Tajikistan at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Tajikistan took part in the 2008 Summer Olympics held in Beijing, People's Republic of China, from August 8 to August 24, 2008. The country sent thirteen athletes to compete in five different sports: boxing, judo, swimming, hammer throw, and freestyle wrestling.

A big moment came on August 11, 2008, when Rasul Boqiev won Tajikistan's first Olympic medal—a bronze in men's judo. This was a special achievement because it was the first Olympic medal ever won by Tajikistan.

Medalists

Tajikistan won its first Olympic medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China. On August 11, 2008, Rasul Boqiev earned a bronze medal in men's judo, marking a proud moment for the country.

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

Archery

Main article: Archery at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Athlete	Event	Ranking round		Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	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

Main article: Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Tajikistan sent athletes to compete in the Athletics events at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. The athletes took part in both men's and women's events.

The results for the athletes are shown in the tables below.

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

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

Boxing

Main article: Boxing at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Tajikistan had boxers compete in the 2008 Summer Olympics held in Beijing, China. They were part of the team representing their country in this sport.

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
Athlete	Event	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

Main article: Judo at the 2008 Summer Olympics

On August 11, 2008, Rasul Boqiev won Tajikistan's first Olympic medal, a bronze in men's judo.

Athlete	Event	Preliminary	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Repechage 3	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Rasul Boqiev	−73 kg	—N/a	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	—N/a	Mammadov (AZE) L 0000–0011	Did not advance

Shooting

Main article: Shooting at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Men

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

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Tajikistan had swimmers compete in the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. The men and women each had events, though the specific results are shown in tables.

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

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

Weightlifting

Main article: Weightlifting at the 2008 Summer Olympics

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

Wrestling

Main article: Wrestling at the 2008 Summer Olympics

In the 2008 Summer Olympics, athletes from Tajikistan competed in wrestling. The matches used different ways to decide the winner, such as winning by points or by a fall.

Athlete	Event	Qualification	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	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