summer olympics sent athletes summer olympics beijing china participated track field competitions different events women man comprised delegation williams advance past qualifications events reached collins participated events reached semifinal round sprint ranked sixth finals sprint win medals beijing olympics flag bearer team opening ceremony time background appearance beijing summer olympics marked fourth consecutive summer appearance entered games summer olympics delegation olympics included athletes participated track field related events collins represented country previously summer olympics athens games marked williams youngest participate behalf country collins oldest result collins achievements events christened newly created silver jubilee athletic stadium athletics men sprint participant men sprint began qualifications round august collins placed heat ranked second event time seconds collins seconds slower jamaica fastest collins heat overall ranked fourth athletes seconds slower united_kingdom ranked qualifications overall august collins placed heat time ranked second heat trinidad burns seconds faster collins overall collins ranked 7th athletes time seconds jamaica bolt held fastest time collins progressed semifinals ran meter sprint seconds participating heat collins ranked fifth overall collins tied american ninth place progress finals men sprint participated men dash august qualifications collins raced heat placing second people time seconds collins fell seconds short united_kingdom fastest heat seconds faster jamaica took place heat overall collins ranked seventh athletes qualification round falling seconds short american finalist ranked overall seconds short finalist ranked overall collins continued august collins raced american heat placed athletes time seconds tying collins ranked 12th athletes ranking immediately collins qualified semifinals semifinals collins placed heat time ranked fourth seven heat defeating mauritius antigua slower bolt collins ranked seventh overall tying united_kingdom moved finals finished eighth finals position shifted sixth place respectively taken silver bronze medals collins ranked immediately women sprint participate women sprint placed heat qualification round august fourth fastest person heat completing sprint seconds fell seconds short ranked heat seconds short ranked heat qualification round overall event tied jamaica 28th place progressed round competed placed heat ranked fourth heat people completing sprint seconds seconds slower united_kingdom ranked place heat seconds slower jamaica fastest heat seconds faster jade barbados slowest runner heat overall tied norwegian 23rd place progress semifinals women sprint participated women meters sprint august qualifications placed heat williams heat ranked heat earning time seconds falling sri_lanka united_states ranked later silver medalist seconds faster round earned time seconds round ranking seventh heat ahead eighth place runner american runner ranked williams heat later took fifth place finals seconds faster overall qualifying round ranked 18th ranked 38th advance placed heat competing athletes like jamaica ran event seconds earning fifth heat falling seconds bulgaria overall 19th fell short simpson ranked seconds women sprint participated women sprint participate event beijing olympics placed heat qualifying round took place august ran meters seconds second american runner finishing fifth seven heat overall ranked 27th runners progress rounds seconds slower bronze medalist united_states ranked august round qualifying round summary key note ranks given track events athlete heat qualified round qualified round fastest loser field events position achieving qualifying target national record round applicable event bye athlete required compete round
Saint Kitts and Nevis at the 2008 Summer Olympics