Sierra Leone (SLE)

Overview

NOCNational Olympic Committee of Sierra Leone
Flagbearers28

Participants

Olympic Games 65
Youth Olympic Games 11

Description

Sierra Leone created the Sierra Leone Olympic and Overseas Games Committee (SLOOGC) on 14 January 1964. This organization was recognized by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) only a few days later, on 27 January 1964, at the IOC Session in Innsbruck. In 1992, the name was changed to the National Olympic Committee of Sierra Leone (NOCSL).

In 1960, a Sierra Leone athlete, Alifu Massaquoi, represented Liberia in the Olympic marathon, finishing 62nd. But as an independent nation, Sierra Leone made its Olympic début in 1968. They have since missed only the 1972 and 1976 Olympic Games, but have never competed at the Olympic Winter Games.

The NOC has never won an Olympic medal. Its best Olympic performances have come in 1984, when Israel Cole made the quarter-finals of light-middleweight boxing and in 1996 when Eunice Barber, who later represented France, finished fifth in the women’s heptathlon.

Participations by edition

Olympic Games

Edition As Men Women Total
1968 Summer Olympics Sierra Leone 3 0 3 Results
1980 Summer Olympics Sierra Leone 12 2 14 Results
1984 Summer Olympics Sierra Leone 6 1 7 Results
1988 Summer Olympics Sierra Leone 11 1 12 Results
1992 Summer Olympics Sierra Leone 9 2 11 Results
1996 Summer Olympics Sierra Leone 10 4 14 Results
2000 Summer Olympics Sierra Leone 2 1 3 Results
2004 Summer Olympics Sierra Leone 1 1 2 Results
2008 Summer Olympics Sierra Leone 2 1 3 Results
2012 Summer Olympics Sierra Leone 1 1 2 Results
2016 Summer Olympics Sierra Leone 2 2 4 Results
2020 Summer Olympics Sierra Leone 1 2 3 Results

Youth Olympic Games

Edition As Men Women Total
2010 Summer Youth Olympics Sierra Leone 1 2 3 Results
2014 Summer Youth Olympics Sierra Leone 2 2 4 Results
2018 Summer Youth Olympics Sierra Leone 2 2 4 Results

Participations by discipline

Olympic Games

Discipline (Sport) Men Women Total
Athletics 35 13 48 Results
Boxing 9 0 9 Results
Cycling Road (Cycling) 1 0 1 Results
Swimming (Aquatics) 3 2 5 Results
Weightlifting 2 0 2 Results

Youth Olympic Games

Discipline (Sport) Men Women Total
Athletics 2 2 4 Results
Beach Volleyball (Volleyball) 2 4 6 Results
Swimming (Aquatics) 1 0 1 Results