1968 Summer Olympics / Participant (Mali)

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Mali took part in the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico Mexico City with a delegation of two male athletes in two events in two sports part. The youngest athlete was Namakoro Niaré (25 years and 133 days), the oldest athlete was Soungalo Bagayogo (27 years and 121 days).

It was Mali's second participation in the Summer Olympic Games .

Participants by sport

Boxing

• Soungalo Bagayogo
  • Light heavyweight

  Rank 17

  Round one: defeat after rounds against Kurt Baumgartner from Austria (2: 3 rounds, 293: 293 - 60:58, 58:59, 58:60, 59:58, 58:58 (round lost))

athletics

Discus throw

• Namakoro Niaré

  Qualification : Group B, 56.60 m, 2nd place, 15th overall

  Attempt one: invalid

  Trial two: 54.92 m

  Trial three: 56.60 m

Web links

• Malian Olympic team 1968 in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )