Malawi was represented at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China by the Olympic and Commonwealth Games Association of Malawi.

In total, four athletes including two men and two women represented Malawi in two different sports including athletics and swimming.

Competitors In total, four athletes represented Malawi at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China across two different sports.

SportMenWomenTotalAthletics 1 1 2Swimming 1 1 2 Total 2 2 4

Athletics

In total, two Malawian athletes participated in the athletics events – Lucia Chandamale in the women's 5,000 m and Chauncy Master in the men's 1,500 m.

The athletics events took place at the Beijing National Stadium in Chaoyang, Beijing from 15 to 24 August 2008.

The heats for the men's 1,500 m took place on 15 August 2008. Master finished ninth in his heat in a time of three minutes 44.96 seconds and he did not advance to the semi-finals.

AthleteEventHeat SemifinalFinalResultRankResultRankResultRankChauncy Master1,500 m3:44.9610Did not advance

The heats for the women's 5,000 m took place on 19 August 2008. Chandamale finished 15th in her heat in a time of 16 minutes 44.09 seconds and he did not advance to the final.

AthleteEventHeat FinalResultRankResultRankLucia Chandamale5,000 m16:44.0915Did not advance

Swimming

In total, two Malawian athletes participated in the swimming events – Charlton Nyirenda in the men's 50 m freestyle and Zahra Pinto in the women's 50 m freestyle.

The swimming events took place at the Water Cube in Chaoyang, Beijing from 9 to 17 August 2008.

The heats for the men's 50 m freestyle took place on 14 August 2008. Nyirenda finished first in his heat in a time of 27.46 seconds which was ultimately not fast enough to advance to the semi-finals.

AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankCharlton Nyirenda50 m freestyle27.4680Did not advance

The heats for the women's 50 m freestyle took place on 15 August 2008. Pinto finished third in her heat in a time of 32.53 seconds which was ultimately not fast enough to advance to the semi-finals.

AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankZahra Pinto50 m freestyle32.5382Did not advance

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