Malta (MLT)

Overview

NOCMalta Olympic Committee
Flagbearers43

Participants

Olympic Games 87
Youth Olympic Games 12

Description

Malta formed a National Olympic Committee (NOC) on 7 June 1928, and first competed at the Olympic Games in the same year. It has participated rather sporadically since then, missing the Olympic Games of 1932, 1952, 1956, 1964, and 1976.

Malta’s top Olympic moment occurred in 1928 when its water polo team won one match, defeating Luxembourg 3-1, before losing to France in the second round. This placed it equal fifth, of a starting field of 14 teams. Also remarkable is William Chetcuti who finished eighth in double trap shooting in 2008 and also finished ninth in this event in both 2004 and 2012. The only other top 10 finish by a Maltese athlete happened in 1984, when sailor Peter Bonello finished ninth in the windsurfing event.

In 2014, they competed for the first time at the Olympic Winter Games with Alpine skier Élise Pellegrin, and she competed again in 2018. Pellegrin skied slalom and giant slalom at both Games, with a best finish of 42nd among 85 competitors in the 2014 slalom. As would be expected, she carried the Maltese flag at the Opening and Closing Ceremonies in 2014 and 2018. Malta has not yet had a male Winter Olympian, one of only five nations to be represented at the Olympic Winter Games by women only (along with the Honduras, Paraguay, Singapore, and Togo).

Participations by edition

Olympic Games

Edition As Men Women Total
1928 Summer Olympics Malta 9 0 9 Results
1936 Summer Olympics Malta 11 0 11 Results
1948 Summer Olympics Malta 1 0 1 Results
1960 Summer Olympics Malta 10 0 10 Results
1968 Summer Olympics Malta 1 0 1 Results
1972 Summer Olympics Malta 5 0 5 Results
1980 Summer Olympics Malta 7 1 8 Results
1984 Summer Olympics Malta 5 2 7 Results
1988 Summer Olympics Malta 5 1 6 Results
1992 Summer Olympics Malta 3 3 6 Results
1996 Summer Olympics Malta 4 3 7 Results
2000 Summer Olympics Malta 4 3 7 Results
2004 Summer Olympics Malta 4 3 7 Results
2008 Summer Olympics Malta 3 3 6 Results
2012 Summer Olympics Malta 3 2 5 Results
2014 Winter Olympics Malta 0 1 1 Results
2016 Summer Olympics Malta 4 3 7 Results
2018 Winter Olympics Malta 0 1 1 Results
2020 Summer Olympics Malta 2 4 6 Results
2022 Winter Olympics Malta 0 1 1 Results

Youth Olympic Games

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

Participations by discipline

Olympic Games

Discipline (Sport) Men Women Total
Alpine Skiing (Skiing) 0 1 1 Results
Archery 1 1 2 Results
Athletics 8 9 17 Results
Badminton 1 0 1 Results
Cycling Road (Cycling) 10 0 10 Results
Judo 2 2 4 Results
Sailing 8 0 8 Results
Shooting 8 1 9 Results
Snowboarding (Skiing) 0 1 1 Results
Swimming (Aquatics) 6 5 11 Results
Water Polo (Aquatics) 18 0 18 Results
Weightlifting 1 1 2 Results
Wrestling 3 0 3 Results

Youth Olympic Games

Discipline (Sport) Men Women Total
Athletics 1 2 3 Results
Judo 2 0 2 Results
Swimming (Aquatics) 4 0 4 Results
Tennis 0 1 1 Results
Weightlifting 0 2 2 Results

Most successful competitors

Includes medals won as part of mixed teams.

Youth Olympic Games

Athlete Nat Gold Silver Bronze Total
Jeremy Saywell MLT 0 1 0 1