summer olympics took summer olympics held beijing china august participation beijing marked seventh consecutive appearance summer olympics debut eighth olympic appearance delegation included athletes participating distinct events sport athletes female participate behalf entire history overall advanced event athlete background participated seven summer olympic games debut summer olympics los_angeles summer olympics beijing olympic debut winter olympics yugoslavia nation submitted single athlete number participating summer games excluding included athletes beijing included men female athlete participate behalf female beijing represented athletes twenties participating track field events progressed event athlete athletics men competition student participated behalf throw event participating track field event olympics appearance beijing marked appearance olympic game olympics placed second qualifying heat august threw meters ranking athletes 17th place finalist second qualifying heat iraq threw meters heat leader netherlands throwing meters overall athletes placed progress final round august women competition graduate single parent sole female competitor participating track field event appearance beijing olympic appearance compete summer olympics athens pregnant time olympics competed round dash august placed heat united_states france ranked heat athletes time seconds placing williams seconds ahead brazil seconds overall tied jade barbados 25th place progressed round competed second round august placed heat williams jamaica belgium placed fifth athletes time seconds seconds ahead sixth place heat finalist trinidad seconds fourth place heat finalist overall tied 16th place athletes progress 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
British Virgin Islands at the 2008 Summer Olympics