summer olympics sent team summer olympics beijing china territory selected athletes compete sports swimming athletics participation beijing marked seventh participation olympic game debut summer olympics seoul sixth participation summer olympic games american athletes participated beijing time born outside advanced past qualification preliminary rounds events women participated american olympic delegation delegation olympic history territory ceremonies background territory united_states lies far east australia debut olympics summer olympics seoul sent delegation participate seven olympic games summer olympics winter olympics missing single summer olympics time competition delegation composed athletes including women greatest number women competed games time ceremonies athletics nineteen year old los_angeles area born athlete participated behalf beijing olympics american involved track field event appearance beijing marked time appeared olympic games participated fifth heat august qualification round completing event seconds placing heat athletes ranked ahead seconds leaders heat included seconds nigeria seconds overall american runner ranked athletes participated qualification round progress later rounds 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 men guam born year old american participating event beijing olympics previously participated olympic games represented women half weight class includes competitors kilograms weight august round round faced germany defeated scoring advance later rounds women swimming year old west_point student born kentucky competed behalf beijing olympics men meters freestyle american event previously compete olympic games august preliminary round competed fourth heat finished race seconds placed heat people displacing palestine seconds overall ranked participating athletes advance year old born swimmer represented beijing olympics farmer american event additionally prior beijing participated olympic games event preliminary round event took place august participated fourth heat finished race seconds ranking seconds ahead seconds leader virginia heat seconds participating athletes farmer ranked 62nd progress later rounds
American Samoa at the 2008 Summer Olympics