belize summer olympics belize competed summer olympics held beijing august participation beijing marked eighth olympic appearance belize tenth overall appearances mexico_city munich british honduras delegation included athletes participated track field events belize medal beijing beijing athlete advance past round olympic event background belize participated olympic games summer olympics mexico_city appeared summer olympics exception summer olympics soviet_union represented total competitors belize british colony mexico city games munich games participated british honduras belize belize flag bearer beijing advance past preliminary round athletics men competition german born runner played football represented belize summer olympics sydney olympics beijing qualified summer olympics athens despite injury chose attend appearance beijing marked qualification second appearance olympic games participated meters dash placed heat round event august competitors heat included american norwegian jones ran event seconds ranking sixth athletes heat scoring seconds faster seconds 5th place overall jones ranked 53rd place athletes progress round august ucla student took advantage parents citizenship qualify behalf belize olympic team taking men meters dash participation beijing marked olympic appearance williams completed event seconds placing fourth heat seven having placed heat round august williams ran seconds faster fifth place finalist japan seconds slower place finalist brazil overall williams ranked 16th athletes round progressed semifinals williams athlete advance olympic event williams participated heat semifinal round august facing athletes included jamaican williams ranked sixth heat athletes ahead seconds south african seconds ranked 13th place athletes advance finals women competition athlete participated behalf belize beijing olympics long female compete member year delegation participation beijing olympics marked appearance olympic games participated qualifying heat august competed athletes included brazil sweden ranked 19th heat finishing ahead slovakia ukraine scores ranked overall athletes competed women long jump completed event ranked 38th advance semifinals having jumped meters 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 taiwan based athlete sole representative belize sport track field event beijing olympics took men kilogram category known olympics placed round seventh match took place august opponent martial artist spain course match scored points scored defeated advanced round ultimately placed fifth final round
Belize at the 2008 Summer Olympics