Senegal at the Olympics

Senegal at the Olympic Games
Flag of Senegal IOC code  SEN NOC Comité National Olympique et Sportif Sénégalais
Olympic history
Summer Games
1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016
Winter Games
1984 1988 1992 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014

Senegal has sent athletes to all Summer Olympic Games held since 1964. Unlike most surrounding nations, Senegal has never missed any Summer Olympics since its independence. Only once has the country won an Olympic medal: Amadou Dia Ba, who won a silver medal in the men's 400 metre hurdles in 1988. However, Abdoulaye Seye, representing France, won a bronze medal in the 200 metres in 1960, just two months after the short lived Mali Federation gained independence and a few days after Senegal seceded from the federation.

Senegal is among the small group of tropical countries that have participated in the Winter Olympic Games. Its winter athletes have participated in five Winter Olympics since 1984, although they have won no medals. Senegal was represented at the 1984, 1992 and 1994 by Lamine Guèye, and in 2006 and 2010 by Leyti Seck.

List of medalists

Medal	Name	Games	Sport	Event
Silver	Amadou Dia Ba	1988 Seoul	Athletics	Men's 400 metre hurdles

See also

• Senegal at the Paralympics
• Tropical nations at the Winter Olympics

External links

• IOC page