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Burkina Faso at the
2024 Summer Olympics
Burkina Faso at the; 2024 Summer Olympics
IOC code	BUR
NOC	Burkinabé National Olympic and Sports Committee
in Paris, France; 26 July 2024 – 11 August 2024
Competitors	8 (5 men and 3 women) in 5 sports
Flag bearer (opening)	Hugues Fabrice Zango & Marthe Koala
Flag bearer (closing)	Hugues Fabrice Zango & Marthe Koala
Medals	Gold 0 Silver 0 Bronze 0 Total 0
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
	1972; 1976–1984; 1988; 1992; 1996; 2000; 2004; 2008; 2012; 2016; 2020; 2024;

Burkina Faso competed at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris from 26 July to 11 August 2024. Although the nation made its official debut in Munich 1972 under the name Upper Volta, Burkinabé athletes have appeared in every edition of the Summer Olympics from 1988 onwards, except for three occasions, Montreal 1976, as the nation support for the African led boycott, Moscow 1980, as the nation's support for US led boycott, and LA 1984, as the nation's support for USSR led boycott.

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Athletics	1	1	2
Cycling	0	1	1
Judo	1	0	1
Swimming	1	1	2
Taekwondo	2	0	2
Total	5	3	8

Athletics

Burkinabé track and field athletes achieved the entry standards for Paris 2024, either by passing the direct qualifying mark (or time for track and road races) or by world ranking, in the following events (a maximum of 3 athletes each):^[1]

Key

Note–Ranks given for track events are within the athlete's heat only
Q = Qualified for the next round
q = Qualified for the next round as a fastest loser or, in field events, by position without achieving the qualifying target
NR = National record
N/A = Round not applicable for the event
Bye = Athlete not required to compete in round

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Hugues Fabrice Zango	Men's triple jump	17.16	2 Q	17.50	5
Marthe Koala	Women's long jump	6.59	11 Q	6.61	9

Cycling

Road

Burkina Faso entered one rider to compete in the women's road race by finishing in the top two at the 2023 African Championships in Accra, Ghana.^[2]

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Awa Bamogo	Women's road race	DNF

Judo

Burkina Faso qualified one judoka for the following weight class at the Games. Carmel Kone (men's 90 kg) qualified for the games through the allocations of universality places.^[3]

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Carmel Kone	Men's –90 kg	Han J-y (KOR) L 00–10	Did not advance

Swimming

Burkina Faso sent two swimmers to compete at the 2024 Paris Olympics.

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Souleymane Napare	Men's 50 m freestyle	26.66	59	Did not advance
Iman Kouraogo	Women's 50 m freestyle	30.33	62	Did 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

Burkina Faso qualified two athletes to compete at the games. Tokyo 2020 Olympian Faysal Sawadogo and Ibrahim Maïga qualified for Paris 2024 following the triumph of their victory in the semifinal results, in their respective division, at the 2024 African Qualification Tournament in Dakar, Senegal.^[4]

Athlete	Event	Qualification	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Ibrahim Maïga	Men's −68 kg	Bye	Reçber (TUR) L 0-2	Did not advance
Faysal Sawadogo	Men's −80 kg	Bye	Takov (SRB) W 0-2	Nickolas (USA) L 0-2	Did not advance