Guinea-Bissau was represented at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China by the Guinea-Bissau Olympic Committee.

In total, three athletes including two men and one woman represented Guinea-Bissau in two different sports including athletics and wrestling.

Background Guinea-Bissau made their Olympic debut at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia, United States. The 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China marked their fourth appearance at the Summer Olympics.

Competitors In total, three athletes represented Guinea-Bissau at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China across different sports.

SportMenWomenTotalAthletics 1 1 2Wrestling 1 0 1 Total 2 1 3

Athletics

In total, two Bissau-Guinean athletes participated in the athletics events – Holder da Silva in the men's 100 m and Domingas Togna in the women'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 100 m took place on 15 August 2008. Da Silva finished fifth in his heat in a time of 10.58 seconds and he did not advance to the quarter-finals.

AthleteEventHeatQuarterfinalSemifinalFinalResultRankResultRankResultRankResultRankHolder da Silva100 m10.585did not advance

The heats for the women's 1,500 m took place on 21 August 2008. Togna finished 11th in her heat in a time of five minutes 5.76 seconds and she did not advance to the final.

AthleteEventHeatFinalResultRankResultRankDomingas Togna1,500 m5:05.76 NR11did not advance

Wrestling

In total, one Bissau-Guinean athlete participated in the wrestling events – Augusto Midana in the men's freestyle −74 kg category.

The wrestling events took place at the China Agricultural University Gymnasium in Haidian, Beijing from 12 to 21 August 2008.

The men's freestyle −74 kg category took place on 20 August 2008. Midana received a bye in the first round. In the second round, he lost to Gela Saghirashvili of Georgia.

AthleteEventQualificationRound of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsRepechage 1Repechage 2Final / OppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRankAugusto Midana−74 kgL 1–3 did not advance17

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