Guinea at the 2020 Summer Olympics | |
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IOC code | GUI |
NOC | Comité National Olympique et Sportif Guinéen |
in Tokyo, Japan July 23, 2021 – August 8, 2021 | |
Competitors | 5 in 4 sports |
Flag bearer (opening) | TOCOG Volunteer |
Flag bearer (closing) | Fatoumata Camara |
Medals |
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Summer Olympics appearances (overview) | |
Guinea 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 twelfth appearance at the Summer Olympics since its debut in 1968. Guinea failed to register any athletes at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich and eventually joined the rest of the African nations to boycott the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal. On 22 July, the eve of the opening ceremony, Guinea announced it would withdraw from the Games due to COVID-19 concerns, but later reversed its decision. [2] [3] [4]
The following is a list of the number of competitors that will participate in the Games.
Sport | Men | Women | Total |
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Athletics | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Judo | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Swimming | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Wrestling | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Total | 2 | 3 | 5 |
Guinea received a universality slot from the World Athletics to send a female athlete to the Olympics. [5]
Athlete | Event | Preliminary | Round 1 | Semifinal | Final | ||||
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Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | ||
Aïssata Deen Conte | Women's 100 m | 12.43 PB | 7 | Did not advance |
Guinea received an invitation from the Tripartite Commission and the International Judo Federation to send Mamadou Samba Bah in the men's lightweight category (73 kg) to the Olympics. [6]
Athlete | Event | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Repechage | Final / BM | |
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Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank | ||
Mamadou Samba Bah | Men's −73 kg | Bye | Tsend-Ochir (MGL) L 00–10 | Did not advance |
Guinea received a universality invitation from FINA to send two top-ranked swimmers (one per gender) in their respective individual events to the Olympics, based on the FINA Points System of June 28, 2021. [7]
Athlete | Event | Heat | Semifinal | Final | |||
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Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
Mamadou Bah | Men's 50 m freestyle | 26.52 | 61 | Did not advance | |||
Mariama Touré | Women's 100 m breaststroke | DNS | Did not advance |
For the first time since Seoul 1988, Guinea qualified one wrestler for the women's freestyle 57 kg into the Olympic competition, by progressing to the top two finals at the 2021 African & Oceania Qualification Tournament in Hammamet, Tunisia. [8]
Key:
Athlete | Event | Round of 16 | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Repechage | Final / BM | |
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Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank | ||
Fatoumata Camara | Women's −57 kg | Kawai (JPN) L 1–3 PP | Did not advance | Boldsaikhan (MGL) L 0–4 ST | Did not advance | 12 |
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Switzerland 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. Swiss athletes have appeared in every edition of the Summer Olympic Games in the modern era, except for a partial boycott of the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne in protest at the Soviet invasion of Hungary.
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Bulgaria 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, due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Bulgarian athletes have appeared in every edition of the Summer Olympics since 1924, except for three occasions: the 1948 Summer Olympics in London, and the 1932 and 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles because of Bulgaria's actions in World War II and the worldwide Great Depression and Soviet boycott, respectively.
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