Neisha Bernard-Thomas represented Grenada in the women's 800 meter event during the Beijing Olympics. Placed in heat four of the 14 August qualification round, Bernard-Thomas ranked fifth place out of six with a time of 2:00.09. She was within a second of British runner Marilyn Okoro, Slovakian Lucia Klocova, and Australian Tamsyn Lewis, who respectively ranked second, third, and fourth place in the event. Finalist Maria Mutola of Mozambique, who ranked first in the heat, was 1.18 seconds faster than Bernard-Thomas. Overall, Bernard-Thomas ranked 7th out of 40 qualifying runners.