Harouna Garba competed on Niger's behalf at the Beijing Olympics in the men's 400 meters hurdles.

[9][10] Rachidatou Seini Maikido competed as Niger's only female track athlete at the Beijing Olympics.

She and last place finalist Ghada Ali of Libya were the only athletes in the round to not break one minute.

[12] Mohamed Alhousseini Alhassan competed at the Beijing Olympics in the men's 50 meters freestyle as the only male Nigerien swimmer at the Games that year.

Of the 97 athletes competing in the event's preliminary round, Alhousseini finished in 95th place.

[14] Mariama Souley Bana competed at the Beijing Olympics as the only Nigerien female swimmer in the competition.

[15] Her event's preliminary round took place on August 15, and she competed in the second heat against seven other athletes.