 Nyorai mberi kwechikamu chino - Burundi yakapinda muMitambo yeOlympic yeZhizha ya2008, yakaitwa muBeijing, China kubva musi wa8 kusvika musi wa24 Nyamavhuvhu 2008. Kwaiva kuoneka kwechina kweBurundi muMitambo yeOlympic yezhizha kubvira pakatanga mutambo wacho muna 1996. Chikwata cheBurundi chaisanganisira vatambi vatatu: vamhanyi Joachim Nshimirimana naFrancine Niyonizigiye, pamwe nemumhanyi Elsie Uwamahoro. Niyonizigiye, mumhanyi wemarathon, ndiye akanga akatakura mureza pamhemberero yokuvhura. Hapana mumwe wevatambi veBurundi akapfuurira mberi kupfuura kutenderera kwekugadzirira. 