Senegal at the 2008 Summer Olympics
# Senegal at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Senegal competed in the 2008 Summer Olympics held in Beijing, People's Republic of China from August 8 to August 24, 2008.

## Athletics

### 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

### Track & road events

| Athlete | Event | Heat | Heat | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank |
| Abdoulaye Wagne | 800 m | 1:47.50 | 5 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

### Field events

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Distance | Position | Distance | Position |
| Ndiss Kaba Badji | Long jump | 8.07 | 7 Q | 8.16 | 6 |
| Ndiss Kaba Badji | Triple jump | NM | — | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Canoeing

### Sprint

| Athlete | Event | Heats | Heats | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Assane Dame Fall | Men's K-1 500 m | 1:52.215 | 5 QS | 2:04.633 | 9 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Assane Dame Fall | Men's K-1 1000 m | 4:07.061 | 9 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Khathia Ba | Women's K-1 500 m | 2:17.740 | 9 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

Qualification Legend: QS = Qualify to semi-final; QF = Qualify directly to final

## Fencing

### Men

| Athlete | Event | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank |
| Abdoulaye Thiam | Individual sabre | Rogers (USA) L 10–15 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Mamadou Keita | Individual sabre | Ogawa (JPN) W 15–14 | Dumitrescu (ROU) L 7–15 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

### Women

| Athlete | Event | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank |
| Nafi Toure | Individual sabre | González (CUB) L 7–15 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Judo

| Athlete | Event | Preliminary | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Repechage 1 | Repechage 2 | Repechage 3 | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Djegui Bathily | Men's +100 kg | Bye | McCormick (USA) L 0001–0010 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Hortense Diédhiou | Women's −52 kg | — | Bye | Haddad (ALG) L 0001–0010 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Müller (LUX) L 0001–1001 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Cécile Hane | Women's −63 kg | — | Barreto (VEN) L 0000–1012 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Gisèle Mendy | Women's −70 kg | — | Böhm (GER) L 0000–1000 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Smal (UKR) L 0000–0201 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Swimming

### Men

| Athlete | Event | Heat | Heat | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Malick Fall | 100 m breaststroke | 1:02.51 | 48 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

### Women

| Athlete | Event | Heat | Heat | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Binta Zahra Diop | 100 m butterfly | 1:04.26 | 47 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Taekwondo

| Athlete | Event | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Repechage | Bronze Medal | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Bineta Diedhiou | Women's −57 kg | Nguyen (VIE) W 1–0 | Calabrese (ITA) L 0–3 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Wrestling

Key:

* VT - Victory by Fall.
* PP - Decision by Points - the loser with technical points.
* PO - Decision by Points - the loser without technical points.

### Men's freestyle

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Round of 16 | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Repechage 1 | Repechage 2 | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Adama Diatta | −55 kg | Matsunaga (JPN) L 0–5 $^{VT}$ | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Akgül (TUR) L 1–3 $^{PP}$ | Did not advance | Did not advance | 15 |
