Burkina Faso at the 2020 Summer Olympics

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Burkina Faso at the
2020 Summer Olympics
Flag of Burkina Faso.svg
IOC code BUR
NOC Burkinabé National Olympic and Sports Committee
in Tokyo, Japan
July 23, 2021 (2021-07-23) – August 8, 2021 (2021-08-08)
Competitors7 in 5 sports
Flag bearers (opening) Angelika Ouedraogo
Hugues Fabrice Zango
Flag bearer (closing) N/A
Medals
Ranked 86th
Gold
0
Silver
0
Bronze
1
Total
1
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)

Burkina Faso competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. Originally scheduled to take place from 24 July to 9 August 2020, the Games were postponed to 23 July to 8 August 2021, because of the COVID-19 pandemic. [1] It was the nation's tenth appearance at the Summer Olympics, having participated since the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich under the name Upper Volta .

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Hugues Fabrice Zango won Burkina Faso's first ever Olympic medal, earning the bronze in the men's triple jump. [2]

Medalists

MedalNameSportEventDate
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Hugues Fabrice Zango Athletics Men's triple jump 5 August

Competitors

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

SportMenWomenTotal
Athletics 112
Cycling 101
Judo 101
Swimming 112
Taekwondo 101
Total527

Athletics

Burkinabé athletes achieved the entry standards, either by qualifying time or by world ranking, in the following track and field events (up to a maximum of 3 athletes in each event): [3] [4]

Key
Track & road events
AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinal
ResultRankResultRankResultRank
Marthe Koala Women's 100 m hurdles 13.116Did not advance
Field events
AthleteEventQualificationFinal
DistancePositionDistancePosition
Hugues Fabrice Zango Men's triple jump 16.8312 q17.47Bronze medal icon.svg
Combined events – Women's heptathlon
AthleteEvent100HHJSP200 mLJJT800 mFinalRank
Marthe Koala Result13.071.7412.94DNSDNSDNSDNSDNF
Points1114903697

Cycling

Road

Burkina Faso entered one rider to compete in the men's road race for the first time, by finishing in the top two, not yet qualified, at the 2019 African Championships in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. [5]

AthleteEventTimeRank
Paul Daumont Men's road race Did not finish

Judo

Burkina Faso qualified one judoka for the men's lightweight category (73 kg). Lucas Diallo received a continental berth from Africa as the nation's top-ranked judoka outside of direct qualifying position in the IJF World Ranking List of June 28, 2021. [6]

AthleteEventRound of 64Round of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsRepechageFinal / BM
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Lucas Diallo Men's −73 kg ByeFlag of Monaco.svg  Bessi  (MON)
L 00–10
Did not advance

Swimming

Burkina Faso received two universality invitations from FINA to send. [7]

AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinal
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Adama Ouedraogo Men's 50 m freestyle 25.2254Did not advance
Angelika Ouedraogo Women's 50 m freestyle 28.3858Did not advance

Taekwondo

Burkina Faso received an invitation from the Tripartite Commission and the World Taekwondo Federation to allow Faysal Sawadogo to compete in the men's welterweight category (80 kg). [8]

AthleteEventRound of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsRepechageFinal / BM
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Faysal Sawadogo Men's −80 kg Russian Olympic Committee flag.png  Khramtsov  (ROC)
L 6–13
Did not advanceFlag of Croatia.svg  Kanaet  (CRO)
L 10–30
Did not advance7

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