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Niger at the
2024 Summer Olympics
Niger at the; 2024 Summer Olympics
IOC code	NIG
NOC	Nigerien Olympic and National Sports Committee
in Paris, France; 26 July 2024 – 11 August 2024
Competitors	7 in 5 sports
Medals	Gold 0 Silver 0 Bronze 0 Total 0
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
	1964; 1968; 1972; 1976–1980; 1984; 1988; 1992; 1996; 2000; 2004; 2008; 2012; 2016; 2020; 2024;

Niger competed at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris from 26 July to 11 August 2024. It was the nation's fourteenth appearance at the Summer Olympics. Since the nation made its debut in 1964, Nigerien athletes have participated in every edition of the Summer Olympic Games, except for two occasions, the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, and the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow because of the African and the US-led boycotts, respectively.

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Athletics	0	1	1
Fencing	1	0	1
Judo	1	0	1
Swimming	1	1	2
Taekwondo	2	0	2
Total	5	2	7

Athletics

Niger sent one sprinter to compete at the 2024 Summer Olympics.^[1]

Key

Note–Ranks given for track events are within the athlete's heat only
Q = Qualified for the next round
q = Qualified for the next round as a fastest loser or, in field events, by position without achieving the qualifying target
NR = National record
N/A = Round not applicable for the event
Bye = Athlete not required to compete in round

Track events

Athlete	Event	Preliminary		Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Samira Awali Boubacar	Women's 100 m	12.06	5	Did Not Advance

Fencing

Niger entered one fencer into the Olympic competition. Evann Girault qualified for the games by winning the gold medal in the men's individual sabre events at the 2024 African Zonal Qualifying Tournament in Algiers, Algeria;^[2] marking the nation's debut at these sport.

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Evann Girault	Men's sabre	Oh S-u (KOR) L 8–15	Did not advance					30

Judo

Niger qualified one judoka for the following weight class at the Games. Ismael Alhassane (men's 66 kg) qualified for the games through the allocations of universality places.^[3]

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Ismael Alhassane	Men's –66 kg	Pongrácz (HUN) L 00–10	Did not advance

Swimming

Niger sent two swimmers to compete at the 2024 Paris Olympics.

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Marouane Mamane	Men's 50 m freestyle	30.66	72	Did not advance
Salima Youssoufou	Women's 50 m freestyle	33.66	74	Did not advance

Qualifiers for the latter rounds (Q) of all events were decided on a time-only basis; therefore, positions shown are overall results versus competitors in all heats.

Taekwondo

Niger qualified two athletes to compete at the games. Rio 2016 silver and Tokyo 2020 Olympian Abdoul Razak Issoufou; and his compatriot Nouridine Issaka, qualified for their games by, by virtue of their victory in the semifinal results, in their own division, at the 2024 African Qualification Tournament in Dakar, Senegal.^[4]^[5]

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Nouridine Issaka	Men's −58 kg	Lewis (AUS) L 0-2	Did not advance
Abdoul Razak Issoufou	Men's 80+ kg	Cunningham (GBR) L 0-2	—		Alba (CUB) L 1-2	Did not advance