Senegal at the 2024 Summer Olympics

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Senegal at the
2024 Summer Olympics
Flag of Senegal.svg
IOC code SEN
NOC Comité National Olympique et Sportif Sénégalais
in Paris, France
26 July 2024 (2024-07-26) – 11 August 2024 (2024-08-11)
Competitors11 in 7 sports
Flag bearer Louis François Mendy & Combe Seck
Medals
Gold
0
Silver
0
Bronze
0
Total
0
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)

Senegal competed at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris from 26 July to 11 August 2024. It was the nation's sixteenth consecutive appearance at the Summer Olympics.

Contents

Competitors

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

SportMenWomenTotal
Athletics 213
Canoeing 112
Fencing 011
Judo 101
Swimming 112
Table tennis 101
Taekwondo 101
Total7411

Athletics

Senegalese 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]

Key
Track & road events
AthleteEventHeatRepechageSemifinalFinal
ResultRankResultRankResultRankResultRank
Cheikh Tidiane Diouf Men's 400 m 45.595 R45.032 q44.946Did not advance
Louis François Mendy Men's 110 m hurdles 13:311 QBye13.343Did not advance
Field events
AthleteEventQualificationFinal
DistancePositionDistancePosition
Saly Sarr Women's triple jump 13.9617Did not advance

Canoeing

Slalom

Senegal canoeists confirmed a boat in the men's C-1 for the Games, following their results as the highest ranked eligible nation's, through the 2024 African Qualification Tournament in Sainte-Suzanne, Réunion, France.

AthleteEventPreliminarySemifinalFinal
Run 1RankRun 2RankBestRankTimeRankTimeRank
Yves Bourhis Men's C-1 94.68992.14292.14599.519145.7812
Men's K-1 150.112497.851897.8522Did not advance

Kayak cross

AthleteEventTime trialRound 1RepechageHeatQuarterfinalSemifinalFinal
TimeRankPositionPositionPositionPositionPositionPositionRank
Yves Bourhis Men's KX-1 78.15312 QBye3Did not advance19

Sprint

Senegalese female canoeists qualified one boat for the Games through the result of highest rank eligible nation's in the C-1 200 metres event at the 2023 African Olympic in Abuja, Nigeria.

AthleteEventHeatsQuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Combe Seck Women's C-1 200 m 54.76753.827Did not advance

Qualification Legend: FA = Qualify to final (medal); FB = Qualify to final B (non-medal)

Fencing

Senegal entered one fencer into the Olympic competition. Tokyo 2020 Olympian Ndèye Binta Diongue, qualified for the games by winning the gold medal in the women's individual épée events, at the 2024 African Zonal Qualifying Tournament in Algiers, Algeria. [3]

AthleteEventRound of 64Round of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalSemifinalFinal / BM
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
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Score
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Score
Opposition
Score
Rank
Ndèye Binta Diongue Women's épée Flag of Egypt.svg  Hussein  (EGY)
L 14–15
Did not advance

Judo

Senegal qualified one judoka for the following weight class at the Games. Mbagnick Ndiaye (men's heavyweight, +100 kg) got qualified via continental quota based on Olympic point rankings.

AthleteEventRound of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsRepechageFinal / BM
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Mbagnick Ndiaye Men's +100 kg Flag of Guinea-Bissau.svg  Mane  (GBS)
W 10–00
Flag of Georgia.svg  Tushishvili  (GEO)
L 00–10
Did not advance

Swimming

Senegal sent two swimmers to compete at the 2024 Paris Olympics.

AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinal
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Matthieu Seye Men's 100 m freestyle 50.8451Did not advance
Oumy Diop Women's 100 m butterfly 1:01.8227Did not advance

Table tennis

Senegal entered one table tennis player into Paris 2024. Tokyo 2020 Olympian, Ibrahima Diaw (table tennis) qualified for the games by virtue of the top twelve ranked players, in the men's single event, through the cut-off of the world ranking for Paris 2024.

AthleteEventPreliminaryRound 1Round 2Round 3Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal / BM
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
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Result
Opposition
Result
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Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Ibrahima Diaw Men's singles Flag of Nepal.svg  Shrestha  (NEP)
W 4–0
Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Wong  (HKG)
L 3–4
Did not advance

Taekwondo

For the first time since 2016, Senegal qualified one athlete to compete at the games. Boucar Diop qualified for Paris 2024 following the triumph of his victory in the semifinal results, at the 2024 African Qualification Tournament in Dakar. [4]

AthleteEventQualificationRound of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsRepechageFinal / BM
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Boucar Diop Men's −58 kg Flag of Serbia.svg  Korneev  (SRB)
L 0-2 (3-6, 0-5)
Did not advance

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