United Arab Emirates at the 2008 Summer Olympics information
Sporting event delegation
United Arab Emirates at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Flag of the United Arab Emirates
IOC code
UAE
NOC
United Arab Emirates National Olympic Committee
Website
www.uaenoc.ae(in Arabic and English)
in Beijing
Competitors
8 in 7 sports
Flag bearers
Maitha Al Maktoum (opening) Omar Jouma Bilal Al-Salfa (closing)
Medals
Gold
0
Silver
0
Bronze
0
Total
0
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
1984
1988
1992
1996
2000
2004
2008
2012
2016
2020
2024
The United Arab Emirates participated at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China, which were held from 8 to 24 August 2008. The country's participation at the Beijing Olympics marked its seventh appearance in the Summer Olympics since its début at the 1984 Summer Olympics. The delegation sent by the United Arab Emirates National Olympic Committee consisted of eight athletes in seven sports: athletics, equestrian, judo, sailing, shooting, swimming and taekwondo. Two of the eight athletes were women, making Beijing the first time the country had sent female athletes to a Summer Olympiad, and most of their athletes qualified for the Games by using a wild card or receiving an invitation from the Tripartite Commission. The country did not win any medals at the Games; the best performance of the delegation was from sport shooter Ahmad Al-Makotum, who placed seventh in the qualification round of the men's double trap and lost a subsequent four-man shoot-out.
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