Liberia was represented at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China by the Liberia National Olympic Committee.

In total, three athletes including two men and one woman represented Liberia in one sport: athletics.

Background

Lesotho made their Olympic debut at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. After missing the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain, Lesotho had appeared at every summer games. The 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China marked the country's 11th appearance at the Summer Olympics.

Competitors In total, three athletes represented Liberia at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China across one sport.

SportMenWomenTotalAthletics 2 1 3 Total 2 1 3

Athletics

In total, three Liberian athletes participated in the athletics events – Jangy Addy in the decathlon, Kia Davis in the women's 200 m and the women's 400 m and Siraj Williams in the men's 400 m.

The athletics events took place at the Beijing National Stadium in Chaoyang, Beijing from 15 to 24 August 2008.

The heats for the men's 400 m took place on 18 August 2008. Williams finished eighth in his heat in a time of 47.89 seconds and he did not advance to the semi-finals.

AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinalResultRankResultRankResultRankSiraj Williams400 m47.898did not advance

The decathlon took place on 21 and 22 August 2008. Across the 10 events, Addy scored a total of 7,665 points and finished in 19th place overall.

AthleteEvent 100 m 400 m 1500 mFinalRankJangy AddyResult10.767.3814.911.9348.5114.3142.304.2052.505:12.227665 NR19Points915905784740885935711673626491

The heats for the women's 400 m took place on 16 August 2008. Davis finished seventh in her heat in a time of 53.99 seconds and she did not advance to the semi-finals.

The heats for the women's 200 m took place on 19 August 2008. Davis finished sixth in her heat in a time of 24.31 seconds and she did not advance to the quarter-finals.

AthleteEventHeatQuarterfinalSemifinalFinalResultRankResultRankResultRankResultRankKia Davis200 m24.316did not advance400 m53.997colspan=2 did not advance

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