The Solomon Islands send a team to compete at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China.

The arrival of the Solomon Islander delegation in Beijing marked its seventh appearance since its debut at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles.

The nation fell into a period of civil instability between then and 2003, when Australia led a military force to restore law and order in the country.

[2] Sprinter Francis Manioru represented the Solomon Islands at Beijing in the men's 100 meters dash as its only male track and field athlete.

Born in September 1981, Manioru was 22 years old when he first competed in the men's 100 meters dash at the 2004 Olympics in Athens.

[5] Pauline Kwalea represented the Solomon Islands in the women's 100 meters dash at the Beijing Olympics.

[7] Wendy Hale represented the Solomon Islands at the Beijing Olympics, participating in the women's lightweight division of weightlifting which encompasses athletes who weigh under 58 kilograms.

Born on Malaita, the most populous of the Solomon Islands, Hale was 20 years old when she participated at the 2008 Olympics.

[8] This placed the Solomon Islander at twelfth place of the twelve athletes in the event, directly behind the Philippines' eleventh-place finalist Hidilyn Diaz (192 kilograms), who in turn ranked behind Poland's tenth-place finalist Marieta Gotfryd (200 kilograms).

The gold medalist in the event was China's Chen Yanqing, who set an Olympic record with 244 kilograms.