summer olympics competed summer olympics celebrated beijing china august august represented nations won medals games represented athletes competing sports track field events delegation appearance olympics marked seventh consecutive appearance olympics debut summer olympics los_angeles flag bearer beijing field athlete background archipelago islands inhabited people located far east australia initially known friendly islands explorers islands united single monarchy devised constitution monarchy nation formally original government dissolved united_kingdom renounced british protection monarchy pacific_ocean years sovereign nation foreign domestic affairs submitted delegation summer olympics los_angeles california largest olympic team beijing olympics female athlete participated olympics summer olympics seoul south_korea athletes participated seven summer olympics olympic team greater athletes size single medalist time period won silver medal boxing summer olympics atlanta georgia athletes went beijing summer games participate behalf sole track athlete sole field female athlete years old youngest member delegation oldest nation flag bearer ceremonies athletics represented beijing olympics track field born main island settlement attended beijing olympics years old participating men meters dash previously competed olympic games course event qualification round took place august placed second heat seven athletes finished race seconds placing seventh heat ahead seconds central african republic seconds leaders heat included jamaica seconds seconds athletes participating qualification round placed advance later rounds participated women shot behalf beijing olympics female athlete competing olympic games born national capital lies primary island participated olympics age represented shot athens games represented beijing age qualifying heat event took place august field athlete placed seventeen person second heat given attempts shot far attempt shot meters ranking 12th heat ranking second attempt meters ranking seventh threw second try final attempt meters beat second attempt best mark meters placed 12th athletes finished event ranked ahead taiwan meters russia meters heat led china meters meters athletes finished event ranked 27th advance final round 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 participated beijing olympics behalf competing born district capital city competed beijing year old men super heavyweight class division encompasses athletes weigh kilograms previously competed olympic games athlete competed event august faced athletes phase event given attempts successfully lifted kilograms attempt kilograms second attempt kilograms final attempt clean phase event successfully lifted kilograms try unsuccessfully attempted lift kilograms second attempts highest scores clean final total score kilograms competitors finished event finished kilograms turn finished finland kilograms gold medalist germany contrast lifted total kilograms
Tonga at the 2008 Summer Olympics