Nauru at the 2008 Summer Olympics
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Nauru competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics, that celebrated in Beijing, China, from August 8 to August 24, 2008. Nauru was represented by the Nauru Olympic Committee, and was the only nation out of 204 participating nations and territories that sent only a single athlete, and was one of 117 that won no medals at the Games. The sole athlete to represent the nation was Itte Detenamo, who participated in the weightlifting, and was the flag bearer in both the opening and closing ceremonies. This was the same number of athletes as at the 1996 Olympics, when Marcus Stephen (who later became President of Naaru) represented the country in the same sport, but was a decrease from the nation`s last...