Madagascar Madagascar (; mg, Madagasikara, ), officially the Republic of Madagascar ( mg, Repoblikan'i Madagasikara, links=no, ; french: République de Madagascar), is an island country in the Indian Ocean, approximately off the coast of East Afric ...

competed at the

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from 27 July to 12 August 2012. This was the nation's eleventh appearance at the Olympics, excluding the

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in Montreal and the

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in Seoul, because of the African and North Korean boycott. Comité Olympique Malgache sent a total of 7 athletes to the Games, 3 men and 4 women, to compete in 5 sports. For the second time in Olympic history, Madagascar was represented by more female than male athletes. Judoka and Olympic qualifier Fetra Ratsimiziva was the nation's flag bearer at the opening ceremony. Among the five sports played by the athletes, Madagascar also marked its Olympic debut in freestyle wrestling. Madagascar, however, has yet to win its first ever Olympic medal.

Athletics

;Men ;Women

Judo

Swimming

;Men ;Women

Weightlifting

Madagascar has achieved the following quota place.

Wrestling

Madagascar has qualified one quota place.African/Oceanian Wrestling Qualification
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References

External links

* * Nations at the 2012 Summer Olympics

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