Olympic history of Liberia
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Liberia , whose NOK , the Liberia National Olympic Committee , was founded in 1954 andrecognizedby the IOC in1955, has participated in the Summer Olympic Games since 1956. In 1968, 1976, 1980 and 1992 they did not participate. No athlete in the country has yet participated in the winter games. So far no medal could be won.
Overview
Liberia's first participation in the Olympic Games took place in Melbourne in 1956 . The first Olympians were the sprinters Emmanuele Putu and James Roberts as well as the 800-meter runner George Johnson, who competed on November 23, 1956. Also in Rome in 1960 and Tokyo in 1964 , the Olympic team consisted only of track and field athletes. Participation in the Mexico City Games in 1968 was waived, while athletes took part again in Munich in 1972 .
Liberia joined the call to boycott the 1976 Montreal Games . In Moscow in 1980 the delegation was withdrawn after the opening ceremony. 1984 in Los Angeles with the sprinter Grace Ann Dinkins for the first time a Liberian woman took part in Olympic competitions. In 1988 in Seoul boxers from Liberia took part for the first time. To the Games of Barcelona 1992 no Olympic team was dispatched.
Only athletes were sent to the following summer games from 1996 onwards. As in previous years, all of them remained unsuccessful.
Overview of the participants
Summer games
| year | Athletes | Flag bearer | sports | Medals | rank | |||||
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| 1896-1952 | not participated | |||||||||
| 1956 Melbourne | 4th | 4th | 0 | 4th | ||||||
| 1960 Rome | 4th | 4th | 0 | 4th | ||||||
| 1964 Tokyo | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||||
| 1968 Mexico City | not participated | |||||||||
| 1972 Munich | 5 | 5 | 0 | Thomas Howe | 5 | |||||
| 1976 Montreal | not participated | |||||||||
| 1980 Moscow | Withdrawal of the athletes after the opening ceremony | |||||||||
| 1984 Los Angeles | 7th | 6th | 1 | Wallace Obey | 7th | |||||
| 1988 Seoul | 8th | 7th | 1 | Samuel Birch | 4th | 4th | ||||
| 1992 Barcelona | not participated | |||||||||
| 1996 Atlanta | 5 | 4th | 1 | Kouty Mawenh | 5 | |||||
| 2000 Sydney | 8th | 6th | 2 | Kouty Mawenh | 8th | |||||
| 2004 Athens | 2 | 1 | 1 | Gladys Thompson | 2 | |||||
| 2008 Beijing | 3 | 2 | 1 | Jangy Addy | 3 | |||||
| 2012 London | 3 | 1 | 2 | Phobay Kutu-Akoi | 3 | |||||
| 2016 Rio de Janeiro | 2 | 1 | 1 | Emmanuel Matadi | 2 | |||||
| total | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | ||||||
Winter games
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| 1924-2018 | not participated | ||||||||
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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
- Liberia in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )
- Liberia on Olympic.org - The Official website of the Olympic movement (English)
