Libya at the 2008 Summer Olympics


Libya was represented at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China by the Libyan Olympic Committee.
In total, seven athletes including five men and two women represented Libya in five different sports including athletics, cycling, judo, swimming and taekwondo.

Competitors

In total, seven athletes represented Libya at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China across five different sports.
SportMenWomenTotal
Athletics112
Cycling101
Judo101
Swimming112
Taekwondo101
Total527

Athletics

In total, two Libyan athletes participated in the athletics eventsGhada Ali in the women's 400 m and Ali Mabrouk El Zaidi in the men's marathon.
The men's marathon took place on 24 August 2008. El Zaidi did not finish.
The heats for the women's 400 m took place on 16 August 2008. Ali finished seventh in her heat in a time of one minute 6.19 seconds and she did not advance to the semi-finals.

Cycling

In total, one Libyan athlete participated in the cycling events – Ahmed Belgasem in the men's road race.
The men's road race took place on 9 August 2008. Belgasem did not finish.

Judo

In total, one Libyan athlete participated in the judo events – Mohamed Ben Saleh in the men's −100 kg category.
The men's −100 kg category took place on 14 August 2008. In the first round, Saleh lost by ippon to Dániel Hadfi of Hungary.

Swimming

In total, two Libyan athletes participated in the swimming events – Sofyan El Gadi in the men's 100 m freestyle and Asmahan Farhat.in the women's 100 m breaststroke.
The heats for the men's 100 m freestyle took place on 12 August 2008. El Gadi finished third in his heat in a time of 57.89 seconds which was ultimately not fast enough to advance to the semi-finals.
The heats for the women's 100 m breaststroke took place on 10 August 2008. Farhat finished first in her heat in a time of one minute 21.68 seconds which was ultimately not fast enough to advance to the semi-finals.

Taekwondo

In total, one Libyan athlete participated in the taekwondo events – Ezedin Tlish in the men's −68 kg category.
The men's –68 kg category took place on 21 August 2008. In the first round, Tlish lost to Dmitriy Kim of Uzbekistan.