Guinea participated in the 10th Summer Olympics . Having made its debut at the Games in Mexico City in 1968 , the country took part in all the Summer Olympic Games, except for the Games in Munich and Montreal . Altogether, 42 men and 9 women participated in boxing, freestyle wrestling, judo, athletics, swimming, taekwondo and football competitions at the Olympics. The largest delegation represented the country at its first Olympic Games of 1968 , in which the Guinean national football team (15 people) took part.
| Guinea at the Olympics | ||||
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| IOC Code | GUI | |||
| NOC | Guinea National Olympic and Sports Committee | |||
| Participation in the Summer Olympics | ||||
| 1968 β’ 1972 β’ 1976 β’ 1980 β’ 1984 β’ 1988 β’ 1992 β’ 1996 β’ 2000 β’ 2004 β’ 2008 β’ 2012 β’ 2016 | ||||
Guinean representatives did not participate in the Winter Olympics . Guinean athletes have never won Olympic medals .
The National Olympic and Sports Committee of Guinea was created in 1964 , recognized by the IOC in 1965 .
Number of participants in the Olympics
| Kind of sport | 1968 | 1980 | 1984 | 1988 | 1992 | 1996 | 2000 | 2004 | 2008 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boxing | 3 | 2 | one | one | 6 | |||||
| Freestyle wrestling | 2 | 2 | ||||||||
| Judo | 3 | one | 3 | 1 (1) | 1 (1) | 8 (2) | ||||
| Athletics | 3 | 2 | 5 (2) | 4 (1) | 2 (1) | one | 2 (1) | 14 (4) | ||
| Swimming | 2 (1) | one | 2 (1) | 5 (2) | ||||||
| Taekwondo | 1 (1) | 1 (1) | ||||||||
| Football | fifteen | fifteen | ||||||||
| Total Athletes | fifteen | 9 | one | 6 | 8 (2) | 5 (1) | 6 (3) | 3 (1) | 5 (3) | 51 (9) |
- in parentheses is the number of women in the national team
See also
- List of Guinean standard bearers at the Olympics