Olympic history of Mauritania
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Mauritania , whose NOK , the Comité National Olympique et Sportif Mauritanien , was founded in 1962 andrecognizedby the IOC in1979, has been participating in the Summer Olympics since 1984. So far, no Mauritanian athletes have participated in the winter games. Medals have not yet been won.
Overview
Two wrestlers formed the Olympic team of Mauritania when it first participated in the 1984 Olympic Games in Los Angeles . The first Olympian in his country was Mamadou Diallo, who competed in the light heavyweight division on August 7, 1984. In 1988 in Seoul , Mauritanian athletes took part for the first time. With the 100-meter runner Fatou Dieng, a woman from Mauritania competed for the first time at the Sydney Games on September 23, 2000 .
In the nine participations in the Summer Olympics so far, none of the country's participants has managed to survive the first round of their competition.
Overview of the participants
Summer games
year | Athletes | Flag bearer | sports | Medals | rank | |||||
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total | Men | Women | ||||||||
1896-1980 | not participated | |||||||||
1984 Los Angeles | 2 | 2 | 0 | Oumar Samba Sy | 2 | |||||
1988 Seoul | 6th | 6th | 0 | Oumar Samba Sy | 4th | 2 | ||||
1992 Barcelona | 6th | 6th | 0 | 6th | ||||||
1996 Atlanta | 4th | 4th | 0 | Noureddine Ould Ménira | 4th | |||||
2000 Sydney | 2 | 1 | 1 | Sidi Mohamed Ould Bidjel | 2 | |||||
2004 Athens | 2 | 1 | 1 | Youba Ould H'Meïde | 2 | |||||
2008 Beijing | 2 | 1 | 1 | Souleymane Ould Chebal | 2 | |||||
2012 London | 2 | 1 | 1 | Jidou El Moctar | 2 | |||||
2016 Rio de Janeiro | 2 | 1 | 1 | Jidou El Moctar | 2 | |||||
total | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
Winter games
year | Athletes | Flag bearer | sports | Medals | rank | ||||
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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
- Mauritania in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
- Mauritania on Olympic.org - The Official website of the Olympic movement (English)