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Burkina Faso at the 2024 Summer Olympics
IOC code	BUR
NOC	Burkinabé National Olympic and Sports Committee
in Paris, France 26 July 2024 (2024-07-26) – 11 August 2024 (2024-08-11)
Competitors	8 (5 men and 3 women) in 5 sports
Flag bearer (opening)	Hugues Fabrice Zango & Marthe Koala
Flag bearer (closing)	Hugues Fabrice Zango & Marthe Koala
Medals	Gold 0 Silver 0 Bronze 0 Total 0
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
1972 1976–1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016 2020 2024

Burkina Faso competed at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris from 26 July to 11 August 2024. Although the nation made its official debut in Munich 1972 under the name Upper Volta, Burkinabé athletes have appeared in every edition of the Summer Olympics from 1988 onwards, except for three occasions, Montreal 1976, as the nation support for the African led boycott, Moscow 1980, as the nation's support for US led boycott, and LA 1984, as the nation's support for USSR led boycott.

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.

Athletics

Burkinabé track and field athletes achieved the entry standards for Paris 2024, either by passing the direct qualifying mark (or time for track and road races) or by world ranking, in the following events (a maximum of 3 athletes each):

Key

• Note–Ranks given for track events are within the athlete's heat only
• Q = Qualified for the next round
• q = Qualified for the next round as a fastest loser or, in field events, by position without achieving the qualifying target
• NR = National record
• N/A = Round not applicable for the event
• Bye = Athlete not required to compete in round

Field events

Cycling

Road

Burkina Faso entered one rider to compete in the women's road race by finishing in the top two at the 2023 African Championships in Accra, Ghana.

Judo

Burkina Faso qualified one judoka for the following weight class at the Games. Carmel Kone (men's 90 kg) qualified for the games through the allocations of universality places.

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
Carmel Kone	Men's –90 kg	Han J-y (KOR) L 00–10	Did not advance

Swimming

Burkina Faso sent two swimmers to compete at the 2024 Paris Olympics.

Qualifiers for the latter rounds (Q) of all events were decided on a time only basis, therefore positions shown are overall results versus competitors in all heats.

Taekwondo

Burkina Faso qualified two athletes to compete at the games. Tokyo 2020 Olympian Faysal Sawadogo and Ibrahim Maïga qualified for Paris 2024 following the triumph of their victory in the semifinal results, in their respective division, at the 2024 African Qualification Tournament in Dakar, Senegal.

Athlete	Event	Qualification	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Ibrahim Maïga	Men's −68 kg	Bye	Reçber (TUR) L 0-2	Did not advance
Faysal Sawadogo	Men's −80 kg	Bye	Takov (SRB) W 0-2	Nickolas (USA) L 0-2	Did not advance

References

1. "Road to Paris 24". World Athletics. Retrieved 20 December 2023.
2. "ROAD - QUALIFYING PLACES AS OF 15.11.2023 - WOMEN" (PDF). Union Cycliste Internationale. 15 November 2023. Retrieved 29 November 2023.
3. "OLYMPIC GAMES PARIS 2024 (NATIONS)". International Judo Federation. Retrieved 9 July 2024.
4. "Rio 2016 silver medallist earns ticket to Paris via African qualifiers". Inside The Games. 12 February 2024. Retrieved 13 February 2024.

• Nations at the 2024 Summer Olympics
• Burkina Faso at the Summer Olympics by year
• 2024 in Burkinabé sport