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Monaco at the 2008 Summer Olympics
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Monaco was represented at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing by the Comité Olympique Monégasque.
In total, five athletes represented Monaco in five different sports including athletics, judo, rowing, shooting and weightlifting.
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Athletics
One Monégasque athlete participated in the athletic events – Sébastien Gattuso in the men's 100 m.[1]
The heats for the men's 100 m took place on 15 August 2008. Gattuso contested heat nine which took place at 10:49 am. He finished fifth in a time of 10.7 seconds and failed to advance to the semi-finals.[1]
- Men
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Judo
One Monégasque athlete participated in the judo events – Yann Siccardi in the men's −60 kg.[2]
The men's −60 kg event took place on 9 August 2008. Siccardi received a bye in the preliminary round but lost by ippon to Craig Fallon of Great Britain in the round of 32.[2]
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Rowing
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One Monégasque athlete participated in the rowing events – Mathias Raymond in the men's single sculls.[3]
The men's single sculls took place from 9–16 August 2008. Raymond contested heat four which took place at 3:20 pm on 9 August. He finished fourth in a time of 7 minutes 51.69 seconds and advanced to the quarterfinals. Raymond contested quarter-final one which took place at 4:10 pm on 11 August. He finished fifth in a time of 7 minutes 11.66 seconds and advanced to semi-final C/D. Raymond contested heat two of the C/D semi-final which took place at 3:20 pm on 13 August. He finished fifth in a time of 7 minutes 33.06 seconds and advanced to Final D. Final D took place on 15 August 2:40 pm. Raymond finished fourth in a time of 7 minutes 14.27 seconds to finish 22nd overall.[3]
- Men
Qualification Legend: FA=Final A (medal); FB=Final B (non-medal); FC=Final C (non-medal); FD=Final D (non-medal); FE=Final E (non-medal); FF=Final F (non-medal); SA/B=Semifinals A/B; SC/D=Semifinals C/D; SE/F=Semifinals E/F; QF=Quarterfinals; R=Repechage
Shooting
One Monégasque athlete participated in the shooting events – Fabienne Pasetti in the women's 10 m air rifle.[4]
The women's 10 m air rifle took place on 9 August 2008. Pasetti recorded a score of 387 in the preliminary round but did not advance to the final and finished 41st overall.[4]
- Women
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Weightlifting
One Monégasque athlete participated in the weightlifting events – Romain Marchessou in the men's −77 kg.[5]
The men's −77 kg took place on 13 August 2008. Marchessou lifted 110 kg (snatch) and 140 kg (clean and jerk) for a combined score of 250 kg which placed him 24th in the overall rankings.[5]
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