Tunisia at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Tunisia at the Olympic Games
Flag of Tunisia – Flag bearers IOC code  TUN NOC Comité National Olympique Tunisien
At the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing
Competitors	28 (15 men, 13 women) in 10 sports
Flag bearer	Anis Chadly
Medals Rank: 52	Gold 1	Silver 0	Bronze 0	Total 1
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Tunisia competed in the 2008 Summer Olympics held in Beijing, People's Republic of China from August 8 to August 24, 2008. The country was represented by 28 athletes competing in 10 sports.

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event
1 Gold	Oussama Mellouli	Swimming	Men's 1500 metre freestyle

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final	Rank
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result
Hatem Ghoula	Men's 20 km walk	N/A						1:23:44	27
	Men's 50 km walk	N/A						4:03:47	33
Hassanine Sebei	Men's 20 km walk	N/A						1:25:23	34
Habiba Gheribi	Women's 3000 metre steeplechase	9:25.50 NR	5 q	N/A				9:36.43	13
Leila Ben Youssef	Women's pole vault	4.00	18	Did not advance					32

Boxing

Main article: Boxing at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Tunisia qualified five boxers for the Olympic boxing tournament. All five boxers qualified at the first African qualifier.

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Walid Cherif	Flyweight	Sutherland (AUS) W 14-2	Lee (KOR) W 11-5	Picardi (ITA) L 5-7	Did not advance
Alaa Shili	Featherweight	Gratschow (GER) W 14-5	Reyes (MEX) L 2-14	Did not advance
Saifeddine Nejmaoui	Lightweight	Tishchenko (RUS) L 2-10	Did not advance
Hamza Hassini	Light welterweight	Sepahvand (IRI) L 4-16	Did not advance
Mourad Sahraoui	Light heavyweight	Zhang (CHN) L 1-3	Did not advance

Cycling

Main article: Cycling at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Road

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Rafâa Chtioui	Road race	7:03:04 (+39:15)	87

Fencing

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

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score
Ines Boubakri	Individual foil	Luan (CAN) L 9-13	Did not advance
Azza Besbes	Individual sabre	Chetty (RSA) W 15-2	Perrus (FRA) W 15-11	Ovtchinnikova (CAN) W 15-12	Ward (USA) L 14-15	Did not advance

Judo

Main article: Judo at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Preliminary	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	First Repechage Round	Repechage Quarterfinals	Repechage Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Youssef Badra	−81 kg	Mrvaljevic (MNE) L 0010-0020	Did not advance
Anis Chedly	+100 kg	Bye	Riner (FRA) L 0000-0010	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	First Repechage Round	Repechage Quarterfinals	Repechage Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Chahnez Mbarki	−48 kg	Lusnikova (UKR) L 0000-0221	Did not advance
Nesrine Jlassi	−57 kg	Bye	Lupetey (CUB) W 1000-0000	Pekli  (AUS) L 0000-1011	Did not advance
Houda Miled	−78 kg	Bye	Possamaï (FRA) L 0012-1010	Did not advance
Nihal Chikhrouhou	+78 kg	Chala  (ECU) W 1000-0000	Kim (KOR) L 0001-0011	Did not advance

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Athlete	Events	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Oussama Mellouli	Men's 200 m freestyle	1:47.97	19	Did not advance
	Men's 400 m freestyle	3:44.54	7 Q			3:43.45 AF	5
	Men's 1500 m freestyle	14:47.76	6 Q			14:40.84

Taekwondo

Main article: Taekwondo at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Khaoula Ben Hamza	+67 kg	Espinoza (MEX) L 0-4	Advanced to repechage semifinals		Kedzierska (SWE) L 4-5

Tennis

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

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Selima Sfar	Singles	Wozniacki (DEN) L 4-6, 1-6	Did not advance

Weightlifting

Main article: Weightlifting at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Snatch		Clean & Jerk		Total	Rank
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Khalil Al Maooui	-56 kg	126	7	0	-	DNF	-

Women

Athlete	Event	Snatch		Clean & Jerk		Total	Rank
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Hanene Ouerfelli	-63 kg	80	17	95	16	175	16

Wrestling

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

Men's Freestyle

Athlete	Event	Qualification	1/8 Final	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage Round 1	Repechage Round 2	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Adnene Rhimi	−84 kg	Bye	Yenokyan (ARM) L 0-6, 1-8	Did not advance

Women's Freestyle

Athlete	Event	Qualification	1/8 Final	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage Round 1	Repechage Round 2	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Marwa Amri	−55 kg	Bye	Renteria (COL) L 0-6, 1-8	Did not advance

Greco-Roman

Athlete	Event	Qualification	1/8 Final	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage Round 1	Repechage Round 2	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Haykel Achouri	−84 kg	Bye	Gadabadze (AZE) L 0-5, 0-5	Did not advance

See also

• Tunisia at the 2008 Summer Paralympics