Djibouti at the 2024 Summer Olympics explained

Noc:DJI
Nocname:Comité National Olympique Djiboutien
Games:Summer Olympics
Year:2024
Location:Paris, France
Competitors:7
Sports:3
Flagbearer Open:Mohamed Ismail Ibrahim & Samiyah Hassan Nour
Flagbearer Close:Ibrahim Hassan
Gold:0
Silver:0
Bronze:0
Appearances:auto

Djibouti competed at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris from 26 July to 11 August 2024. It was the nation's tenth appearance at the Summer Olympics. Djibouti did not field any athletes at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens.

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.

width=180Sportwidth=55Menwidth=55Womenwidth=55Total
Athletics3 1 4
Judo1 0 1
Swimming1 1 2
Total 5 2 7

Athletics

See main article: article, Athletics at the 2024 Summer Olympics and Athletics at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification. Djiboutian track and field athletes achieved the entry standards for Paris 2024, either by passing the direct qualifying mark (or time for track and road races) or by world ranking, in the following events (a maximum of 3 athletes each):[1] [2] [3]

Track & road events
  • Men
  • AthleteEventHeatFinal
    ResultRankResultRank
    Mohamed Ismail Ibrahimalign=left rowspan=2Men's 5000 m13:57.47 15Did not advance
    Abdi Waiss14:11.8811Did not advance
    Ibrahim Hassanalign=left Men's marathon2:09:31 14
    Women

    Judo

    See main article: Judo at the 2024 Summer Olympics and Judo at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification. Djibouti qualified one judoka for the following weight class at the Games. Aden-Alexandre Houssein (men's lightweight) got qualified via continental quota based on Olympic point rankings.

    Swimming

    See main article: Swimming at the 2024 Summer Olympics and Swimming at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification. Djibouti received two universality quotas (one per gender).[4]

    AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinal
    TimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
    Houmed Houssein BarkatMen's 50 m freestyle26.0054Did not advance
    Nina AmisonWomen's 50 m freestyle33.6575Did not advance

    Qualifiers for the latter rounds (Q) of all events were decided on a time only basis, therefore positions shown are overall results versus competitors in all heats.

    Notes and References

    1. News: Athletics at Paris 2024: The entry standards. International Olympic Committee. 20 December 2022. 27 December 2022.
    2. News: Djibouti's Hassan wins Beppu Oita Marathon in record time. Arab News. 6 February 2023. 4 June 2023.
    3. Web site: Mohamed ISMAIL - Profile. World Athletics. 7 June 2024.
    4. Web site: Initial Olympic Swimming Entries Published for 2024 Paris Games. Race. Retta. 12 July 2024. www.swimswam.com. SwimSwam. 25 July 2024.