Mali at the 2024 Summer Olympics

Mali at the
2024 Summer Olympics
IOC codeMLI
NOCComité National Olympique et Sportif du Mali
in Paris, France
26 July 2024 (2024-07-26) – 11 August 2024 (2024-08-11)
Competitors23 in 5 sports
Medals
Gold
0
Silver
0
Bronze
0
Total
0
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)

Mali competed at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris from 26 July to 11 August 2024. It has participated in every edition of the summer Olympics since the nation's official debut in 1964, with the exception of the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal because of the African boycott.

Competitors

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The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games. Note that reserves in football are not counted:

Sport Men Women Total
Athletics 1 0 1
Boxing 0 1 1
Football 18 0 18
Swimming 1 1 2
Taekwondo 1 0 1
Total 21 2 23

Athletics

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

Mali sent one sprinter to compete at the 2024 Summer Olympics.[1]

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 events
Athlete Event Heat Repechage Semifinal Final
Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank
Fodé Sissoko Men's 100 m 10.66 4 Did not advance

Boxing

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

Mali entered one female boxer into the Olympic tournament. Marine Camara (women's featheweight) secured her spots in her division, through receiving the allocations of universality spots, signifying the nation’s return to the sport for the first time since 1988.[2]

Athlete Event Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Rank
Marine Camara Women's 57 kg  Yıldız (TUR)
L 0-5 		Did not advance

Football

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Main article: Football at the 2024 Summer Olympics
Summary

Key:

Team Event Group Stage Quarterfinal Semifinal Final / BM
Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank
Mali men's Men's tournament  Israel
D 1–1 		 Japan
L 1-0 		 Paraguay
L 1-0 		3 Did not advance

Men's tournament

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Main articles: Football at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament and Football at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Men's qualification

Mali men's football team qualified for the Olympics by winning the decision play-off against Guinea for the last of three available spots at the 2023 U-23 Africa Cup of Nations in Rabat, Morocco, marking the country's return to the sport for the first time in two decades.[3]

Team roster

Mali announced their final squad on 8 July 2024.[4]

Head coach: Alou Badra Diallo

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Club
1 1GK Lassine Diarra (2002-11-11)11 November 2002 (aged 21) France Lyon
2 2DF Fodé Doucouré (2001-02-03)3 February 2001 (aged 23) France Red Star
3 2DF Hamidou Diallo (2002-01-26)26 January 2002 (aged 22) Portugal Farense
4 2DF Mamadou Tounkara (2001-12-14)14 December 2001 (aged 22) Portugal Vitória de Guimarães
5 2DF Ibrahima Cissé (2001-02-15)15 February 2001 (aged 23) Germany Schalke 04
6 3MF Coli Saco (2002-05-15)15 May 2002 (aged 22) Italy Ancona
7 4FW Wilson Samaké (2004-03-30)30 March 2004 (aged 20) France Rennes
8 3MF Boubacar Traoré (captain) (2001-08-20)20 August 2001 (aged 22) England Wolverhampton Wanderers
9 4FW Cheickna Doumbia (2003-06-14)14 June 2003 (aged 21) United Arab Emirates Shabab Al-Ahli
10 3MF Salam Jiddou* (2000-02-01)1 February 2000 (aged 24) Algeria ES Sétif
11 4FW Thiemoko Diarra (2003-04-19)19 April 2003 (aged 21) France Châteauroux
12 3MF Issouf Sissokho (2002-01-30)30 January 2002 (aged 22) France Bordeaux
13 3MF Brahima Diarra (2003-07-05)5 July 2003 (aged 21) England Huddersfield Town
14 4FW Demba Diallo* (2000-10-13)13 October 2000 (aged 23) Turkey Manisa
15 2DF Mohamed Cisset (2004-05-28)28 May 2004 (aged 20) United States Penn State Nittany Lions
16 1GK Oumar Coulibaly (2002-12-19)19 December 2002 (aged 21) Mali CO Bamako
17 2DF Ahmed Diomandé (2002-12-15)15 December 2002 (aged 21) Morocco Ittifaq Marrakech
18 3MF Moussa Diakité (2003-11-04)4 November 2003 (aged 20) Spain Cádiz

* Overage player.

Group play
Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Japan 3 3 0 0 7 0 +7 9 Advance to knockout stage
2  Paraguay 3 2 0 1 5 7 −2 6
3  Mali 3 0 1 2 1 3 −2 1
4  Israel 3 0 1 2 3 6 −3 1
Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Mali 1–1 Israel
  • Doumbia 63'
 Report
Attendance: 26,305[5]
Referee: Campbell-Kirk Kawana-Waugh (New Zealand)
Japan 1–0 Mali
Yamamoto 82' Report
Attendance: 9,893[6]
Paraguay 1–0 Mali
M. Fernández 5' Report
Attendance: 35,736[7]
Referee: Ilgiz Tantashev (Uzbekistan)

Swimming

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

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

Athlete Event Heat Semifinal Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Alexien Kouma Men's 100 m freestyle 56.34 74 Did not advance
Aichata Diabate Women's 50 m freestyle 37.55 77 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.

Taekwondo

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

Mali entered one athlete to compete at the games. Rio 2016 Olympian Ismaël Coulibaly qualified for the games through the allocations of universality quota spots.

Athlete Event Qualification Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Repechage Final / BM
Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Rank
Ismaël Coulibaly Men's −80 kg  Toleugali (KAZ)
L 4-5, 1-1, 1-2 		Did not advance


References

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  1. ^ "Athletics Paris 2024 Final Entries". World Athletics. Retrieved 12 July 2024.
  2. ^ "QUOTAS DISTRIBUTION PER NOC" (PDF). Athlete365. Retrieved 4 July 2024.
  3. ^ "Mali Secures Paris 2024 Ticket with Penalty Shootout Win over Guinea". beIN Sports. 7 July 2023. Retrieved 8 July 2023.
  4. ^ "Voici la liste des joueurs sélectionnés par le sélectionneur, Badra Alou Diallo pour les Jeux Olympiques Paris 2024" [Here is the list of players selected by the coach, Badra Alou Diallo for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games.]. Facebook (in French). Mali Football Federation. 8 July 2024.
  5. ^ "Match report – Mali v Israel" (PDF). Olympics.com. International Olympic Committee. 24 July 2024. Retrieved 24 July 2024.
  6. ^ "Match report – Japan v Mali" (PDF). Olympics.com. International Olympic Committee. 27 July 2024. Retrieved 3 August 2024.
  7. ^ "Match report – Paraguay v Mali" (PDF). Olympics.com. International Olympic Committee. 30 July 2024. Retrieved 3 August 2024.
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