summer olympics behalf sent team summer olympics beijing china marking sixth consecutive appearance olympics debut summer olympics seoul south_korea country sent athletes games sports distinct events track field swimming athlete cook delegation progressed past rounds events exception round round win medals nation flag bearer ceremonies background collection islands lying governed single parliamentary entity people live country free association new_zealand handles nation external affairs cook islands self governing years later cook islands sent delegation olympics summer olympics seoul south_korea cook islands sent summer olympic games size cook delegation largest reached seven athletes size nation delegation risen past beijing olympics beijing athletes competed competitors men heather woman competed sports track field swimming distinct events men meters women throw track field men meters swimming men heavyweight olympics cook won medal olympics ceremonies athletics men competition sole male participating track event beijing olympics marked competition men meters dash born populous home capital city district heather years old participated beijing olympic previously competed olympic games august qualification round heather participated ninth heat included athletes finished dash seconds placing heat placed ahead heather seconds seventh place heather heat led seconds trinidad seconds overall athletes competed event qualification round cook ranked 75th advance rounds women competition female participating track field event beijing nation delegation games born settlement island debut olympics athens games years old represented event games placed heat august qualification round included athletes athletes given opportunities throw attempt threw meters placing 12th competitors heat second attempt landed meters away placing 15th attempted round marked highest score meters final attempt heat placed 19th place athletes registered marks qualifying round ranking advance later rounds 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 swimming participated behalf men meters participating event swimming event general beijing years old time participation summer olympics previously participated olympic games preliminary rounds took place august cook participated heat included people ranked finishing event ranked ahead took heat athletes finished qualification heats ranked advance later rounds participating beijing olympics born island populous son competed event barcelona atlanta athens participated men heavyweight age marked time competed olympic games event occurred august included competitors phase event occurred given tries successfully lifted kilograms second unsuccessfully attempted lift kilograms final lifted kilograms success clean phrase followed given attempts successfully lifted kilograms second tries successfully lifted kilograms attempt highest score round kilograms highest clean kilograms total total score points overall ranked twelfth thirteen finishing athletes ranked points finland ranked ahead points year gold medalist earned points
Cook Islands at the 2008 Summer Olympics