Burkina Faso at the 2024 Summer Olympics

Sporting event delegation

Burkina Faso at the
2024 Summer Olympics

IOC code| BUR
NOC| Burkinabé National Olympic and Sports Committee
in Paris, France
26 July 2024 (2024-07-26) – 11 August 2024 (2024-08-11)
Competitors| 5 in 3 sports
Medals|

Gold

Silver

Bronze

Total

Summer Olympics appearances (overview)

* 1972
* 1976–1984
* 1988
* 1992
* 1996
* 2000
* 2004
* 2008
* 2012
* 2016
* 2020
* 2024

Burkina Faso is scheduled to compete at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris from 26 July to 11 August 2024. Although the nation made its official debut in Munich 1972 under the name Upper Volta, Burkinabé athletes have appeared in every edition of the Summer Olympics from 1988 onwards.

## Competitors[edit]

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

Sport  | Men  | Women  | Total

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Athletics | 1 | 1 | 2
Cycling | 0 | 1 | 1
Taekwondo | 2 | 0 | 2
Total | 3 | 2 | 5

## Athletics[edit]

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

Burkinabé track and field athletes achieved the entry standards for Paris 2024, either by passing the direct qualifying mark (or time for track and road races) or by world ranking, in the following events (a maximum of 3 athletes each):[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

Field events
Athlete  | Event  | Qualification  | Final

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Distance  | Position  | Distance  | Position
Hugues Fabrice Zango | Men's triple jump |  |  |  |
Marthe Koala | Women's long jump |  |  |  |

## Cycling[edit]

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

### Road[edit]

Burkina Faso entered one rider to compete in the women's road race by finishing in the top two at the 2023 African Championships in Accra, Ghana.[2]

Athlete  | Event  | Time  | Rank

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| Women's road race |  |

## Taekwondo[edit]

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

Burkina Faso qualified two athlete to compete at the games. Tokyo 2020 Olympian Faysal Sawadogo and Ibrahim Maïga, qualified for Paris 2024 following the triumph of their victory in the semifinal results, in their respective division, at the 2024 African Qualification Tournament in Dakar, Senegal.[3]

Athlete  | Event  | Qualification  | Round of 16  | Quarterfinals  | Semifinals  | Repechage  | Final / BM

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Opposition
Result  | Opposition
Result  | Opposition
Result  | Opposition
Result  | Opposition
Result  | Opposition
Result  | Rank
Ibrahim Maïga | Men's −68 kg |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Faysal Sawadogo | Men's −80 kg |  |  |  |  |  |  |

## References[edit]

1. ^ "Road to Paris 24". World Athletics. Retrieved 20 December 2023.
2. ^ "ROAD - QUALIFYING PLACES AS OF 15.11.2023 - WOMEN" (PDF). Union Cycliste Internationale. 15 November 2023. Retrieved 29 November 2023.
3. ^ "Rio 2016 silver medallist earns ticket to Paris via African qualifiers". Inside The Games. 12 February 2024. Retrieved 13 February 2024.

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National Olympic Committees at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France

Africa|

* Algeria
* Angola
* Benin
* Botswana
* Burkina Faso
* Cameroon
* Cape Verde
* Chad
* Democratic Republic of the Congo
* Djibouti
* Egypt
* Eritrea
* Ethiopia
* Gabon
* Gambia
* Ghana
* Guinea
* Guinea-Bissau
* Ivory Coast
* Kenya
* Lesotho
* Liberia
* Libya
* Madagascar
* Mali
* Mauritius
* Morocco
* Mozambique
* Namibia
* Niger
* Nigeria
* Rwanda
* Senegal
* South Africa
* South Sudan
* Sudan
* Tanzania
* Togo
* Tunisia
* Uganda
* Zambia
* Zimbabwe

Americas|

* Antigua and Barbuda
* Argentina
* Aruba
* Bahamas
* Barbados
* Bermuda
* Bolivia
* Brazil
* British Virgin Islands
* Canada
* Cayman Islands
* Chile
* Colombia
* Costa Rica
* Cuba
* Dominican Republic
* Dominica
* Ecuador
* El Salvador
* Grenada
* Guatemala
* Honduras
* Jamaica
* Mexico
* Nicaragua
* Panama
* Paraguay
* Peru
* Puerto Rico
* Saint Lucia
* Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
* Suriname
* Trinidad and Tobago
* United States
* Uruguay
* Venezuela
* U.S. Virgin Islands

Asia|

* Bahrain
* Bhutan
* China
* Hong Kong
* India
* Indonesia
* Iran
* Iraq
* Japan
* Jordan
* Kazakhstan
* Kyrgyzstan
* Kuwait
* Lebanon
* Malaysia
* Maldives
* Mongolia
* Myanmar
* Nepal
* North Korea
* Pakistan
* Palestine
* Philippines
* Qatar
* Saudi Arabia
* Singapore
* South Korea
* Sri Lanka
* Syria
* Chinese Taipei
* Tajikistan
* Thailand
* Turkmenistan
* United Arab Emirates
* Uzbekistan
* Vietnam

Europe|

* Albania
* Andorra
* Armenia
* Austria
* Azerbaijan
* Belgium
* Bosnia and Herzegovina
* Bulgaria
* Croatia
* Cyprus
* Czech Republic
* Denmark
* Estonia
* Finland
* France
* Georgia
* Germany
* Great Britain
* Greece
* Hungary
* Iceland
* Ireland
* Israel
* Italy
* Kosovo
* Latvia
* Lithuania
* Luxembourg
* Malta
* Moldova
* Monaco
* Montenegro
* Netherlands
* North Macedonia
* Norway
* Poland
* Portugal
* Romania
* San Marino
* Serbia
* Slovakia
* Slovenia
* Spain
* Sweden
* Switzerland
* Turkey
* Ukraine

Oceania|

* Australia
* Fiji
* Guam
* Marshall Islands
* Papua New Guinea
* New Zealand
* Samoa
* Vanuatu

Other|

* Individual Neutral Athletes
* Refugee Olympic Team

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Burkina Faso at the Olympics

| Summer Olympic Games|

* 1972
* 1976–1984
* 1988
* 1992
* 1996
* 2000
* 2004
* 2008
* 2012
* 2016
* 2020
* 2024

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Winter Olympic Games|

* 1924
* 1928
* 1932
* 1936
* 1948
* 1952
* 1956
* 1960
* 1964
* 1968
* 1972
* 1976
* 1980
* 1984
* 1988
* 1992
* 1994
* 1998
* 2002
* 2006
* 2010
* 2014
* 2018
* 2022

Burkina Faso first competed at the Summer Olympics in 1972 as the Republic of Upper Volta.
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