summer olympics sent team compete summer olympics beijing china representatives qualified beijing games track swimming advanced past round event progressing semifinals track field cycling took games youth olympics camp held beijing time olympics coaches administrative members sent total people beijing appearance delegation beijing marked fifteenth olympic delegation appear olympic games started participation summer olympics beijing olympics roberts ceremonies beijing background british colony extends northern coast south_america adjacent venezuela brazil vicinity island nation trinidad athletes appeared olympics summer olympics london participated summer olympic games summer olympics declared independence british_empire participated previous games colonial overall appearance beijing marked fifteenth olympic appearance country sent participate winter games history case athlete olympics won bronze medal summer olympics soviet_union size delegation peaked summer olympics los_angeles sent athletes beijing risen past seven athletes 1980s beijing swimmer bore flag ceremonies total people constituted delegation beijing olympic athletes youth olympic athletes chef mission swimming coach track field team manager rose track field coach delegation members based departed nation august beijing athletics men competition men meters time beijing olympics sole male track athlete participating behalf born chicago area harris previously participated athlete university_of_michigan beijing participated men meters dash marking time participated olympic event harris participated heat august qualification round event finished race sixth place seconds harris placed ahead jordan seconds seconds leaders harris heat included seconds poland seconds finishing athletes harris ranked 50th advance 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 women competition women meters participated behalf women meters race beijing olympics born affiliated athletics program appearance beijing marked second appearance event summer olympics athens represented august qualification round placed second heat completed race placing fifth heat seven people placed ahead heat led ukraine russia finishing athletes placed 23rd advance later rounds women meters affiliated athlete runner born capital city georgetown trained new_jersey represented beijing olympics women meters race run race athens summer olympics sydney advanced past round time august qualification round competed fifth heat finished race seconds placing second richards seconds ahead nigeria seconds participating athletes ranked sixth advanced semifinal round semifinals took place august placed heat finished race seconds placed fourth athletes heat ahead seconds russia seconds leaders semifinal heat great_britain seconds jamaica seconds athletes advanced semifinal round ranked 11th 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 swimming year old born capital city georgetown participated swimmer representing beijing olympics roberts participated men meter freestyle previously participated olympic games august preliminary round roberts swam sixth heat event completed race seconds roberts placed seventh placing ahead seconds seconds leaders roberts heat nigeria seconds seconds athletes participated preliminary round roberts ranked advance later rounds men
Guyana at the 2008 Summer Olympics