Mali at the 2019 African Games explained

Noc:MLI
Country:Mali
Year:2019
Games:African Games
Games Link:2019 African Games
Flagcaption:Flag of Mali
Nocname:Comité National Olympique et Sportif du Mali
Location:Rabat, Morocco
Competitors:98
Competitors Men:59
Competitors Women:39
Sports:11
Rank:29
Gold:0
Silver:2
Bronze:2

Mali competed at the 2019 African Games held from 19 to 31 August 2019 in Rabat, Morocco. In total, athletes representing Mali won two silver medals and two bronze medals and the country finished in 29th place in the medal table, shared with Libya.

Medal summary

Medal table

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MedalNameSportEventDate
Women's -57 kg
Men's -74 kg
Men's Sabre Team
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Medals by sport
SportTotal
3x3 basketball0101
Boxing0101
Fencing0011
Taekwondo0011
Total0224

3x3 basketball

See main article: 3x3 basketball at the 2019 African Games.

Gnere Dembele, Assetou Diakite, Aissata Maiga and Djeneba N'Diaye competed in 3x3 basketball and won the silver medal in the women's tournament.[1]

Athletics

See main article: Athletics at the 2019 African Games.

Mali competed in athletics.

Issa Sangare competed in the men's 100 metres event.[2] He did not qualify to compete in the semifinals.[2]

Mustapha Traoré competed in the men's 200 metres event. He did not qualify to advance to the semifinals.

Koumba Sidibe competed in the women's 200 metres event. She did not qualify to advance to the semifinals.

Djakaridia Bamba competed in the men's 400 metres event. He did not qualify to advance to the semifinals.

Kadia Dembele competed in the women's 400 metres event. She did not qualify to advance to the semifinals.

Boxing

See main article: Boxing at the 2019 African Games.

Four athletes were scheduled to compete in boxing: Marine Fatoumata Colerte Camara, Zakaria Diarra, Daouda Sidibe and Ibrahim Soumare. Marine Fatoumata Colerte Camara won the bronze medal in the women's featherweight (-57 kg) event.[3]

Chess

See main article: Chess at the 2019 African Games.

Abdoulaye Coulibaly, Tenin Nato Diakite, Clarice Kone and Bakary Traore competed in chess.[4]

Fencing

See main article: Fencing at the 2019 African Games.

Boubacar Ballo, Gaoussou Coulibaly, Keletigui Julien Diabate, Abdoul Kafar Kane, Mahamadou Samake and Souleymane Sanogo are scheduled to compete in fencing.

Football

See main article: Football at the 2019 African Games.

Mali's national under-20 football team and Mali's women's national under-20 football team competed at the 2019 African Games.[5] [6]

In the men's tournament the team finished in 4th place and in the women's tournament the team did not advance to compete in the semi-finals.

Judo

See main article: Judo at the 2019 African Games.

Five athletes represented Mali in judo: Youssouf Diallo, Djeneba Konetio, Kante Lamine, Kadidiatou Maiga and Karounga Soumano.

Karate

See main article: Karate at the 2019 African Games.

Awa Sacko, Amadou Diallo, Modibo Sacko, Souleymane Sinayoko and Mamadou Ouattara competed in karate.

Swimming

See main article: Swimming at the 2019 African Games.

Four athletes represented Mali in swimming.[7]

Men
AthleteEventHeatFinal
TimeRankTimeRank
align=left rowspan=2Sebastien Kouma50 m breaststroke28.827 Q28.968
100 m breaststroke1:04.309did not advance
align=left rowspan=2Ousmane Touré50 m buttrerfly27.8828did not advance
100 m butterfly1:02.6726did not advance
Women
AthleteEventHeatFinal
TimeRankTimeRank
Aichata Konate50 m breaststroke47.4115did not advance
align=left rowspan=2Aminata Sangafe50 m freestyle38.8037did not advance
50 m breaststroke48.1316did not advance

Taekwondo

See main article: Taekwondo at the 2019 African Games.

Mali competed in Taekwondo. Seydou Fofana won a bronze medal in the Men's -74 kg event.[8]

Tennis

See main article: Tennis at the 2019 African Games.

Abdoulaye Bagayoko and Seydou Diallo competed in the men's singles event.[9] [10]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 3x3 basketball - Women's tournament. 2019 African Games. 29 September 2019. 28 September 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190928230901/https://www.jar2019.ma/resultats/eng/zz/engzz_basketball-3x3-event-overview-women-s.htm.
  2. Web site: Issa Sangare - Athlete Profile. 2019 African Games. 28 September 2019. 28 September 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190928213355/https://www.jar2019.ma/resultats/eng/zb/engzb_athletics-athlete-profile-n1011773-sangare-issa.htm.
  3. Web site: Boxing Results Book. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20190831053129/http://amateur-boxing.strefa.pl/Championships/AllAfricaGames2019.pdf. 31 August 2019. 20 August 2020. 2019 African Games.
  4. Web site: Chess - NOC Entries by Event - Mali. 2019 African Games. 7 October 2019. 7 October 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20191007093906/https://www.jar2019.ma/resultats/eng/ze/engze_chess-sport-and-noc-entries-by-event-mali.htm.
  5. Web site: African Games: Under-20 sides to compete in Morocco. Mohamed. Fajah Barrie. 16 May 2019. BBC Sport. 28 July 2019. 28 July 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190728123405/https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/48297820.
  6. Web site: Ghana draw Mali, Senegal and Burundi in 2019 African Games. 14 June 2019. GhanaWeb. 28 July 2019. 28 July 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190728123541/https://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/SportsArchive/Ghana-draw-Mali-Senegal-and-Burundi-in-2019-African-Games-754946.
  7. Web site: Swimming Results Book. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20200727164719/http://www.frmnatation.com/sites/default/files/RESULTAT%20AFRICAIN%20GAME%20GLOBALE.pdf. 27 July 2020. 27 July 2020. 2019 African Games.
  8. Web site: Seydou Fofana - Athlete Profile. 2019 African Games. 29 September 2019. 28 September 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190928231221/https://www.jar2019.ma/resultats/eng/zb/engzb_taekwondo-athlete-profile-n1001943-fofana-seydou.htm.
  9. Web site: Abdoulaye Bagayoko - Athlete Profile. 2019 African Games. 30 September 2019. 30 September 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190930140910/https://www.jar2019.ma/resultats/eng/zb/engzb_tennis-athlete-profile-n1018510-bagayoko-abdoulaye.htm.
  10. Web site: Seydou Diallo - Athlete Profile. 2019 African Games. 30 September 2019. 30 September 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190930141032/https://www.jar2019.ma/resultats/eng/zb/engzb_tennis-athlete-profile-n1018512-diallo-seydou.htm.