Indonesia at the 2008 Summer Olympics
IOC code	INA
NOC	Indonesian Olympic Committee
Website	www.nocindonesia.or.id (in Indonesian)
inBeijing
Competitors	24 in7 sports
Flag bearer	I Gusti Made Oka Sulaksana[1]
Officials	Rosihan Rasyad (Chief de Mission)
Medals Ranked 40th	Gold 1 Silver 1 Bronze 4 Total 6
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Indonesia competed in the2008 Summer Olympics, held inBeijing,People's Republic of China from August 8 to August 24, 2008. At the games, twenty-two Indonesians had qualified to compete, while the other three had been granted awildcard entry.^[2][3]

Medal Name Sport Event Date  Gold Markis Kido Hendra Setiawan Badminton Men's doubles 16 August  Silver Nova Widianto Liliyana Natsir Mixed doubles 17 August  Bronze Raema Lisa Rumbewas Weightlifting Women's 53 kg 10 August Eko Yuli Irawan Men's 56 kg Triyatno Men's 62 kg 11 August Maria Kristin Yulianti Badminton Women's singles 16 August

Medals by sport Sport Total Badminton 1 1 1 3 Weightlifting 0 0 3 3 Total 1 1 4 6

Medals by gender Gender Total Female 0 0 2 2 Male 1 0 2 3 Mixed 0 1 0 1 Total 1 1 4 6

Medals by date Date Total 10 August 0 0 2 2 11 August 0 0 1 1 16 August 1 0 1 2 17 August 0 1 0 1 Total 1 1 4 6

The following is the list of number of competitors participating in the Games:

Indonesia will send archers to the Olympics for the ninth time, seeking the nation's first Olympic gold medal in the sport and first archery medal of any kind since earning the silver in the 1988 women's team competition.Ika Yuliana Rochmawati andRina Dewi Puspitasari earned Indonesia two spots in the women's individual competition by placing first and third at the 2008 Asian championships.^[4]

Women

Rina Dewi Puspitasari competed in women's individual archery at the Beijing Olympics as a representative of Indonesia. Born inBojonegoro Regency, a rural region on Java to the west of the eastern coastal metropolisSurabaya, she first competed in the Olympics at the 2004 Athens Games when she was 18 years old. Puspitasari competed in the women's individual event for the first time here, finishing in 46th place. Her appearance in Beijing marked her second Olympic appearance.^[5] During the course of the August 9 preliminary round, Puspitasari competed against 63 other athletes.^[6] During the first half of this first round, the Indonesian archer accumulated 317 points; in the second half, she accrued an additional 303, bringing her total score to 620. Puspitasari scored a total of 19 bullseyes, but missed six targets entirely.^[5] On August 11, Puspitasari advanced to the August 11 one-of-thirty-two elimination round; she competed in the 27th match, facing Russia'sMiroslava Dagbaeva. Both earned 106 points during this round, with Puspitasari scoring four bullseyes; during the tiebreaker portion, she scored nine points to Dagbaeva's 10. Puspitasari was defeated and did not advance to later rounds.^[5]

Athlete	Event	Ranking round		Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final /BM
		Score	Seed	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Rina Dewi Puspitasari	Individual	620	42	Dagbaeva (RUS) (23) L 106 (9)–106 (10)	Did not advance
Ika Yuliana Rochmawati		621	41	Nichols (USA) (24) L 101–114	Did not advance

Men

Suryo Agung Wibowo represented Indonesia at the 2008 Summer Olympics in the men's 100 meters dash. Born inSurakarta in centralJava, Wibowo was 24 years old at the time of his event in Beijing.^[7] During the August 14 qualification round, Wibowo raced seven other athletes in the third heat. He finished the event in 10.46 seconds. He seventh ahead, ofJared Lewis ofSaint Vincent and the Grenadines (11.00 seconds) and behindAndrew Hinds ofBarbados (10.35 seconds) in a heat led byRichard Thompson ofTrinidad and Tobago (10.24 seconds) andFrance'sMartial Mbandjock (10.26 seconds). Overall, he ranked 41st out of 80 athletes, tyingNigeria'sUchenna Emedolu. He did not advance to later rounds.^[8]

Women

Dedeh Erawati was the only female athlete representing Indonesia in track events while at the Beijing Olympics. She participated in the women's 100 meters hurdles. Born inSumedang, a western Javanese city within the vicinity of the major metropolisBandung, Erawati was 28 years old at the time of her participation in Beijing. She had not previously competed in any Olympic games.^[9] During the course of the preliminary round of the races, which took place on August 17, Erawati competed in the fifth heat against seven other athletes. She finished seventh of the seven athletes who finished the event in her heat, running the event in a time of 13.49 seconds. While the slowest in her heat, she placed ahead ofGuinea'sFatmata Fofanah, who did not finish the event.Haiti'sNadine Faustin placed sixth (13.25 seconds), directly ahead of Erawati, in a heat led byJamaica'sBrigitte Foster-Hylton (12.69 seconds) and theUnited States'Dawn Harper (12.73 seconds). Of the 40 athletes competing in the event, Erawati placed 34th. She did not advance to later rounds.^[10]

Men

Taufik Hidayat represented Indonesia in singles badminton at the Beijing Olympics. Born inBandung, a major city in western Java, in 1981, Hidayat first represented Indonesia at the2000 Summer Olympics inSydney,Australia at the age of 19.^[12] At these games, he was the top seed and was expected to progress to finals, but lost in quarterfinals.^[13] He returned at the 2004 Olympics in Athens and won the event's gold medal. Hidayat's appearance in Beijing marked his third, but not final, Olympic appearance.^[12] During these games, the Indonesian athlete facedMalaysia'sWong Choong Hann in the Round of 32 (the first round) in the seventh match. The Malaysian defeated the Indonesian 21–19 and 21–16. Hidayat did not progress to further rounds.^[14]

Sony Dwi Kuncoro also competed for Indonesia in men's singles badminton. He was born inSurabaya in 1984, and was 20 years old when he first competed at the Olympic games in Athens in 2004. During this competition, Kuncoro won the bronze medal. When he returned to the Olympics four years later, Kuncoro was 24 years old.^[15] During the August 10 round of 32, the Indonesian was placed in the fourteenth match againstThailand'sBoonsak Ponsana. He defeated him 21–16 and 21–14; Kuncoro advanced to the next round.^[14] On August 11, Kuncoro facedFinland'sVille Lang in the seventh match of the round of 16. The Indonesian badminton player won 21–13 and 21–18, defeating Lang as well and sending Kuncoro to the quarterfinal round.^[14] At that time, Malaysia'sLee Chong Wei challenged Kuncoro in the fourth match and defeated him after winning 21–9 and 21–11. Chong would eventually continue to win the silver medal.^[14]

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final /BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Taufik Hidayat	Singles	Bye	Wong (MAS) L 19–21, 16–21	Did not advance
Sony Dwi Kuncoro		Bye	Ponsana (THA) W 21–16, 21–14	Lång (FIN) W 21–13, 21–18	Lee (MAS) L 9–21, 11–21	Did not advance
Luluk Hadiyanto Alvent Yulianto	Doubles	—		Masuda / Ohtsuka (JPN) L 21–19, 14–21, 14–21	Did not advance
Markis Kido Hendra Setiawan		—		Guo / Xie (CHN) W 22–20, 10–21, 21–17	Koo / Tan (MAS) W 21–16, 21–18	Paaske / Rasmussen (DEN) W 21–19, 21–17	Cai / Fu (CHN) W 12–21, 21–11, 21–16

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final /BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Maria Kristin Yulianti	Singles	Schenk (GER) W 18–21, 21–13, 22–20	Martínez (ESP) W 21–9, 21–14	Rasmussen (DEN) W 18–21, 21–19, 21–14	Nehwal (IND) W 26–28, 21–14, 21–15	Zhang (CHN) L 15–21, 15–21	Lu (CHN) W 11–21, 21–13, 21–15
Vita Marissa Liliyana Natsir	Doubles	—		Yang / Zhang (CHN) L 19–21, 15–21	Did not advance

Mixed

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final /BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Flandy Limpele Vita Marissa	Doubles	Hopp / Overzier (GER) W 21–12, 21–12	Laybourn / Rytter Juhl (DEN) W 21–17, 15–21, 21–17	Lee / Lee (KOR) L 9–21, 21–12, 17–21	He / Yu (CHN) L 21–19, 17–21, 21–23	4
Nova Widianto Liliyana Natsir		Han / Hwang (KOR) W 23–21, 21–19	Prapakamol / Thoungthongkam (THA) W 21–13, 21–19	He / Yu (CHN) W 15–21, 21–11, 23–21	Lee / Lee (KOR) L 11–21, 17–21

Men

I Gusti Made Oka Sulaksana, known also as Oka Sulaksana, was Indonesia's only sailor at the Beijing Olympics. He participated in the men's windsurfer event. Born inSanur, a town on the island ofBali nearby the island's capital cityDenpasar, Sulaksana has been affiliated with the Sanur Windsurfing Center's programs and first participated Olympically at the 1996 Atlanta games, when he was 25 years old. He has since participated at the 2000 Sydney and 2004 Athens games, competing at Beijing as a 37-year-old.^[16] The Indonesian athlete placed 24th in the first race of the event, 24th in the second race, 23rd in the third race, 27th in the fourth, 22nd in the fifth, 31st in the sixth, 28th in the seventh, and 30th in the eighth. During the ninth and final race, Sulaksana did not finish, earning 36 points.^[17] In total, Sulaksana ranked 27th out of the 35 windsurfers, scoring a total of 225 points. He placed ahead ofBelarus'Mikalai Zhukavets (229 points) and behind the United States'Benjamin Barger (217 points). In comparison, gold medalistTom Ashley ofNew Zealand scored 52 points, andColombia's 35th place finalistSantiago Grillo scored 293 points.^[17]

M = Medal race; EL = Eliminated – did not advance into the medal race; CAN = Race cancelled;

Women

Yosheefin Shila Prasasti competed on Indonesia's behalf as the country's only shooter. She represented Indonesia in the women's air rifle 10 meters. Born in the Sleman Regency in theouter reaches ofYogyakarta in central Java, Prasasti first participated in the Olympic games while 22 years old in Athens at the 2004 Olympics. She competed at Beijing at 26 years old.^[18] Facing 46 other athletes during the course of the August 8 event,^[19] Prasasti earned 97 points in the first round; 98 in the second; 98 in the third; and 100 in the last. Her overall score was 393.^[18] Overall, Yosheefin Prasasti finished in 24th place betweenEgypt'sShimaa Hashad (23rd place) andPoland'sAgnieszka Staron (26th place). The gold medalist in the event, theCzech Republic'sKaterina Emmons, earned 502.5 points in comparison.^[19]

Men

Donny Budiarto Utomo represented Indonesia in swimming at the Beijing Olympics, participating in the men's 200 meters butterfly. Born in 1979, Utomo was 25 years old when he debuted at the Olympic games, participating in the same event at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece; he placed 33rd overall. He returned to the Olympics at age 29 when at Beijing.^[20] During the preliminary round of the event, which took place on August 11, Utomo competed in the eight-person second heat. He finished last with a time of 2:03.44, placing directly behind seventh-place finalistVladan Markovic ofSerbia (2:03.12) and sixth-place finalistDouglas Lennox-Silva ofPuerto Rico (2:01.69) in a heat led byJames Walsh of thePhilippines (1:59.39) andSpain'sJavier Núñez (2:00.24). Of the 44 athletes who competed in the event, Utomo ranked last. He did not advance to the next round.^[21]

Women

Fibriani Ratna Marita competed for Indonesia as its only female swimmer at the Beijing Olympics. She competed in the women's 200 meters individual medley event. Born in the city ofMalang, which lies in east Java, Marita competed at Beijing at the age of 14. She was the youngest member of the Indonesian delegation that year, and had not previously participated in any Olympic events.^[23] During the course of the preliminary races, which took place on August 11, Marita competed in the first heat (which included seven athletes in total). Of those, she ranked sixth of the six finishing athletes with a time of 2:28.18, behindChinese Taipei'sLin Man-Hsu in fifth place (2:23.29) andIceland'sErla Dogg Haraldsdottir in fourth place (2:20.53). The heat itself was led byUkraine'sHanna Dzerkal (2:18.25) andColombia'sErika Stewart (2:18.54), whileTunisia'sMaroua Mathlouthi was the only member of the heat who did not finish. Overall, Marita placed last of the 38 finishing athletes. She did not advance to later rounds.^[24]

Men

Sandow Weldemar Nasution competed for Indonesia in weightlifting while at Beijing. He competed in the men'smiddleweight class, which includes athletes of and below 77 kilograms in weight. Born in the capital city ofJakarta, Nasution was 27 years old at the time of the Beijing Olympics, and had not previously competed in any Olympic events.^[25] During the course of the event, which took place on August 13, Sandow Nasution competed against 28 other athletes.^[26] The first phase of the event involvedsnatches; Nasution successfully attempted lift three times, successively raising 145 kilograms; 152 kilograms; and 153 kilograms in this manner. During theclean and jerk phrase, Nasution successfully lifted 185 kilograms and then 194 kilograms, but did not succeed in lifting 200 kilograms. The sum of his overall score was 347 kilograms.^[25] Of the 24 athletes who finished the event, Nasution finished in 11th place between 10th place finalistSiarhei Lahun ofBelarus (349 kilograms) and 12th place finalistMahmoud Elhaddad ofEgypt (347 kilograms). The gold medalist,Sa Jaehyouk ofSouth Korea, in comparison, lifted a combined 366 kilograms.^[26]

Edi Kurniawan competed on Indonesia's behalf at the Beijing Olympics, participating in the events pertaining to thelightweight class, which includes people of 69 kilograms in weight or lower. Born inLampung province in southernSumatra, Kurniawan was 20 years old at the time of his participation at the Beijing Olympics. He had not previously competed at any Olympic games.^[27] During the August 12 competition, Kurniawan competed against 33 other athletes.^[28] During snatches, the Indonesian weightlifter successfully lifted 135 kilograms in weight on his first attempt, but unsuccessfully lifted 140 kilograms on his second and third attempts. Later, during the clean and jerk lifts, Kurniawan successfully completed a lift all three times (165 kilograms on his first attempt, 170 kilograms on his second, and 172 kilograms on his last). His total score was 307 kilograms.^[27] This placed him in 12th place out of the 24 finishing athletes between 11th place finalistTarek Abdelazim of Egypt (310 kilograms) and 13th place finalistIsrael Jose Rubio Rivero ofVenezuela (306 kilograms). In comparison, gold medalistLiao Hui ofChina lifted 348 kilograms.^[28]

Triyatno represented Indonesia in weightlifting while at the Beijing Olympics. He participated in thefeatherweight class, which encompasses athletes who weigh at or less than 62 kilograms. Born inMetro City, a large settlement located in the southernSumatran province of Lampung, Triyatno participated in the Beijing Olympics at 20 years old. He did not previously participate in any Olympic games.^[29] The event took place on August 11, where Triyatno faced 16 other athletes.^[30] The weightlifter successfully lifted 133 kilograms during his first attempt at snatches, unsuccessfully attempted 135 kilograms on his second, and successfully pulled that weight on his third attempt. He then failed to pull 163 kilograms on his first and second attempts during the clean and jerk phase, but successfully lifted this weight on his final try. His overall score was 298 kilograms, a combination of his highest snatch (135) and clean and jerk (163).^[29] With his score, the Indonesian won the bronze medal in the event out of the 12 athletes who finished. He placed behind Colombia'sDiego Salazar, who won the silver medal (305 kilograms) and ahead ofRomania'sAntoniu Buci, who took fourth place (295 kilograms). In comparison, China's gold medalistZhang Xiangxiang lifted a total of 319 kilograms.^[30]

Eko Yuli Irawan represented Indonesia at weightlifting in the Beijing Olympics, competing in thebantamweight class (which includes athletes below 56 kilograms in weight). Born in Metro in southern Sumatra, Irawan was 19 years old at the time of his participation at the Beijing Olympics. He had not previously competed at any Olympic games.^[31] During the course of the August 10 event, Irawan faced 18 other athletes.^[32] He first was given three opportunities to complete snatches, successfully raising 125 kilograms on his first attempt; unsuccessfully attempting to lift 130 kilograms on his second attempt; and successfully lifting that load on his last try. During the clean and jerk lifts, Irawan successfully lifted 152 kilograms on his first attempt; 158 kilograms on his second; and 158 kilograms on his last. As his highest scores were 130 (snatch) and 158 (clean and jerk), Irawan's total score was 288 kilograms.^[31] This score won the Indonesian weightlifter the bronze medal in the event, placing him behind silver medalistHoang Anh Tuan ofVietnam (290 kilograms) and gold medalistLong Qingquan of China (292 kilograms) and ahead of fourth-place finalistYang Chin-Yi ofChinese Taipei (285 kilograms).^[32]

Women

Raema Lisa Rumbewas was the only female weightlifter representing Indonesia at the Beijing Olympics. Born inJayapura, the capital of the easternmost Indonesian province ofPapua, she first participated in the Olympics at age 19 at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia as aflyweight weightlifter. She won silver in the event, and did so again at the 2004 Athens Olympics in thefeatherweight category. Rumbewas returned to the Olympics, in Beijing, at the age of 27.^[33] During the course of her event, which took place on August 10, there were nine participants.^[34] During snatches, Rumbewas successfully lifted 91 kilograms on her first attempt, then unsuccessfully attempted 95 kilograms on her second and third attempts. She successfully lifted 110 kilograms and then 115 kilograms in clean and jerk, but failed to lift 121 kilograms on her final try. As her highest lifts were 91 (snatch) and 115 (clean and jerk), her total final score was 206 kilograms.^[33] Overall, she ranked fourth ahead of fourth-place finalistYudelquis Maridalin of theDominican Republic (204 kilograms) and behind bronze medalistNastassia Novikava of Belarus (213 kilograms). In comparison, gold medalistPrapawadee Jaroenrattanatarakoon ofThailand lifted a total of 221 kilograms.^[34]

Summary

Athlete	Event	Snatch		Clean & Jerk		Total	Rank
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Eko Yuli Irawan	Men's −56 kg	130	2	158	3	288
Triyatno	Men's −62 kg	135	5	163	4	298
Edi Kurniawan	Men's −69 kg	135	15	172	9	307	12
Sandow Nasution	Men's −77 kg	153	13	194	6	347	11
Raema Lisa Rumbewas	Women's −53 kg	91	5	115	4	206

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