Mali at the 2024 Summer Olympics explained

Noc:MLI
Nocname:Comité National Olympique et Sportif du Mali
Games:Summer Olympics
Year:2024
Location:Paris, France
Competitors:23
Sports:5
Gold:0
Silver:0
Bronze:0
Appearances:auto

Mali competed at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris from 26 July to 11 August 2024. It has participated in every edition of the summer Olympics since the nation's official debut in 1964, with the exception of the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal because of the African boycott.

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games. Note that reserves in football are not counted:

width=180Sportwidth=55Menwidth=55Womenwidth=55Total
Athletics1 0 1
Boxing0 1 1
Football18 0 18
Swimming1 1 2
Taekwondo1 0 1
Total 21 2 23

Athletics

See main article: article, Athletics at the 2024 Summer Olympics and Athletics at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification. Mali sent one sprinter to compete at the 2024 Summer Olympics.[1]

Track events

Boxing

See main article: article, Boxing at the 2024 Summer Olympics and Boxing at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification. Mali entered one female boxer into the Olympic tournament. Marine Camara (women's featheweight) secured her spots in her division, through receiving the allocations of universality spots, signifying the nation’s return to the sport for the first time since 1988.[2]

Football

See main article: Football at the 2024 Summer Olympics.

Summary

Men's tournament

See main article: Football at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament and Football at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Men's qualification. Mali men's football team qualified for the Olympics by winning the decision play-off against Guinea for the last of three available spots at the 2023 U-23 Africa Cup of Nations in Rabat, Morocco, marking the country's return to the sport for the first time in two decades.[3]

Team roster
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Swimming

See main article: Swimming at the 2024 Summer Olympics and Swimming at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification. Mali sent two swimmers to compete at the 2024 Paris Olympics.

AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinal
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Alexien KoumaMen's 100 m freestyle56.3474Did not advance
Aichata DiabateWomen's 50 m freestyle37.5577Did 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.

Taekwondo

See main article: Taekwondo at the 2024 Summer Olympics and Taekwondo at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification. Mali entered one athlete to compete at the games. Rio 2016 Olympian Ismaël Coulibaly qualified for the games through the allocations of universality quota spots.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Athletics Paris 2024 Final Entries. World Athletics. 12 July 2024.
  2. Web site: QUOTAS DISTRIBUTION PER NOC . Athlete365. 4 July 2024.
  3. News: Mali Secures Paris 2024 Ticket with Penalty Shootout Win over Guinea. beIN Sports. 7 July 2023. 8 July 2023.