Mali is scheduled to compete at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris from 26 July to 11 August 2024. It has participated in every edition of the summer Olympics since the nation's official debut in 1964, with the exception of the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal because of the African boycott.
| Mali at the 2024 Summer Olympics | |
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| IOC code | MLI |
| NOC | Comité National Olympique et Sportif du Mali |
| in Paris, France July 26, 2024 – August 11, 2024 | |
| Competitors | 22 in 4 sports |
| Medals |
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| Summer Olympics appearances (overview) | |
Competitors
The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games. Note that reserves in football are not counted:
| Sport | Men | Women | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| Boxing | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Football | 18 | 0 | 18 |
| Swimming | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Taekwondo | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | 20 | 2 | 22 |
Boxing
Mali entered one female boxer into the Olympic tournament. Marine Camara (women's featheweight) secured her spots in her division, through receiving the allocations of universality spots, signifying the nation’s return to the sport for the first time since 1988.[1]
| Athlete | Event | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank | ||
| Marine Camara | Women's 57 kg | ||||||
Football
- Summary
Key:
- A.E.T – After extra time.
- P – Match decided by penalty-shootout.
| Team | Event | Group Stage | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final / BM | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank | ||
| Mali men's | Men's tournament | ||||||||
Men's tournament
Mali men's football team qualified for the Olympics by winning the decision play-off against Guinea for the last of three available spots at the 2023 U-23 Africa Cup of Nations in Rabat, Morocco, marking the country's return to the sport for the first time in two decades.[2]
- Team roster
Mali announced their final squad on 8 July 2024.[3]
Head coach: Alou Badra Diallo
| No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Club | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GK | Lassine Diarra | 11 November 2002 (aged 21) |  Lyon | |||
| GK | Oumar Coulibaly |  CO Bamako | ||||
| DF | Ibrahima Cissé | 15 February 2001 (aged 23) |  Schalke 04 | |||
| DF | Mohamed Cisset |  Penn State Nittany Lions | ||||
| DF | Hamidou Diallo | 26 January 2002 (aged 22) |  Farense | |||
| DF | Ahmed Diomandé | 15 December 2002 (aged 21) |  Ittifaq Marrakech | |||
| DF | Fodé Doucouré | 3 February 2001 (aged 23) | Red Star | |||
| DF | Mamadou Tounkara | 14 December 2001 (aged 22) | Vitória de Guimarães | |||
| MF | Moussa Diakité | 4 November 2003 (aged 20) |  Cádiz | |||
| MF | Salam Jiddou* (captain) | 1 February 2000 (aged 24) |  ES Sétif | |||
| MF | Coli Saco | 15 May 2002 (aged 22) |  Ancona | |||
| MF | Issouf Sissokho | 30 January 2002 (aged 22) | Bordeaux | |||
| MF | Boubacar Traoré | 20 August 2001 (aged 22) |  Wolverhampton Wanderes | |||
| FW | Demba Diallo* | 13 October 2000 (aged 23) |  Manisa | |||
| FW | Brahima Diarra | 5 July 2003 (aged 21) | Huddersfield Town | |||
| FW | Thiemoko Diarra | 19 April 2003 (aged 21) | Châteauroux | |||
| FW | Cheickna Doumbia | 14 June 2003 (aged 21) |  Shabab Al-Ahli | |||
| FW | Wilson Samaké | 30 March 2004 (aged 20) | Rennes | |||
* Overage player.
- Group play
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Japan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 |  Paraguay | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 3 | Mali | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 4 |  Israel | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Swimming
Mali sent two swimmers to compete at the 2024 Paris Olympics.
| Athlete | Event | Heat | Semifinal | Final | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
| Alexien Kouma | Men's 100 m freestyle | ||||||
| Aichata Diabate | Women's 50 m freestyle | ||||||
Taekwondo
Mali entered one athlete compete at the games. Rio 2016 Olympian Ismaël Coulibaly, qualified for the games through the allocations of universality quota spots.
| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Repechage | Final / BM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank | ||
| Ismaël Coulibaly | Men's −80 kg | |||||||