Mali at the 2012 Summer Olympics explained

Noc:MLI
Nocname:Comité National Olympique et Sportif du Mali
Games:Summer Olympics
Year:2012
Location:London
Competitors:6
Sports:4
Flagbearer:Rahamatou Drame
Gold:0
Silver:0
Bronze:0
Appearances:auto

Mali competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics held in London, from 27 July to 12 August 2012. This was the nation's twelfth appearance at the Olympics, although not consecutive due to the African boycott of the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal.

Malia did not qualify for any of the team events and sent its smallest delegation to the Games to the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. Six Malian athletes, 4 men and 2 women, qualified to the team to compete in 4 sports. Hurdler Rahamatou Drame, who competed at her first Olympic games, was the nation's flag bearer at the opening ceremony.

Mali, however, has yet to win its first ever Olympic medal. Taekwondo jin and double-time world heavyweight champion Daba Modibo Keita missed out of the nation's historic Olympic record, after he withdrew from the bronze medal tournament because of the injuries he had sustained.[1]

Athletics

See main article: Athletics at the 2012 Summer Olympics.

Men
Women

Judo

See main article: Judo at the 2012 Summer Olympics. Mali has qualified 1 judoka

Swimming

See main article: Swimming at the 2012 Summer Olympics. Mali has gained two "Universality places" from the FINA.[2]

Men
Women

Taekwondo

See main article: Taekwondo at the 2012 Summer Olympics. Mali was given a wild card entrant.[3]

Notes and References

  1. News: Cuba's Despaigne, Mexico's Espinoza take taekwondo bronze . Fox News Latino . 11 August 2012 . 7 September 2012.
  2. Web site: FINA Universality Places . 6 July 2012 . . 6 July 2012 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120711000550/http://www.fina.org/H2O/docs/events/london2012/sw/universality_places.pdf . 11 July 2012.
  3. Web site: Cambodia, Mali, Panama, Yemen Earn 1 Wild Card Each for London Olympic Taekwondo Competition . 17 April 2012 . . 17 April 2012.