Burkina Faso at the 2024 Summer Olympics

Burkina Faso at the
2024 Summer Olympics
IOC codeBUR
NOCBurkinabé National Olympic and Sports Committee
in Paris, France
26 July 2024 (2024-07-26) – 11 August 2024 (2024-08-11)
Competitors8 (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)

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
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
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
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
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

References

  1. ^ "Road to Paris 24". World Athletics. Retrieved 20 December 2023.
  2. ^ "ROAD - QUALIFYING PLACES AS OF 15.11.2023 - WOMEN" (PDF). Union Cycliste Internationale. 15 November 2023. Retrieved 29 November 2023.
  3. ^ "OLYMPIC GAMES PARIS 2024 (NATIONS)". International Judo Federation. Retrieved 9 July 2024.
  4. ^ "Rio 2016 silver medallist earns ticket to Paris via African qualifiers". Inside The Games. 12 February 2024. Retrieved 13 February 2024.