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Template:Infobox Olympics Vietnam Vietnam competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. It is the 13th summer games in which the nation has competed since its first appearance in 1952. Although it has sent a modest delegation every year it has competed, Vietnam had only earned one Olympic medal before Beijing.[1] The Vietnam Olympic Committee sent thirteen athletes to compete in eight of the 28 Olympic sports.[2] It is the largest ever contingent for the nation, up from 11 in the 2004 games.[3]

Medalists

Medal Name Sport Event
 Silver Hoàng Anh Tuấn Weightlifting Men's 56 kg

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Two athletes represented Vietnam in Beijing.

Men

Athlete Events Heat Semifinal Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Nguyễn Đình Cương Men's 800 m 1:52.06 7 Did not advance

Women

Athlete Events Heat Quarter-Final Semifinal Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Vũ Thị Hương Women's 100 m 11.65 3 Q 11.70 8 Did not advance

Badminton

Main article: Badminton at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Vietnam sent two athletes to compete in two of the five badminton events. Nguyễn Tiến Minh entered ranked 24th in the world, while Lê Ngọc Nguyên Nhung was ranked 72nd.

Men

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
Nguyễn Tiến Minh Singles Bye  Hsieh (TPE)
L 16-21, 21-15, 15-21 		Did not advance

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
Lê Ngọc Nguyên Nhung Singles  Jayasinghe (SRI)
W 21-13, 21-12 		 Hirose (JPN)
L 7-21, 12-21 		Did not advance

Gymnastics

Main article: Gymnastics at the 2008 Summer Olympics


Artistic

Đỗ Thị Ngân Thương represented Vietnam in artistic gymnastics, becoming the first Vietnamese gymnast to be selected for Olympic competition.[4] Although she did not qualify individually, she received a wild card invitation from the International Olympic Committee.[5] She competed in the qualification stage, where her 52.1 final score placed her in 59th overall, missing the event and all-around competition finals. On the 15 August Thuong failed a drugs test for furosemide and her result was disqualified. IOC professor Arne Ljungqvist suggested Thuong's drug use was due to "poor information of the athlete", rather than a deliberate attempt to violate the rules.[6]

Women
Athlete Event Qualification Apparatus Qualification Final
Vault Floor Uneven Bars Balance Beam Total Rank Total Rank
Đỗ Thị Ngân Thương All-around 13.400 11.900 12,575 14.225 52.100 DQ

Shooting

Main article: Shooting at the 2008 Summer Olympics

One athlete qualified to compete in two shooting events. Nguyễn Mạnh Tường failed to advance in either the 10 metre or 50 metre pistol events.

Men

Athlete Event Qualification Final Rank
Score Rank Score Rank
Nguyễn Mạnh Tường 10 m air pistol 572 34th Did not advance 34
50 m pistol 543 38 Did not advance 38

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics

One athlete qualified to compete in swimming at the Games, finishing 58th and failing to advance.

Athlete Events Heat Semifinal Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Nguyễn Hữu Việt Men's 100 m breaststroke 1:06.36 58 Did not advance

Table tennis

Main article: Table tennis at the 2008 Summer Olympics

One athlete competed for Vietnam in the men's table tennis singles tournament. Đoàn Kiến Quốc won his first two matches, but lost in the second round to a Russian opponent.

Athlete Event Preliminary round Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 Round 4 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result
Đoàn Kiến Quốc Singles  Zalcberg (AUS)
W 11-8, 11-7, 12-10, 11-5 		 Legout (FRA)
W 10-12, 11-7, 11-6, 6-11, 11-9, 14-12 		 Smirnov (RUS)
L 3-11, 11-5, 4-11, 12-14, 8-11 		Did not advance

Taekwondo

Main article: Taekwondo at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Vietnam sent three athletes to compete in three taekwondo events at the Games. The team had an overall record of 1-3, with only Trần Thị Ngọc Trúc managing to win a match. Trần qualified for the repechage after her second round opponent made the final, but could not advance to a bronze medal match.

Men

Athlete Event Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Repechage
Semifinals 		Final
Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result
Nguyễn Văn Hùng +80 kg  Chukwumerije (NGR)
L 1-3 		Did not advance

Women

Athlete Event Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Repechage
Semifinals 		Final
Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result
Trần Thị Ngọc Trúc -49 kg  Tona (PNG)
W 5-0 		 Puedpong (THA)
L 1-2 		Advanced to repechage round  Montejo (CUB)
L 0-4 		Did not advance
Nguyễn Thị Hoài Thu -57 kg  Diedhiou (SEN)
L 0-1 		Did not advance

Weightlifting

Main article: Weightlifting at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Two athletes competed in two weightlifting events at the games. Hoàng Anh Tuấn was ranked fifth in the world in his category and was called Vietnam's best chance at a medal in the Games.[7]This turned out to be an accurate assessment, as he lifted 130 kilograms in the snatch leaving him tied in lift weight for 2nd, but losing a tie on body weight. In the clean and jerk, Hoàng made his first lift at 155 kilos, but missed his second attempt at 160 and fell back to 4th. However, on his final lift he was successful at 160 kilograms, while his opponents in the battle for the silver medal all missed at that weight or selected a lower weight to attempt, moving him into second place by two kilograms. This was just the second Olympic medal in Vietnamese history, and the first in weightlifting.

Men

Athlete Event Snatch Clean & Jerk Total Rank
Result Rank Result Rank
Hoàng Anh Tuấn -56 kg 130 3 160 2 290  Silver

Women

Athlete Event Snatch Clean & Jerk Total Rank
Result Rank Result Rank
Nguyễn Thị Thiết -63 kg 100 7 125 6 225 5

See also

References

  1. ^ "NOC Biography VIE - Vietnam". Official Beijing 2008 website. Retrieved 2008-08-07.
  2. ^ "Vietnamese athletes ready to take on Olympics". Vietnam News. August 7, 2008. Retrieved 2008-08-07. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  3. ^ "Viet Nam team depart for Beijing". Vietnam News. August 2, 2008. Retrieved 2008-08-07. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  4. ^ "22 athletes to compete at Beijing Olympics". Nhan Dan. August 7, 2008. Retrieved 2008-08-11. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  5. ^ "Olympic Qualification". NBC Universal. Retrieved 2008-08-11.
  6. ^ "Duo fails drugs test". sportinglife.com. August 15, 2008. Retrieved 2008-08-11. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  7. ^ "Athletes upbeat as Olympic competition nears". Thanhnien News. August 7, 2008. Retrieved 2008-08-07. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)


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