Samoa Samoa, officially the Independent State of Samoa; sm, Sāmoa, and until 1997 known as Western Samoa, is a Polynesian island country consisting of two main islands (Savai'i and Upolu); two smaller, inhabited islands (Manono Island, Manono an ...

sent a delegation to compete at the

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. The country was represented by a total of six athletes. The country's

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during the Games'

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was weightlifter

Ele Opeloge Ele Opeloge (born July 11, 1985) is a Samoan Olympic weightlifting, weightlifter. She was the first Samoan to win an Olympic medal, winning silver in the women's +75 kg category at the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games. Family Opeloge comes from a ...

. Samoa won its first Olympic medal due to medals reallocation after the

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's retesting of doping samples in 2016.

Medalists

Archery

Samoa sent an archer to the Olympics for the first time. Joseph Muaausa earned the nation's first Olympic archery qualifying spot, in the men's competition, by placing second in the 2008 Oceanian championship.FITA Olympic Qualification - Men
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Athletics

Aunese Curreen Aunese Curreen (born Setefano Mika, 23 December 1981) is a Samoan middle distance runner, who specialized in the 800 metres. He is currently a member of the North Harbour Bays Athletics Club in Auckland, New Zealand. Curreen represented Samoa at ...

set a national record in the men's 800 metres, with a time of 1:47.45. ;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

Samoa qualified one boxer for the Olympic boxing tournament.

Satupaitea Farani Tavui Satupaitea Farani Tavui (born November 6, 1985) is an amateur boxer from Samoa who won the Oceania title in the light-heavyweight division in 2007 and 2008, thereby qualifying for the 2008 Olympics. He lost his only Olympic bout against veteran M ...

earned Oceania's qualifying spot in the light heavyweight class by winning the Oceanian continental qualifying tournament. Tavui lost his first match against

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, being eliminated by knockout. He had to be taken to hospital.Samoa's Tavui suffers severe knockout
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Canoeing

Sprint

Qualification Legend: QS = Qualify to semi-final; QF = Qualify directly to final

Weightlifting

References

Nations at the 2008 Summer Olympics

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