# Ecuador at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Ecuador competed in the 2008 Summer Olympics, held in Beijing, People's Republic of China from August 8 to August 24, 2008. This was the nation's eleventh consecutive appearance at the Olympics since it first competed at the 1924 Summer Olympics in Paris
As of July 1, 2008, 25 Ecuadorians had qualified to compete in nine sports.

## Medalists

| Medal | Name | Sport | Event |
| Silver | Jefferson Pérez | Athletics | Men's 20 km walk |

## 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 | Quarterfinal | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank |
| Andrés Chocho | 20 km walk | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1:27:09 | 38 |
| Xavier Moreno | 50 km walk | — | — | — | — | — | — | 4:07:04 | 36 |
| Franklin Nazareno | 100 m | 10.60 | 5 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Franklin Nazareno | 200 m | 21.26 | 8 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Jefferson Pérez | 20 km walk | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1:19:15 | |
| Byron Piedra | 1500 m | 3:45.57 | 12 | — | — | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Fausto Quinde | 50 km walk | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3:59:28 | 25 |
| Rolando Saquipay | 20 km walk | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1:22:32 | 20 |
| Franklin Tenorio | Marathon | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2:29:05 | 65 |

### Field events

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Distance | Position | Distance | Position |
| Hugo Chila | Long jump | 7.77 | 24 | Did not advance | Did not advance |

### Track & road events

| Athlete | Event | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Result | Rank |
| Johana Ordóñez | 20 km walk | 1:36:26 | 36 |
| Sandra Ruales | Marathon | 2:35:53 | 43 |

## Boxing

Ecuador qualified three boxers for the Olympic boxing tournament. All three qualified at the first American qualifying tournament.
| 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 |
| José Luis Meza | Light flyweight | Bye | Barnes (IRL) L 8–14 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Carlos Góngora | Middleweight | Buga (GER) W 14–7 | Gazis (GRE) W 12–1 | Kumar (IND) L 4–9 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Luis Enrique Porozo | Featherweight | Navarro (DOM) W 3$^+$–3 | Li Y (CHN) L 5–6 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Cycling
### BMX

| Athlete | Event | Seeding | Seeding | Quarterfinal | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Result | Rank | Points | Rank | Points | Rank | Result | Rank |
| Emilio Falla | Men's BMX | 36.993 | 25 | 17 | 6 | 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 |
| Roberto Ibáñez | Men's −66 kg | Bye | Mehmedovic (CAN) 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 |
| Glenda Miranda | Women's −48 kg | — | Bermoy (CUB) L 0000–0001 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Bogdanova (RUS) L 0000–1000 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Carmen Chalá | Women's +78 kg | — | Chikhrouhou (TUN) L 0000–1000 | 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
### Women

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Points | Rank | Points | Rank |
| Carmen Malo | 25 m pistol | 559 | 40 | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Swimming
### Men

| Athlete | Event | Heat | Heat | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Marco Camargo | 100 m butterfly | 57.48 | 65 | 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 |
| Yamilé Bahamonde | 50 m freestyle | 26.54 | =44 | 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 |
| Lorena Benítes | Women's +67 kg | Marton (AUS) L 0–2 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Tennis

| Athlete | Event | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank |
| Nicolás Lapentti | Men's singles | Mathieu (FRA) L 6–7$^{(4–7)}$, 2–6 | 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 |
| Eduardo Guadamud | Men's −94 kg | 165 | 15 | 206 | DNF | 165 | DNF |
| Alexandra Escobar | Women's −58 kg | 99 | 2 | 124 | 5 | 223 | 4 |