Guinea sent a delegation of five athletes compete at the
2008 Summer Olympics in
Beijing
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China, which included
Mariama Dalanda Barry in
taekwondo
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Fatmata Fofanah (African champion in the women's 100 m hurdles),
Djene Barry and
Mamadou Cisse in swimming, and
Nabie Foday Fofanah in athletics (who competed in the 200 m and 100 m sprint in the 2004 Olympics).
Nabie Foday Fofanah
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stroke count, it was first after Greece
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in the parade of nations
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as it takes only two strokes to write the first character—Guinea-Bissau
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followed directly behind.
Athletics
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;Women
Swimming
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;Women
Taekwondo
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Jean-François Pérès, Radio France International 31 July 2008
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Nations at the 2008 Summer Olympics
2008
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