Benin at the Olympics

Benin at the Olympic Games

Flag of Benin
IOC code  BEN
NOC Benin National Olympic and Sports Committee
Olympic history
Summer Games
* As Dahomey

Benin has sent athletes to every Summer Olympic Games held since 1980. Under its previous name of Dahomey, the country also competed in 1972. Despite appearing in nine different Olympics, Benin has never won an Olympic medal. No athletes from Benin have competed in any Winter Olympic Games.

Medal tables

Medals by Summer Games

Games Athletes Gold Silver Bronze Total Rank
West Germany 1972 Munich 3 0 0 0 0
Canada 1976 Montreal did not participate
Soviet Union 1980 Moscow 18 0 0 0 0
United States 1984 Los Angeles 3 0 0 0 0
South Korea 1988 Seoul 7 0 0 0 0
Spain 1992 Barcelona 6 0 0 0 0
United States 1996 Atlanta 5 0 0 0 0
Australia 2000 Sydney 4 0 0 0 0
Greece 2004 Athens 4 0 0 0 0
China 2008 Beijing 5 0 0 0 0
United Kingdom 2012 London 5 0 0 0 0
Total 0 0 0 0

See also

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