That was John Dane, 58 years old, who competed in sailing.
Equestrian rider Hiroshi Hoketsu of Japan, who is 67 years old.
At the 2008 Games, Kirsten Nieuwendam and Jurgen Themen will compete in athletics and Chinyere Pigot and Gordon Touw Ngie Tjouw will compete in swimming.
The Swedish shooter Oscar Swahn was 64 when he won a gold medal in shooting during the 1912 Stockholm Games. Hiroshi Hoketsu is a Japanese equestrian who finished 9th in the Dressage Team Grand Prix and 35th in the Dressage Individual Grand Prix at the 2008 Summer Olympics. He was 67 years old.
The sports that Australia did not compete in at the 2008 Summer Olympics were handball and baseball.
Guatemala is sending a 12 athlete team to the 2008 Games to compete in Badminton, Boxing, Equestrian, Modern pentathlon, Sailing, Shooting, and Weightlifting.
433 athletes will represent Australia at the 2008 Summer Olympics. Click on the 'Australian Athlete Bios' link below to read about them, sorted by the sport they will compete in.
The only sport the US does not compete in at any Summer Olympics (including 2008 and the upcoming 2012) is handball.
Yes. Grenada will send one athlete to the 2008 Games, that being boxer Rolande Moses who will compete in the welterweight class.
Equestrian Hiroshi Hoketsu of Japan.Hiroshi Hoketsu was 67 years old when he competed in individual and team mixed dressage at the 2008 Games in Beijing. The 2008 Games was his second Olympics ... he also participated at the 1964 Games in Tokyo! The 44 years in between Olympic appearances is the longest in Olympic history.He had qualified to compete in the 1988 Games in Seoul but was unable to when his horse was quarantined.
Swimming.
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Luxembourg sent a team of 13 athletes to compete at the 2008 Games in Beijing in cycling, triathlon, tennis, judo, gymnastics, swimming, and sailing. No athlete from Luxembourg won a medal at the 2008 Games.