The Bahamas sent a delegation of athletes to compete in the 2008 Summer Olympics, which were held in Beijing, People's Republic of China from 8 to 24 August 2008.

The delegation included 25 athletes across four sports (track and field, boxing, swimming and tennis) and nineteen distinct events.

[2] Bahamian Olympic coach Keith Parker, prior to the start of the Olympic track events, said that Derrick Atkins held a strong chance of medaling in his events, having considered Atkin's unexpected medaling at the 2007 World Championships, tying Jamaica's Asafa Powell and the United States' Tyson Gay for second place.

[5] Donald Thomas was the sole Bahamian athlete participating in the men's high jump event of the Beijing Olympics.

During the event's qualification round on 17 August, Thomas was placed in the first heat versus competitors that included the Czech Republic's Jaroslav Baba and Great Britain's Germaine Mason.

Facing competitors that included the Dutch Antillean Churandy Martina, Azerbaijani Ramil Guliyev, and Nigerian Obinna Metu, Rolle ranked fifth out of eight athletes in his heat after completing his event in 20.93 seconds.

During the qualification round on 17 August, Sands was placed in the second heat, facing competitors that included America's David Oliver and Spain's Jackson Quiñónez.

Completing the event with a time of 13.55 seconds, Sands ranked seventh in the heat of eight athletes behind South Korea's Lee Jeong-Jun and ahead of Georgia's David Ilariani.

[13] Atkins was placed in the eighth heat during the 14 August qualification round, facing athletes that included Russia's Andrey Epishin and Norway's Jaysuma Saidy Ndure.

Of the 80 athletes who participated in the qualification round of the event, Atkins tied Cuban Jenris Vizcaino for eighteenth place.

[14] At quarterfinals, Atkins participated in the fifth heat against athletes that included Walter Dix of the United States and Asafa Powell of Jamaica.

During the qualification round on 17 August, Sands was placed in the second heat against competitors that included Li Yanxi of China, Onochie Achike of Great Britain, and Hector Fuentes of Cuba.

Bain completed the event in 45.42 seconds, placing seventh in his heat, ahead of Briton Andrew Steele and Nigerian Godday James.

Brown finished the event in 44.84 seconds, placing fourth behind the three American medalists (LaShawn Merritt, Jeremy Wariner and David Neville).

Of those athletes, Avard Moncur[21] and Ramon Miller[22] participated only in the qualification round alongside Michael Mathieu[19] and Andrae Williams.

[24] During the final round, the Bahamian relay replaced Avard Moncur and Ramon Miller with Chris Brown and Andretti Bain.

Southeastern Louisiana University alumnus and three-time Olympian Christine Amertil was the only Bahamian athlete participating in the women's 400 meters dash during the 2008 Summer Olympics.

[26] During the 17 August semifinal round, Amertil was placed in the second heat, which included American Sanya Richards and Russian Anastasia Kapachinskaya.

[30] Former Stanford University athlete and five-time Olympian (the first four times for the United States) Jackie Edwards[31] participated in the Olympics on behalf of the Bahamas in women's long jump.

She was one of three athletes to receive no mark during the qualification round (the others were Slovakia's Jana Velďáková and India's Anju Bobby George).

[34] Toureano Johnson challenged the Ukraine's Olexandr Strets'kyy during the third bout on 16 August, scoring nine punches on him and receiving four in return and defeating him.

[34] University of Kentucky student Elvis Burrows[35] was the only Bahamian swimmer to participate in the 50 meters freestyle event during the Beijing Olympics.

In the 100 meters butterfly, Knowles participated in the third heat of the 14 August preliminary round, competing against athletes that included Israel's Alon Mandel and Lithuania's Rimvydas Salcius.

[39] Knowles competed on behalf of the Bahamas in the 200 meters individual medley, an event that combines all the competitive swimming strokes.

Knowles competed in the third heat, which was led by Israel's Gal Nevo; Bulgaria's Mihail Alexandrov' and Greece's Ioannis Kokkodis.

[40] Canada-born Auburn University alumnus Alana Dillette was the only swimmer to participate in the women's 100 meters backstroke while representing the Bahamas at the Beijing Olympics.

She was placed in the third heat, which included athletes like Hong Kong's Hannah Jane Arnett Wilson and Austria's Birgit Koschischek.

Mark Knowles (a five-time Olympian[46]) and Devin Mullings participated in men's doubles tennis on behalf of the Bahamas.

[47] The pair participated in the first match of the event's first round on 11 August, where they faced a team from the United States that included Bob and Mike Bryan.

[48] The Bryan brothers won two sets against the Bahamian team and defeated them, eventually winning the bronze medal in the event.