Guinea at the 2020 Summer Olympics

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Guinea at the
2020 Summer Olympics
Flag of Guinea.svg
IOC code GUI
NOC Comité National Olympique et Sportif Guinéen
in Tokyo, Japan
July 23, 2021 (2021-07-23) – August 8, 2021 (2021-08-08)
Competitors5 in 4 sports
Flag bearer (opening) TOCOG Volunteer
Flag bearer (closing) Fatoumata Camara
Medals
Gold
0
Silver
0
Bronze
0
Total
0
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]

Contents

Competitors

The following is a list of the number of competitors that will participate in the Games.

SportMenWomenTotal
Athletics 011
Judo 101
Swimming 112
Wrestling 011
Total235

Athletics

Guinea received a universality slot from the World Athletics to send a female athlete to the Olympics. [5]

Key
Track & road events
AthleteEventPreliminaryRound 1SemifinalFinal
ResultRankResultRankResultRankResultRank
Aïssata Deen Conte Women's 100 m 12.43 PB7Did not advance

Judo

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]

AthleteEventRound of 64Round of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsRepechageFinal / BM
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Mamadou Samba Bah Men's −73 kg ByeFlag of Mongolia.svg  Tsend-Ochir  (MGL)
L 00–10
Did not advance

Swimming

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]

AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinal
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Mamadou Bah Men's 50 m freestyle 26.5261Did not advance
Mariama Touré Women's 100 m breaststroke DNSDid not advance

Wrestling

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:

Freestyle
AthleteEventRound of 16QuarterfinalSemifinalRepechageFinal / BM
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Fatoumata Camara Women's −57 kg Flag of Japan.svg  Kawai  (JPN)
L 1–3 PP
Did not advanceFlag of Mongolia.svg  Boldsaikhan  (MGL)
L 0–4 ST
Did not advance12

See also

References

  1. "Joint Statement from the International Olympic Committee and the Tokyo 2020 Organising Committee". Olympics. 24 March 2020. Retrieved 28 March 2020.
  2. "JO Tokyo 2020 : La Guinée renonce à participer en raison du Covid-19" (in French). Eurosport. 21 July 2021. Retrieved 21 July 2021.
  3. Berkeley, Geoff (22 July 2021). "Guinea withdraw from Tokyo 2020 Olympics over "resurgence of COVID-19 variants"". Inside the Games . Retrieved 22 July 2021.
  4. "Tokyo Olympics: Guinea reverses Games exit after rapid U-turn". BBC News. 22 July 2021. Retrieved 22 July 2021.
  5. "Road to Olympic Games 2020". World Athletics. Retrieved 11 June 2021.
  6. Messner, Nicolas (22 June 2021). "Tokyo 2020: Official Olympic Qualification List". International Judo Federation . Retrieved 2 July 2021.
  7. "Tokyo Olympics Entry Lists Released, Swimming Begins July 24". Swimming World Magazine . Retrieved 16 July 2021.
  8. Olanowski, Eric (3 April 2021). "Tunisia Takes Quartet of Olympic Berths, Nigeria Nabs Trio of Tokyo Spots". United World Wrestling . Retrieved 4 April 2021.