Andorra, represented by the Andorran Olympic Committee, sent a team of five athletes to compete at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China.
Athletics
Two Andorran athletes participated in the athletics events – Antoni Bernadó in the men's marathon and Montserrat Pujol in the women's 100 m.
The heats for the women's 100 m took place on 16 August 2008. Pujol contested heat six which took place at 11:25am. She finished seventh of nine starts in a time of 12.73 seconds and failed to advance to the semi-finals.
The men's marathon took place eight days later on 24 August 2008 at 7:30am. Bernadó completed the race in a time of 2 hours, 26 minutes and 29 seconds to finish 58th overall.
Men AthleteEventFinalResultRankAntoni BernadóMarathon2:26:2958
Women AthleteEventHeatQuarterfinalSemifinalFinalResultRankResultRankResultRankResultRankMontserrat Pujol100 m12.737did not advance
Canoeing
One Andorran athlete participated in the canoeing events – Montserrat García Riberaygua in the women's slalom K-1.
The preliminary round for the women's slalom K-1 was held on 13 August 2008. Over two runs, García Riberaygua's total time was 268.93 seconds as she placed 20th of the 21 competitors and was eliminated from the competition.
AthleteEventPreliminarySemifinalFinalRun 1RankRun 2RankTotalRankTimeRankTimeRankTotalRankMontserrat García RiberayguaWomen's K-1166.6721102.2611268.9320did not advance
Judo
One Andorran athlete participated in the judo events – Daniel García in the men's −66 kg.
The men's −66 kg event took place on 10 August 2008. García received a bye in the preliminary round but lost by ippon to Yordanis Arencibia of Cuba in the round of 32. In the repechage contest, García lost by ippon to Amin El Hady of Egypt.
AthleteEventPreliminaryRound of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsRepechage 1Repechage 2Repechage 3Final / OppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRankDaniel GarcíaMen's −66 kgL 0000–1010did not advanceL 0001–1001did not advance
Swimming
One Andorran athlete participated in the swimming events – Hocine Haciane in the men's 400 m individual medley.
The heats for the men's 400 m individual medley took place on 9 August 2008 at 11:33am. Haciane contested heat five and started in lane five. He finished first in his heat in a time of 4 minutes and 32 seconds which was ultimately not fast enough to qualify for the final.
Men AthleteEventHeatFinalTimeRankTimeRankHocine Haciane400 m individual medley4:32.0029did not advance
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