Colonel William A. Phillips

Tajikistan competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics which was held in Beijing, People's Republic of China from August 8 to August 24, 2008. The country has sent thirteen competitors to the Games, who took part in five sports: boxing, judo, swimming, hammer throw and freestyle wrestling.^[1]

On August 11, 2008, Rasul Boqiev won Tajikistan's first Olympic medal, a bronze in men's judo.^[2] This was Tajikistan's first Olympic medal ever.^[3]

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event
Silver	Yusup Abdusalomov	Wrestling	Men's freestyle 84 kg
Bronze	Rasul Boqiev	Judo	Men's 73 kg

Archery

Athlete	Event	Ranking round		Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
		Score	Seed	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Albina Kamaletdinova	Women's individual	547	63	Yun O-H (KOR) (2) L 102–109	Did not advance

Athletics

Key

• Note – Ranks given for track events are within the athlete's heat only
• Q = Qualified for the next round
• q = Qualified for the next round as a fastest loser or, in field events, by position without achieving the qualifying target
• NR = National record
• N/A = Round not applicable for the event
• Bye = Athlete not required to compete in round

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Dilshod Nazarov	Hammer throw	75.35	12 q	76.54	11

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Galina Mityaeva	Hammer throw	51.38	47	Did not advance

Boxing

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Sherali Dostiev	Light flyweight	Hernández (CUB) L 1–12	Did not advance
Anvar Yunusov	Flyweight	Chauke (RSA) W 9–1	Vieira (BRA) W 12–6	Jongjohor (THA) L 1–8	Did not advance
Djakhon Kurbanov	Light heavyweight	Atoev (UZB) W 11–3	Šivolija (CRO) W 8–1	Shynaliyev (KAZ) L DSQ	Did not advance

Judo

Men

Athlete	Event	Preliminary	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Repechage 3	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Rasul Boqiev	−73 kg	—	Kibanza (COD) W 0210–0000	Bilodid (UKR) W 1000–0000	Si Rg (CHN) W 1110–0001	Wang K-C (KOR) L 0001–0010	Bye			van Tichelt (BEL) W 0011–0000
Sherali Bozorov	−81 kg	Denanyoh (TOG) L 0010–0011	Did not advance
Nematullo Asranqulov	−90 kg	—	Mammadov (AZE) L 0000–0011	Did not advance

Shooting

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Sergey Babikov	10 m air pistol	574	31	Did not advance

Swimming

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Alisher Chingizov	50 m freestyle	29.10	86	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Katerina Izmaylova	50 m freestyle	32.09	80	Did not advance

Weightlifting

Athlete	Event	Snatch		Clean & Jerk		Total	Rank
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Nizom Sangov	Men's −69 kg	115	27	135	24	250	24

Wrestling

Key

• VT - Victory by Fall.
• PP - Decision by Points - the loser with technical points.
• PO - Decision by Points - the loser without technical points.

Men's freestyle

Athlete	Event	Qualification	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Vitalij Korjakin	−60 kg	Bye	Yumoto (JPN) L 0–5 VT	Did not advance					15
Yusup Abdusalomov	−84 kg	Bye	Kumar (AUS) W 3–0 PO	Danko (UKR) W 3–0 PO	Balcı (TUR) W 3–0 PO	Bye		Mindorashvili (GEO) L 1–3 PP

References