At the 2008 Olympics, Comoros was represented by one male athlete in athletics, sprinter Mhadjou Youssouf. At age 18, Youssouf was the country's youngest competitor, and was competing at his first Olympics. He competed in the 100 metres on 15 August in Beijing, and finished 6th out of 8 in heat five. His time of 10.62seconds was a personal best, which, as of October 2014, is still his personal best. Overall, Youssouf finished 55th out of 80 competitors. The fastest athlete was Tyrone Edgar (10.13seconds) and the slowest athlete that progressed to the quarterfinals was Uchenna Emedolu (10.46seconds). Youssouf, who was 0.16seconds behind Emedolu, did not progress to the quarterfinals.