Benin at the Olympics

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Benin at the
Olympics
Flag of Benin.svg
IOC codeBEN
NOCBenin National Olympic and Sports Committee
Medals
Gold
0
Silver
0
Bronze
0
Total
0
Summer appearances
  • 1972
  • 1976
  • 1980
  • 1984
  • 1988
  • 1992
  • 1996
  • 2000
  • 2004
  • 2008
  • 2012
  • 2016
  • 2020

Benin has sent athletes to every Summer Olympic Games held since 1980. Under its previous name of Dahomey, the country also competed in 1972. Despite appearing in twelve different Olympics, Benin has never won an Olympic medal. No athletes from Benin have competed in any Winter Olympic Games.

Medal tables[]

Medals by Summer Games[]

Games Athletes Gold Silver Bronze Total Rank
West Germany 1972 Munich 3 0 0 0 0
Canada 1976 Montreal did not participate
Soviet Union 1980 Moscow 18 0 0 0 0
United States 1984 Los Angeles 3 0 0 0 0
South Korea 1988 Seoul 7 0 0 0 0
Spain 1992 Barcelona 6 0 0 0 0
United States 1996 Atlanta 5 0 0 0 0
Australia 2000 Sydney 4 0 0 0 0
Greece 2004 Athens 4 0 0 0 0
China 2008 Beijing 5 0 0 0 0
United Kingdom 2012 London 5 0 0 0 0
Brazil 2016 Rio de Janeiro 6 0 0 0 0
Japan 2020 Tokyo 7 0 0 0 0
France 2024 Paris future event
United States 2028 Los Angeles
Australia 2032 Brisbane
Total 0 0 0 0

See also[]

  • List of flag bearers for Benin at the Olympics
  • Benin at the Paralympics

External links[]

  • "Benin". International Olympic Committee.
  • "Benin". Olympedia.com.
  • "Olympic Analytics/BEN". olympanalyt.com.


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