Bhutan at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Bhutan sent archers to the Olympics for the seventh time.^[6][7] The Tripartite Commission awards universality places, including three of each gender for archery to nations not otherwise qualified;^[8] they awarded Bhutan one of its invitation spots in each of the men's and women's competitions.^[9] Bhutan's competitors were Tashi Peljor^[10] in the men's individual and Dorji Dema^[11] in the women's individual.

Peljor was 30 years old at the time of the Beijing Olympics, and had previously represented Bhutan at the 2004 Summer Olympics.^[12] In the ranking round of the men's individual competition he scored 632 points and earned himself the 54th seed.^[13] In the first round of the knockout phase, he lost 110–100 to Wang Cheng-pang of Chinese Taipei.^[14] The gold medal was eventually won by Viktor Ruban of Ukraine, the silver medal was earned by Park Kyung-mo of South Korea, and the bronze was won by Bair Badënov of Russia.^[15]

Dema was 24 years old at the time of these Olympics and was making her Olympic debut.^[16] In the ranking round of the women's individual, she scored 567 points and slotted herself into the 61st seed.^[17] In the first knockout round, she lost, 109–107, to Khatuna Narimanidze of Georgia.^[18] The gold medal was eventually won by Zhang Juanjuan of China, the silver was taken by Park Sung-hyun of South Korea, and the bronze by her fellow South Korean Yun Ok-hee.^[19]

Athlete	Event	Ranking round		Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
		Score	Seed	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Tashi Peljor	Men's individual	632	54	Wang C-P (TPE) L 100–110	did not advance
Dorji Dema	Women's individual	567	61	Narimanidze (GEO) L 107–109	did not advance

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