# Tunisia at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Tunisia competed in the 2008 Summer Olympics held in Beijing, People's Republic of China from August 8 to August 24, 2008. The country was represented by 28 athletes competing in 10 sports.

## Medalists

| Medal | Name | Sport | Event |
| Gold | Oussama Mellouli | Swimming | Men's 1500 m freestyle |

## 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 | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Result | Rank |
| Hatem Ghoula | 20 km walk | 1:23:44 | 27 |
| Hatem Ghoula | 50 km walk | 4:03:47 | 33 |
| Hassanine Sebei | 20 km walk | 1:25:23 | 34 |

### Track & road events

| Athlete | Event | Heat | Heat | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Result | Rank | Result | Rank |
| Habiba Ghribi | 3000 m steeplechase | 9:25.50 NR | 5 q | 9:36.43 | 13 |

### Field events

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Distance | Position | Distance | Position |
| Leila Ben Youssef | Pole vault | 4.00 | 32 | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Boxing

Tunisia qualified five boxers for the Olympic boxing tournament. All five boxers qualified at the first African qualifier.
| Athlete | Event | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Walid Cherif | Flyweight | Sutherland (AUS) W 14–2 | Lee O-S (KOR) W 11–5 | Picardi (ITA) L 5-7 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Alaa Shili | Featherweight | Gratschow (GER) W 14–5 | Santos (MEX) L 2–14 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Saifeddine Nejmaoui | Lightweight | Tishchenko (RUS) L 2–10 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Hamza Hassini | Light welterweight | Sepahvand (IRI) L 4–16 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Mourad Sahraoui | Light heavyweight | Zhang Xp (CHN) L 1–3 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Cycling
### Road

| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank |
| Rafâa Chtioui | Men's road race | 7:03:04 | 87 |

## Fencing
### 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 |
| Ines Boubakri | Individual foil | Luan (CAN) L 9–13 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Azza Besbes | Individual sabre | Chetty (RSA) W 15–2 | Perrus (FRA) W 15–11 | Ovtchinnikova (CAN) W 15–12 | Ward (USA) L 14–15 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Judo
### Men

| 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 |
| Youssef Badra | −81 kg | Mrvaljević (MNE) L 0010–0020 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Anis Chedly | +100 kg | Bye | Riner (FRA) L 0000–0010 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

### Women

| Athlete | Event | 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 | Rank |
| Chahnez M'barki | −48 kg | Lusnikova (UKR) L 0000–0221 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Nesria Jelassi | −57 kg | Bye | Lupetey (CUB) W 1000–0000 | Pekli (AUS) L 0000–1011 | Did not advance | Bye | Baczkó (HUN) L 0000–1011 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Houda Miled | −78 kg | Bye | Possamaï (FRA) L 0012–1010 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Nihal Chikhrouhou | +78 kg | Chalá (ECU) W 1000–0000 | Kim N-Y (KOR) L 0001–0011 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | 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 |
| Oussama Mellouli | 200 m freestyle | 1:47.97 | 19 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Oussama Mellouli | 400 m freestyle | 3:44.54 | 7 Q | — | — | 3:43.45 AF | 5 |
| Oussama Mellouli | 1500 m freestyle | 14:47.76 | 6 Q | — | — | 14:40.84 AF | |

### Women

| Athlete | Event | Heat | Heat | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Maroua Mathlouthi | 200 m individual medley | DNS | DNS | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Maroua Mathlouthi | 400 m individual medley | DNS | DNS | — | — | 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 |
| Khaoula Ben Hamza | Women's +67 kg | Espinoza (MEX) L 0–4 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Kedzierska (SWE) L 4–5 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Tennis

| Athlete | Event | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank |
| Selima Sfar | Women's singles | Wozniacki (DEN) L 4–6, 1–6 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Weightlifting

| Athlete | Event | Snatch | Snatch | Clean & Jerk | Clean & Jerk | Total | Rank |
| Athlete | Event | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Total | Rank |
| Khalil El Maoui | Men's −56 kg | 126 | 7 | 142 | DNF | 126 | DNF |
| Hanene Ourfelli | Women's −63 kg | 80 | 17 | 95 | 16 | 175 | 16 |

## 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 |
| Adnan Rhimi | −84 kg | Bye | Yenokyan (ARM) L 1–3 $^{PP}$ | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | 18 |

### Men's Greco-Roman

| 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 |
| Haykel Achouri | −84 kg | Bye | Gadabadze (AZE) L 0–3 $^{PO}$ | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | 20 |

### Women's freestyle

| Athlete | Event | 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 | Rank |
| Marwa Amri | −55 kg | Rentería (COL) L 1–3 $^{PP}$ | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | 14 |