_the_2008_Summer_Olympics" title="Peru at the 2008 Summer Olympics">Peru</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Puerto_Rico_at_the_2008_Summer_Olympics" title="Puerto Rico at the 2008 Summer Olympics">Puerto Rico</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saint_Kitts_and_Nevis_at_the_2008_Summer_Olympics" title="Saint Kitts and Nevis at the 2008 Summer Olympics">Saint Kitts and Nevis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saint_Lucia_at_the_2008_Summer_Olympics" title="Saint Lucia at the 2008 Summer Olympics">Saint Lucia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saint_Vincent_and_the_Grenadines_at_the_2008_Summer_Olympics" title="Saint Vincent and the Grenadines at the 2008 Summer Olympics">Saint Vincent and the Grenadines</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Suriname_at_the_2008_Summer_Olympics" title="Suriname at the 2008 Summer Olympics">Suriname</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Trinidad_and_Tobago_at_the_2008_Summer_Olympics" title="Trinidad and Tobago at the 2008 Summer Olympics">Trinidad and Tobago</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_at_the_2008_Summer_Olympics" title="United States at the 2008 Summer Olympics">United States</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Uruguay_at_the_2008_Summer_Olympics" title="Uruguay at the 2008 Summer Olympics">Uruguay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Venezuela_at_the_2008_Summer_Olympics" title="Venezuela at the 2008 Summer Olympics">Venezuela</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Virgin_Islands_at_the_2008_Summer_Olympics" title="Virgin Islands at the 2008 Summer Olympics">Virgin Islands</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#BFD7FF;width:1%">Asia</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Afghanistan_at_the_2008_Summer_Olympics" title="Afghanistan at the 2008 Summer Olympics">Afghanistan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bahrain_at_the_2008_Summer_Olympics" title="Bahrain at the 2008 Summer Olympics">Bahrain</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bangladesh_at_the_2008_Summer_Olympics" title="Bangladesh at the 2008 Summer Olympics">Bangladesh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bhutan_at_the_2008_Summer_Olympics" title="Bhutan at the 2008 Summer Olympics">Bhutan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cambodia_at_the_2008_Summer_Olympics" title="Cambodia at the 2008 Summer Olympics">Cambodia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/China_at_the_2008_Summer_Olympics" title="China at the 2008 Summer Olympics">China</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/East_Timor_at_the_2008_Summer_Olympics" class="mw-redirect" title="East Timor at the 2008 Summer Olympics">East Timor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hong_Kong_at_the_2008_Summer_Olympics" title="Hong Kong at the 2008 Summer Olympics">Hong Kong</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/India_at_the_2008_Summer_Olympics" title="India at the 2008 Summer Olympics">India</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Indonesia_at_the_2008_Summer_Olympics" title="Indonesia at the 2008 Summer Olympics">Indonesia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Iran_at_the_2008_Summer_Olympics" title="Iran at the 2008 Summer Olympics">Iran</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Iraq</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Japan_at_the_2008_Summer_Olympics" title="Japan at the 2008 Summer Olympics">Japan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jordan_at_the_2008_Summer_Olympics" title="Jordan at the 2008 Summer Olympics">Jordan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kazakhstan_at_the_2008_Summer_Olympics" title="Kazakhstan at the 2008 Summer Olympics">Kazakhstan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kuwait_at_the_2008_Summer_Olympics" title="Kuwait at the 2008 Summer Olympics">Kuwait</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kyrgyzstan_at_the_2008_Summer_Olympics" title="Kyrgyzstan at the 2008 Summer Olympics">Kyrgyzstan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Laos_at_the_2008_Summer_Olympics" title="Laos at the 2008 Summer Olympics">Laos</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lebanon_at_the_2008_Summer_Olympics" title="Lebanon at the 2008 Summer Olympics">Lebanon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Malaysia_at_the_2008_Summer_Olympics" title="Malaysia at the 2008 Summer Olympics">Malaysia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maldives_at_the_2008_Summer_Olympics" title="Maldives at the 2008 Summer Olympics">Maldives</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mongolia_at_the_2008_Summer_Olympics" title="Mongolia at the 2008 Summer Olympics">Mongolia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Myanmar_at_the_2008_Summer_Olympics" title="Myanmar at the 2008 Summer Olympics">Myanmar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nepal_at_the_2008_Summer_Olympics" title="Nepal at the 2008 Summer Olympics">Nepal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_Korea_at_the_2008_Summer_Olympics" title="North Korea at the 2008 Summer Olympics">North Korea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oman_at_the_2008_Summer_Olympics" title="Oman at the 2008 Summer Olympics">Oman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pakistan_at_the_2008_Summer_Olympics" title="Pakistan at the 2008 Summer Olympics">Pakistan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Palestine_at_the_2008_Summer_Olympics" title="Palestine at the 2008 Summer Olympics">Palestine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Philippines_at_the_2008_Summer_Olympics" title="Philippines at the 2008 Summer Olympics">Philippines</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Qatar_at_the_2008_Summer_Olympics" title="Qatar at the 2008 Summer Olympics">Qatar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saudi_Arabia_at_the_2008_Summer_Olympics" title="Saudi Arabia at the 2008 Summer Olympics">Saudi Arabia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Singapore_at_the_2008_Summer_Olympics" title="Singapore at the 2008 Summer Olympics">Singapore</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/South_Korea_at_the_2008_Summer_Olympics" title="South Korea at the 2008 Summer Olympics">South Korea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sri_Lanka_at_the_2008_Summer_Olympics" title="Sri Lanka at the 2008 Summer Olympics">Sri Lanka</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Syria_at_the_2008_Summer_Olympics" title="Syria at the 2008 Summer Olympics">Syria</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chinese_Taipei_at_the_2008_Summer_Olympics" title="Chinese Taipei at the 2008 Summer Olympics">Chinese Taipei</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tajikistan_at_the_2008_Summer_Olympics" title="Tajikistan at the 2008 Summer Olympics">Tajikistan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thailand_at_the_2008_Summer_Olympics" title="Thailand at the 2008 Summer Olympics">Thailand</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Turkmenistan_at_the_2008_Summer_Olympics" title="Turkmenistan at the 2008 Summer Olympics">Turkmenistan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_Arab_Emirates_at_the_2008_Summer_Olympics" title="United Arab Emirates at the 2008 Summer Olympics">United Arab Emirates</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Uzbekistan_at_the_2008_Summer_Olympics" title="Uzbekistan at the 2008 Summer Olympics">Uzbekistan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vietnam_at_the_2008_Summer_Olympics" title="Vietnam at the 2008 Summer Olympics">Vietnam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yemen_at_the_2008_Summer_Olympics" title="Yemen at the 2008 Summer Olympics">Yemen</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#BFD7FF;width:1%">Europe</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Albania_at_the_2008_Summer_Olympics" title="Albania at the 2008 Summer Olympics">Albania</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Andorra_at_the_2008_Summer_Olympics" title="Andorra at the 2008 Summer Olympics">Andorra</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Armenia_at_the_2008_Summer_Olympics" title="Armenia at the 2008 Summer Olympics">Armenia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Austria_at_the_2008_Summer_Olympics" title="Austria at the 2008 Summer Olympics">Austria</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Azerbaijan_at_the_2008_Summer_Olympics" title="Azerbaijan at the 2008 Summer Olympics">Azerbaijan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Belarus_at_the_2008_Summer_Olympics" title="Belarus at the 2008 Summer Olympics">Belarus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Belgium_at_the_2008_Summer_Olympics" title="Belgium at the 2008 Summer Olympics">Belgium</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bosnia_and_Herzegovina_at_the_2008_Summer_Olympics" title="Bosnia and Herzegovina at the 2008 Summer Olympics">Bosnia and Herzegovina</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bulgaria_at_the_2008_Summer_Olympics" title="Bulgaria at the 2008 Summer Olympics">Bulgaria</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Croatia_at_the_2008_Summer_Olympics" title="Croatia at the 2008 Summer Olympics">Croatia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cyprus_at_the_2008_Summer_Olympics" title="Cyprus at the 2008 Summer Olympics">Cyprus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Czech_Republic_at_the_2008_Summer_Olympics" title="Czech Republic at the 2008 Summer Olympics">Czech Republic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Denmark_at_the_2008_Summer_Olympics" title="Denmark at the 2008 Summer Olympics">Denmark</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Estonia_at_the_2008_Summer_Olympics" title="Estonia at the 2008 Summer Olympics">Estonia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Finland_at_the_2008_Summer_Olympics" title="Finland at the 2008 Summer Olympics">Finland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/France_at_the_2008_Summer_Olympics" title="France at the 2008 Summer Olympics">France</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Georgia_at_the_2008_Summer_Olympics" title="Georgia at the 2008 Summer Olympics">Georgia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Germany_at_the_2008_Summer_Olympics" title="Germany at the 2008 Summer Olympics">Germany</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Great_Britain_at_the_2008_Summer_Olympics" title="Great Britain at the 2008 Summer Olympics">Great Britain</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greece_at_the_2008_Summer_Olympics" title="Greece at the 2008 Summer Olympics">Greece</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hungary_at_the_2008_Summer_Olympics" title="Hungary at the 2008 Summer Olympics">Hungary</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Iceland_at_the_2008_Summer_Olympics" title="Iceland at the 2008 Summer Olympics">Iceland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ireland_at_the_2008_Summer_Olympics" title="Ireland at the 2008 Summer Olympics">Ireland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Israel_at_the_2008_Summer_Olympics" title="Israel at the 2008 Summer Olympics">Israel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Italy_at_the_2008_Summer_Olympics" title="Italy at the 2008 Summer Olympics">Italy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Latvia_at_the_2008_Summer_Olympics" title="Latvia at the 2008 Summer Olympics">Latvia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Liechtenstein_at_the_2008_Summer_Olympics" title="Liechtenstein at the 2008 Summer Olympics">Liechtenstein</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lithuania_at_the_2008_Summer_Olympics" title="Lithuania at the 2008 Summer Olympics">Lithuania</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Luxembourg_at_the_2008_Summer_Olympics" title="Luxembourg at the 2008 Summer Olympics">Luxembourg</a></li> <li><a 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