Madagascar at the Olympics
country entered in olympic games
Madagascar first participated at the Summer Olympic Games in 1964 and has sent athletes to every games apart from 1976 and 1988. The largest group the country ever sent to an Olympic games was 10 in 2000. They have never won a medal. Jean-Louis Ravelomanantsoa reached the final of the men's 100 metres in the 1968 Summer Olympics and finished eighth.
The nation participated at the Winter Olympic Games for the first time in 2006 and did not compete again until 2018.
Medal tables
See also
List of flag bearers for Madagascar at the Olympics
Tropical nations at the Winter Olympics
Madagascar at the Paralympics
References
External links
"Madagascar". International Olympic Committee. 27 July 2021.
"Madagascar". Olympedia.com.
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