Niger at the 2008 Summer Olympics
| Niger at the 2008 Summer Olympics |
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| IOC code | NIG | ||||||||
| NOC | Nigerien Olympic and National Sports Committee | ||||||||
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| Competitors | 5 in 3 sports | ||||||||
| Flag bearer | Mohamed Alhousseini Alhassan | ||||||||
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| Officials | Guéro Amadou (COSNI) | ||||||||
| Summer Olympics appearances (overview) | |||||||||
Niger sent five athletes, their second largest contingent ever (6 in 1988), equalling the most sports in which they have participated (3 in 2004). to compete at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China. It was Niger's 10th Olympics; their only medalist has been Issaka Dabore, in boxing, at the 1972 games.
For 2008, the Nigerien delegation included Lailatou Amadou Lele competing in Taekwondo, Mohamed Lamine Alhousseini Alhassan in Men's 50 metre freestyle, and Mariama Souley Bana in Women's 50 metre freestyle, with the rest of the Nigerien athletes competing in athletics in 400 metres and 1500 metres competitions. The delegation also included Abdramane Seydou, the Minister of Sport, other ministerial officials, one journalist and members of the Niger Olympic Committee (COSNI), including Guéro Amadou, its president.
Harouna Garba competed on Niger's behalf at the Beijing Olympics in the men's 400 meters hurdles. He was born in 1986, and was 22 years old at the time of his participation in his Beijing event. Garba had not previously competed at any Olympic games. During the qualification round of Garba's event, which took place on August 15, the Nigerien athlete was placed in the first heat against six other competitors. Garba finished the event in 55.14 seconds, placing last out of seven, and was directly behind Portugal's Edivaldo Monteiro (49.89 seconds) and Japan's Kenji Narisako (49.63 seconds) in a heat led by Bershawn Jackson of the United States (49.20 seconds) and Pieter de Villiers of South Africa (49.24 seconds). Of the 25 athletes completing the event, Garba ranked last. He did not advance to later rounds.
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