Mali at the 2024 Summer Olympics

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.

Mali at the 2024 Summer Olympics
IOC code	MLI
NOC	Comité National Olympique et Sportif du Mali
in Paris, France 26 July 2024 (2024-07-26) – 11 August 2024 (2024-08-11)
Competitors	23 (21 men and 2 women) in 5 sports
Flag bearer	Alexien Kouma & Marine Camara
Medals	Gold 0 Silver 0 Bronze 0 Total 0
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016 2020 2024

Competitors

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

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	Preliminaries		Heat		Repechage		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Fodé Sissoko	Men's 100 m	10.66	3	Did not advance

Boxing

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

Main article: Football at the 2024 Summer Olympics

Summary

Key:

• A.E.T – After extra time.
• P – Match decided by penalty-shootout.

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

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)	Lyon
2	2DF	Fodé Doucouré	(2001-02-03)3 February 2001 (aged 23)	Red Star
3	2DF	Hamidou Diallo	(2002-01-26)26 January 2002 (aged 22)	Farense
4	2DF	Mamadou Tounkara	(2001-12-14)14 December 2001 (aged 22)	Vitória de Guimarães
5	2DF	Ibrahima Cissé	(2001-02-15)15 February 2001 (aged 23)	Schalke 04
6	3MF	Coli Saco	(2002-05-15)15 May 2002 (aged 22)	Ancona
7	4FW	Wilson Samaké	(2004-03-30)30 March 2004 (aged 20)	Rennes
8	3MF	Boubacar Traoré (captain)	(2001-08-20)20 August 2001 (aged 22)	Wolverhampton Wanderers
9	4FW	Cheickna Doumbia	(2003-06-14)14 June 2003 (aged 21)	Shabab Al-Ahli
10	3MF	Salam Jiddou*	(2000-02-01)1 February 2000 (aged 24)	ES Sétif
11	4FW	Thiemoko Diarra	(2003-04-19)19 April 2003 (aged 21)	Châteauroux
12	3MF	Issouf Sissokho	(2002-01-30)30 January 2002 (aged 22)	Bordeaux
13	3MF	Brahima Diarra	(2003-07-05)5 July 2003 (aged 21)	Huddersfield Town
14	4FW	Demba Diallo*	(2000-10-13)13 October 2000 (aged 23)	Manisa
15	2DF	Mohamed Cisset	(2004-05-28)28 May 2004 (aged 20)	Penn State Nittany Lions
16	1GK	Oumar Coulibaly	(2002-12-19)19 December 2002 (aged 21)	CO Bamako
17	2DF	Ahmed Diomandé	(2002-12-15)15 December 2002 (aged 21)	Ittifaq Marrakech
18	3MF	Moussa Diakité	(2003-11-04)4 November 2003 (aged 20)	Cádiz

* Overage player.

Group play

Pos	Team v t e	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

24 July 2024 (2024-07-24)

21:00

Mali	1–1	Israel
Doumbia 63'	Report	H. Diallo 56' (o.g.)

Parc des Princes, Paris

Attendance: 26,305^[5]

Referee: Campbell-Kirk Kawana-Waugh (New Zealand)

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27 July 2024 (2024-07-27)

21:00

Japan	1–0	Mali
Yamamoto 82'	Report

Stade de Bordeaux, Bordeaux

Attendance: 9,893^[6]

Referee: Edina Alves Batista (Brazil)

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30 July 2024 (2024-07-30)

21:00

Paraguay	1–0	Mali
M. Fernández 5'	Report

Parc des Princes, Paris

Attendance: 35,736^[7]

Referee: Ilgiz Tantashev (Uzbekistan)

Swimming

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

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