Botswana at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Botswana at the Olympic Games
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At the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing
Competitors	12 in 3 sports
Flag bearer	Samantha Paxinos
Medals	Gold 0	Silver 0	Bronze 0	Total 0
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Botswana competed in the 2008 Summer Olympics which were held in Beijing, People's Republic of China from August 8 to August 24, 2008.

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete	Events	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Fanuel Kenosi	200 m	21.09	5	Did not advance
Gakologelwang Masheto	400 m	46.29	8	N/A		Did not advance
California Molefe	400 m	Did not start		N/A		Did not advance
Onalenna Balovi	800 m	1:47.89	4	N/A		Did not advance
Ndabili Bashingili	Marathon	N/A						2:25:11	56
Gable Garenamotse	Long jump	7.95	7 q	N/A				7.85	9
Kabelo Kgosiemang	High jump	2.20	13	N/A				Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Events	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Amantle Montsho	400 m	50.91	2 Q	N/A		50.54	2 Q	51.18	8

Boxing

Main articles: Boxing at the 2008 Summer Olympics and Boxing at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Qualification

Botswana qualified two boxers for the Olympic boxing tournament. Ikgopoleng qualified in the bantamweight at the first African qualifying event. Batshegi qualified in the featherweight at the second African event.

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Khumiso Ikgopoleng	Bantamweight	Boyd (AUS) W 18-8	Mesbahi (MAR) W RSCI	Uugan (MGL) L 2-15	Did not advance
Thato Batshegi	Featherweight	Nikoloz Izoria L 4-14	Did not advance

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Qualifiers for the latter rounds of all events were decided on a time only basis, therefore positions shown are overall results versus competitors in all heats.

Athlete	Events	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
John Kamyuka	Men's 50 m freestyle	25.54	72	Did not advance
Samantha Paxinos	Women's 50 m freestyle	29.91	70	Did not advance

See also

• Botswana at the 2006 Commonwealth Games
• Botswana at the 2008 Summer Paralympics
• Botswana at the 2010 Commonwealth Games

References

• sports-reference