Sierra Leone at the 2022 Commonwealth Games

Sierra Leone at the
2022 Commonwealth Games
CGF codeSLE
CGANational Olympic Committee of Sierra Leone
Websitefacebook.com/nocsle (Facebook)
in Birmingham, England
28 July 2022 (2022-07-28) – 8 August 2022 (2022-08-08)
Competitors27 (17 men and 10 women) in 7 sports
Flag bearers Joshua Wyse
Hafsatu Kamara
Medals
Gold
0
Silver
0
Bronze
0
Total
0
Commonwealth Games appearances (overview)

Sierra Leone competed at the 2022 Commonwealth Games held in Birmingham, England.[1] This was Sierra Leone's 13th appearance at the Commonwealth Games.

Joshua Wyse and Hafsatu Kamara served as the country's opening ceremony flagbearers.[2]

Competitors

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The following is the list of number of competitors participating at the Games per sport/discipline.

Sport Men Women Total
Athletics 4 4 8
Badminton 2 0 2
Boxing 2 2 4
Judo 2 0 2
Swimming 2 2 4
Table tennis 1 0 1
Wrestling 3 2 5
Total 16 10 26

Athletics

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Men
Track and road events
Athlete Event Heat Semifinal Final
Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank
Karim Bangura 100 m 10.51 5 did not advance
Julius Morie 10.88 7 did not advance
Karim Bangura 200 m 21.28 4 q 21.62 8 did not advance
Alford Conteh 400 m 47.12 5 did not advance
Va-Sheku Sheriff 51.10 7 did not advance
Women
Track and road events
Athlete Event Heat Semifinal Final
Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank
Hafsatu Kamara 100 m 11.80 4 did not advance
Jenifer Bangura 12.00 5 did not advance
Hafsatu Kamara 200 m 25.05 5 did not advance
Kadiatu Kanu 24.76 6 did not advance
Mary Thomas Tarawally 400 m 58.18 8 did not advance

Badminton

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Athlete Event Round of 64 Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinal Semifinal Final / BM
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank
Abdul Bangura Men's singles  Abdul-Samad (GHA)
L 0 - 2
did not advance
Ibrahim Conteh Bye  Nibal (MDV)
L 0 - 2
did not advance

Boxing

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Athlete Event Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
John Browne Men's Light welterweight Bye  Ryan (ANT)
L 0 - 5
did not advance
Yusufu Deen Kargbo Men's Welterweight Bye  Mbewe (MAW)
L 1 - 4
did not advance
Sara Haghighat-Joo Women's Light flyweight Bye  Nakimuli (UGA)
L WO
did not advance
Zainab Keita Women's Light middleweight Bye  Scott (AUS)
L 0 - 5
did not advance

Judo

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A squad of two judoka was entered as of 7 July 2022.[3]

Men
Athlete Event Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Repechage Final/BM
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Alfred Bangura -60 kg  Iddris (GHA)
L 01 - 10
did not advance 17
Kenny Williams  Christodoulides (CYP)
L 00 - 10
did not advance 17

Swimming

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Men
Athlete Event Heat Semifinal Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Mohamed Kamara 50 m freestyle 27.69 67 did not advance
50 m breaststroke 36.22 40 did not advance
Joshua Wyse 50 m freestyle 27.40 64 did not advance
50 m butterfly 29.71 52 did not advance
Women
Athlete Event Heat Semifinal Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Tity Dumbuya 50 m freestyle 31.27 66 did not advance
50 m butterfly 34.17 51 did not advance
Kanu Isha 50 m backstroke 44.57 38 did not advance
50 m breaststroke 48.66 33 did not advance

Table tennis

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Sierra Leone was awarded a bipartite quota in the men's C3–5 event in para-table tennis.[4]

Parasport
Athletes Event Group Stage Semifinal Final Rank
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
George Wyndham Men's singles C3–5  Alagar (IND)
L 2 - 3
 Bullen (ENG)
L 1 - 3
 Ogunkunle (NGR)
L 0 - 3
4 did not advance

Wrestling

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Key:

  • VT - Victory by Fall.
  • PP - Decision by Points - the loser with technical points.
  • PO - Decision by Points - the loser without technical points.
Repechage Format
Athlete Event Round of 16 Quarterfinal Semifinal Repechage Final / BM
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Mohamed Sesay Men's -74 kg  Ntuyo (UGA)
W 10 - 0
 Hawkins (NZL)
L 3 - 9
did not advance 7
Sheku Kassegbama Men's -86 kg  Hawladar (BAN)
W 4 - 0
 Punia (IND)
L 0 - 10
Did not advance  Oxenham (NZL)
L 1 - 3
Did not advance 7
Mohamed Bundu Men's -125 kg Bye  Kooner (ENG)
L 1 - 4
did not advance 9
Zainab Barrie Women's -57 kg  Lim (SGP)
L 0 - 6
did not advance 9
Madusu Koroma Women's -76 kg  Ruben (NGR)
L 0 - 10
Did not advance  Nelthrope (ENG)
L 0 - 4
5

References

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  1. ^ Palmer, Dan (1 June 2022). "Sierra Leone to focus on youth at Birmingham 2022 after Ebola and COVID impact". Inside the Games. Dunsar Media. Retrieved 4 July 2022.
  2. ^ "32 Athletes to represent Sierra Leone in Birmingham". Awoko. Freetown, Sierra Leone. 20 July 2022. Retrieved 5 August 2022.
  3. ^ "COMMONWEALTH GAMES BIRMINGHAM 2022 | Nations | Sierra Leone". IJF. Archived from the original on 7 July 2022. Retrieved 7 July 2022.
  4. ^ ""My focus is on the commonwealth games" – George Wyhdam". Awoko Newspaper. Freetown, Sierra Leone. 15 June 2022. Archived from the original on 4 July 2022. Retrieved 4 July 2022.
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