Qatar at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Qatar at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Infobox Olympics Qatar
games=2008 Summer
competitors= 22
sports= 7
flagbearer=
officials=

Qatar competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China. The country sent its largest ever Olympic delegation to Beijing, with 22 athletes competing in seven sports: athletics, swimming, shooting, weightlifting, fencing, archery and taekwondo. [ [http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-07/28/content_8823887.htm "Qatar preview: Qatar targets first ever Olympic gold in Beijing"] , Xinhua, July 28, 2008] [ [http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/olympics/2008/athletes/bio/qat.html Qatar's Olympic delegation] , CNN]

Qatar is one of at least three countries that sent an all-male delegation to the Beijing Games. [ [http://www.huffingtonpost.com/david-wallechinsky/should-saudi-arabia-be-ba_b_115736.html "Should Saudi Arabia be Banned from the Olympics?"] , "Huffington Post", July 29, 2008] [ [http://muslimahmediawatch.blogspot.com/2008/08/muslimahs-at-beijing-olympics.html "Muslimah Media Watch"] ,"Muslimahs at the Beijing Olympics", August 14, 2008]

Archery

Men

Swimming

Taekwondo

Men

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