Sierra Leone at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Sierra Leone at the 1996 Summer Olympics
IOC code	SLE
NOC	National Olympic Committee of Sierra Leone
Website	www.nocsl.org
in Atlanta
Competitors	14 in 3 sports
Flag bearer	Eunice Barber
Medals	Gold 0 Silver 0 Bronze 0 Total 0
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
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Sierra Leona was represented at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia, United States by the National Olympic Committee of Sierra Leone.

In total, 14 athletes including 10 men and four women represented Sierra Leone in three different sports including athletics, boxing and swimming.

Background

The National Olympic Committee of Sierra Leone was formed in 1964 and recognised by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) a few days later. Sierra Leone made their Olympic debut at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, Mexico. They would not appear at an Olympics again until the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic, Soviet Union. They began regularly contesting the Summe Olympics after 1980. The 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia, United States marked their sixth appearance at the Summer Olympics. ^[1]

Competitors

In total, 14 athletes represented Sierra Leone at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia, United States across three different sports. ^[2]

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Athletics	8	4	12
Boxing	1	–	1
Swimming	1	0	1
Total	10	4	14

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 1996 Summer Olympics

In total, 12 Sierra Leonean athletes participated in the athletics events – Sanusi Turay in the men's 100 m and the men's 4 x 100 m relay, Pierre Lisk in the men's 200 m and the men's 4 x 100 m relay, Tom Ganda and Josephus Thomas in the men's 4 x 100 m relay, Prince Amara, Haroun Korjie, Foday Sillah and Frank Turay in the men's 4 x 400 m relay, Melrose Mansaray in the women's 400 m and the women's 4 × 100 m relay, Sama Fornah and Sia Kamanor in the women's 4 × 100 m relay and Eunice Barber in the women's long jump, the women's 4 × 100 m relay and the heptathlon. ^[2]

Men

Athletes	Events	Heat Round 1		Heat Round 2		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Sanusi Turay	100 metres	10.39	42	Did not advance
Pierre Lisk	200 metres	20.86	42	Did not advance
Tom Ganda Pierre Lisk Josephus Thomas Sanusi Turay	4 x 100 metres relay	38.98	7 q	N/A		38.91	9	Did not advance
Prince Amara Haroun Korjie Foday Sillah Frank Turay	4 x 400 metres relay	3:11.65	22	N/A		Did not advance

Women

Track and road events

Athletes	Events	Heat Round 1		Heat Round 2		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Melrose Mansaray	400 metres	54.37	43	Did not advance
Eunice Barber Sama Fornah Sia Kamanor Melrose Mansaray	4 x 100 metres relay	Disqualified		N/A				Did not advance

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Eunice Barber	Long jump	6.45	19	Did not advance

Combined events – Heptathlon

Athlete	Event	100H	HJ	SP	200 m	LJ	JT	800 m	Final	Rank
Eunice Barber	Result	13.50	1.77	12.87	24.67	6.57	45.26	2:13.27	6342	5
	Points	1050	941	719	917	1030	768	917

Boxing

Main article: Boxing at the 1996 Summer Olympics

In total, one Sierra Leonean athlete participated in the boxing events – David Kowah in the light heavyweight category. ^[2]

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
David Kowah	Light heavyweight	bye	Tarver  (USA) L RSC	Did not advance

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 1996 Summer Olympics

In total, one Sierra Leonean athlete participated in the swimming events – Michael Collier in the men's 50 m freestyle. ^[2]

Athletes	Events	Heat		Finals
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Michael Collier	50 m freestyle	34.21	63	Did not advance

External links

• Official Olympic Reports

References

1. "Sierra Leone (SLE)". Olympedia. Retrieved 3 July 2025.
2. "Sierra Leone at the 1996 Summer Olympics". Olympedia. Retrieved 3 July 2025.