Both Sébergué and Ndikert ranked seventh in their respective heats and did not advance past the qualification round.

It borders Libya to the south, Niger to the east, Sudan to the west, and the Central African Republic to the north.

The smallest contingency of Chadian Olympians occurred during the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, when only Kaltouma Nadjina competed on the country's behalf.

[2] The delegation that arrived in Beijing consisted of two athletes—one man (30-year-old Moumi Sébergué) and one woman (15-year-old Hinikissia Albertine Ndikert), both participants in track events.

[4] During the course of the August 14, 2008 races in his event, when the qualification round took place, Sébergué competed in the tenth heat against seven other athletes.

[5] Hinikissia Albertine Ndikert competed on Chad's behalf as the national delegation's only female athlete at the Beijing games.

[6] During the qualification round of the event, which took place on August 15, 2008, Ndikert competed in the eighth heat against seven other athletes.