In total, seven athletes participated on behalf of the Virgin Islands (Tabarie Henry and LaVerne Jones-Ferrette in track and field, John and Julius Jackson in boxing, Thomas Barrows III in sailing, Ned Gerard in shooting, and Josh Laban in swimming) in Beijing.

[1] In its entire history up to Beijing, there has been one medalist: Peter Holmberg, who medaled silver in the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul.

Seven Virgin Islanders participated in the Beijing games, including five men and one woman in five distinct sports.

There were no medalists, although boxer John Jackson[2] and runner Tabarie Henry[3] progressed to post-preliminary rounds.

[4] Then-attendee of the Kansan Barton County Community College Tabarie Henry qualified for the Beijing Olympics when he ran the 400 meter dash in 45.42 seconds at the John McDonnell Invitational in Fayetteville, Arkansas in April.

He was placed in Heat 7 against eventual silver medalist Jeremy Wariner of the United States and Belgian runner Cedric van Branteghem.

[3] Overall, Henry tied Nery Brenes of Costa Rica for 18th place out of 56 athletes.

[3] At the August 19 semifinal rounds, Henry was placed in Heat 1, again against Wariner and also versus Brenes and Christopher Brown of the Bahamas, among others.

[9] Jones progressed to the August 19 second round, and was placed in Heat 1 against athletes that included Jamaica's Veronica Campbell and the Cayman Islands' Cydonie Mothersill.

Then-student of Yale University[14] Thomas Barrows III was the only sailor to participate on behalf of the Virgin Islands during the 2008 Beijing Olympics.

He qualified for the Men's Laser class, which consists of ten races, and involved 43 athletes.

In the first race, Barrows ranked 20th; in the second, 28th; in the third, 20th, in the fourth, 24th; in the fifth, 26th; in the sixth, 31st; in the seventh, 15th; in the eighth, 10th (his highest); and in the ninth, 21st.

[18] Former University of Georgia student[19] Josh Laban was the only swimmer to participate on behalf of the Virgin Islands at the 2008 Beijing Olympics.

He has known U.S. Virgin Islander swimmers Kieran Locke and Kevin Hensley since childhood, and competed alongside them during qualifying competitions.

[21] In Beijing, Laban was placed in the seventh heat of the August 14 preliminaries round against swimmers that included Chile's Oliver Elliot and Romania's Norbert Trandafir.