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Olympic Athlete Biographies

Please note - Biographies for the athletes competing in the Athletics events of the Games of the XXIX Olympiad, Beijing 2008, will be downloadable in pdf format from this section.

The Biographies will become available on the morning of the first round / qualification of the respective event. 

  • Men's Marathon starting on Sun 23 Aug
  • Men's 50km Race Walk starting Fri 22 Aug
  • Men's Javelin Throw starting on Thu 21 Aug
  • Men's Decathlon starting on Thu 21 Aug
  • Women's 1500m starting on Thu 21 Aug
  • Women's High Jump starting on Thu 21 Aug
  • Women's 20km Race Walk starting on Thu 21 Aug
  • Men's 800m starting on Wed 20 Aug
  • Men's 5000m starting on Wed 20 Aug
  • Men's Pole Vault starting on Wed 20 Aug
  • Women's 200m starting on Tue 19 Aug
  • Women's 5000m starting on Tue 19 Aug
  • Women's Long Jump starting on Tue 19 Aug
  • Women's Javelin Throw starting on Tue 19 Aug
  • Men's 200m starting on Mon 18 Aug
  • Men's 400m starting on Mon 18 Aug
  • Men's 110m Hurdles starting on Mon 18 Aug
  • Men's Triple Jump starting on Mon 18 Aug
  • Women's Hammer Throw starting on Mon 18 Aug
  • Men's High Jump starting on Sun 17 Aug
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