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Sierra Leone at the 2024 Summer Olympics

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Sierra Leone at the
2024 Summer Olympics
IOC codeSLE
NOCNational Olympic Committee of Sierra Leone
in Paris, France
26 July 2024 (2024-07-26) – 11 August 2024 (2024-08-11)
Competitors4 in 3 sports
Medals
Gold
0
Silver
0
Bronze
0
Total
0
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)

Sierra Leone will compete at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, which is scheduled to take place from 26 July 2024 to 11 August 2024. It was the nation's thirteenth appearance at the Summer Olympics, having appeared at all but two Games since its debut in 1968; Sierra Leone failed to register any athletes at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich and also joined the rest of the African nations to boycott the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal.

Competitors[edit]

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

Sport Men Women Total
Athletics 0 1 1
Judo 0 1 1
Swimming 1 1 2
Total 1 3 4

Athletics[edit]

Sierra Leone 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
Georgiana Sesay Women's 100 m

Judo[edit]

Sierra Leone qualified one judoka for the following weight class at the Games. Mariama Koroma (women's 57 kg) qualified for the games through the allocations of universality places.[2]

Athlete Event Round of 64 Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Repechage Final / BM
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Mariama Koromma Women's –57 kg
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Swimming[edit]

Sierra Leone sent two swimmers to compete at the 2024 Paris Olympics, following the allocation of universality places.[3]

Athlete Event Heat Semifinal Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Joshua Wyse Men's 50 m freestyle
Olamide Sam Women's 50 m freestyle

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Athletics Paris 2024 Final Entries". World Athletics. Retrieved 12 July 2024.
  2. ^ "OLYMPIC GAMES PARIS 2024 (NATIONS)". International Judo Federation. Retrieved 9 July 2024.
  3. ^ "Sierra Leone Swimmers Qualify for Paris 2024 Olympic Games - Awoko Newspaper". 2024-07-02. Retrieved 2024-07-08.