Senegal at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Senegal at the 2008 Summer Olympics
IOC code	SEN
NOC	Comité National Olympique et Sportif Sénégalais
in Beijing
Competitors	15 in 6 sports
Flag bearer	Bineta Diedhiou
Medals	Gold 0 Silver 0 Bronze 0 Total 0
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
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Senegal competed in the 2008 Summer Olympics held in Beijing, People's Republic of China from August 8 to August 24, 2008.

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics

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

Men

Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Abdoulaye Wagne	800 m	1:47.50	5	Did not advance

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Ndiss Kaba Badji	Long jump	8.07	7 Q	8.16	6
	Triple jump	NM	—	Did not advance

Canoeing

Main article: Canoeing at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Sprint

Athlete	Event	Heats		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Assane Dame Fall	Men's K-1 500 m	1:52.215	5 QS	2:04.633	9	Did not advance
	Men's K-1 1000 m	4:07.061	9	Did not advance
Khathia Ba	Women's K-1 500 m	2:17.740	9	Did not advance

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

Fencing

Main article: Fencing at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Abdoulaye Thiam	Individual sabre	Rogers (USA) L 10–15	Did not advance
Mamadou Keita		Ogawa (JPN) W 15–14	Dumitrescu (ROU) L 7–15	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Nafi Toure	Individual sabre	González (CUB) L 7–15	Did not advance

Judo

Main article: Judo at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Athlete	Event	Preliminary	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Repechage 3	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Djegui Bathily	Men's +100 kg	Bye	McCormick (USA) L 0001–0010	Did not advance
Hortense Diédhiou	Women's −52 kg	—	Bye	Haddad (ALG) L 0001–0010	Did not advance		Müller (LUX) L 0001–1001	Did not advance
Cécile Hane	Women's −63 kg	—	Barreto (VEN) L 0000–1012	Did not advance
Gisèle Mendy	Women's −70 kg	—	Böhm (GER) L 0000–1000	Did not advance			Smal (UKR) L 0000–0201	Did not advance

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Malick Fall	100 m breaststroke	1:02.51	48	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Binta Zahra Diop	100 m butterfly	1:04.26	47	Did not advance

Taekwondo

Main article: Taekwondo at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Bronze Medal	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Bineta Diedhiou	Women's −57 kg	Nguyen (VIE) W 1–0	Calabrese (ITA) L 0–3	Did not advance

Wrestling

Main article: Wrestling at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Key:

• VT - Victory by Fall.
• PP - Decision by Points - the loser with technical points.
• PO - Decision by Points - the loser without technical points.

Men's freestyle

Athlete	Event	Qualification	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Adama Diatta	−55 kg	Matsunaga (JPN) L 0–5 VT	Did not advance			Akgül (TUR) L 1–3 PP	Did not advance		15