Mali at the 2019 African Games

Mali at the
2019 African Games
Mali at the; 2019 African Games
	Flag of Mali
IOC code	MLI
NOC	Comité National Olympique et Sportif du Mali
in Rabat, Morocco; 19 August 2019 – 31 August 2019
Competitors	98 (59 men and 39 women) in 11 sports
Medals; Ranked 29th	Gold 0 Silver 2 Bronze 2 Total 4
African Games appearances
	1965; 1973; 1978; 1987–1991; 1995; 1999; 2003; 2007; 2011; 2015; 2019; 2023;

Mali competed at the 2019 African Games held from 19 to 31 August 2019 in Rabat, Morocco. In total, athletes representing Mali won two silver medals and two bronze medals and the country finished in 29th place in the medal table, shared with Libya.

Medal summary

Medal table

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Silver	Gnere Dembele Assetou Diakite Aissata Maiga Djeneba N'Diaye	3x3 basketball	Women's tournament	25 August
Silver	Marine Fatoumata Colerte Camara	Boxing	Women's -57 kg	29 August
Bronze	Seydou Fofana	Taekwondo	Men's -74 kg	23 August
Bronze	Boubacar Ballo Gaoussou Coulibaly Abdoul Kane Mahamadou Samake	Fencing	Men's Sabre Team	29 August

Medals by sport
Sport				Total
3x3 basketball	0	1	0	1
Boxing	0	1	0	1
Fencing	0	0	1	1
Taekwondo	0	0	1	1
Total	0	2	2	4

3x3 basketball

Gnere Dembele, Assetou Diakite, Aissata Maiga and Djeneba N'Diaye competed in 3x3 basketball and won the silver medal in the women's tournament.^[1]

Athletics

Mali competed in athletics.

Issa Sangare competed in the men's 100 metres event.^[2] He did not qualify to compete in the semifinals.^[2]

Mustapha Traoré competed in the men's 200 metres event. He did not qualify to advance to the semifinals.

Koumba Sidibe competed in the women's 200 metres event. She did not qualify to advance to the semifinals.

Djakaridia Bamba competed in the men's 400 metres event. He did not qualify to advance to the semifinals.

Kadia Dembele competed in the women's 400 metres event. She did not qualify to advance to the semifinals.

Boxing

Four athletes were scheduled to compete in boxing: Marine Fatoumata Colerte Camara, Zakaria Diarra, Daouda Sidibe and Ibrahim Soumare. Marine Fatoumata Colerte Camara won the bronze medal in the women's featherweight (-57 kg) event.^[3]

Chess

Abdoulaye Coulibaly, Tenin Nato Diakite, Clarice Kone and Bakary Traore competed in chess.^[4]

Fencing

Boubacar Ballo, Gaoussou Coulibaly, Keletigui Julien Diabate, Abdoul Kafar Kane, Mahamadou Samake and Souleymane Sanogo are scheduled to compete in fencing.

Football

Mali's national under-20 football team and Mali's women's national under-20 football team competed at the 2019 African Games.^[5]^[6]

In the men's tournament the team finished in 4th place and in the women's tournament the team did not advance to compete in the semi-finals.

Judo

Five athletes represented Mali in judo: Youssouf Diallo, Djeneba Konetio, Kante Lamine, Kadidiatou Maiga and Karounga Soumano.

Karate

Awa Sacko, Amadou Diallo, Modibo Sacko, Souleymane Sinayoko and Mamadou Ouattara competed in karate.

Swimming

Four athletes represented Mali in swimming.^[7]

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Sebastien Kouma	50 m breaststroke	28.82	7 Q	28.96	8
Sebastien Kouma	100 m breaststroke	1:04.30	9	did not advance
Ousmane Touré	50 m buttrerfly	27.88	28	did not advance
Ousmane Touré	100 m butterfly	1:02.67	26	did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Aichata Konate	50 m breaststroke	47.41	15	did not advance
Aminata Sangafe	50 m freestyle	38.80	37	did not advance
Aminata Sangafe	50 m breaststroke	48.13	16	did not advance

Taekwondo

Mali competed in Taekwondo. Seydou Fofana won a bronze medal in the Men's -74 kg event.^[8]

Tennis

Abdoulaye Bagayoko and Seydou Diallo competed in the men's singles event.^[9]^[10]

References

^ "3x3 basketball - Women's tournament". 2019 African Games. Archived from the original on 28 September 2019. Retrieved 29 September 2019.
^ ^a ^b "Issa Sangare - Athlete Profile". 2019 African Games. Archived from the original on 28 September 2019. Retrieved 28 September 2019.
^ "Boxing Results Book" (PDF). 2019 African Games. Archived (PDF) from the original on 31 August 2019. Retrieved 20 August 2020.
^ "Chess - NOC Entries by Event - Mali". 2019 African Games. Archived from the original on 7 October 2019. Retrieved 7 October 2019.
^ Fajah Barrie, Mohamed (16 May 2019). "African Games: Under-20 sides to compete in Morocco". BBC Sport. Archived from the original on 28 July 2019. Retrieved 28 July 2019.
^ "Ghana draw Mali, Senegal and Burundi in 2019 African Games". GhanaWeb. 14 June 2019. Archived from the original on 28 July 2019. Retrieved 28 July 2019.
^ "Swimming Results Book" (PDF). 2019 African Games. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 July 2020. Retrieved 27 July 2020.
^ "Seydou Fofana - Athlete Profile". 2019 African Games. Archived from the original on 28 September 2019. Retrieved 29 September 2019.
^ "Abdoulaye Bagayoko - Athlete Profile". 2019 African Games. Archived from the original on 30 September 2019. Retrieved 30 September 2019.
^ "Seydou Diallo - Athlete Profile". 2019 African Games. Archived from the original on 30 September 2019. Retrieved 30 September 2019.

[basketball_women_event-1] "3x3 basketball - Women's tournament". 2019 African Games. Archived from the original on 28 September 2019. Retrieved 29 September 2019.

[athletics_sangare_profile-2] "Issa Sangare - Athlete Profile". 2019 African Games. Archived from the original on 28 September 2019. Retrieved 28 September 2019.

[boxing_results_book_african_games_2019-3] "Boxing Results Book" (PDF). 2019 African Games. Archived (PDF) from the original on 31 August 2019. Retrieved 20 August 2020.

[chess_entries-4] "Chess - NOC Entries by Event - Mali". 2019 African Games. Archived from the original on 7 October 2019. Retrieved 7 October 2019.

[under_20s_bbc-5] Fajah Barrie, Mohamed (16 May 2019). "African Games: Under-20 sides to compete in Morocco". BBC Sport. Archived from the original on 28 July 2019. Retrieved 28 July 2019.

[ghanaweb_draw-6] "Ghana draw Mali, Senegal and Burundi in 2019 African Games". GhanaWeb. 14 June 2019. Archived from the original on 28 July 2019. Retrieved 28 July 2019.

[swimming_results_book_african_games_2019-7] "Swimming Results Book" (PDF). 2019 African Games. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 July 2020. Retrieved 27 July 2020.

[taekwondo_fofana_profile-8] "Seydou Fofana - Athlete Profile". 2019 African Games. Archived from the original on 28 September 2019. Retrieved 29 September 2019.

[tennis_bagayoko_profile-9] "Abdoulaye Bagayoko - Athlete Profile". 2019 African Games. Archived from the original on 30 September 2019. Retrieved 30 September 2019.

[tennis_diallo_profile-10] "Seydou Diallo - Athlete Profile". 2019 African Games. Archived from the original on 30 September 2019. Retrieved 30 September 2019.

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