Grenada at the 2008 Summer Olympics

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Grenada at the
2008 Summer Olympics
Flag bearers
Alleyne Francique (opening)
Neisha Bernard-Thomas (closing)
Medals
Gold
0
Silver
0
Bronze
0
Total
0
Summer Olympics appearances (
overview)

People's Republic of China from 8 to 24 August 2008. Nine athletes represented the country, eight track and field athletes and one boxer. Of the eight track and field competitors, five were women, and three were men. Although none of the athletes would win a medal, runners Allison George and Neisha Bernard-Thomas
progressed past the qualification rounds, and participated on behalf of Grenada in the quarterfinals of their events. Grenada's Beijing delegation was their biggest at nine athletes, and marked the seventh consecutive appearance of Grenada at the Olympics.

Despite controversy surrounding Chinese activities in Tibet, Grenada continued to support the upholding of the Chinese Olympic Games. As thanks, the People's Republic of China constructed a new cricket stadium on the island, among other activities.

Background

Grenada's debut was at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, where it entered six athletes (five men and one woman) across two sports; since its 1984 Los Angeles Olympics appearance and up to the 2008 Beijing appearance, Grenada sent athletes to seven consecutive Olympic Games. Its appearance in Beijing marked its largest appearance yet, with nine Olympic participants; additionally, more women participated in the Beijing Olympics on behalf of Grenada than any previous year, with five female athletes. This accounts for slightly less than half of all women who have participated in the Olympics between the 2008 Games and the Grenadan debut. Although the majority of athletes competing on Grenada's behalf participated in track and field (athletics) events, Rolande Moses participated as a boxer in the welterweight category.[1] Although Neisha Bernard-Thomas and Allison George progressed to the semifinals in their respective events, further than the seven other athletes, no Grenadans medaled during the 2008 Summer Olympics.[2][3]

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Women's 100 m

Damola Osayomi of Nigeria, who ranked first in the qualification round, was 0.52 seconds faster than Fletcher, who did not advance to further rounds.[4]

Women's 200 m

Nataliia Pygyda of the Ukraine ranked first in the heat, finishing 0.54 seconds ahead of George.[2] Out of the 46 athletes who ranked during the qualification round, Allison George ranked 30th place. She qualified for semifinals.[2]

George was placed in heat four of four during the 19 August semifinals round. She completed the event in 23.77 seconds, ranking eighth of eighth in her heat, 1.17 seconds behind finalist Sherone Simpson of Jamaica, who lead the heat. Overall, George ranked last of 31 ranking athletes during the semifinal round, tying with Eleni Artymata of Cyprus. George did not advance to finals.[2]

Men's 400 m

Grenada sent two athletes, Alleyne Francique and Joel Phillip, as part of their delegation to represent it in the Men's 400m sprint. Francique participated in the fifth heat during the 17 August qualification round, ranking sixth of eight athletes. Francique earned a time of 46.15 seconds, which was 1.19 seconds slower than American runner LaShawn Merritt, the first-place runner in the heat, who would later earn gold in the event. Overall, Francique ranked 35th of 55 athletes. He did not progress to quarterfinals.[5]

Meanwhile, Joel Phillip was placed in the sixth heat during the 17 August qualification race. Phillip also ranked sixth out of eight athletes in his heat, scoring a time of 46.30 seconds, which was 1.36 seconds behind heat leader Andrew Steele of the United Kingdom. Overall during the qualification match, Phillip ranked 39th of 55 athletes. He did not progress to quarterfinals.[5]

Women's 400 m

Mandeep Kaur for 33rd place out of 50 athletes. She did not advance to semifinals.[6]

Men's triple jump

Randy Lewis was the only athlete who represented Grenada in the men's triple jump event of track and field during the 2008 Olympics. Lewis was placed in the second heat of two during the 17 August qualification round. During the round, Lewis completed his event with a final distance of 17.06 meters, ranking fifth in a heat of 18 competitors. Lewis was 0.24 meters short of Chinese triple jumper Li Yanxi, who ranked first in the heat and later ranked tenth in finals. Overall, Lewis ranked 15th out of 37 competitors in the qualification round, and did not proceed to finals.[7]

Women's 800 m

Tamsyn Lewis, who respectively ranked second, third, and fourth place in the event. Finalist Maria Mutola of Mozambique, who ranked first in the heat, was 1.18 seconds faster than Bernard-Thomas.[3] Overall, Bernard-Thomas ranked 7th out of 40 qualifying runners.[3]

Progressing to the semifinal round, Bernard-Thomas was placed in the third heat of three on 16 August. She completed the run in 2:01.84, ranking last in her heat and falling 4.56 seconds behind heat leader

Janeth Jepkosgei Busienei of Kenya. Overall, Neisha Bernard-Thomas ranked 21st out of 23 semifinalist runners, and did not advance to the final round.[3]

Women's long jump

Maurren Higa Maggi of Brazil, who ranked first in the heat.[8] Of 38 athletes, Patricia Sylvester tied the time of Viorica Țigău of Romania, ranking 21st. She did not advance to semifinals.[8]

Men
Track & road events
Athlete Event Heat Semifinal Final
Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank
Alleyne Francique 400 m 46.15 6 Did not advance
Joel Phillip 46.30 6 Did not advance
Field events
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Distance Position Distance Position
Randy Lewis
 Triple jump 17.06 15 Did not advance
Women
Track & road events
Athlete Event Heat Quarterfinal Semifinal Final
Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank
Trish Bartholomew 400 m 52.88 5 — Did not advance
Neisha Bernard-Thomas 800 m 2:00.09
NR
 		5 q — 2:01.84 7 Did not advance
Sherry Fletcher 100 m 11.65 5 Did not advance
Allison George 200 m 23.45 6 q 23.77 8 Did not advance
Field events
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Distance Position Distance Position
Patricia Sylvester Long jump 6.44 21 Did not advance
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

Main article: Boxing at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Grenada sent one boxer to the Olympic boxing tournament. Rolande Moses had fought nine boxing matches, including one at the 2007 World Championships for boxing in Chicago, since starting before he attempted the Olympic qualification event in Trinidad and Tobago. He lost in the qualifying event, although was selected by the Tripartite Commission to attend the Beijing Olympics to supplement the Grenada Olympic team, which historically had had less than six people and thus qualified for the aid.[9]

Rolande Moses participated in the 10 August preliminaries, and was placed in the second bout versus

Toureano Johnson of the Bahamas. As Olympic boxing rounds are scored by the number of successful punches scored,[10] the end score of Moses' bout was 18 to 3 punches, with Moses scoring only 3 punches. Because Moses lost the bout, he did not progress to the Round of 16, which took place between 14 and 16 August.[11]

Athlete Event Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Rank
Rolande Moses Welterweight  Johnson (BAH)
L 3–18 		Did not advance

See also

References

  1. ^ "Grenada". Sports-reference.com. 2008. Archived from the original on 15 April 2012. Retrieved 26 April 2012.
  2. ^ a b c d "2008 Summer Olympics Results - Track and Field (Women's 200m Results)". ESPN Beijing 2008. ESPN. 2008. Retrieved 9 December 2011.
  3. ^ a b c d "2008 Summer Olympics Results - Track and Field (Women's 800m Results)". ESPN Beijing 2008. ESPN. 2008. Retrieved 9 December 2011.
  4. ^ a b "2008 Summer Olympics Results - Track and Field (Women's 100m Results)". ESPN Beijing 2008. ESPN. 2008. Retrieved 8 December 2011.
  5. ^ a b "2008 Summer Olympics Results - Track and Field (Men's 400m Results)". ESPN Beijing 2008. ESPN. 2008. Retrieved 5 December 2011.
  6. ^ a b "2008 Summer Olympics Results - Track and Field (Women's 400m Results)". ESPN Beijing 2008. ESPN. 2008. Retrieved 9 December 2011.
  7. ^ "2008 Summer Olympics Results - Track and Field (Men's Triple Jump Results)". ESPN Beijing 2008. ESPN. 2008. Retrieved 5 December 2011.
  8. ^ a b "2008 Summer Olympics Results - Track and Field (Women's Long Jump Results)". ESPN Beijing 2008. ESPN. 2008. Retrieved 9 December 2011.
  9. ^ Bernie Puchalski (3 May 2008). "Olympic-sized dreams; Rolande Moses defied the odds and secured a spot in the Beijing Games, but he's looking for even bigger things". St. Catherine's Standard. Retrieved 26 April 2012.
  10. ^ "London 2012 Olympics: boxing guide". The Telegraph. London. 2012. Archived from the original on 22 July 2011. Retrieved 30 April 2012.
  11. ^ "2008 Summer Olympics Results - Men's Welter Weight (69kg)". Beijing 2008. ESPN. 2008. Retrieved 30 April 2012.


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