The list of the countries eligible for an invitation to participate in the London 2012 Olympic Games has officially been released. Please find hereafter the list of the countries and names of the athletes who will be receiving an invitation.
116 countries have already qualified for the London 2012 Olympic Games, after the Olympic qualification process (direct qualification and/or continental quota), which ended after the last continental championships a few weeks ago. 20 more invitations still had to be attributed. After the meeting of the Tripartite Commission, the list was officialy released on June 12th. Due to the important number of countries already qualified and due to the strict rules of the IOC concerning the invitations, 17 countries received an invitation to participate in the Games. The three remaining invitations will go back to the International Judo Federation, which will designate the invited athletes based on the World Ranking List.
MONACO - SICCARDI Yann
TOGO - DENANYOH Kouami Sacha
LEBANON - CHAMMAS Caren
AFGHANISTAN - FAIZZADA Ajmal
BELIZE - SANCHEZ Eddermys
HONDURAS - GODOY GODOY Kenny Alexander
ARUBA - MATA Jayme Lee
RWANDA - SEKAMANA UWASE Fred Yannick
BENIN - GNAHOUI Jacob Nel
PARAGUAY - ACEVEDO Abraham
DJIBOUTI - RAGUIB Sally Faissal Abdourahman
CAMBODGE - KHOM Ratanakmony
MYANMAR - AUNG Aye Aye
LIBERIA - SARYEE Liva
GUYANA - LALL Raul
BURUNDI - NTAHONVUKIYE Odette
AMERICAN SAMOA - LIU Anthony
IJF Media & Communication Department
Nicolas Messner +33 6 81 95 20 67 nmessner@ijf.org
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