summer olympics competed summer olympics beijing china total athletes competed sports moses competed respectively men women competed women singles table tennis selected tommy appearance particular debut table tennis tommy country opening ceremony delegation beijing included country head state prime minister included athletes accompany delegation arrived china different times progressed past round events earn medals background participated olympics summer olympics seoul south_korea olympic committee founded year earlier appearance olympics beijing marked sixth appearance summer olympics earlier olympic appearances primarily characterized people participating athletics exception summer olympics included archer team involved country debut olympic table tennis attempted olympic qualification competitions girl beach men football succeed delegation left beijing august delegation encompassed coaches president secretary general dignitaries including head state prime minister minister sports accompanied team attend opening ceremony august table tennis player athlete accompany delegation beijing tommy arrived china early training spent time belgium participating table tennis player youngest age moses age oldest participated athletics tommy participated team table tennis player olympic games flag bearer opening ceremony athletics moses participated behalf track field athletics events beijing olympics participated men sprint participated round event august placed heat ran event seconds heat placed 7th beating solomon islands seconds falling jamaica bolt seconds bolt ranked heat overall ranked 61st heats run day advance round received financial assistance beijing scholarship terminated beijing olympics ended sole participant women dash took round event august placed heat versus athletes included ran seconds placing eighth heat people ahead scored seconds scored heat time seconds overall tied guam place advance second round august 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 table tennis won scholarship allowed financial backing needed participate beijing games tommy selected alongside participant table tennis summer olympics preliminary rounds august paired slovakia faced thirteenth fourteen matches took place day tommy lost record advance august matches
Vanuatu at the 2008 Summer Olympics