The Federated States of Micronesia sent a team of five athletes to compete at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China.

None of the track or swimming athletes advanced past the qualification round, and Minginfel placed second to last in his event.

[3] The Federated States of Micronesia is a collection of some 6,000 islands in the South Pacific Ocean that includes approximately 100,000 people.

[5] Between then and Beijing in 2008, three male and two female Micronesian athletes participating across three sports have appeared at the Olympics at every instance.

Up to and including the Beijing Olympics, weightlifter Manuel Minginfel had been the flagbearer for Micronesia at every opening ceremony.

[6] Jack Howard represented the Federated States of Micronesia as its only male track athlete at the Beijing Olympics.

[8] Maria Epiph Ikelap competed on the Federated States of Micronesia's behalf at the Beijing Olympics in the women's 100 meters races.

Born in 1987 in Weno, an island in the archipelago of Chuuk, Ikelap was 21 years old at the time of her participation in the 2008 Olympics.

[10] Kerson Hadley represented the Federated States of Micronesia as its only male swimmer competing in the Beijing Olympics.

[14] Manuel Minginfel was the only weightlifter at the Beijing Olympics who competed under the banner of the Federated States of Micronesia.

[6] Although he was unable to successfully lift any snatches at those games, Minginfel finished in his event when at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, at 25 years old.

His final score, which combines his highest lifted weight from the snatch and clean and jerk categories, was 275 kilograms.