Sierra Leone at the 2018 Commonwealth Games

Sierra Leone at the 2018 Commonwealth Games
Flag of Sierra Leone
CGF code	SLE
CGA	National Olympic Committee of Sierra Leone
in Gold Coast, Australia 4 April 2018 – 15 April 2018
Competitors	24 in 8 sports
Medals	Gold 0 Silver 0 Bronze 0 Total 0
Commonwealth Games appearances (overview)
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Sierra Leone competed at the 2018 Commonwealth Games in the Gold Coast, Australia from April 4 to April 15, 2018.^[1]

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors participating at the Games per sport/discipline.

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Athletics	4	4	8
Beach volleyball	2	0	2
Boxing	2	0	2
Cycling	2	0	2
Squash	3	0	3
Swimming	1	1	2
Table tennis	2	0	2
Wrestling	2	1	3
Total	18	6	24

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 2018 Commonwealth Games

Men

Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Ismail Kamara	100 m	10.70	5	did not advance
Mohamed Othman		10.88	7	did not advance
Vivian Williams		10.84	5	did not advance
Mohamed Othman	200 m	22.22	7	did not advance
Vivian Williams		21.89	6	did not advance
Bockarie Sesay	400 m	49.98	6	did not advance

Women

Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Hafsatu Kamara	100 m	12.00	4	did not advance
Mariatu Koroma		12.28	6	did not advance
Dolly Mustapha		11.71	4 q	11.91	8	did not advance
Hafsatu Kamara	200 m	24.50	5	did not advance
Mariatu Koroma		25.59	7	did not advance
Mariama Conteh	400 m	56.66	5	did not advance
Dolly Mustapha		55.26	6	did not advance
Mariama Conteh	800 m	2:16.57	9	—	did not advance

Beach volleyball

Main article: Beach volleyball at the 2018 Commonwealth Games

Sierra Leone qualified a men's beach volleyball team, by winning the African qualification tournament held in October 2017.^[2]

Athlete	Event	Preliminary round	Standing	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
		Opposition Score		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Abubarr Kamara Patrick Lombi	Men's	Pool B  Pedlow – Schachter (CAN) L 0 - 2 (10 - 21, 14 - 21)  Miedzybrodzki – Cook (SCO) L 1 - 2 (21 - 19, 18 - 21, 12 - 15)  Pradeep – Yapa (SRI) W 2 - 0 (21 - 17, 22 - 20)	3 q	McHugh – Schumann (AUS) L 0 - 2 (12 - 21, 14 - 21)	did not advance

Boxing

Main article: Boxing at the 2018 Commonwealth Games

Sierra Leone participated with a team of 2 athletes (2 men).

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final	Rank
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Abu Bakarr Katta	−69 kg	Leroy Hindley (NZL) L 0-5	did not advance
Gibrilla Kamara	−75 kg	BYE	Steven Donnelly (NIR) L 0-5	did not advance

Cycling

Main article: Cycling at the 2018 Commonwealth Games

Sierra Leone participated with 2 athletes (2 men).

Road

Men

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Ali Kamara	Road race	DNF
	Time trial	1:09:14.94	51
Mahmoud Keita	Road race	DNF
	Time trial	DNF

Squash

Main article: Squash at the 2018 Commonwealth Games

Sierra Leone participated with 3 athletes (3 men).

Two of the squash players, Ernest Jombla and Yusif Mansaray, did not show up to their doubles match on April 12. They were among a string of competitors who vanished in Australia, possibly with what the organisors considered an intent to seek asylum in the country.^[3]

Individual

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
James Fayia	Men's singles	Micah Franklin (BER) L 0-3	did not advance
Ernest Jombla		Klaus Pragassen (SEY) W 3-2	Cameron Pilley (AUS) L 0-3	did not advance
Yusif Mansaray		Xavier Koenig (MRI) L 0-3	did not advance

Doubles

Athlete	Event	Group stage			Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Ernest Jombla Yusif Mansaray	Men's doubles	Creed / Makin (WAL) L W/O	Malhotra / Tandon (IND) L W/O	3	did not advance

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 2018 Commonwealth Games

Sierra Leone participated with 2 athletes (1 man and 1 woman).

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Ishmael Koroma	Men's 50 m freestyle	DNS		did not advance
	Men's 50 m butterfly	28.73	53	did not advance
Bunturabie Jalloh	Women's 50 m freestyle	38.27	40	did not advance
	Women's 50 m breaststroke	48.81	24	did not advance

Table tennis

Main article: Table tennis at the 2018 Commonwealth Games

Sierra Leone participated with 2 athletes (2 men).

Singles

Athletes	Event	Group Stage			Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final	Rank
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score
Rene Benjamin	Men's singles	Abiodun (NGR) L 0 - 4	Takooa (KIR) L 2 - 4	3	did not advance
Emmanuel Gboyah		Abrefa (GHA) L 0 - 4	Johnny (KIR) L 1 - 4	3	did not advance

Doubles

Athletes	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final	Rank
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score
Rene Benjamin Emmanuel Gboyah	Men's doubles	Bye	Medjugorac / Wang (CAN) L 0 - 3	did not advance

Wrestling

Main article: Wrestling at the 2018 Commonwealth Games

Sierra Leone participated with 3 athletes (2 men and 1 woman).

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Repechage	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Abdulai Salam	Men's freestyle -74 kg	Botha (RSA) L 1 - 4	did not advance		Dodge (WAL) L 0 - 5	Did not advance	10
David Conteh	Men's freestyle -86 kg	Bye	Bibo (NGR) L 0 - 5	Did not advance	Bye	Eslami (ENG) L 0 - 4	5
Hajaratu Kamara	Women's freestyle -76 kg	—	Wiebe (CAN) L 0 - 5	Did not advance	—	Nelthorpe (ENG) L 0 - 5	5

See also

• Sierra Leone at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

References

1. "71 Nations and Territories. 6 Continents. 2 Billion citizens. 1 commonwealth family". www.gc2018.com/. Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games Corporation. Retrieved 8 October 2016.
2. Morris Jr., Sahr (30 October 2017). "Beach Volleyball: Sierra Leone secure 2018 Commonwealth Games slot". www.africansportsmonthly.com/. Retrieved 2 November 2017.
3. O'Grady, Siobhán (16 May 2018). "African athletes disappeared at the Commonwealth Games. Now they've surfaced to seek asylum". The Washington Post. Retrieved 18 September 2024.