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typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Flag_of_Maldives.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0f/Flag_of_Maldives.svg/220px-Flag_of_Maldives.svg.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0f/Flag_of_Maldives.svg/330px-Flag_of_Maldives.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0f/Flag_of_Maldives.svg/440px-Flag_of_Maldives.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="720" data-file-height="480" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption"><a href="/wiki/Flag_of_the_Maldives" title="Flag of the Maldives">Flag of the Maldives</a></div></td></tr><tr style="font-weight: bold;"><th 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">MDV</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/Maldives_Olympic_Committee" title="Maldives Olympic Committee">Maldives Olympic Committee</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="https://www.olympic.mv">www<wbr />.olympic<wbr />.mv</a></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>, China</span><br />8 August 2008<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">2008-08-08</span>)</span> – 24 August 2008<span style="display:none"> (<span class="dtend itvend">2008-08-24</span>)</span></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Competitors</th><td class="infobox-data">4 in 2 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 (opening)</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Aminath_Rouya_Hussain" title="Aminath Rouya Hussain">Aminath Rouya Hussain</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/2008_Summer_Olympics_closing_ceremony_flag_bearers" title="2008 Summer Olympics closing ceremony flag bearers">Flag bearer (closing)</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Ali_Shareef" title="Ali Shareef">Ali Shareef</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%);"> <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/Maldives_at_the_Summer_Olympics" class="mw-redirect" title="Maldives 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/Maldives_at_the_1988_Summer_Olympics" title="Maldives at the 1988 Summer Olympics">1988</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Maldives_at_the_1992_Summer_Olympics" title="Maldives at the 1992 Summer Olympics">1992</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Maldives_at_the_1996_Summer_Olympics" title="Maldives at the 1996 Summer Olympics">1996</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Maldives_at_the_2000_Summer_Olympics" title="Maldives at the 2000 Summer Olympics">2000</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Maldives_at_the_2004_Summer_Olympics" title="Maldives at the 2004 Summer Olympics">2004</a></li><li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">2008</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Maldives_at_the_2012_Summer_Olympics" title="Maldives at the 2012 Summer Olympics">2012</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Maldives_at_the_2016_Summer_Olympics" title="Maldives at the 2016 Summer Olympics">2016</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Maldives_at_the_2020_Summer_Olympics" title="Maldives at the 2020 Summer Olympics">2020</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Maldives_at_the_2024_Summer_Olympics" title="Maldives at the 2024 Summer Olympics">2024</a></li></ul></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Maldives" title="Maldives">Maldives</a> competed in the <a href="/wiki/2008_Summer_Olympics" title="2008 Summer Olympics">2008 Summer Olympics</a>, which were held in <a href="/wiki/Beijing" title="Beijing">Beijing</a>, <a href="/wiki/China" title="China">China</a> from August 8 to August 24, 2008. The country's participation at the Beijing Olympics marked its seventh appearance in the Summer Olympics since its debut at the <a href="/wiki/1988_Summer_Olympics" title="1988 Summer Olympics">1988 Summer Olympics</a>. The delegation included four athletes, two in athletics (<a href="/wiki/Ali_Shareef" title="Ali Shareef">Ali Shareef</a> and <a href="/wiki/Aishath_Reesha" title="Aishath Reesha">Aishath Reesha</a>), and two in swimming (<a href="/wiki/Ibrahim_Shameel" title="Ibrahim Shameel">Ibrahim Shameel</a> and <a href="/wiki/Aminath_Rouya_Hussain" title="Aminath Rouya Hussain">Aminath Rouya Hussain</a>) who participated in four distinct events. Its four athletes did not advance past the first round in each of their events. Aminath Rouya Hussain carried the Maldivian flag during the <a href="/wiki/2008_Summer_Olympics_Parade_of_Nations" title="2008 Summer Olympics Parade of Nations">parade of nations</a> of the opening ceremony with sprinter Ali Shareef being the flagbearer for the <a href="/wiki/2008_Summer_Olympics_closing_ceremony" title="2008 Summer Olympics closing ceremony">closing ceremony</a>. The country failed to win an Olympic medal at these Games and has yet to win their first medal. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Background">Background</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Maldives_at_the_2008_Summer_Olympics&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Background"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Maldives is an <a href="/wiki/Archipelagic_state" title="Archipelagic state">archipelagic country</a> located in <a href="/wiki/United_Nations_geoscheme_for_Asia#Southern_Asiaedit_source" title="United Nations geoscheme for Asia">Southern Asia</a>, situated in the <a href="/wiki/Indian_Ocean" title="Indian Ocean">Indian Ocean</a>. Formerly a <a href="/wiki/Protectorate" title="Protectorate">protectorate</a> of the United Kingdom, it gained independence in 1965. The <a href="/wiki/Maldives_Olympic_Committee" title="Maldives Olympic Committee">Maldives Olympic Committee</a> was formed in 1985, and was recognized by the <a href="/wiki/International_Olympic_Committee" title="International Olympic Committee">International Olympic Committee</a> the same year.<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> The Maldives have participated in every Summer Olympics since its debut in the <a href="/wiki/1988_Summer_Olympics" title="1988 Summer Olympics">1988 Summer Olympics</a> in <a href="/wiki/Seoul" title="Seoul">Seoul</a>. The highest number of Maldivians participating at any single Summer Games was seven at the 1988 Games and the <a href="/wiki/1992_Summer_Olympics" title="1992 Summer Olympics">1992 Games</a> in <a href="/wiki/Barcelona" title="Barcelona">Barcelona</a>, <a href="/wiki/Spain" title="Spain">Spain</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> No Maldivian has ever won a medal at the Olympics.<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>The 2008 Summer Olympics were held from 8 to 24 August 2008. For the 2008 Summer Olympics, the Maldives sent a delegation of four athletes. The Maldivian team at the 2008 Games featured two track and field athletes and two swimmers. Sprinters <a href="/wiki/Ali_Shareef" title="Ali Shareef">Ali Shareef</a> and <a href="/wiki/Aishath_Reesha" title="Aishath Reesha">Aishath Reesha</a> were chosen to compete in the <a href="/wiki/Athletics_at_the_2008_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_100_metres" title="Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's 100 metres">men's 100 metres</a> and <a href="/wiki/Athletics_at_the_2008_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Women%27s_800_metres" title="Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's 800 metres">women's 800 metres</a> respectively. Swimmers <a href="/wiki/Ibrahim_Shameel" title="Ibrahim Shameel">Ibrahim Shameel</a> and <a href="/wiki/Aminath_Rouya_Hussain" title="Aminath Rouya Hussain">Aminath Rouya Hussain</a> participated in the <a href="/wiki/Swimming_at_the_2008_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_50_metre_freestyle" title="Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's 50 metre freestyle">men's 50 metre freestyle</a> and <a href="/wiki/Swimming_at_the_2008_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Women%27s_50_metre_freestyle" title="Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's 50 metre freestyle">women's 50 metre freestyle</a> respectively.<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> Aminath Rouya Hussain was the only returning athlete from the <a href="/wiki/2004_Summer_Olympics" title="2004 Summer Olympics">2004 Summer Olympics</a> in <a href="/wiki/Athens" title="Athens">Athens</a>, Greece.<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> She was also the flagbearer for the Maldives during the <a href="/wiki/2008_Summer_Olympics_Parade_of_Nations" title="2008 Summer Olympics Parade of Nations">parade of nations</a> of the opening ceremony with sprinter Ali Shareef being the flagbearer for the <a href="/wiki/2008_Summer_Olympics_closing_ceremony" title="2008 Summer Olympics closing ceremony">closing ceremony</a>.<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><sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<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=Maldives_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 articles: <a href="/wiki/Athletics_at_the_2008_Summer_Olympics" title="Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics">Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics</a> and <a href="/wiki/Athletics_at_the_2008_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Qualification" title="Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Qualification">Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Qualification</a></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Beijing_national_stadium.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Thé Beijing National Stadium at night." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1e/Beijing_national_stadium.jpg/250px-Beijing_national_stadium.jpg" decoding="async" width="250" height="145" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1e/Beijing_national_stadium.jpg/375px-Beijing_national_stadium.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1e/Beijing_national_stadium.jpg/500px-Beijing_national_stadium.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1762" data-file-height="1019" /></a><figcaption>The <a href="/wiki/Beijing_National_Stadium" title="Beijing National Stadium">Beijing National Stadium</a> where Shareef and Reesha competed in track and field events.</figcaption></figure> <p>The Maldives was represented by a male athlete and a female athlete in athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics, Ali Shareef and Aishath Reesha. At the age of 29, Ali Shareef was the country's oldest competitor, and was competing at his first Olympics. He competed on 15 August in Beijing, and finished 7th out of 8 in heat six. His time of 11.11 seconds placed him 69th out of 80 competitors overall. The fastest athlete was <a href="/wiki/Tyrone_Edgar" title="Tyrone Edgar">Tyrone Edgar</a> finishing with a time of 10.13 seconds and the slowest athlete that progressed to the semi-finals was <a href="/wiki/Uchenna_Emedolu" title="Uchenna Emedolu">Uchenna Emedolu</a> who finished with a time of 10.46 seconds. Shareef, who was 0.65 seconds behind Emedolu, did not progress to the semi-finals.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Competing at her first Olympics, Aishath Reesha was the only female competing in the track and field events at the 2008 Summer Olympics for Maldives.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She competed in the <a href="/wiki/800_metres" title="800 metres">800 metres</a> on 15 August. Reesha was drawn into heat five for the event.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She ran a personal best time of 2 minutes and 30.14 seconds.<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> She finished seventh and last in her heat, almost 30 seconds behind the winner, <a href="/wiki/Zulia_Calatayud" title="Zulia Calatayud">Zulia Calatayud</a>. She finished last out of 39 athletes overall. Reesha was 31.23 seconds behind the fastest athlete <a href="/wiki/Maria_Mutola" title="Maria Mutola">Maria Mutola</a> and 26.29 seconds behind the slowest athlete who progressed to the semi-finals, <a href="/wiki/%C3%89lodie_Gu%C3%A9gan" title="Élodie Guégan">Élodie Guégan</a>. Therefore, Reesha did not progress to the semi-finals.<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> </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">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/Ali_Shareef" title="Ali Shareef">Ali Shareef</a> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Athletics_at_the_2008_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_100_metres" title="Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's 100 metres">100 m</a> </td> <td>11.11 <b><a href="/wiki/List_of_Maldivian_records_in_athletics" title="List of Maldivian records in athletics">NR</a></b> </td> <td>7 </td> <td colspan="6">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">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></tr> <tr align="center"> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Aishath_Reesha" title="Aishath Reesha">Aishath Reesha</a> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Athletics_at_the_2008_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Women%27s_800_metres" title="Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's 800 metres">800 m</a> </td> <td>2:30.14 <b><a href="/wiki/Athletics_abbreviations#Bests" title="Athletics abbreviations"><abbr title="Personal best">PB</abbr></a></b> </td> <td>7 </td> <td colspan="4">Did not advance </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Swimming">Swimming</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Maldives_at_the_2008_Summer_Olympics&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Swimming"><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">Main articles: <a href="/wiki/Swimming_at_the_2008_Summer_Olympics" title="Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics">Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics</a> and <a href="/wiki/Swimming_at_the_2008_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Qualification" title="Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Qualification">Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Qualification</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:%E5%9B%BD%E5%AE%B6%E6%B8%B8%E6%B3%B3%E4%B8%AD%E5%BF%83%E5%A4%9C%E6%99%AF.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="The Beijing National Aquatic Centre at night." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3d/%E5%9B%BD%E5%AE%B6%E6%B8%B8%E6%B3%B3%E4%B8%AD%E5%BF%83%E5%A4%9C%E6%99%AF.jpg/220px-%E5%9B%BD%E5%AE%B6%E6%B8%B8%E6%B3%B3%E4%B8%AD%E5%BF%83%E5%A4%9C%E6%99%AF.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="127" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3d/%E5%9B%BD%E5%AE%B6%E6%B8%B8%E6%B3%B3%E4%B8%AD%E5%BF%83%E5%A4%9C%E6%99%AF.jpg/330px-%E5%9B%BD%E5%AE%B6%E6%B8%B8%E6%B3%B3%E4%B8%AD%E5%BF%83%E5%A4%9C%E6%99%AF.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3d/%E5%9B%BD%E5%AE%B6%E6%B8%B8%E6%B3%B3%E4%B8%AD%E5%BF%83%E5%A4%9C%E6%99%AF.jpg/440px-%E5%9B%BD%E5%AE%B6%E6%B8%B8%E6%B3%B3%E4%B8%AD%E5%BF%83%E5%A4%9C%E6%99%AF.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2771" data-file-height="1600" /></a><figcaption>The <a href="/wiki/Beijing_National_Aquatics_Centre" class="mw-redirect" title="Beijing National Aquatics Centre">Beijing National Aquatics Centre</a> where the swimming events took place.</figcaption></figure> <p>Swimmer Ibrahim Shameel was the youngest athlete to participate in the Maldivian delegation at <a href="/wiki/Beijing" title="Beijing">Beijing</a>; he was sixteen years old at the time of his performance, and the only male swimmer in the delegation.<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> Shameel has not previously appeared at any Olympic games.<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> The preliminary round for the men's 50 meters freestyle, the event in which he participated, took place on August 15. Shameel was placed in the third heat. He completed his event in 29.28 seconds, taking seventh in the heat. Out of the 97 athletes who participated in the preliminary round, Shameel ranked 88th. He did not advance to later rounds.<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> </p><p>Then 17-year-old Aminath Rouya Hussain participated on Maldives's behalf in the women's 50 meters freestyle. Her participation in Beijing marked her second Olympic appearance, as she had participated previously in <a href="/wiki/Swimming_at_the_2004_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Women%27s_50_metre_freestyle" title="Swimming at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Women's 50 metre freestyle">women's 50 meters freestyle</a> at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She was the only female Maldivian swimmer participating in the Beijing games. During the August 15 preliminary round, Rouya participated in the fourth heat. She completed her event in 30.21 seconds, ranking seventh out of the eight athletes in the heat. Overall, Rouya ranked 72 out of the 90 athletes who participated in the event.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>a<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She did not advance to later rounds.<sup id="cite_ref-womens50freestyle_17-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-womens50freestyle-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<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">Heat </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></tr> <tr align="center"> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Ibrahim_Shameel" title="Ibrahim Shameel">Ibrahim Shameel</a> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Swimming_at_the_2008_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_50_metre_freestyle" title="Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's 50 metre freestyle">50 m freestyle</a> </td> <td>29.28 </td> <td>88 </td> <td colspan="4">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">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></tr> <tr align="center"> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Aminath_Rouya_Hussain" title="Aminath Rouya Hussain">Aminath Rouya Hussain</a> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Swimming_at_the_2008_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Women%27s_50_metre_freestyle" title="Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's 50 metre freestyle">50 m freestyle</a> </td> <td>30.21 </td> <td>72 </td> <td colspan="4">Did not advance </td></tr></tbody></table> <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=Maldives_at_the_2008_Summer_Olympics&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Maldivian_records_in_athletics" title="List of Maldivian records in athletics">List of Maldivian records in athletics</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maldives_at_the_Olympics" title="Maldives at the Olympics">Maldives at the Olympics</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes">Notes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Maldives_at_the_2008_Summer_Olympics&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Notes"><span>edit</span></a><span 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title="Democratic Republic of the Congo at the 2008 Summer Olympics">Democratic Republic of the Congo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Djibouti_at_the_2008_Summer_Olympics" title="Djibouti at the 2008 Summer Olympics">Djibouti</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Egypt_at_the_2008_Summer_Olympics" title="Egypt at the 2008 Summer Olympics">Egypt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Equatorial_Guinea_at_the_2008_Summer_Olympics" title="Equatorial Guinea at the 2008 Summer Olympics">Equatorial Guinea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eritrea_at_the_2008_Summer_Olympics" title="Eritrea at the 2008 Summer Olympics">Eritrea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ethiopia_at_the_2008_Summer_Olympics" title="Ethiopia at the 2008 Summer Olympics">Ethiopia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gabon_at_the_2008_Summer_Olympics" title="Gabon at the 2008 Summer Olympics">Gabon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Gambia_at_the_2008_Summer_Olympics" title="The Gambia at the 2008 Summer Olympics">The Gambia</a></li> <li><a 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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 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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 class="mw-selflink selflink">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 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