Lesotho at the Olympics

Lesotho at the Olympics
IOC code	LES
NOC	Lesotho National Olympic Committee
Website	lnoc.org.ls
Medals	Gold 0 Silver 0 Bronze 0 Total 0
Summer appearances
1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016 2020 2024

Lesotho first participated at the Olympic Games in 1972 and has sent athletes to compete in every Summer Olympic Games since then, except when they boycotted the 1976 Summer Olympics along with most other African nations. Lesotho has never participated in the Winter Olympic Games.

To date, no athlete from Lesotho has ever won an Olympic medal.

The National Olympic Committee for Lesotho was created in 1971 and recognized by the International Olympic Committee in 1972.

Medal tables

See also: All-time Olympic Games medal table

Medals by Summer Games

Games	Athletes	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total	Rank
1896–1964	occupied by Great Britain
1968 Mexico City	did not participate
1972 Munich	1	0	0	0	0	–
1976 Montreal	did not participate
1980 Moscow	6	0	0	0	0	–
1984 Los Angeles	4	0	0	0	0	–
1988 Seoul	6	0	0	0	0	–
1992 Barcelona	6	0	0	0	0	–
1996 Atlanta	9	0	0	0	0	–
2000 Sydney	6	0	0	0	0	–
2004 Athens	3	0	0	0	0	–
2008 Beijing	5	0	0	0	0	–
2012 London	4	0	0	0	0	–
2016 Rio de Janeiro	8	0	0	0	0	–
2020 Tokyo	2	0	0	0	0	–
2024 Paris	3	0	0	0	0	–
2028 Los Angeles	future event
2032 Brisbane
Total		0	0	0	0	–

Flag bearers

This is a list of flag bearers who have represented Lesotho at the Olympics.^[1]

#	Event year	Season	Flag bearer	Sport
1	1972	Summer	Motsapi Moorosi	Athletics
2	1984	Summer	Mochochonono Mokhutlole	Chef de mission
3	1988	Summer	Noheku Nteso	Athletics
4	1996	Summer	Jessie Mathunta	Chef de mission
5	2000	Summer	Mokete Mokhosi	Taekwondo
6	2004	Summer	Lineo Mochesane	Taekwondo
7	2008	Summer	Simon Maine	Athletics
8	2012	Summer	Mamorallo Tjoka	Athletics
9	2016	Summer	Mosito Lehata	Athletics
10	2020	Summer	None/Olympic representative [2]
11	2024	Summer	Tebello Ramakongoana[3]	Athletics
			Michelle Tau	Taekwondo

See also

• Category:Olympic competitors for Lesotho
• Lesotho at the Paralympics

External links

• "Lesotho". International Olympic Committee. 27 July 2021.
• "Lesotho". Olympedia.com.
• "Olympic Analytics/LES". olympanalyt.com.

References

1. Lesotho. Olympics at Sport-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Accessed 25 October 2011.
2. "14 details you might've missed during the Tokyo 2020 opening ceremony".
3. Pick, Oscar (2024-07-26). "Every Olympic flagbearer for Paris 2024 opening ceremony as Tom Daley and LeBron James take stage". The Independent. Retrieved 2024-07-26.