Djibouti at the 1992 Summer Olympics

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Djibouti at the
1992 Summer Olympics
Flag of Djibouti.svg
IOC code DJI
NOC Comité National Olympique Djiboutien
in Barcelona
Competitors8 in 3 sports
Medals
Gold
0
Silver
0
Bronze
0
Total
0
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)

Djibouti took part in the 1992 Summer Olympics, which were held in Barcelona, Spain from 25 July to 9 August. [1] The country's participation marked its fourth appearance in the Summer Olympics since its debut at the 1984 Summer Games in Los Angeles, United States. The delegation from Djibouti included eight athletes, five in athletics, two in judo and one in sailing. Houssein Djama, Moussa Souleiman, Omar Daher Gadid, Ahmed Salah, and Talal Omar Abdillahi represented the nation in athletics, while Youssef Omar Isahak, Alaoui Mohamed Taher represented the nation in judo. Robleh Ali Adou represented Djibouti in sailing.

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Background

Djibouti participated in three Summer Olympics between its debut at the 1984 Games in Los Angeles, United States and the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. [2] [3] Djibouti made their Olympic debut in 1984, sending three athletes. Djibouti's one and only medal prior to these games was a bronze awarded to Hussein Ahmed Salah in the men's marathon at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea. [2] The 1992 Summer Olympics marked a record in the number of athletes that Djibouti has sent to the Summer Olympics. [2]

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games. [4]

SportMenWomenTotal
Athletics 505
Judo 202
Sailing 101
Total808

Athletics

Djibouti was represented by five male athletes at the 1992 Summer Olympics in athletics: Houssein Djama, Moussa Souleiman, Omar Daher Gadid, Ahmed Salah, and Talal Omar Abdillahi. [5] This was the first olympic appearance for Houssein Djama, Omar Daher Gadid, Moussa Souleiman. [6] [7] [8] This was the second Olympic appearance for Talal Omar Abdillahi and the third for Ahmed Salah. [9] [10]

Houssein Dajam competed in the men's 1500 meters, where he finished seventh out of the eleven athletes in his heat, failing to advance to the next round. [5] [6] [11] [12] [13] The medals in the event went to athletes from Spain, Morocco, and Qatar. [11]

Moussa Souleiman competed in the men's 5000 meters, where he finished thirteenth out of the fourteen athletes in his heat, failing to advance to the next round. [5] [8] [13] [14] [15] The medals in the event went to athletes from Germany, Kenya, and Ethiopia. [14]

Omar Daher Gadid competed in the men's 10000, where he finished twenty-fifth out of the twenty-eight athletes in his heat, failing to advance to the next round. [5] [7] [13] [16] [17] The medals in the event went to athletes from Morocco, Kenya, and Ethiopia. [16]

Both Ahmed Salah and Talal Omar Abdillahi both competed in the men's marathon. Salah completed the marathon in two hours, nineteen minutes and four seconds, finishing thirtieth, while Abdillahi was one of twenty-three athletes that did not finish the marathon. [5] [9] [10] [13] [18] [19] The medals in the event went to athletes from South Korea, Japan, and Germany. [18] [19]

Anella Olimpica where the track and road events were held at the 1992 Summer Olympics BCN-EstadiOlimpic-4860.jpg
Anella Olímpica where the track and road events were held at the 1992 Summer Olympics

Men

Track & road events

AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinal
ResultRankResultRankResultRank
Houssein Djama 1500 m 3:44.137did not advance [11]
Moussa Souleiman 5000 m 14:28.7713—did not advance [14]
Omar Daher Gadid 10000 m 30:32.8925—did not advance [16]
Ahmed Salah marathon —2:19:0430 [18]
Talal Omar Abdillahi —did not finish [18]

Judo

Djibouti was represented by two male athletes at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Judo: Youssef Omar Isahak and Alaoui Mohamed Taher. [5] This was the first olympic appearance for both Isahak and Taher. [20] [21] These were the first Olympic Games in which Djibouti participated in Judo. [2] [3] [5] [22]

Youssef Omar Isahak competed in the men's extra-lightweight division, he was one of twelve athletes eliminated in tier twenty-three. [5] [20] [23] The medals in the event went to athletes from the Unified Team, South Korea, Japan and Germany. [13] [23]

Alaoui Mohamed Taher competed in the men's lightweight division, he was one of twelve athletes eliminated in tier twenty-two. [5] [20] [24] The medals in the event went to athletes from Japan, Hungary, Korea, and Israel. [13] [24]

Men

AthleteEventRound of 64Round of 32Round of 16RepechageQuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal / BM
Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Rank
Youssef Omar Isahak −60 kg ByeFlag of Poland.svg  Kamrowski  (POL)
L		did not advanceT-23 [23]
Alaoui Mohamed Taher -71 kg ByeFlag of Israel.svg  Oren Smadja  (ISR)
L		did not advanceT-22 [24]

Sailing

Port Olimpic where the sailing events for the 1992 Summer Olympics were held Catalunya Barcelona Port Olimpic.jpg
Port Olímpic where the sailing events for the 1992 Summer Olympics were held

Djibouti was represented by one male athlete at the 1992 Summer Olympics in sailing: Robleh Ali Adou. [5] [25] This was the second appearance at the Summer Games for Adou, who had previously competed in the 1988 Summer Olympics. [22] [25]

Robleh Ali Adou competed in the mixed Lechner A-390 event. [25] [26] Adou finished in the standings at thirty-ninth of forty-three athletes. He scored a total of 429 points with a net point value of 376. The medals in this event went to athletes from France, United States and Australia. [13] [26]

Mixed

Lechner A-390.svg
Rank		Helmsman (Country)EventRace IRace IIRace IIIRace IVRace VRace VIRace VIIRace VIIIRace IXRace XScoreRank
RankPointsRankPointsRankPointsRankPointsRankPointsRankPointsRankPointsRankPointsRankPointsRankPoints
39 Robleh Ali Adou Lechner A-390 3238.04046.03844.0PMS51.03036.03743.03541.03945.04046.03339.0378.039 [26]

Key

PMS = Premature Start

Text = Lowest score discarded

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