Senegal at the 2012 Summer Olympics explained

Noc:SEN
Nocname:Comité National Olympique et Sportif Sénégalais
Games:Summer Olympics
Year:2012
Location:London
Competitors:32
Sports:8
Flagbearer:Hortense Diédhiou[1]
Gold:0
Silver:0
Bronze:0
Appearances:auto
App Begin Year:1964

Senegal competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, from 27 July to 12 August 2012. This was the nation's thirteenth appearance at the Olympics.

The Senegalese National Olympic and Sports Committee (French: Comité National Olympique et Sportif Sénégalais) sent the nation's second-largest delegation ever to the Games, tying with the delegation sent to Moscow in 1980. A total of 32 athletes, 25 men and 7 women, competed in 8 sports. Men's football was the only team-based sport in which Senegal was represented at these Olympic Games. There was only a single competitor in sprint canoeing, fencing, judo, and taekwondo.

Four Senegalese athletes had competed in Beijing, including Ndiss Kaba Badji, who finished sixth in men's long jump. Breaststroke swimmer Malick Fall became the first Senegalese athlete to compete in four Olympic Games. Meanwhile, track sprinter Amy Mbacké Thiam made her Olympic comeback in London after an eight-year absence. Judoka and double African champion Hortense Diédhiou was the nation's flag bearer at the opening ceremony.

Senegal, however, failed to win its first Olympic medal since the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, where Amadou Dia Bâ won silver in the 400m hurdles.

Athletics

See main article: article and Athletics at the 2012 Summer Olympics. Senegalese athletes have so far achieved qualifying standards in the following athletics events (up to a maximum of 3 athletes in each event at the 'A' Standard, and 1 at the 'B' Standard):[2]

Key
Men
  • Track & road events
  • AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinal
    ResultRankResultRankResultRank
    Moussa Dembélé110 m hurdlesDid not advance
    Mamadou Kassé Hanne400 m hurdles49.633 Q48.805Did not advance
    Field events
    Women
  • Track & road events
  • AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinal
    ResultRankResultRankResultRank
    Ndeye Fatou Soumah200 m23.899Did not advance
    Amy Mbacké Thiam400 m53.234Did not advance
    Field events

    Canoeing

    See main article: article and Canoeing at the 2012 Summer Olympics.

    Sprint

    AthleteEventHeatsSemifinalsFinal
    TimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
    align=left rowspan=2Ndiatte GueyeMen's C-1 200 m51.7086 Q50.7988Did not advance
    Men's C-1 1000 m4:33.8845 Q4:37.1717 FB4:32.25113
    Qualification Legend: FA = Qualify to final (medal); FB = Qualify to final B (non-medal)

    Fencing

    See main article: article and Fencing at the 2012 Summer Olympics. Senegal has qualified 1 fencer.

    Men

    Football

    See main article: article and Football at the 2012 Summer Olympics. Senegal has qualified a men's team.

    Men's tournament

    See main article: article and Football at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament.

    Team roster
  • Group play--------
  • Quarter-final
  • Judo

    See main article: article and Judo at the 2012 Summer Olympics.

    Swimming

    See main article: article and Swimming at the 2012 Summer Olympics. Senegalese swimmers have so far achieved qualifying standards in one event (up to a maximum of 2 swimmers in each event at the Olympic Qualifying Time (OQT), and potentially 1 at the Olympic Selection Time (OST)):[3] Senegal also gained a "Universality place" from the FINA.[4]

    Men
    Women

    Taekwondo

    See main article: article and Taekwondo at the 2012 Summer Olympics. Senegal has qualified 1 athlete.[5]

    Wrestling

    See main article: article and Wrestling at the 2012 Summer Olympics. Senegal has qualified two quota places.

    Key:

    Men's freestyle
    Women's freestyle

    Notes and References

    1. News: Staff . 18 July 2012 . Hortense Diédhiou, porte-drapeau de la délégation sénégalaise aux Jeux olympiques de Londres . Hortense Diédhiou, flag bearer of the Senegalese delegation to the London Olympics . fr . Rewmi . 18 July 2012 . 19 July 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120719203532/http://www.rewmi.com/Hortense-Diedhiou-porte-drapeau-de-la-delegation-senegalaise-aux-Jeux-olympiques-de-Londres_a64774.html . dead .
    2. Web site: iaaf.org – Top Lists. IAAF. 4 June 2011.
    3. Web site: Swimming World Rankings. FINA. 8 June 2011.
    4. Web site: FINA Universality Places . 6 July 2012 . . 6 July 2012.
    5. Web site: African Qualification Tournament for 2012 London Olympics . 12 January 2012 . WTF . 12 January 2012.