Haiti at the 2012 Summer Olympics

Haiti at the Olympic Games
Flag of Haiti IOC code  HAI NOC Comité Olympique Haïtien
At the 2012 Summer Olympics in London
Competitors	5 in 2 sports
Flag bearer	Linouse Desravine (opening) Marlena Wesh (closing)
Medals	Gold 0	Silver 0	Bronze 0	Total 0
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Haiti competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, from 27 July to 12 August 2012. This was the nation's fifteenth appearance at the Olympics, since its national debut at the 1900 Summer Olympics in Paris. Comité Olympique Haïtien selected a team of five athletes, 3 men and 2 women, to compete only in athletics and judo.

Four Haitian athletes, however, were born in the United States. With hundreds of thousands of people rendered homeless by a devastating earthquake in 2010, Haiti struggled to produce world-class athletes, but those with the nation's links were still eager to represent their ancestors' homeland in numerous sporting events, including the Olympic games. 21-year-old judoka Linouse Desravine, however, was Haiti's lone homegrown athlete, who later became the nation's flag bearer at the opening ceremony.^[1]

Before London, Haitian athletes had won one silver medal by Silvio Cator in 1928, and one bronze medal by five rifle shooters in 1924. Haiti, however, did not win its first Olympic medal for more than 80 years. Triple jumper Samyr Laine advanced successfully into the final rounds of his event, but missed out of the nation's first medal in London after finishing farther from the standings.

Athletics

The following athletes qualified to compete in the athletics.

Men

Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Moise Joseph	800 m	1:48.46	6	Did not advance
Jeffrey Julmis	110 m hurdles	13.87	8	Did not advance

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Samyr Laine	Triple jump	16.81	10 q	16.65	11

Women

Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Marlena Wesh	200 m	DNS		Did not advance
	400 m	51.98	3 Q	52.49	8	Did not advance

Judo

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Linouse Desravine	Women's −52 kg	Bundmaa (MGL) L 0000–0100	Did not advance

See also

• Haiti at the 2011 Pan American Games

References

1. "Haiti's Olympic team in London isn't very Haitian". Sports Illustrated. 22 July 2012. Retrieved 5 September 2012.

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