Upper Volta at the 1972 Summer Olympics
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| IOC code | VOL | ||||||||
| NOC | Upper Volta National Olympic Committee | ||||||||
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| Competitors | 1 man in 1 sport | ||||||||
| Flag bearer | André Bicaba | ||||||||
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 Burkina Faso (1988-) |
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The Republic of Upper Volta (as Upper Volta) competed at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany. This was the first and only time the country participated under that name at the Olympic Games. However, the first Upper Voltan athletes took part in the Olympics at the 1924 Games as part of the French contingent. André Bicaba was the only athlete representing Upper Volta in 1972, who participated in the men's 100 metres but did not progress past his heat. Upper Volta initially sought to send athletes to the 1976 Summer Olympics, but boycotted it with other Africa nations. By the time it returned to the Games in 1988, the nation was known as Burkina Faso.
The first athletes of Republic of Upper Volta were Taka Gangua and Taki N'Dio, each competing in the men's javelin throw as part of the French delegation to the 1924 Summer Games in Paris. This was because French Upper Volta then formed part of French West Africa, a federation of eight French colonial territories. Upper Volta competed under that name for the first and only time at the Summer Olympics in the 1972 Games in Munich, West Germany.
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