At the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, Furukawa finished his ranking round with a total of 663 points, which gave him the 17th seed for the final competition bracket in which he faced Maksim Kunda in the first round.
Maksim Kunda | Maksim Yuryevich Vasilyev | Maksim Vladimirovich Vasilyev | Maksim Saburov | Maksim Lynsha | Maksim Karpovich | Maksim Aleksandrovich Belyayev | Kunda, Estonia | Kunda |
In the second round Serrano was too strong for Daniel Morillo (112–111) and via Maksim Kunda (110–106) in the third round he advanced to the quarter finals.