Guinea at the 2008 Summer Olympics explained

Noc:GUI
Nocname:Comité National Olympique et Sportif Guinéen
Games:Summer Olympics
Year:2008
Location:Beijing
Competitors:5
Sports:3
Flagbearer:Fatmata Fofanah
Gold:0
Silver:0
Bronze:0
Appearances:auto

Guinea sent a delegation of five athletes compete at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China, which included Mariama Dalanda Barry in taekwondo,[1] Fatmata Fofanah (African champion in the women's 100 m hurdles), Djene Barry and Mamadou Cisse in swimming, and Nabie Foday Fofanah in athletics (who competed in the 200 m and 100 m sprint in the 2004 Olympics).[2] [3] Thanks to the use of Simplified Chinese stroke count, it was first after Greece in the parade of nations as it takes only two strokes to write the first character—Guinea-Bissau followed directly behind.

Athletics

See main article: Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

Men
Women

Swimming

See main article: Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

Men
Women

Taekwondo

See main article: Taekwondo at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

External links

Notes and References

  1. http://results.beijing2008.cn/WRM/FRE/BIO/Athlete/5/239285.shtml beijing2008.cn profile
  2. http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/olympics/2008/athletes/bio/gui.html Guinean team roster, 2008-08-11
  3. http://www.iaaf.org/athletes/guinea/nabie-foday-fofana-202989 Nabie Foday Fofanah
  4. http://results.beijing2008.cn/WRM/FRE/BIO/Athlete/5/247415.shtml beijing2008.cn profile
  5. http://results.beijing2008.cn/WRM/FRE/INF/AT/C73A/ATM002906.shtml#ATM002906 Résultats 200 m - hommes, 1er tour - 6e série Stade National / lun. 18 août 2008 / Début:10:40
  6. http://results.beijing2008.cn/WRM/FRE/BIO/Athlete/6/239276.shtml beijing2008.cn profile
  7. http://results.beijing2008.cn/WRM/FRE/BIO/Athlete/7/239287.shtml beijing2008.cn profile
  8. http://results.beijing2008.cn/WRM/FRE/BIO/Athlete/2/247412.shtml beijing2008.cn profile