Djibouti at the 2024 Summer Olympics

Djibouti at the 2024 Summer Olympics
IOC code	DJI
NOC	Comité National Olympique Djiboutien
in Paris, France 26 July 2024 (2024-07-26) – 11 August 2024 (2024-08-11)
Competitors	7 (5 men and 2 women) in 3 sports
Flag bearer (opening)	Mohamed Ismail Ibrahim & Samiyah Hassan Nour
Flag bearer (closing)	Ibrahim Hassan
Medals	Gold 0 Silver 0 Bronze 0 Total 0
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016 2020 2024

Djibouti competed at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris from 26 July to 11 August 2024. It was the nation's tenth appearance at the Summer Olympics. Djibouti did not field any athletes at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens.

Competitors

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

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Athletics	3	1	4
Judo	1	0	1
Swimming	1	1	2
Total	5	2	7

Athletics

Main articles: Athletics at the 2024 Summer Olympics and Athletics at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Djiboutian 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] [2] [3]}

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

Track & road events

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Mohamed Ismail Ibrahim	Men's 5000 m	13:57.47	15	Did not advance
Abdi Waiss		14:11.88	11	Did not advance
Ibrahim Hassan	Men's marathon	—		2:09:31 SB	14

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Samiyah Hassan Nour	Women's 5000 m	15:13.63	15	Did not advance

Judo

Main articles: Judo at the 2024 Summer Olympics and Judo at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Djibouti qualified one judoka for the following weight class at the Games. Aden-Alexandre Houssein (men's lightweight) got qualified via continental quota based on Olympic point rankings.

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
Aden-Alexandre Houssein	Men's –73 kg	Hristov  (BUL) L 10–00	Did not advance

Swimming

Main articles: Swimming at the 2024 Summer Olympics and Swimming at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Djibouti received two universality quotas (one per gender). ^[4]

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Houmed Houssein Barkat	Men's 50 m freestyle	26.00	54	Did not advance
Naima-Zahra Amison	Women's 50 m freestyle	33.65	75	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.

References

1. "Athletics at Paris 2024: The entry standards". International Olympic Committee. 20 December 2022. Retrieved 27 December 2022.
2. "Djibouti's Hassan wins Beppu Oita Marathon in record time". Arab News. 6 February 2023. Retrieved 4 June 2023.
3. "Mohamed ISMAIL - Profile". World Athletics . Retrieved 7 June 2024.
4. Race, Retta (12 July 2024). "Initial Olympic Swimming Entries Published for 2024 Paris Games". www.swimswam.com. SwimSwam. Retrieved 25 July 2024.