Uganda at the 2012 Summer Olympics
| Uganda at the 2012 Summer Olympics |
|||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 |
|||||||||
| IOC code | UGA | ||||||||
| NOC | Uganda Olympic Committee | ||||||||
| Website | www |
||||||||
| in London | |||||||||
| Competitors | 15 in 4 sports | ||||||||
| Flag bearer | Ganzi Mugula | ||||||||
|
Medals Ranked 50th |
|
||||||||
| Summer Olympics appearances (overview) | |||||||||
Uganda 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 thirteenth appearance in the Summer Olympics since its début at the 1956 Summer Olympics. The delegation consisted of eleven track and field athletes which included Moses Kipsiro, Benjamin Kiplagat and Stephen Kiprotich, one each in badminton and weightlifting (Edwin Ekiring and Charles Ssekyaaya) and two swimmers (Ganzi Mugula and Jamila Lunkuse). Ekiring, Ssekyaaya, Mugula and Lunkuse had qualified via wildcards, while the rest of the delegation was able to enter the games by meeting the qualification standards for their respective events. Mugula was selected as the flag bearer for both the opening and closing ceremonies.
Julius Mutekanga was eliminated in the first round of the 800 metres while Abraham Kiplimo and Geoffrey Kusuro similarly were unable to advance to final of the 5000 metres after finishing in a non-qualifying position. Jacob Araptany also did not progress to the final in the 3000 metres steeplechase while Kiplagat was able to advance to the later stages of the same event but was disqualified for changing to the track's inside line after being knocked over by another athlete. Kispiro made it to the 5000 metres final because he was the slowest qualifier and secured a fifteenth-place finish, and took a tenth-position result in the 10,000 metres despite falling onto the track's surface. Thomas Ayeko finished in sixteenth in the same event. Kiprotich won the men's marathon and Uganda secured its first gold medal since 1972.
...
Wikipedia