Mali at the 2016 Summer Olympics explained

Noc:MLI
Nocname:Comité National Olympique et Sportif du Mali
Games:Summer Olympics
Year:2016
Location:Rio de Janeiro
Competitors:6
Sports:4
Flagbearer Open:Djénébou Danté[1]
Flagbearer Close:Ismaël Coulibaly[2]
Gold:0
Silver:0
Bronze:0
Appearances:auto

Mali competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 5 to 21 August 2016. Since the nation made its debut in 1964, Malian athletes had appeared in every edition of the Summer Olympic Games, with the exception of the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal because of the African boycott.

Mali National Olympic and Sports Committee (French: Comité National Olympique et Sportif du Mali) selected a team of six athletes, four men and two women, to compete only in athletics, judo, swimming, and taekwondo at the Games, matching the nation's roster size with London 2012.[3] Among the Malian athletes were freestyle swimmer Fatoumata Samassékou, the lone returning Olympian from the previous Games, sprinter and opening ceremony flag bearer Djénébou Danté,[1] [2] and taekwondo fighter and 2015 world bronze medalist Ismaël Coulibaly, who led the squad as the most successful member and the nation's flag bearer in the closing ceremony.[2] [4] Mali, however, has yet to win its first ever Olympic medal.

Athletics (track and field)

See main article: article and Athletics at the 2016 Summer Olympics. Mali has received universality slots from IAAF to send two athletes (one male and one female) to the Olympics.[5] [6]

Track & road events
Field events

Judo

See main article: article, Judo at the 2016 Summer Olympics and Judo at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Qualification. Mali has qualified one judoka for the men's half-heavyweight category (100 kg) at the Games. Ayouba Traore earned a continental quota spot from the African region, as the highest-ranked Malian judoka outside of direct qualifying position in the IJF World Ranking List of May 30, 2016.[7]

Swimming

See main article: article and Swimming at the 2016 Summer Olympics. Mali has received a Universality invitation from FINA to send two swimmers (one male and one female) to the Olympics.[8] [9] [10]

AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinal
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Oumar TouréMen's 100 m butterfly57.5641Did not advance
Fatoumata SamassékouWomen's 50 m freestyle33.71=81Did not advance

Taekwondo

See main article: article, Taekwondo at the 2016 Summer Olympics and Taekwondo at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Qualification. Mali entered one athlete into the taekwondo competition at the Olympics. 2015 Worlds bronze medalist Ismaël Coulibaly secured a spot in the men's welterweight category (80 kg) by virtue of his top two finish at the 2016 African Qualification Tournament in Agadir, Morocco.[11]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: The Flagbearers for the Rio 2016 Opening Ceremony . olympic.org . . 4 January 2024.
  2. Web site: Flagbearers for Mali . olympedia.org . . 4 January 2024.
  3. News: Jo Rio 2016 : Les athlètes maliens auront bien défendu les couleurs du pays . Rio Olympics 2016: Malian athletes will defend the colors of their country . fr . Maliweb.net . 14 August 2016 . 25 September 2016.
  4. News: Mousa . Magassa . JO 2016 : Ismael Coulibaly, espoir d’une première médaille pour le Mali . 2016 Olympics: Ismael Coulibaly, aiming for Mali's first medal . fr . . 29 July 2016 . 25 September 2016.
  5. Web site: iaaf.org – Top Lists . IAAF . 18 April 2015.
  6. Web site: IAAF Games of the XXX Olympiad – Rio 2016 Entry Standards . . 18 April 2015.
  7. News: IJF Officially Announces Qualified Athletes for Rio 2016 Olympic Games . 23 June 2016 . . 24 June 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160707205937/http://www.intjudo.eu/News/cikk3913 . 7 July 2016 . dead . dmy-all.
  8. Web site: Swimming World Rankings . . 14 March 2015 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110106131744/http://www.fina.org/H2O/index.php?option=com_wrapper&view=wrapper&Itemid=805 . 6 January 2011.
  9. Web site: Men's Final Entry List . . 20 July 2016.
  10. Web site: Women's Final Entry List . . 20 July 2016.
  11. News: Ten countries secure Rio 2016 places at taekwondo African Qualification Tournament . . 8 February 2016 . 8 February 2016 . 10 February 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160210152818/http://www.worldtaekwondofederation.net/the-result-of-the-african-qualification-tournament-2016-for-the-xxxi-olympiad/ . dead .