Djibouti at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Djibouti was represented by one male athlete at the 2008 Olympics in athletics:^[3] Mahamoud Farah, a 1500 meters runner.^[3] It was Farah's Olympic debut but he had previously competed in the 2007 IAAF World Championships.^[7] He competed on 15 August in Beijing,^[8] and finished 8th out of 12 in heat four^[a] in a time of 3 minutes and 43.62 seconds.^[8] He was 8.83 seconds behind the winner of his heat, Mohamed Moustaoui.^[8] Overall he finished 42nd out of 53 athletes,^[a] and he was 1.32 seconds slower than the slowest athlete that progressed to the semi-final round and, therefore, that was the end of his competition.^[9]

Competing at her first Olympics,^[10] Fathia Ali Bouraleh was the oldest competitor for Djibouti at these Olympics, aged 20.^[11] She competed in the 100 meters on 16 August.^[12] Ali Bouraleh was drawn into heat four.^[12] Ali Bouraleh ran a time of 14.29 seconds and finished last in her heat, 2.99 second behind the winner, Chandra Sturrup.^[12] She finished 84th out of 85 athletes overall and was 0.51 seconds faster than the slowest athlete, Robina Muqimyar.^[13] She was 3.16 seconds behind the fastest athlete and 2.64 seconds behind the slowest athlete who progressed to the semi-finals, Thi Huong Vu.^[13] Therefore, Ali Bouraleh did not progress to the quarter-finals.^[13]