summer olympics competed summer olympics held beijing august august appearance person delegation marked fifteenth appearance olympic games tenth appearance summer olympic games total seven athletes participated behalf track field john boxing sailing shooting swimming beijing progressed post preliminary event henry reached semifinals virgin beijing olympics background beginning beijing olympics participated olympics games including winter olympics summer olympic games sent delegation game summer olympics mexico_city excluding summer olympics moscow women team participated summer olympics delegation included women peaking summer olympics atlanta size summer olympic team largest athletes athletes time largest summer olympics los_angeles athletes competed country team carried athletes entire history beijing medalist silver summer olympics seoul seven virgin participated beijing games including men woman distinct sports boxer runner progressed post preliminary rounds nation flag bearer ceremonies delegation beijing included executives president seven assisting staff coaches etc youth camp athletes overall people composed team athletics men competition county community college qualified beijing olympics ran meter dash seconds john arkansas april qualifying time passed olympic standard marked 15th fastest time event history 10th fastest time set year world henry participation beijing marked olympic debut olympics participated round event august placed heat eventual silver medalist united_states belgian runner time seconds henry ranked second heat seconds ahead seconds overall henry tied costa_rica 18th place athletes progressed semifinals august 19th semifinal rounds henry placed heat versus bahamas ran event seconds ending seventh athletes heat seconds cuba 6th place seconds ahead italy 8th place overall henry ranked 17th athletes progress finals august women competition female athlete participate beijing olympics behalf participated meters meters participation beijing marked second olympic games participated summer olympics participation dash began august round placed heat placed jamaica 1st place norway 2nd place time seconds seconds faster haiti seconds slower ranked 20th athletes round progressed round jones placed heat second round completing event seconds ranking fifth athletes seconds slower runner seconds faster overall tied 29th place athletes progress participated dash august placed heat round completing event seconds ranking fourth place athletes seconds cuba seconds ahead brazil ranked 16th overall athletes jones progressed august second round placed heat athletes included jamaica placed seventh time seconds overall placed 24th athletes advance semifinals 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 boxing qualified olympic boxing tournament qualified american qualifying tournament brother earned spot second beijing olympics marked time jackson brothers participated olympic games progressed round followed preliminary round sailing student sailor participate behalf beijing olympics appearance beijing marked time olympic games qualified men laser class consists races involved athletes race ranked 20th second 28th 20th fourth 24th fifth 26th sixth 31st seventh 15th eighth 10th highest ninth 21st complete tenth race overall earned points total ended net points ranked 21st event medal men medal race eliminated advance medal race race cancelled shooting shooter representing beijing olympics qualified shooting event men small bore rifle prone participation beijing marked olympic debut shooting event took place august round scored points second round points round fourth round fifth round round scored points ranking 53rd athletes medal fell points cuba points ahead points event leader ukraine men swimming student swimmer participate behalf beijing olympics known virgin swimmers childhood competed alongside qualifying competitions participation marked second appearance olympics summer olympics athens beijing placed seventh heat august round swimmers included chile romania time seconds ranked seventh heat athletes defeating seconds falling sixth place swimmer barbados seconds seconds slower led heat overall ranked 53rd athletes competing event progress semifinal rounds held later day men
Virgin Islands at the 2008 Summer Olympics