Senegal at the 2012 Summer Olympics

Senegal at the
2012 Summer Olympics
Senegal at the; 2012 Summer Olympics
IOC code	SEN
NOC	Comité National Olympique et Sportif Sénégalais
in London
Competitors	32 in 8 sports
Flag bearer	Hortense Diédhiou
Medals	Gold 0 Silver 0 Bronze 0 Total 0
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
	1964; 1968; 1972; 1976; 1980; 1984; 1988; 1992; 1996; 2000; 2004; 2008; 2012; 2016; 2020; 2024;

Senegal competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, from 27 July to 12 August 2012. This was the nation's thirteenth appearance at the Olympics.

The Senegalese National Olympic and Sports Committee (French: Comité National Olympique et Sportif Sénégalais) sent the nation's second-largest delegation ever to the Games, tying with the delegation sent to Moscow in 1980. A total of 32 athletes, 25 men and 7 women, competed in 8 sports. Men's football was the only team-based sport in which Senegal was represented at these Olympic Games. There was only a single competitor in sprint canoeing, fencing, judo, and taekwondo.

Four Senegalese athletes had competed in Beijing, including Ndiss Kaba Badji, who finished sixth in men's long jump. Breaststroke swimmer Malick Fall became the first Senegalese athlete to compete in four Olympic Games. Meanwhile, track sprinter Amy Mbacké Thiam made her Olympic comeback in London after an eight-year absence. Judoka and double African champion Hortense Diédhiou was the nation's flag bearer at the opening ceremony.

Senegal, however, failed to win its first Olympic medal since the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, where Amadou Dia Bâ won silver in the 400m hurdles.

Athletics

Senegalese athletes have so far achieved qualifying standards in the following athletics events (up to a maximum of 3 athletes in each event at the 'A' Standard, and 1 at the 'B' Standard):^[2]^[3]

Key

Note – Ranks given for track events are within the athlete's heat only
Q = Qualified for the next round
q = Qualified for the next round as a fastest loser or, in field events, by position without achieving the qualifying target
NR = National record
N/A = Round not applicable for the event
Bye = Athlete not required to compete in round

Men
Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Moussa Dembélé	110 m hurdles	DSQ		Did not advance
Mamadou Kassé Hanne	400 m hurdles	49.63	3 Q	48.80	5	Did not advance

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Ndiss Kaba Badji	Long jump	7.66	24	Did not advance

Women
Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Ndeye Fatou Soumah	200 m	23.89	9	Did not advance
Amy Mbacké Thiam	400 m	53.23	4	Did not advance

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Amy Sene	Hammer throw	65.49	32	Did not advance

Canoeing

Sprint

Athlete	Event	Heats		Semifinals		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Ndiatte Gueye	Men's C-1 200 m	51.708	6 Q	50.798	8	Did not advance
Ndiatte Gueye	Men's C-1 1000 m	4:33.884	5 Q	4:37.171	7 FB	4:32.251	13

Qualification Legend: FA = Qualify to final (medal); FB = Qualify to final B (non-medal)

Fencing

Senegal has qualified 1 fencer.

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Alexandre Bouzaid	Individual épée	Zawrotniak (POL) W 15–11	Pizzo (ITA) L 11–15	Did not advance

Football

Senegal has qualified a men's team.

Men's team event – 1 team of 18 players

Men's tournament

Team roster

The following is the Senegal squad in the men's football tournament of the 2012 Summer Olympics.^[4]

Coach: Joseph Koto

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	2012 club
1	1GK	Ousmane Mané	(1990-10-01)1 October 1990 (aged 21)	Diambars
2	2DF	Saliou Ciss	(1989-09-15)15 September 1989 (aged 22)	Tromsø
3	3MF	Ibrahima Seck	(1989-08-10)10 August 1989 (aged 22)	Épinal
4	2DF	Abdoulaye Ba	(1991-01-01)1 January 1991 (aged 21)	Académica
5	2DF	Papa Gueye*	(1984-06-07)7 June 1984 (aged 28)	Metalist Kharkiv
6	2DF	Zargo Touré	(1989-11-11)11 November 1989 (aged 22)	Boulogne
7	4FW	Moussa Konaté	(1993-04-03)3 April 1993 (aged 19)	Maccabi Tel Aviv
8	3MF	Cheikhou Kouyaté	(1989-12-21)21 December 1989 (aged 22)	Anderlecht
9	2DF	Kara Mbodj	(1989-11-11)11 November 1989 (aged 22)	Tromsø
10	3MF	Sadio Mané	(1992-04-10)10 April 1992 (aged 20)	Metz
11	4FW	Kalidou Yéro	(1991-08-19)19 August 1991 (aged 20)	Gil Vicente
12	4FW	Ibrahima Baldé	(1989-04-04)4 April 1989 (aged 23)	Osasuna
13	3MF	Mohamed Diamé* (c)	(1987-06-14)14 June 1987 (aged 25)	West Ham United
14	3MF	Idrissa Gueye	(1989-09-26)26 September 1989 (aged 22)	Lille
15	4FW	Magaye Gueye	(1990-07-06)6 July 1990 (aged 22)	Everton
16	2DF	Pape Souare	(1990-06-06)6 June 1990 (aged 22)	Lille
17	3MF	Stéphane Badji	(1990-05-29)29 May 1990 (aged 22)	Sogndal
18	1GK	Papa Camara	(1993-01-16)16 January 1993 (aged 19)	Sochaux

* Over-aged player.

Group play

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Great Britain (H)	3	2	1	0	5	2	+3	7	Advance to knockout stage
2	Senegal	3	1	2	0	4	2	+2	5	Advance to knockout stage
3	Uruguay	3	1	0	2	2	4	−2	3
4	United Arab Emirates	3	0	1	2	3	6	−3	1

Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(H) Hosts

26 July 2012

20:00

Great Britain	1–1	Senegal
Bellamy 20'	Report	Konaté 82'

Old Trafford, Manchester

Attendance: 72,176^[5]

Referee: Ravshan Irmatov (Uzbekistan)

29 July 2012

17:00

Senegal	2–0	Uruguay
Konaté 10', 37'	Report

Wembley Stadium, London

Attendance: 75,093^[6]

Referee: Felix Brych (Germany)

1 August 2012

19:45

Senegal	1–1	United Arab Emirates
Konaté 49'	Report	Matar 21'

City of Coventry Stadium, Coventry

Attendance: 28,652^[7]

Referee: Svein Oddvar Moen (Norway)

Quarter-final

4 August 2012

14:30

Mexico	4–2 (a.e.t.)	Senegal
Enríquez 10' Aquino 62' Dos Santos 98' Herrera 109'	Report	Konaté 69' Baldé 76'

Wembley Stadium, London

Attendance: 81,855^[8]

Referee: Mark Clattenburg (Great Britain)

Judo

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Hortense Diédhiou	Women's −57 kg	Bye	Filzmoser (AUT) L 0001–1001	Did not advance

Swimming

Senegalese swimmers have so far achieved qualifying standards in one event (up to a maximum of 2 swimmers in each event at the Olympic Qualifying Time (OQT), and potentially 1 at the Olympic Selection Time (OST)):^[9]^[10] Senegal also gained a "Universality place" from the FINA.^[11]

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Malick Fall	100 m breaststroke	1:02.93	37	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Mareme Faye	100 m freestyle	1:06.42	46	Did not advance

Taekwondo

Senegal has qualified 1 athlete.^[12]

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Bronze Medal	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Bineta Diedhiou	Women's −57 kg	Mikkonen (FIN) L 6–9	Did not advance

Wrestling

Senegal has qualified two quota places.

Key:

VT – Victory by Fall.
PP – Decision by Points – the loser with technical points.
PO – Decision by Points – the loser without technical points.

Men's freestyle

Athlete	Event	Qualification	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Malal Ndiaye	−120 kg	Bye	Jargalsaikhany (MGL) L 0–3 ^PO	Did not advance					14

Women's freestyle

Athlete	Event	Qualification	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Isabelle Sambou	−48 kg	Bye	Benie (CIV) W 3–0 ^PO	Obara (JPN) L 0–3 ^PO	Did not advance	Bye	Mezien (TUN) W 5–0 ^VT	Huynh (CAN) L 0–3 ^PO	5

References

^ Staff (18 July 2012). "Hortense Diédhiou, porte-drapeau de la délégation sénégalaise aux Jeux olympiques de Londres" [Hortense Diédhiou, flag bearer of the Senegalese delegation to the London Olympics] (in French). Rewmi. Archived from the original on 19 July 2012. Retrieved 18 July 2012.
^ "iaaf.org – Top Lists". IAAF. Retrieved 4 June 2011.
^ IAAF Games of the XXX Olympiad – London 2012 ENTRY STANDARDS (PDF), IAAF, retrieved 4 June 2011
^ "Senegal leave Papiss Cisse out of Olympic squad". BBC Sport. 7 July 2012. Retrieved 7 July 2012.
^ "Great Britain – Senegal". FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 26 July 2012. Archived from the original on July 30, 2012. Retrieved 27 July 2012.
^ "Senegal – Uruguay". FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 29 July 2012. Archived from the original on August 2, 2012. Retrieved 30 July 2012.
^ "Senegal – United Arab Emirates". FIFA. 1 August 2012. Archived from the original on 4 September 2012. Retrieved 1 August 2012.
^ "Mexico – Senegal". FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 4 August 2012. Retrieved 6 August 2012.
^ "Swimming World Rankings". FINA. Retrieved 8 June 2011.
^ FÉDÉRATION INTERNATIONALE DE NATATION – Swimming (PDF), FINA, retrieved 8 June 2011
^ "FINA Universality Places" (PDF). FINA. 6 July 2012. Retrieved 6 July 2012.
^ "African Qualification Tournament for 2012 London Olympics". WTF. 12 January 2012. Retrieved 12 January 2012.

[1] Staff (18 July 2012). "Hortense Diédhiou, porte-drapeau de la délégation sénégalaise aux Jeux olympiques de Londres" [Hortense Diédhiou, flag bearer of the Senegalese delegation to the London Olympics] (in French). Rewmi. Archived from the original on 19 July 2012. Retrieved 18 July 2012.

[2] "iaaf.org – Top Lists". IAAF. Retrieved 4 June 2011.

[3] IAAF Games of the XXX Olympiad – London 2012 ENTRY STANDARDS (PDF), IAAF, retrieved 4 June 2011

[4] "Senegal leave Papiss Cisse out of Olympic squad". BBC Sport. 7 July 2012. Retrieved 7 July 2012.

[5] "Great Britain – Senegal". FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 26 July 2012. Archived from the original on July 30, 2012. Retrieved 27 July 2012.

[6] "Senegal – Uruguay". FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 29 July 2012. Archived from the original on August 2, 2012. Retrieved 30 July 2012.

[7] "Senegal – United Arab Emirates". FIFA. 1 August 2012. Archived from the original on 4 September 2012. Retrieved 1 August 2012.

[8] "Mexico – Senegal". FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 4 August 2012. Retrieved 6 August 2012.

[9] "Swimming World Rankings". FINA. Retrieved 8 June 2011.

[10] FÉDÉRATION INTERNATIONALE DE NATATION – Swimming (PDF), FINA, retrieved 8 June 2011

[11] "FINA Universality Places" (PDF). FINA. 6 July 2012. Retrieved 6 July 2012.

[WTF_Africa-12] "African Qualification Tournament for 2012 London Olympics". WTF. 12 January 2012. Retrieved 12 January 2012.

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