Tunisia at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Tunisia at the 2008 Summer Olympics
IOC code	TUN
NOC	Tunisian Olympic Committee
Website	www.cnot.org.tn (in French)
in Beijing
Competitors	28 in 10 sports
Flag bearer	Anis Chedly
Medals Ranked 52nd	Gold 1 Silver 0 Bronze 0 Total 1
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
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Tunisia competed in the 2008 Summer Olympics held in Beijing, People's Republic of China from August 8 to August 24, 2008. The country was represented by 28 athletes competing in 10 sports.

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event
Gold	Oussama Mellouli	Swimming	Men's 1500 m freestyle

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	Final
		Result	Rank
Hatem Ghoula	20 km walk	1:23:44	27
	50 km walk	4:03:47	33
Hassanine Sebei	20 km walk	1:25:23	34

Women

Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Habiba Ghribi	3000 m steeplechase	9:25.50 NR	5 q	9:36.43	13

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Leila Ben Youssef	Pole vault	4.00	32	Did not advance

Boxing

Main article: Boxing at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Tunisia qualified five boxers for the Olympic boxing tournament. All five boxers qualified at the first African qualifier.

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Walid Cherif	Flyweight	Sutherland (AUS) W 14–2	Lee O-S (KOR) W 11–5	Picardi (ITA) L 5-7	Did not advance
Alaa Shili	Featherweight	Gratschow (GER) W 14–5	Santos (MEX) L 2–14	Did not advance
Saifeddine Nejmaoui	Lightweight	Tishchenko (RUS) L 2–10	Did not advance
Hamza Hassini	Light welterweight	Sepahvand (IRI) L 4–16	Did not advance
Mourad Sahraoui	Light heavyweight	Zhang Xp (CHN) L 1–3	Did not advance

Cycling

Main article: Cycling at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Road

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Rafâa Chtioui	Men's road race	7:03:04	87

Fencing

Main article: Fencing at the 2008 Summer Olympics

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
Ines Boubakri	Individual foil	Luan (CAN) L 9–13	Did not advance
Azza Besbes	Individual sabre	Chetty (RSA) W 15–2	Perrus (FRA) W 15–11	Ovtchinnikova (CAN) W 15–12	Ward (USA) L 14–15	Did not advance

Judo

Main article: Judo at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Men

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
Youssef Badra	−81 kg	Mrvaljević (MNE) L 0010–0020	Did not advance
Anis Chedly	+100 kg	Bye	Riner (FRA) L 0000–0010	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	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	Rank
Chahnez M'barki	−48 kg	Lusnikova (UKR) L 0000–0221	Did not advance
Nesria Jelassi	−57 kg	Bye	Lupetey (CUB) W 1000–0000	Pekli (AUS) L 0000–1011	Did not advance	Bye	Baczkó (HUN) L 0000–1011	Did not advance
Houda Miled	−78 kg	Bye	Possamaï (FRA) L 0012–1010	Did not advance
Nihal Chikhrouhou	+78 kg	Chalá (ECU) W 1000–0000	Kim N-Y (KOR) L 0001–0011	Did not advance

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Oussama Mellouli	200 m freestyle	1:47.97	19	Did not advance
	400 m freestyle	3:44.54	7 Q	—		3:43.45 AF	5
	1500 m freestyle	14:47.76	6 Q	—		14:40.84 AF

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Maroua Mathlouthi	200 m individual medley	DNS		Did not advance
	400 m individual medley	DNS		—		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
Khaoula Ben Hamza	Women's +67 kg	Espinoza (MEX) L 0–4	Did not advance		Kedzierska (SWE) L 4–5	Did not advance

Tennis

Main article: Tennis at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Selima Sfar	Women's singles	Wozniacki (DEN) L 4–6, 1–6	Did not advance

Weightlifting

Main article: Weightlifting at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Athlete	Event	Snatch		Clean & Jerk		Total	Rank
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Khalil El Maoui	Men's −56 kg	126	7	142	DNF	126	DNF
Hanene Ourfelli	Women's −63 kg	80	17	95	16	175	16

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
Adnan Rhimi	−84 kg	Bye	Yenokyan (ARM) L 1–3 PP	Did not advance					18

Men's Greco-Roman

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
Haykel Achouri	−84 kg	Bye	Gadabadze (AZE) L 0–3 PO	Did not advance					20

Women's freestyle

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Marwa Amri	−55 kg	Rentería (COL) L 1–3 PP	Did not advance					14

See also

• Tunisia at the 2008 Summer Paralympics