| Bahrain at the 2008 Summer Olympics | |
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| IOC code | BRN |
| NOC | Bahrain Olympic Committee |
| in Beijing | |
| Competitors | 15 in 3 sports |
| Flag bearer | Rakia Al Gassra |
| Medals |
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| Summer Olympics appearances (overview) | |
Bahrain competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China. The country sent a total of 15 competitors to the Games, competing in athletics, swimming and shooting,.[1] This constituted Bahrain's largest Olympic delegation to date.[2] Among the country's representatives is Maryam Yusuf Jamal, reigning world champion in the women's 1,500 metre run.[3] Rakia Al Gassra was the country's flagbearer at the Games' opening ceremony.[2] In athletics, Rashid Ramzi was originally awarded the gold medal in men's 1,500 meters (Bahrain's first Olympic medal) but it was later stripped due to doping violation.[4]
- ^ Bahrain Athletes Bound for Beijing Archived 2010-06-13 at the Wayback Machine, (U.S.) Embassy of the Kingdom of Bahrain; published 2008-07-30, retrieved 2009-07-09.
- ^ a b "Bahrain gear up for Games", Gulf Daily News, August 1, 2008
- ^ "Record Bahrain team for Games"[permanent dead link], Gulf Daily News, April 29, 2008
- ^ ", IOC website, retrieved 2009-11-19, 2009