Malta at the 2012 Summer Olympics
| Malta at the 2012 Summer Olympics |
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| IOC code | MLT | ||||||||
| NOC | Malta Olympic Committee | ||||||||
| Website | www |
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| Competitors | 5 in 3 sports | ||||||||
| Flag bearer |
William Chetcuti (opening) Diane Borg (closing) |
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Malta competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, which was held from 27 July to 12 August 2012. The country's participation at London marked its fifteenth appearance in the Summer Olympics since its début at the 1928 Summer Olympics. The delegation included two track and field athletes, Rachid Chouhal and Diane Borg, one double trap shooter William Chetcuti and two swimmers Andrew Chetcuti and Nicola Muscat. All five competitors qualified for the Games through wildcard places. William Chetcuti was selected as the flag bearer for the opening ceremony while Borg held it at the closing ceremony. Choudai did not progress beyond the preliminary stages of the men's 100 metres, while Borg advanced to the first round of the women's 100 metres before being eliminated. William Chetcuti finished ninth in the double trap shooting event, while Andrew Chetcuti and Muscat were unable to progress to the first rounds of their respective swimming disciplines.
Malta participated in fifteen Olympic Games between its début at the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam, Netherlands and the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, England, with the exception of 1932, 1952, 1956, 1964 and 1976. The highest number of athletes sent by Malta to an summer Games is eleven to the 1936 Olympics in Berlin, Germany. No Maltese athlete has ever won a medal at the Olympic Games. Malta participated in the Summer Olympics from 27 July to 12 August 2012. The Maltese National Olympic Committee (NOC) selected two track and field athletes via wildcards. Usually, an NOC would be able to enter up to three qualified athletes in each individual event as long as each athlete met the "A" standard, or one athlete per event if they met the "B" standard. However, since Malta had no athletes that met either standard, they were allowed to select two athletes, one of each gender, as wildcards.
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