Niger at the 1972 Summer Olympics

Niger at the
1972 Summer Olympics
Niger at the; 1972 Summer Olympics
IOC code	NIG
NOC	Nigerien Olympic and National Sports Committee
in Munich
Competitors	4 in 1 sport
Flag bearer	Issaka Daboré
Medals; Ranked 43rd	Gold 0 Silver 0 Bronze 1 Total 1
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
	1964; 1968; 1972; 1976–1980; 1984; 1988; 1992; 1996; 2000; 2004; 2008; 2012; 2016; 2020; 2024;

Competitors4 in 1 sport

Niger competed at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany. The nation won its first ever Olympic medal at these Games.

Athlete	Event	1 Round	2 Round	3 Round	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Mayaki Seydou	Bantamweight	Mehmet Kunova (TUR) W 3-2	Stefan Förster (GDR) L 0-5	Did not advance
Harouna Lago	Featherweight	Boris Kuznetsov (URS) L Ko-1	Did not advance
Issaka Dabore	Light Welterweight	Odartey Lawson (GHA) W TKO-3	Park Tai-Shik (KOR) W TKO-3	BYE	Kyoji Shinohara (JPN) W 3-2	Angel Angelov (BUL) L 0-5	Did not advance
Issoufou Habou	Light Middleweight	BYE	Mohamed Majeri (TUN) L 0-5	Did not advance

v t e National Olympic Committees at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany
Africa	Algeria Cameroon Chad Congo Dahomey Egypt Ethiopia Gabon Ghana Ivory Coast Kenya Lesotho Liberia Madagascar Malawi Mali Morocco Niger Nigeria Senegal Somalia Sudan Swaziland Tanzania Togo Tunisia Uganda Upper Volta Zambia
America	Argentina Bahamas Barbados Bermuda Bolivia Brazil British Honduras Canada Chile Colombia Costa Rica Cuba Dominican Republic Ecuador El Salvador Guatemala Guyana Haiti Jamaica Mexico Netherlands Antilles Nicaragua Panama Paraguay Peru Puerto Rico Suriname Trinidad-Tobago United States Uruguay Venezuela Virgin Islands
Asia	Afghanistan Burma Ceylon Republic of China Hong Kong India Indonesia Iran Israel Japan Khmer Republic North Korea South Korea Kuwait Lebanon Malaysia Mongolia Nepal Pakistan Philippines Saudi Arabia Singapore Syria Thailand Vietnam
Europe	Albania Austria Belgium Bulgaria Czechoslovakia Denmark Finland France East Germany West Germany Great Britain Greece Hungary Iceland Ireland Italy Liechtenstein Luxembourg Malta Monaco Netherlands Norway Poland Portugal Romania San Marino Soviet Union Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey Yugoslavia
Oceania	Australia Fiji New Zealand

Bronze

v t e Niger at the Summer Olympics
1964 1968 1972 1976–1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016 2020 2024
Niger did not participate in 1980 due to a boycott.