Olympic history of Mali

MLI

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Mali , whose NOK , the Comité National Olympique et Sportif du Mali , was founded in 1962 andrecognizedby the IOC in1963, has participated in the Summer Olympics since 1964. In 1976 they joined the African boycott of the Montreal Games. Participation in winter games has so far been waived. So far no medal could be won.

Overview

Two athletes formed the Mali Olympic team when it first participated in the 1964 Olympic Games in Tokyo . The first Olympian in his country was Sara Camara , who competed in the 100-meter run on October 14, 1964. A boxer was used for the first time in Mexico City in 1968 , and a judoka for the first time in Munich in 1972 . Mali participated in the boycott of African countries at the Montreal Games in 1976 .

In 1980 in Moscow , Fatalmoudou Niaré, a woman from Mali, competed in an Olympic competition for the first time. In the following summer games, Mali was unsuccessful. Malian swimmers competed for the first time in Sydney in 2000 . In 2004 in Athens , the Malian U23 national soccer team celebrated its Olympic debut, in 2008 the women's national basketball team in Beijing . A participant in the Taekwondo competition also took part in this for the first time. The heavyweight Taekwondoin Daba Modibo Keïta fought for the bronze medal in 2012 in London until the match. Due to injury, however, he could not start the fight, so that he was only fourth. Keïta was the most successful Olympic starter in Mali to date (as of 2017).

Overview of the participants

Summer games

year	Athletes			Flag bearer	sports							Medals			rank
	total	Men	Women
1896-1960	not participated
1964 Tokyo	2	2	0		2
1968 Mexico City	2	2	0		1	1
1972 Munich	3	3	0	Namakoro Niaré	1		2
1976 Montreal	not participated
1980 Moscow	7th	6th	1	Namakoro Niaré	3	1	3
1984 Los Angeles	4th	4th	0	Karamoke Kory Konte	2	1	1
1988 Seoul	6th	5	1	Mamadou Keita	3	1	2
1992 Barcelona	5	3	2		3		2
1996 Atlanta	3	1	2	Monique Ross	3
2000 Sydney	5	3	2	Brahima Guindo	2		1	2
2004 Athens	23	21st	2	Kadiatou Camara	2		1	2	18th
2008 Beijing	35	21st	14th	Daba Modibo Keïta	2			2	18th	12	1
2012 London	6th	4th	2	Rahamatou Dramé	2		1	2			1
2016 Rio de Janeiro	6th	4th	2	Ismaël Coulibaly	2		1	2			1
total												0	0	0	-

Winter games

year	Athletes			Flag bearer	sports	Medals			rank
	total	Men	Women
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

• Mali in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
• Mali on Olympic.org  - The Official website of the Olympic movement (English)