Qatar competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China. The country sent its largest ever Olympic delegation to Beijing, with 22 athletes competing in seven sports: athletics, swimming, shooting, weightlifting, fencing, archery and taekwondo."Qatar preview: Qatar targets first ever Olympic gold in Beijing", Xinhua, July 28, 2008Qatar's Olympic delegation, CNN
Qatar is one of at least three countries that sent an all-male delegation to the Beijing Games."Should Saudi Arabia be Banned from the Olympics?", Huffington Post, July 29, 2008"Muslimah Media Watch",Muslimahs at the Beijing Olympics, August 14, 2008
Archery
AthleteEventRanking roundRound of 64Round of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal / ScoreSeedOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreRankAli Ahmed SalemMen's individual62757L 103–108Did not advance
Athletics
Men Track & road events AthleteEventHeatQuarterfinalSemifinalFinalResultRankResultRankResultRankResultRankAhmad Hassan Abdullah10000 mcolspan=6 27:23.758Mohamed Issa Al-Thawadi110 m hurdles13.645 qDid not advanceThamer Kamal Ali1500 m3:41.088colspan=2 Did not advanceDaham Najim Bashir3:36.053 Qcolspan=2 3:37.777 q3:37.6810Samuel Francis100 m10.401 Q10.114 q10.20DSQDid not advance200 mDNSDSQDid not advanceAbubaker Ali Kamal3000 m steeplechase8:21.854 Qcolspan=4 8:16.598Felix Kibore10000 mcolspan=6 28:11.9222James Kwalia5000 m13:39.962 Qcolspan=4 13:23.488Yousuf Othman QaderMarathoncolspan=6 2:28:4064Essa Ismail Rashed10000 mcolspan=6 27:58.6720Mubarak ShamiMarathoncolspan=6 Sultan Khamis Zaman5000 m13:53.3812colspan=4 Did not advance
Field events AthleteEventQualificationFinalDistancePositionDistancePositionIbrahim AboubakerTriple jump16.0331Did not advanceRashid Shafi Al-DosariDiscus throw63.839 q62.5510
Fencing
Men AthleteEventRound of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalSemifinalFinal / Opposition ScoreOpposition ScoreOpposition ScoreOpposition ScoreOpposition ScoreRankKhalid Al-HamadiIndividual foilL 3–15Did not advance
Shooting
Men AthleteEventQualificationFinalPointsRankPointsRankNasser Al-AttiyahSkeet11715Did not advanceRashid Hamad10637Did not advance
Swimming
Men AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankOsama Mohammed Ye Alarag 100 m breaststroke1:10.8361Did not advance
Taekwondo
AthleteEventRound of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsRepechage Bronze MedalFinalOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRankAbdulqader Hikmat SarhanMen's −80 kgL 0–5Did not advance
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