Somalia at the Olympics

Somalia at the Olympic Games

Flag of Somalia
IOC code  SOM
NOC Somali Olympic Committee
Websitewww.nocsom.org
Olympic history
Summer Games

Somalia first participated at the Olympic Games in 1972, and has sent athletes to compete in most Summer Olympic Games since 1984. Somalia has not yet participated in any Winter Olympics. The nation boycotted the 1976 Games along with most other countries in Africa, and also joined the American-led boycott of the 1980 Summer Olympics. Despite the ongoing Somali Civil War, the nation has been able to send small contingents to each Games since 1996. Somalia have also never won a medal, best placing is 6th place by men's 1500 meters world champion Abdi Bile in Atlanta 1996.

The Somali Olympic Committee was created in 1959, and recognized by the International Olympic Committee in 1972.

Medal tables

Medals by Games

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

See also

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