# Tajikistan at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Tajikistan competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics which was held in Beijing, People's Republic of China from August 8 to August 24, 2008. The country has sent thirteen competitors to the Games, who took part in five sports: boxing, judo, swimming, hammer throw and freestyle wrestling.
On August 11, 2008, Rasul Boqiev won Tajikistan's first Olympic medal, a bronze in men's judo. This was Tajikistan's first Olympic medal ever.

## Medalists

| Medal | Name | Sport | Event |
| Silver | Yusup Abdusalomov | Wrestling | Men's freestyle 84 kg |
| Bronze | Rasul Boqiev | Judo | Men's 73 kg |

## Archery

| Athlete | Event | Ranking round | Ranking round | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| Athlete | Event | Score | Seed | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank |
| Albina Kamaletdinova | Women's individual | 547 | 63 | Yun O-H (KOR) (2) L 102–109 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## 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

### Men

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Distance | Position | Distance | Position |
| Dilshod Nazarov | Hammer throw | 75.35 | 12 q | 76.54 | 11 |

### Women

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Distance | Position | Distance | Position |
| Galina Mityaeva | Hammer throw | 51.38 | 47 | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Boxing

| 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 |
| Sherali Dostiev | Light flyweight | Hernández (CUB) L 1–12 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Anvar Yunusov | Flyweight | Chauke (RSA) W 9–1 | Vieira (BRA) W 12–6 | Jongjohor (THA) L 1–8 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Djakhon Kurbanov | Light heavyweight | Atoev (UZB) W 11–3 | Šivolija (CRO) W 8–1 | Shynaliyev (KAZ) L DSQ | 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 |
| Rasul Boqiev | −73 kg | — | Kibanza (COD) W 0210–0000 | Bilodid (UKR) W 1000–0000 | Si Rg (CHN) W 1110–0001 | Wang K-C (KOR) L 0001–0010 | Bye | Bye | Bye | van Tichelt (BEL) W 0011–0000 | |
| Sherali Bozorov | −81 kg | Denanyoh (TOG) L 0010–0011 | 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 |
| Nematullo Asranqulov | −90 kg | — | Mammadov (AZE) L 0000–0011 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Shooting
### Men

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Points | Rank | Points | Rank |
| Sergey Babikov | 10 m air pistol | 574 | 31 | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Swimming
### Men

| Athlete | Event | Heat | Heat | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Alisher Chingizov | 50 m freestyle | 29.10 | 86 | 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 |
| Katerina Izmaylova | 50 m freestyle | 32.09 | 80 | 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 |
| Nizom Sangov | Men's −69 kg | 115 | 27 | 135 | 24 | 250 | 24 |

## 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 |
| Vitalij Korjakin | −60 kg | Bye | Yumoto (JPN) L 0–5 $^{VT}$ | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | 15 |
| Yusup Abdusalomov | −84 kg | Bye | Kumar (AUS) W 3–0 $^{PO}$ | Danko (UKR) W 3–0 $^{PO}$ | Balcı (TUR) W 3–0 $^{PO}$ | Bye | Bye | Mindorashvili (GEO) L 1–3 $^{PP}$ | |