Yemen Yemen (; ar, ٱلْيَمَن, al-Yaman), officially the Republic of Yemen,, ) is a country in Western Asia. It is situated on the southern end of the Arabian Peninsula, and borders Saudi Arabia to the Saudi Arabia–Yemen border, north and ...

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Athletics

Neither Yemeni runner managed to qualify out of their opening heats, though Waseelah Saad set a new national record in the women's 100 metres. ;Men ;Women

Gymnastics

Artistic

Nashwan Al-Harazi Nashwan Haidar Al-Harazi (born 29 November 1986 in Sana'a) is a Yemeni gymnast. He was the first Yemeni gymnast to compete in the Olympics, at the 2008 Games in Beijing } Beijing ( ; ; ), Chinese postal romanization, alternatively romani ...

completed routines on three of the six apparatus, with his best showing on vault, where he was 60th with his first attempt. He did attempt to qualify for the vault final by taking a second attempt, but ended up in last place in the 2-vault standings. ;Men

Judo

Yemen's lone judoka in Beijing lost his first round match and was eliminated.

Swimming

The only swimmer representing Yemen in Beijing failed to advance from the heats. ;Men

References

Official 2008 Summer Olympics Results Website
Nations at the 2008 Summer Olympics

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