Sierra Leone at the 2012 Summer Olympics
| Sierra Leone at the 2012 Summer Olympics |
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| IOC code | SLE | ||||||||
| NOC | National Olympic Committee of Sierra Leone | ||||||||
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| Competitors | 2 in 1 sport | ||||||||
| Flag bearer |
Ola Sesay (opening) Ibrahim Turay (closing) |
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Sierra Leone competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, from 27 July to 12 August 2012. This marked the nation's tenth appearance at the Summer Olympics since its debut in the 1968 Summer Olympics. The Sierra Leone delegation included two track and field athletes; Ibrahim Turay, a sprinter and Ola Sesay, a long jumper. Sesay and Turay were selected as flag bearers for the opening and closing ceremonies respectively. Neither of the two athletes progressed beyond the first round.
Sierra Leone participated in ten Summer Olympic games between its debut in the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, Mexico and the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, with the exception of the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, and the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, the latter because of a boycott relating to the New Zealand national rugby union team touring South Africa. The highest number of Sierra Leonean athletes participating in a summer games is fourteen in the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, Russia and the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, USA. As of 2015[update], no Sierra Leonean athlete has ever won a medal at the Olympics. Two athletes from Sierra Leone qualified for the London games; Ibrahim Turay in the track and field 200 m and Ola Sesay in the long jump. They both qualified after meeting the "A" and "B" qualifying standards for their events respectively. Sesay and Turay were flag bearers for the opening and closing ceremonies respectively.
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