- Guatemala at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Infobox Olympics Guatemala
games=2008 Summer
competitors=12
sports=9
flagbearer=Kevin Cordón
officials=Guatemala competed in the2008 Summer Olympics , held inBeijing ,People's Republic of China fromAugust 8 toAugust 24 ,2008 .A total of 12 athletes competed in nine sports. It was the lowest number of participants for Guatemala since the 1980 Games. Three of the 12 athletes were taking part in their second Olympics, and one of them,
race walk er Luis García, in his fourth. [Source: http://168.234.201.18/pekin/jo/pdf/RevistaOliimpicos.pdf]Athletics
Men
Boxing
Guatemala qualified one boxer for the Olympic boxing tournament.
Eddie Valenzuela qualified for the flyweight class at the second Americas qualifying tournament. [http://www.aiba.org/default.aspx?pId=1305 2nd AIBA American Olympic Boxing Qualification Tournament] ]Sailing
;Men
Weightlifting
Men
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