Sporting event delegation
Afghanistan
has competed in 15
Summer Games
. They have never appeared in any
Winter Games
. The country made its
first appearance
at the
Berlin Games in 1936
. It has sent a delegation to 14 of the 19 subsequent Summer Games since then. It is organised by the
National Olympic Committee of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan
, which is currently presided by
Nazar Mohammad Mutmaeen
.
History
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Afghanistan's field hockey team in 1956
The country made its
first appearance
at the
Berlin Games in 1936
.
Afghanistan competed at the
1948 Summer Olympics
in
London
, sending a total of 31 competitors, which consisted of the men's
field hockey
and
football
teams. This is the highest number of athletes that Afghanistan has ever sent to a
Summer Olympic Games
.
Afghanistan's
football tournament
culminated in Afghanistan being defeated 6-0 against
Luxembourg
, and they failed to qualify to the first round of the tournament. At the
men's field hockey tournament
won one match, drew one match and lost one match, resulting in placing third of four competing teams, with 3 points. Therefore, Afghanistan did not proceed to the semi-finals, finishing third in their respective group.
In the following
1952 Games
at
Helsinki
, Afghanistan did not participate. However,
Afghanistan returned
for the
1956 Games
at
Melbourne
, sending a team of 12 for the
men's field hockey tournament
, with six of the competitors on the team having participated previously in 1948.
Afghanistan did not send a team, sending an official to the
Barcelona Games in 1992
, and
sent only two representatives
to the
Atlanta Games in 1996
: light-middleweight boxer Mohammad Jawid Aman was disqualified after he arrived too late for the mandatory weigh-in and draw, which left marathon runner
Abdul Baser Wasiqi
as the country's sole representative. Wasiqi pulled a hamstring before the race, but competed nonetheless, limping his way through the marathon and finishing last.
[1]
The
ANOC
was suspended by the IOC in 1999, and Afghanistan were subsequently banned from the
Sydney Games in 2000
for discrimination against women under the rule of the
Taliban
and prohibition of sports of any kind. The country was re-instated in 2002 following the fall of the Taliban,
[2]
and
sent five representatives
to the
Athens Games in 2004
.
Among them were two women,
Robina Muqim Yaar
and
Friba Razayee
, the first ever women to compete for Afghanistan at the Olympics.
[3]
Afghanistan
sent a team of four competitors
,
[4]
including three men and one woman,
Mehboba Ahdyar
,
[5]
to the
2008 Beijing Games
. Ahdyar received death threats due to her intended participation in the Games.
[4]
Afghanistan won their first summer Olympic medal during the 2008 Beijing Games, with
Rohullah Nikpai
winning a bronze in men's Taekwondo 58 kg, and their second at the
2012 Games
with another bronze for Nikpai in the
men's 68kg taekwondo
event.
[6]
Afghanistan
returned for a fourth consecutive games
, at
Rio de Janeiro
in 2016.
Rohullah Nikpai
, who had earned a medal at the two previous games in taekwando did not return. Instead, three athletes were sent, competing in two sports - Athletics and Judo. None of the athletes managed to progress and qualify further in their events. Despite finishing last in the
women's 100 metres
,
Kamia Yousufi
became Afghanistan's national record holder with 14.02 seconds, which was also at her Olympic debut.
[7]
She also ran her preliminary heat in a full-body kit and
hijab
.
[8]
In April 2021, the ANOC announced that
Fahim Anwari
will become the first swimmer to
represent Afghanistan
at the Olympics.
[9]
[10]
[11]
Afghanistan received an invitation from the Tripartite Commission to send a men's rifle shooter,
Mahdi Yovari
, marking the nation's Olympic debut in the sport.
[12]
Afghanistan's participation status for the
2024 Summer Olympics
was unclear amid the
political turmoil
and the Taliban's return to power in August 2021.
[13]
In June 2024, it was confirmed that Afghanistan will be participating with 3 male and 3 female athletes.
Medal tables
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Medals by Summer Games
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Medals by summer sport
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Note
: Afghanistan was banned from the Olympics in 2000 for the
Taliban
regime's discrimination against women at the time.
List of medalists
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See also
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References
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- ^
"Taleban hope to get ban revoked"
, Reuters, August 17, 2000
- ^
"A Run to The Future"
,
Time
, April 11, 2004
- ^
"Afghan women's Olympic dream"
, BBC, June 22, 2004
- ^
a
b
"Afghan Athletes Train for Beijing Olympic "
Archived
2008-05-13 at the
Wayback Machine
, Afghan embassy to the United States, April 29, 2008
- ^
"Afghan Woman Runs Toward Olympics Despite Jeers, Potential Danger"
Archived
2012-10-20 at the
Wayback Machine
, Associated Press, March 16, 2008
- ^
Afghanistan at the Olympics
,
The Telegraph
- ^
*
"Athletics ? Women's 100m ? Preliminary Round"
(PDF)
. Rio 2016. 12 August 2016. Archived from
the original
(PDF)
on 20 September 2016
. Retrieved
9 May
2019
.
- ^
"Rio Olympics 2016: Kariman Abuljadayel makes Saudi history in 100m"
.
BBC
. 13 August 2016
. Retrieved
14 February
2019
.
- ^
Faizi, Benafsha.
"Candidate Athletes ? Olympic New Site"
. Archived from
the original
on 2021-11-17
. Retrieved
2021-06-02
.
- ^
"Afghan swimmer Fahim Anwari sets new national record"
.
Ariana News
. Retrieved
2021-06-02
.
- ^
"OCA ≫ Afghanistan NOC celebrates two national records for swimmer Anwari"
.
ocasia.org
. Retrieved
2021-06-02
.
- ^
"Quota Places by Nation and Number"
.
www.issf-sports.org/
.
ISSF
. 31 May 2021
. Retrieved
31 May
2021
.
- ^
"Bach praises response of Olympic community to Afghanistan crisis with more than 100 assisted in leaving nation"
.
Reuters
.
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