Vanuatu at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Vanuatu has participated for the sixth time at the 2008 Summer Olympics. The Vanuatu Association of Sports and National Olympic Committee ( VASANOC ) identified three athletes for the Olympic Summer Games in Beijing. The table tennis player Tommy Priscilla was the flag bearer at the opening ceremony.

The two athletes Moses Kamut and Elis Lapenmal got because of their silver medals they had won at the Pacific Mini Games 2005, a wildcard for the 100-meter competitions. Tommy got its starting place on the basis of a Commission decision consisting of the World Table Tennis Association and the International Olympic Committee.

Participants per sport

Athletics

  • Moses kamut Men, 100 m: excreted in lead
  • Elis Lapenmal Women, 100 m: excreted in lead

Table tennis

  • Priscilla Tommy Women, Singles: eliminated in the qualifying round
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