| Luxembourg at the 2008 Summer Olympics | |
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| IOC code | LUX |
| NOC | Luxembourg Olympic and Sporting Committee |
| Website | www |
| inBeijing | |
| Competitors | 13 in 7 sports |
| Flag bearers | Raphaël Stacchiotti (opening) Sascha Palgen (closing) |
| Medals |
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| Summer Olympics appearances (overview) | |
Luxembourg was represented at the2008 Summer Olympics inBeijing, China by theLuxembourg Olympic and Sporting Committee.
In total, 13 athletes including nine men and four women represented Luxembourg in seven different sports including cycling, gymnastics, judo, sailing, swimming, table tennis and triathlon.
In total, 13 athletes represented Luxembourg at the2008 Summer Olympics inBeijing, China across seven different sports.[1]
| Sport | Men | Women | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cycling | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| Gymnastics | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Judo | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Sailing | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Swimming | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| Table tennis | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Triathlon | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Total | 9 | 4 | 13 |
In total, three Luxembourger athletes participated in the cycling events –Kim Kirchen,Andy Schleck andFränk Schleck.[1]
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kim Kirchen | Men's road race | 6:26:40 | 45 |
| Men's time trial | 1:06:29 | 23 | |
| Andy Schleck | Men's road race | 6:23:49 | 4 |
| Fränk Schleck | 6:26:27 | 42 |
In total, one Luxembourger athlete participated in the gymnastics events –Sascha Palgen in themen's artistic individual all-around.[1]
| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Final | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apparatus | Total | Rank | Apparatus | Total | Rank | ||||||||||||
| F | PH | R | V | PB | HB | F | PH | R | V | PB | HB | ||||||
| Sascha Palgen | All-around | 15.200 | 13.000 | 14.325 | 15.725 | 14.225 | 13.600 | 86.075 | 37 | Did not advance | |||||||
In total, one Luxembourger athlete participated in the judo events –Marie Müller in thewomen's −52 kg category.[1]
| Athlete | Event | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Repechage 1 | Repechage 2 | Repechage 3 | Final /BM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank | ||
| Marie Müller | Women's −52 kg |  Haddad (ALG)L 0000–0211 | Did not advance |  Diédhiou (SEN)W 1001–0001 |  Kim K-O (KOR)L 0001–0010 | Did not advance | ||||
In total, one Luxembourger athlete participated in the sailing events –Marc Schmit in themen's laser.[1]
| Athlete | Event | Race | Net points | Final rank | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | M* | ||||
| Marc Schmit | Laser | 30 | 39 | 25 | 35 | 30 | 35 | 40 | 33 | CAN | EL | 227 | 42 | |
M = Medal race; EL = Eliminated – did not advance into the medal race; CAN = Race cancelled;
In total, four Luxembourger athletes participated in the swimming events –Laurent Carnol in themen's 200 m breaststroke,Christine Mailliet in thewomen's 200 m freestyle,Alwin de Prins in themen's 100 m breaststroke andRaphaël Stacchiotti in themen's 200 m freestyle.[1]
| Athlete | Event | Heat | Semifinal | Final | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
| Laurent Carnol | 200 m breaststroke | 2:15.87 | 40 | Did not advance | |||
| Alwin de Prins | 100 m breaststroke | 1:03.64 | 51 | Did not advance | |||
| Raphaël Stacchiotti | 200 m freestyle | 1:42.01 | 49 | Did not advance | |||
| Athlete | Event | Heat | Semifinal | Final | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
| Christine Mailliet | 200 m freestyle | 2:02.91 | 39 | Did not advance | |||
In total, one Luxembourger athlete participated in the table tennis events –Ni Xialian in thewomen's singles.[1]
| Athlete | Event | Preliminary round | Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 3 | Round 4 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final /BM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank | ||
| Ni Xialian | Women's singles | Bye |  Huang I-h (TPE)W 4–1 |  Li J (NED)L 1–4 | Did not advance | |||||
In total, two Luxembourger athletes participated in the triathlon events –Dirk Bockel in themen's race andElizabeth May in thewomen's race.[1]
| Athlete | Event | Swim (1.5 km) | Trans 1 | Bike (40 km) | Trans 2 | Run (10 km) | Total Time | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dirk Bockel | Men's | 18:26 | 0:27 | 57:52 | 0:27 | 34:19 | 1:51:31.01 | 25 |
| Elizabeth May | Women's | 20:26 | 0:30 | 1:05:56 | 0:33 | 40:30 | 2:07:55.58 | 41 |
