Dominica sent a delegation of eight people, including two athletes, to compete at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China.

Dominica is an island nation located in the far eastern rim of the Caribbean Sea that lis between the French colonies of Guadeloupe (to the north) and Martinique to the south.

[1] Jerome Romain, the coach accompanying the Dominican delegation,[2] was the nation's flagbearer at the ceremonies.

Other than the two athletes, Chris Lloyd and Erison Hurtault, Dominican Olympic Committee president Rosanne Pringle, Chef de Mission Hubert "Mickey" Joseph, Dominican Olympic Committee secretary-general Lesley Ann Green, and Youth Olympians Attainea Toulon and William Moise were also included in the delegation, along with coach Jerome Romain.

[3] 27-year-old Chris Lloyd participated on Dominica's behalf at the Beijing Olympics in the men's 200 meters dash.

Born in Houston, Texas, Lloyd's Olympic career began with his participation in the men's 400 meters dash, in which he competed while a 23-year-old in the 2004 Athens games.

Born in Matawan, a New Jersey suburb of New York, and attending Columbia University, Hurtault initially tried out for the United States Olympic team, but failed to qualify, before taking the berth offered to him by his parents' homeland.