Samoa at the 2008 Summer Olympics
| Samoa at the 2008 Summer Olympics |
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| IOC code | SAM | ||||||||
| NOC | Samoa Association of Sports and National Olympic Committee Inc. | ||||||||
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| Competitors | 6 in 5 sports | ||||||||
| Flag bearer |
Ele Opeloge (opening) Aunese Curreen (closing) |
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Medals Ranked 70th |
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Samoa sent a delegation to compete at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China. The country was represented by a total of six athletes. The country's flagbearer during the Games' opening ceremony was weightlifter Ele Opeloge. Samoa won its first Olympic medal due to medals reallocation after the IOC's 2016 wave of doping samples retesting.
Samoa sent an archer to the Olympics for the first time. Joseph Muaausa earned the nation's first Olympic archery qualifying spot, in the men's competition, by placing second in the 2008 Oceanian championship.
Aunese Curreen set a national record in the men's 800 metres, with a time of 1:47.45.
Samoa qualified one boxer for the Olympic boxing tournament. Satupaitea Farani Tavui earned Oceania's qualifying spot in the light heavyweight class by winning the Oceanian continental qualifying tournament. Tavui lost his first match against Croatia's Marijo Šivolija, being eliminated by knockout. He had to be taken to hospital.
Qualification Legend: QS = Qualify to semi-final; QF = Qualify directly to final
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