The

Democratic Republic of the Congo The Democratic Republic of the Congo (french: République démocratique du Congo (RDC), colloquially "La RDC" ), informally Congo-Kinshasa, DR Congo, the DRC, the DROC, or the Congo, and formerly and also colloquially Zaire, is a country in ...

competed in the 2008 Summer Olympics which were held in

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People's Republic of China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's most populous country, with a population exceeding 1.4 billion, slightly ahead of India. China spans the equivalent of five time zones and ...

from August 8 to August 24, 2008. The country's delegation consisted of 29 people, including coaches and sports officials. Athletes from the DRC competed in athletics, judo, boxing and swimming."Beijing Olympics to become grand gathering of world youth, DRC official says"
Xinhua, July 30, 2008

Athletics

;Men ;Women ;Key *Note–Ranks given for track events are within the athlete's heat only *Q = Qualified for the next round *q = Qualified for the next round as a fastest loser ''or'', in field events, by position without achieving the qualifying target *NR = National record *N/A = Round not applicable for the event *Bye = Athlete not required to compete in round

Boxing

DR Congo qualified one boxer for the Olympic boxing tournament.

Herry Saliku Biembe Herry Saliku Biembe (born 14 May 1981) is a boxer from Democratic Republic of the Congo who qualified for the 2008 Olympics at middleweight. At the 2nd AIBA African 2008 Olympic Qualifying Tournament the previously unknown Biembe won second plac ...

qualified in the middleweight class at the second African qualifying tournament.

Judo

Swimming

;Men

References

External links

* Nations at the 2008 Summer Olympics

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