The Haitian Olympic team included seven athletes (three men and four women) participating in track and field (Barbara Pierre, Ginou Etienne, Nadine Faustin-Parker, and Dudley Dorival), boxing (Azea Austinama), and judo (Joel Brutus and Ange Jean Baptiste).

Although Pierre and Dorival advanced to quarterfinals in their events, there were no Haitian medalists in Beijing.

With four female athletes, more women participated for Haiti in Beijing than at any single Olympic games before.

[1] Moise Joseph, an athlete of the University of Florida, was destined to participate for Haiti in Beijing, but did not compete.

[2] Joel Brutus, a heavyweight judoka, was the flag bearer for Haiti at both the opening and closing ceremonies.

[1] Then 21-year-old athlete of Raleigh's St. Augustine's College Barbara Pierre participated in the women's 100 meters dash on Haiti's behalf in Beijing, marking her first appearance at any Olympic games.

[4] During quarterfinals, Pierre participated in the fifth heat, where she ran her event in a time of 11.56 seconds.

She defeated Rachidatou Seini Maikido of Niger (1:03.19) but fell behind the fifth-place finalist, Puerto Rico's Carol Rodriguez (53.08 seconds).

[6] Brussels-born Haitian athlete Nadine Faustin-Parker participated on Haiti's behalf at the Beijing Summer Olympics.

[7] Faustin-Parker participated in the fifth heat during the August 17 preliminary round, completing her event in 13.25 seconds.

The eighth athlete in his heat, Mohamed Issa Al-Thawadi of Qatar, was disqualified.

[12] Augustama participated in the preliminary round of the light heavyweight class (maximum of 81 kilograms in weight), which took place on August 9.

[15] Then 23-year-old Ange Jean Baptiste was the only female judoka to participate on Haiti's behalf at the Beijing Olympics.

[17] Baptiste participated in the lightweight class,[17] placing her against athletes under 57 kilograms in weight.