Lesotho was represented at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China by the Lesotho National Olympic Committee.
In total, five athletes including four men and one woman represented Lesotho in two different sports including athletics and boxing.
Background Lesotho made their Olympic debut at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany. Although the country missed the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, they had been present at every games since the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic, Soviet Union. The 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China marked their ninth appearance at the Summer Olympics.
Competitors In total, five athletes represented Lesotho at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China across two different sports.
SportMenWomenTotalAthletics 3 1 4Boxing 1 0 1 Total 4 1 5
Athletics
In total, four Basotho athletes participated in the athletics events – Moses Mosuhli, Tsotang Maine and Clement Lebopo in the men's marathon and Mamorallo Tjoka in the women's marathon.
The athletics events took place at the Beijing National Stadium in Chaoyang, Beijing from 15 to 24 August 2008.
The men's marathon took place on 24 August 2008. Neither Mosuhli, Maine nor Lebopo finished the race.
AthleteEventFinalResultRankMoses MosuhliMarathonTsotang MaineClement Lebopo
The women's marathon took place on 17 August 2008. Tjoka did not finish the race.
Women AthleteEventFinalResultRankMamorallo TjokaMarathon
Boxing
In total, one Basotho athlete participated in the boxing events – Emanuel Thabiso Nketu in the bantamweight category.
The boxing events took place at the Workers' Gymnasium in Chaoyang, Beijing from 9 to 24 August 2008.
The first round in the bantamweight category took place on 12 August 2008. Nketu lost to Bruno Julie of Mauritius.
AthleteEventRound of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinalOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRankEmanuel Thabiso NketuBantamweightL 8–17Did not advance
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