Malawi at the Olympics

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| NOCname = Olympic and Commonwealth Games Association of Malawi

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Malawi has competed in twelve Summer Olympic Games. They have never competed in the Winter Olympic Games.

The country's first Olympics was the 1972 Munich Olympics. Malawi didn't compete in the 1976 in Montreal because no athletes had qualified.{{Cite news |date=19 Jul 1976 |title=Brunner begins US's Olympic Medal Hunt |url=https://books.google.com.au/books?id=SwhdAAAAIBAJ&pg=PA13&dq=malawi+munich+olympics&article_id=2552,1489091&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjwrqGTtoSMAxXSTWwGHemQOfEQ6AF6BAgKEAM#v=onepage&q=malawi%20munich%20olympics&f=false |access-date=12 March 2025 |work=St. Joseph Gazette |location=St. Joseph, Missouri |pages=3B |quote=As of Sunday afternoon, 26 countries that were supposed to compete in the Games were out, but not all for political reasons. Zaire and Malawi decided not to enter because their pre-Games performances were not of Olympic caliber.}} Malawi boycotted the 1980 Summer Olympics and returned during the 1984 Summer Olympics.

Malawi has never won an Olympic medal.{{Cite web |last=What's Up Africa |date=2016-08-25 |title=Why is Malawi Not Winning Olympic Medals? |url=https://allafrica.com/view/resource/main/main/id/00100923.html |access-date=2025-03-13 |website=allAfrica.com |language=en}}{{cite web|url=https://www.buzzfeed.com/mikemehalick/the-10-most-populated-countries-to-never-win-an-ol|title=Community Post: The 10 Most Populous Countries To Never Win An Olympic Medal|website=BuzzFeed|access-date=22 November 2016}}