Olympic history of Swaziland

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Swaziland , since 2018 Eswatini whose NOK , the Eswatini Olympic and Commonwealth Games Association , was founded in 1971, first took part in the 1972 Summer Olympics. Swaziland participated in the boycott of African countries in 1976 and stayed away from the Montreal Games. The kingdom also did not take part in the 1980 Games in Moscow. Only since 1984 have athletes been sent to all summer games again. In 1992, athletes from Swaziland took part in the winter games for the first time and so far only. Athletes from Swaziland have not yet won medals.

Overview

Sibusiso Matsenjwa before the start of the 2016 200-meter heat

Swaziland's Olympic debut took place in Munich in 1972 . A track and field athlete and a marksman made up the country's first Olympic team. The marksman Philip Serjeant became the first Olympian on August 27, 1972. The country followed calls for boycotts from African countries and the USA and stayed away from the games in Montreal in 1976 and Moscow in 1980 .

In 1984 in Los Angeles , Swaziland was again represented at the Olympic Games. In the period that followed, the country's athletes were sent to all subsequent summer games, but were unsuccessful. In 1984 athletes competed in boxing, swimming and weightlifting for the first time. Swimmer Daniela Menegon was the first woman in the country to take part in the Olympic Games in Atlanta in 1996 . In 2000 a Taekwondoin was used in Sydney .

At the 1992 Winter Games in Albertville , a winter athlete from Swaziland took part in alpine skiing for the first time.

Overview of the participants

Summer games

year Athletes Flag bearer sports Medals
total m w athletics shoot Boxing swim Weightlifting Taekwondo Gold medal.svg Silver medal.svg Bronze medal.svg total rank
1896-1968 not participated
1972 2 2 0 Richard Mabuza 3
1976-1980 not participated
1984 8th 8th 0 Lanford Dlamine 3 3 1 1
1988 8th 5 0 Sizwe Mdluli 5 2 2 2
1992 11 11 0 5 1
1996 6th 5 1 Daniel Sibandze 4th 1 1
2000 6th 4th 2 Musa Simelane 2 1 2 1
2004 3 2 1 Gcinile Moyane 2 2
2008 4th 2 2 Temalangeni Dlamini 2 2
2012 3 2 1 Luke Hall 2 1
2016 2 1 1 Sibusiso Matsenjwa 2
total 0 0 0 0 -

Winter games

year Athletes Flag bearer sports Medals
total m w Alpine skiing Gold medal.svg Silver medal.svg Bronze medal.svg
1924-1988 not participated
1992 1 1 0 Keith Fraser 1
1994-2018 not participated
total 0 0 0

List of medal winners

Gold medals

So far (as of 2017) no gold medals.

Silver medals

So far (as of 2017) no silver medals.

Bronze medals

So far (as of 2017) no bronze medals.

Web links

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