Mali competed at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris from 26 July to 11 August 2024. It has participated in every edition of the summer Olympics since the nation's official debut in 1964, with the exception of the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal because of the African boycott.
Competitors The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games. Note that reserves in football are not counted: SportMenWomenTotalAthletics 1 0 1Boxing 0 1 1Football 18 0 18Swimming 1 1 2Taekwondo 1 0 1 Total 21 2 23
Athletics
Mali sent one sprinter to compete at the 2024 Summer Olympics.
Track events AthleteEventPreliminariesHeatRepechageSemifinalFinalResultRankResultRankResultRankResultRankResultRankFodé SissokoMen's 100 m10.663Did not advance
Boxing
Mali entered one female boxer into the Olympic tournament. Marine Camara (women's featheweight) secured her spots in her division, through receiving the allocations of universality spots, signifying the nation’s return to the sport for the first time since 1988.
AthleteEventRound of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinalOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRankMarine CamaraWomen's 57 kgL 0–5Did not advance
Football
Summary
TeamEventGroup StageQuarterfinalSemifinalFinal / OppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreRankOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreRankMali men'sMen's tournamentD 1–1L 1–0L 1–0 3Did not advance
Men's tournament
Mali men's football team qualified for the Olympics by winning the decision play-off against Guinea for the last of three available spots at the 2023 U-23 Africa Cup of Nations in Rabat, Morocco, marking the country's return to the sport for the first time in two decades.
Team roster
Group play
Swimming
Mali sent two swimmers to compete at the 2024 Paris Olympics.
AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankAlexien KoumaMen's 100 m freestyle 56.34 74Did not advanceAichata DiabateWomen's 50 m freestyle 37.55 77Did 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
Mali entered one athlete to compete at the games. Rio 2016 Olympian Ismaël Coulibaly qualified for the games through the allocations of universality quota spots.
AthleteEventQualificationRound of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsRepechageFinal / OppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRankIsmaël CoulibalyMen's −80 kgL 4–5, 1–1, 1–2Did not advance
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