Guinea at the 2020 Summer Olympics

Guinea at the
2020 Summer Olympics
IOC codeGUI
NOCComité National Olympique et Sportif Guinéen
in Tokyo, Japan
July 23, 2021 (2021-07-23) – August 8, 2021 (2021-08-08)
Competitors5 in 4 sports
Flag bearer (opening)TOCOG Volunteer
Flag bearer (closing)Fatoumata Camara
Medals
Gold
0
Silver
0
Bronze
0
Total
0
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)

Guinea competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. Originally scheduled to take place from 24 July to 9 August 2020, the Games were postponed to 23 July to 8 August 2021, because of the COVID-19 pandemic.[1] It was the nation's twelfth appearance at the Summer Olympics since its debut in 1968. Guinea failed to register any athletes at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich and eventually joined the rest of the African nations to boycott the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal. On 22 July, the eve of the opening ceremony, Guinea announced it would withdraw from the Games due to COVID-19 concerns, but later reversed its decision.[2][3][4]

  1. ^ "Joint Statement from the International Olympic Committee and the Tokyo 2020 Organising Committee". Olympics. 24 March 2020. Retrieved 28 March 2020.
  2. ^ "JO Tokyo 2020 : La Guinée renonce à participer en raison du Covid-19" (in French). Eurosport. 21 July 2021. Retrieved 21 July 2021.
  3. ^ Berkeley, Geoff (22 July 2021). "Guinea withdraw from Tokyo 2020 Olympics over "resurgence of COVID-19 variants"". Inside the Games. Retrieved 22 July 2021.
  4. ^ "Tokyo Olympics: Guinea reverses Games exit after rapid U-turn". BBC News. 22 July 2021. Retrieved 22 July 2021.

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