Afghanistan at the Olympics

Afghanistan at the
Olympics
IOC code AFG
NOC Afghanistan National Olympic Committee
Medals
Gold
0
Silver
0
Bronze
2
Total
2
Olympics appearances (overview)
14
Summer appearances

Afghanistan has competed in 14 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 13 of the 18 Summer Games since then.

Afghanistan did not send a team 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 injured a hamstring muscle before the race, but competed nonetheless, literally limping his way through the marathon and finishing last.[1]

Afghanistan was suspended by the IOC in 1999 and subsequently banned from the Sydney Games in 2000 due to its discrimination against women under the rule of the Taliban and its 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 Beijing Games of 2008. Ahdyar has 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 68 kg taekwondo event.[6]

Medal tables

Medals by Summer Games

Games Athletes Gold Silver Bronze Total Rank
Germany 1936 Berlin190000–
United Kingdom 1948 London310000–
Finland 1952 Helsinkidid not participate
Australia 1956 Melbourne160000–
Italy 1960 Rome180000–
Japan 1964 Tokyo80000–
Mexico 1968 Mexico City50000–
West Germany 1972 Munich80000–
Canada 1976 Montrealdid not participate
Soviet Union 1980 Moscow110000–
United States 1984 Los Angelesdid not participate
South Korea 1988 Seoul50000–
Spain 1992 Barcelonadid not participate
United States 1996 Atlanta20000–
Australia 2000 Sydneydid not participate
Greece 2004 Athens50000–
China 2008 Beijing4001180
United Kingdom 2012 London6001179
Brazil 2016 Rio de Janeiro30000–
Japan 2020 TokyoFuture event
France 2024 Paris
United States 2028 Los Angeles
Total0022138

Medals by summer sport

Sport Gold Silver Bronze Total Rank
Taekwondo002229
Total*0022138

Updated on August 24, 2016

Note: Afghanistan was banned from the Olympics in 1999 for its discrimination against women under the Taliban regime at the time.

List of medalists

Medal Name Games Sport Event
 BronzeRohullah NikpaiChina 2008 Beijing TaekwondoMen's 58 kg
 BronzeRohullah NikpaiUnited Kingdom 2012 London TaekwondoMen's 68 kg

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Taleban hope to get ban revoked", Reuters, August 17, 2000
  2. ↑ "A Run to The Future", Time, April 11, 2004
  3. ↑ "Afghan women's Olympic dream", BBC, June 22, 2004
  4. 1 2 "Afghan Athletes Train for Beijing Olympic ", Afghan embassy to the United States, April 29, 2008
  5. ↑ "Afghan Woman Runs Toward Olympics Despite Jeers, Potential Danger", Associated Press, March 16, 2008
  6. ↑ Afghanistan at the Olympics, The Telegraph
  • "Afghanistan". International Olympic Committee.
  • "Results and Medalists — Afghanistan". Olympic.org. International Olympic Committee.
  • "Olympic Medal Winners". International Olympic Committee.
  • "Afghanistan". Sports-Reference.com.
  • Afghan Sports History
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