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src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/60/Flag_of_Suriname.svg/220px-Flag_of_Suriname.svg.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/60/Flag_of_Suriname.svg/330px-Flag_of_Suriname.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/60/Flag_of_Suriname.svg/440px-Flag_of_Suriname.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></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">SUR</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/Suriname_Olympic_Committee" title="Suriname Olympic Committee">Suriname Olympic Committee</a></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/Anthony_Nesty" title="Anthony Nesty">Anthony Nesty</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/Suriname_at_the_Summer_Olympics" class="mw-redirect" title="Suriname 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/Suriname_at_the_1960_Summer_Olympics" title="Suriname at the 1960 Summer Olympics">1960</a></li><li><span style="color:gray">1964</span></li><li><a href="/wiki/Suriname_at_the_1968_Summer_Olympics" title="Suriname at the 1968 Summer Olympics">1968</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Suriname_at_the_1972_Summer_Olympics" title="Suriname at the 1972 Summer Olympics">1972</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Suriname_at_the_1976_Summer_Olympics" title="Suriname at the 1976 Summer Olympics">1976</a></li><li><span style="color:gray">1980</span></li><li><a href="/wiki/Suriname_at_the_1984_Summer_Olympics" title="Suriname at the 1984 Summer Olympics">1984</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Suriname_at_the_1988_Summer_Olympics" title="Suriname at the 1988 Summer Olympics">1988</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Suriname_at_the_1992_Summer_Olympics" title="Suriname at the 1992 Summer Olympics">1992</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Suriname_at_the_1996_Summer_Olympics" title="Suriname at the 1996 Summer Olympics">1996</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Suriname_at_the_2000_Summer_Olympics" title="Suriname at the 2000 Summer Olympics">2000</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Suriname_at_the_2004_Summer_Olympics" title="Suriname at the 2004 Summer Olympics">2004</a></li><li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">2008</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Suriname_at_the_2012_Summer_Olympics" title="Suriname at the 2012 Summer Olympics">2012</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Suriname_at_the_2016_Summer_Olympics" title="Suriname at the 2016 Summer Olympics">2016</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Suriname_at_the_2020_Summer_Olympics" title="Suriname at the 2020 Summer Olympics">2020</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Suriname_at_the_2024_Summer_Olympics" title="Suriname at the 2024 Summer Olympics">2024</a></li></ul></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><a href="/wiki/Suriname" title="Suriname">Suriname</a> sent a delegation of four people to compete at the <a href="/wiki/2008_Summer_Olympics" title="2008 Summer Olympics">2008 Summer Olympics</a> 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>: two athletes (<a href="/wiki/Jurgen_Themen" title="Jurgen Themen">Jurgen Themen</a> and <a href="/wiki/Kirsten_Nieuwendam" title="Kirsten Nieuwendam">Kirsten Nieuwendam</a> and two swimmers (<a href="/wiki/Gordon_Touw_Ngie_Tjouw" title="Gordon Touw Ngie Tjouw">Gordon Touw Ngie Tjouw</a> and <a href="/wiki/Chinyere_Pigot" title="Chinyere Pigot">Chinyere Pigot</a>) who participated in four distinct events. The appearance of Suriname at Beijing marked its tenth Olympic appearance, which included every Olympic games since the <a href="/wiki/1968_Summer_Olympics" title="1968 Summer Olympics">1968 Summer Olympics</a> in Mexico City and excluded the <a href="/wiki/1980_Summer_Olympics" title="1980 Summer Olympics">1980 Summer Olympics</a> in Moscow. Its four athletes did not advance past the first round in each of their events. The Surinamese flag bearer in Beijing was not an athlete, but <a href="/wiki/Anthony_Nesty" title="Anthony Nesty">Anthony Nesty</a>, the only medalist in Surinamese history (as of the Beijing Olympics) and the nation's Olympic swimming coach. </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=Suriname_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>Up to and including its participation in the Beijing Games, Surinamese athletes participated in ten Olympic games, all of which were summer Games. The first case of a Surinamese athlete's participation was at the <a href="/wiki/1968_Summer_Olympics" title="1968 Summer Olympics">1968 Summer Olympics</a> in Mexico City, when it sent a single male athlete. Since then, Suriname's athletes have participated in every Olympic games except the <a href="/wiki/1980_Summer_Olympics" title="1980 Summer Olympics">1980 Summer Olympics</a> in the Soviet Union.<sup id="cite_ref-sr-surinaam_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sr-surinaam-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As of Beijing, the country had not sent more than seven athletes to any one Games. Prior to and including 2008, one Surinamese athlete had won the two medals ever claimed by Surinamese athletes–<a href="/wiki/Anthony_Nesty" title="Anthony Nesty">Anthony Nesty</a>, who won a gold medal in 1988, and a bronze medal in 1992, both in swimming events. No medals were won in Beijing.<sup id="cite_ref-sr-surinaam_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sr-surinaam-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Although Nesty did not participate in any event at the Beijing Olympics, he was Suriname's flag bearer at the ceremonies.<sup id="cite_ref-sr-surinaam_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sr-surinaam-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He also served as the head coach for the Surinamese Olympic swim team, having served previously as associate head coach for the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Florida" title="University of Florida">University of Florida</a> swim team and, during the <a href="/wiki/2004_Summer_Olympics" title="2004 Summer Olympics">2004 Summer Olympics</a> in Athens, the assistant coach for the Surinamese team.<sup id="cite_ref-gatorzone_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-gatorzone-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<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=Suriname_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>Then 22-year old Jurgen Themen appeared at the Olympics for the first time when he participated in the 100 meters dash in Beijing. He was the sole male Surinamese participant in track and field during the 2008 Olympics.<sup id="cite_ref-sr-jt_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sr-jt-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Themen participated in the first heat during the August 14 qualification round, completing the event in 10.61 seconds and ranking seventh of eight athletes. The leaders of Themen's heat included <a href="/wiki/Usain_Bolt" title="Usain Bolt">Usain Bolt</a> of Jamaica (10.20 seconds) and <a href="/wiki/Daniel_Bailey" title="Daniel Bailey">Daniel Bailey</a> of Antigua and Barbuda (10.24 seconds).<sup id="cite_ref-256ESPN_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-256ESPN-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Themen himself scored directly ahead of Vanuatu's <a href="/wiki/Moses_Kamut" title="Moses Kamut">Moses Kamut</a> (10.81 seconds) and directly behind Italy's <a href="/wiki/Fabio_Cerutti" title="Fabio Cerutti">Fabio Cerutti</a> (10.49 seconds). All heats combined, Themen ranked 54 out of the 80 athletes who participated in the qualification round. He did not progress to quarterfinals.<sup id="cite_ref-256ESPN_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-256ESPN-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Then 16-year-old student of Florida's <a href="/wiki/St._Thomas_Aquinas_High_School_(Fort_Lauderdale,_Florida)" class="mw-redirect" title="St. Thomas Aquinas High School (Fort Lauderdale, Florida)">St. Thomas Aquinas High School</a> <a href="/wiki/Kirsten_Nieuwendam" title="Kirsten Nieuwendam">Kirsten Nieuwendam</a> participated in the Beijing Olympics on behalf of Suriname as its only female track and field athlete that year. Nieuwendam had not previously participated in any Olympic games.<sup id="cite_ref-sr-kn_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sr-kn-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Nieuwendam participated in the first heat of the qualification round, which took place on August 18. She completed her event in 24.46 seconds, placing seventh out of the eight athletes in her heat, finishing behind Liberia's <a href="/wiki/Kia_Davis" title="Kia Davis">Kia Davis</a> (24.31 seconds). <a href="/wiki/Vida_Anim" title="Vida Anim">Vida Anim</a> of Ghana, the eighth competitor in the heat, never started her event. The leaders of Nieuwendam's heat were <a href="/wiki/Allyson_Felix" title="Allyson Felix">Allyson Felix</a> of the United States (23.02 seconds) and <a href="/wiki/Susanthika_Jayasinghe" title="Susanthika Jayasinghe">Susanthika Jayasinghe</a> of Sri Lanka (23.04 seconds).<sup id="cite_ref-358ESPN_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-358ESPN-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Out of the 48 athletes who competed in the qualification round, Nieuwendam ranked 44th. She did not progress to further rounds.<sup id="cite_ref-358ESPN_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-358ESPN-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<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">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/Jurgen_Themen" title="Jurgen Themen">Jurgen Themen</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>10.61 </td> <td>6 </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">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/Kirsten_Nieuwendam" title="Kirsten Nieuwendam">Kirsten Nieuwendam</a> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Athletics_at_the_2008_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Women%27s_200_metres" title="Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's 200 metres">200 m</a> </td> <td>24.46 <b><a href="/wiki/Surinamese_records_in_athletics" class="mw-redirect" title="Surinamese records in athletics">NR</a></b> </td> <td>7 </td> <td colspan="6">Did not advance </td></tr></tbody></table> <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 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=Suriname_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 article: <a href="/wiki/Swimming_at_the_2008_Summer_Olympics" title="Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics">Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics</a></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" 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 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/250px-%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="250" height="144" 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/375px-%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/500px-%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 "Water Cube", where Tjouw and Pigot participated in their swimming events</figcaption></figure> <p>Then 23-year-old <a href="/wiki/Gordon_Touw_Ngie_Tjouw" title="Gordon Touw Ngie Tjouw">Gordon Touw Ngie Tjouw</a> participated on Suriname's behalf in the men's 100 meters butterfly. His participation in Beijing marked his second Olympic appearance, as he had participated previously in men's 100 meters butterfly at the Athenian <a href="/wiki/2004_Summer_Olympics" title="2004 Summer Olympics">2004 Summer Olympics</a>. He was the only male Surinamese swimmer participating in the Beijing games.<sup id="cite_ref-sr-gtnt_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sr-gtnt-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> During the August 14 preliminary round, Tjouw participated in the second heat. He completed his event in 54.54 seconds, ranking third out of the seven athletes in the heat. Tjouw ranked directly behind Malaysia's <a href="/wiki/Daniel_Bego" title="Daniel Bego">Daniel Bego</a> (54.38 seconds) and directly ahead of Kazakhstan's <a href="/wiki/Rustam_Khudiyev" title="Rustam Khudiyev">Rustam Khudiyev</a> (54.62 seconds). The leaders of the heat were <a href="/wiki/Shaune_Fraser" title="Shaune Fraser">Shaune Fraser</a> of the Cayman Islands (54.08 seconds) and Bego.<sup id="cite_ref-313ESPN_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-313ESPN-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Overall, Tjouw ranked 55 out of the 66 athletes who participated in the event. He did not advance to later rounds.<sup id="cite_ref-313ESPN_8-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-313ESPN-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Paramaribo-born swimmer <a href="/wiki/Chinyere_Pigot" title="Chinyere Pigot">Chinyere Pigot</a> was the youngest athlete to participate in the Surinamese delegation at Beijing; she was fifteen years old at the time of her performance, and the only female Surinamese swimmer in the delegation. Pigot has not previously appeared at any Olympic games.<sup id="cite_ref-sr-cp_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sr-cp-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The preliminary round for the women's 50 meters freestyle, the event in which she participated, took place on August 15. Pigot was placed in the fifth heat. She completed her event in 27.66 seconds, taking second in the heat; Pigot fell behind Honduran athlete <a href="/wiki/Sharon_Paola_Fajardo_Sierra" class="mw-redirect" title="Sharon Paola Fajardo Sierra">Sharon Paola Fajardo Sierra</a> (27.19 seconds) but scored ahead of Nicaraguan <a href="/wiki/Dalia_T%C3%B3rrez_Zamora" title="Dalia Tórrez Zamora">Dalia Tórrez Zamora</a> (27.81 seconds).<sup id="cite_ref-98ESPN_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-98ESPN-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Out of the 92 athletes who participated in the preliminary round, Pigot ranked 54th. She did not advance to later rounds.<sup id="cite_ref-98ESPN_10-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-98ESPN-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<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>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/Gordon_Touw_Ngie_Tjouw" title="Gordon Touw Ngie Tjouw">Gordon Touw Ngie Tjouw</a> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Swimming_at_the_2008_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_100_metre_butterfly" title="Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's 100 metre butterfly">100 m butterfly</a> </td> <td>54.54 </td> <td>55 </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>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/Chinyere_Pigot" title="Chinyere Pigot">Chinyere Pigot</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>27.66 </td> <td>54 </td> <td colspan="4">Did not advance </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Suriname_at_the_2008_Summer_Olympics&action=edit&section=4" 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scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#BFD7FF;width:1%">Africa</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/Algeria_at_the_2008_Summer_Olympics" title="Algeria at the 2008 Summer Olympics">Algeria</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Angola_at_the_2008_Summer_Olympics" title="Angola at the 2008 Summer Olympics">Angola</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Benin_at_the_2008_Summer_Olympics" title="Benin at the 2008 Summer Olympics">Benin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Botswana_at_the_2008_Summer_Olympics" title="Botswana at the 2008 Summer Olympics">Botswana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Burkina_Faso_at_the_2008_Summer_Olympics" title="Burkina Faso at the 2008 Summer Olympics">Burkina Faso</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Burundi_at_the_2008_Summer_Olympics" title="Burundi at the 2008 Summer Olympics">Burundi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cameroon_at_the_2008_Summer_Olympics" title="Cameroon at the 2008 Summer Olympics">Cameroon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cape_Verde_at_the_2008_Summer_Olympics" title="Cape Verde at the 2008 Summer Olympics">Cape Verde</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Central_African_Republic_at_the_2008_Summer_Olympics" title="Central African Republic at the 2008 Summer Olympics">Central African Republic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chad_at_the_2008_Summer_Olympics" title="Chad at the 2008 Summer Olympics">Chad</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Comoros_at_the_2008_Summer_Olympics" title="Comoros at the 2008 Summer Olympics">Comoros</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Republic_of_the_Congo_at_the_2008_Summer_Olympics" title="Republic of the Congo at the 2008 Summer Olympics">Republic of the Congo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Republic_of_the_Congo_at_the_2008_Summer_Olympics" 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 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 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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> 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href="/wiki/Kiribati_at_the_2008_Summer_Olympics" title="Kiribati at the 2008 Summer Olympics">Kiribati</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marshall_Islands_at_the_2008_Summer_Olympics" title="Marshall Islands at the 2008 Summer Olympics">Marshall Islands</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Federated_States_of_Micronesia_at_the_2008_Summer_Olympics" title="Federated States of Micronesia at the 2008 Summer Olympics">Federated States of Micronesia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nauru_at_the_2008_Summer_Olympics" title="Nauru at the 2008 Summer Olympics">Nauru</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/New_Zealand_at_the_2008_Summer_Olympics" title="New Zealand at the 2008 Summer Olympics">New Zealand</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Palau_at_the_2008_Summer_Olympics" title="Palau at the 2008 Summer Olympics">Palau</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Papua_New_Guinea_at_the_2008_Summer_Olympics" title="Papua New Guinea at the 2008 Summer Olympics">Papua New Guinea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Samoa_at_the_2008_Summer_Olympics" 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