Photo 1: Los Angeles 1984 Opening Ceremony – Getty Images, Photo 1268710 – Photo by Steve Powell/Allsport/Getty Images

Photo 2: Seoul 1988 Opening Ceremony – Getty Images, Photo 1578761 – Mandatory Credit: Allsport UK/Allsport

Photo 3: Barcelona 1992 Opening Ceremony – Getty Images, Photo 1636862 – Mandatory Credit: Allsport UK /Allsport

Photo 4: Barcelona 1992 Opening Ceremony – Getty Images, Photo 1625396 – Mandatory Credit: Mike Powell/Allsport

Photo 5: Atlanta 1996 Opening Ceremony – Getty Images, Photo 1527488 – Photo by Getty Images

Photo 6: Atlanta 1996 Opening Ceremony – Getty Images, Photo 1615904 – Mandatory Credit: Gary Prior /Allsport

Photo 7: Sydney 2000 Opening Ceremony – Getty Images, Photo 72209398 – Mandatory Credit: Adam Pretty /Allsport

Photo 8: Athens 2004 Opening Ceremony – Getty Images, Photo 52568237 – Photo by Andreas Rentz/Bongarts/Getty Images

Photo 9: Beijing 2008 Opening Ceremony – Getty Images, Photo 990972480 – Photo by Tim De Waele

Photo 10: Team Mauritania at the 2012 Olympics in London – Getty Images, Photo 149374410 – Photo by Laurence Griffiths

Photo 11: Houleye Ba – Getty Images, Photo 591464706 – Photo by Alexander Hassenstein

Photo 12: Team Mauritania at the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo – Getty Images, Photo 1330245036 – Photo by Patrick Smith

Photo 13: Houleye Ba – Getty Images, Photo 1331368111 – Photo by Ryan Pierse

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