2012 Summer Olympics / Participant (Afghanistan)

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Afghanistan took part inthe 2012 Olympic Games in London . It was the 13th participation in the Summer Olympics. The Afghanistan National Olympic Committee nominated six athletes in four sports.

Sadaf Rahimi was supposed to start in boxing but was not nominated.

The standard bearer at the opening ceremony was the Taekwondoin Nesar Ahmad Bahave .

Medals

Medal table

Medal table Afghanistan
space	sport				total
1	Taekwondo	-	-	1	1
Total		-	-	1	1

Medalist

bronze

Surname	sport	competition
Rohullah Nikpai	Taekwondo	Men, class up to 68 kg

Participants by sport

Boxing

Athletes	competition	1 round		Round of 16		Quarter finals		Semifinals		final		rank
		opponent	Result	opponent	Result	opponent	Result	opponent	Result	opponent	Result
Men
Ajmal Faisal	Fly weight up to 52 kg	Nordine Oubaali	9:22	eliminated								32

Judo

Athletes	competition	1st round Round of 64		2nd round Round of 32		Knockout round Round of 16		Quarter Finals Quarter Final		Round of hope semi-final repechage		Semifinals		Hope Round Final Bronze Medal		final		rank
		opponent	Result	opponent	Result	opponent	Result	opponent	Result	opponent	Result	opponent	Result	opponent	Result	opponent	Result
Men
Ajmal Faizzada	Class up to 66 kg	Miklós Ungvári	000-100	eliminated														33

athletics

Running and walking

Athletes	competition	leader		Semifinals		final		rank
		time	rank	time	rank	time	rank
Women
Tahmina Kohistani	100 m	14.42 s	32	eliminated				32
Men
Massoud Azizi	100 m	11.19 s	23	eliminated				23

Taekwondo

Athletes	competition	Round of 16		Quarter finals		Semifinals		Hope round semifinals		Match for bronze		final		rank
		opponent	Result	opponent	Result	opponent	Result	opponent	Result	opponent	Result	opponent	Result
Men
Rohullah Nikpai	Class up to 68 kg	M. Loniewski	12: 5	M. Bagheri Motamed	4: 5	eliminated		D. Boui	14: 2	M. Stamper	5: 3	eliminated		bronze
Nesar Ahmad Bahave	Class up to 80 kg	I. Chernoubi	4: 3	S. Crismanich	1: 9	eliminated								5

Web links

• Afghanistan - Athletes. Official London 2012 website. The London Organizing Committee of the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games Limited ( LOCOG ), accessed September 28, 2012 . 
• AFGHANISTAN. Official website of the Olympic Movement. The International Olympic Committee ( IOC ), accessed September 28, 2012 . 

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Country: Afghanistan. london2012.com, accessed July 18, 2012 . 
2. ↑ Sandra Petersmann : Afghan female boxer at Olympia: Two fists for Afghanistan on tagesthemen.de, seen May 13, 2012
3. ↑ Teen girl from Afghanistan to box at Olympics on cbsnews.com, February 10, 2012 (English)
4. ↑ LONDON 2012 Opening Ceremony - Flag Bearers. (PDF; 160 kB) IOC, accessed on September 25, 2012 (English).