Kammala wannan jumla: Saboda matakan gurbataccen iska na Beijing, Haile ya yanke shawarar janyewa daga
tseren marathon a gasar Olympics ta Beijing ta 2008. Yana fama da cutar asma kuma ya ce yin gudu a irin wannan yanayin na iya cutar da lafiyarsa. Daga baya Haile ya yarda cewa ya yi nadamar yanke shawarar saboda iska ta Beijing ta fi tsabta fiye da yadda ake tsammani. Ya yi, duk da haka, ya gudu mita 10,000 a ranar 17 ga Agusta, ya gama na shida da lokacin 27:06.68. An lashe lambar zinare ga ɗan ƙasarsa kuma mai riƙe da rikodin duniya na yanzu, Kenenisa Bekele tare da rikodin lashe gasar Olympics na 27: 01:17. A watan da ya biyo baya, a ranar 28 ga Satumba 2008, ya kare taken Marathon na Berlin, yana da matsakaicin 2:56.5 a kowace kilomita (4:43.7 a kowace mil) don lokacin 2:03:59, ya karya tarihinsa na duniya da dakika 27.