Olympic history of Equatorial Guinea
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The Olympic history of Equatorial Guinea begins in 1980 with the founding of the NOK , the Comité National Olympique Equato-Guinéen , which was recognized by the IOC in 1984 .
So far, 26 athletes, eight of them women, have competed in three sports. Medals have not yet been won.
The country's athletes have been taking part in the Summer Olympics since 1984. No athletes have yet been sent to the Winter Olympics. So far (as of 2017) no medals have been won.
1984-1996
On August 3, 1984, the sprinter Gustavo Envela was the first athlete from Equatorial Guinea to compete in the 100 meter race. At 16 years and 195 days, Envela was the youngest participant of this state in the Olympic Games. In 1988 in Seoul women competed for the first time. The first Equatorial Guinean athlete was Juliana Obiong on September 23, 1988 in the 400 meter run.
Since 2000
While only track and field athletes competed in various running disciplines up to the Atlanta Games in 1996 , none of which survived the preliminary rounds, a swimmer started in 2000 with Éric Moussambani for the first time. Moussambani achieved worldwide fame. In the run-up to the 100 meter freestyle, he competed alone, as his two opponents were disqualified for false starts. His swimming style, he had learned to swim only eight months before the games, was noticeably poor. Moussambani swam the slowest time in the discipline in Olympic history. Although he finished 71st and last place, he, like the British ski jumper Michael Edwards twelve years earlier , gained worldwide fame and was nicknamed Eric the Eel (Eric the Eel).
In 2008 in Beijing , an athlete started judo for the first time. At 42 years and 300 days, José Mba Nchama was also the oldest participant in Equatorial Guinea at the Olympic Games.
General overview
Summer games
| year | Athletes | Flag bearer | sports | Medals | rank | ||||||
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| 1896-1980 | not participated | ||||||||||
| 1984 | 4th | 4th | 0 | Secundino Borabota | 4th | ||||||
| 1988 | 6th | 4th | 2 | Manuel Rondo | 6th | ||||||
| 1992 | 7th | 5 | 2 | Ruth Mangue | 7th | ||||||
| 1996 | 5 | 4th | 1 | Gustavo Envela | 5 | ||||||
| 2000 | 4th | 2 | 2 | Eric Moussambani | 2 | 2 | |||||
| 2004 | 2 | 1 | 1 | Emilia Mikue Ondo | 2 | ||||||
| 2008 | 3 | 2 | 1 | Emilia Mikue Ondo | 2 | 1 | |||||
| 2012 | 2 | 1 | 1 | Bibiana Olama | 2 | ||||||
| 2016 | 1 | 1 | 0 | Reïna-Flor Okori | 1 | ||||||
| total | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | |||||||
Winter games
| year | Athletes | Flag bearer | sports | Medals | rank | ||||
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| 1924-2018 | not participated | ||||||||
| total | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | |||||
Medalist
Gold medals
So far (as of 2017) no medal winners
Silver medals
So far (as of 2017) no medal winners
Bronze medals
So far (as of 2017) no medal winners
Web links
- Equatorial Guinea in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
- Equatorial Guinea on Olympic.org - The Official website of the Olympic movement (English)
footnote
- ↑ The flag bearer Okori did not start the 100-meter run for which she was registered due to injury. So there was only one athlete who competed.
