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Nepal at the 2024 Summer Olympics

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Nepal at the
2024 Summer Olympics
IOC codeNEP
NOCNepal Olympic Committee
Websitewww.nocnepal.org.np
in Paris, France
26 July 2024 (2024-07-26) – 11 August 2024 (2024-08-11)
Competitors7 in 6 sports
Flag bearer Santu Shrestha & Manita Shrestha Pradhan
Medals
Gold
0
Silver
0
Bronze
0
Total
0
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)

Nepal competed at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France, from 26 July to 11 August 2024. It was the nation's fifteenth appearances at the Summer Olympics, since the official debut in 1964. Nepal has never won a single Olympic medal in its Olympics history. Nepal failed to win a medal at Paris Olympics 2024.

Competitors

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The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.

Sport Men Women Total
Athletics 0 1 1
Badminton 1 0 1
Judo 0 1 1
Shooting 0 1 1
Swimming 1 1 2
Table tennis 1 0 1
Total 3 4 7

Athletics

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Nepali track and field athletes qualified for Paris 2024, by receiving the direct universality spots in the following event:[1]

Key
  • Note–Ranks given for track events are within the athlete's heat only
  • Q = Qualified for the next round
  • q = Qualified for the next round as a fastest loser or, in field events, by position without achieving the qualifying target
  • NR = National record
  • N/A = Round not applicable for the event
  • Bye = Athlete not required to compete in round
Track and road events
Athlete Event Final
Result Rank
Santoshi Shrestha Women's marathon 2:55:06 79

Badminton

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Nepal entered one badminton players into the Olympic tournament. Prince Dahal secured his spots after receiving the allocations of universality spots;[2][3] signifying the nations debut at these sports.

Athlete Event Group stage Elimination Quarter-final Semi-final Final / BM
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank
Prince Dahal Men's singles  Axelsen (DEN)
L (8–21, 6–21)
 Nguyen (IRL)
L (7–21, 5–21)
 Zilberman (ISR)
L (12–21, 10–21)
4 Bye Did not advance

Judo

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Nepal qualified one judoka for the following weight class at the Games. Manita Shrestha Pradhan (women's lightweight, 57 kg) got qualified via continental quota based on Olympic point rankings.

Athlete Event Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Repechage Final / BM
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Manita Shrestha Pradhan Women's –57 kg  Perišić (SRB)
L 00–10
Did not advance

Shooting

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Nepali shooters achieved one quota places for Paris 2024 based on the allocations of universality spots.[4]

Athlete Event Qualification Final
Points Rank Points Rank
Sushmita Nepal Women's 10 m air rifle 607.8 42 Did not advance

Swimming

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Nepal sent two swimmers to compete at the 2024 Paris Olympics.

Athlete Event Heat Semifinal Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Alexander Shah Men's 100 m freestyle 51.91 59 Did not advance
Duana Lama Women's 200 m freestyle 2:20.74 30 Did not advance

Table tennis

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For the first time at the Olympics, Nepal entered one table tennis player into Paris 2024. Santoo Shrestha qualified for the games following the triumph of winning the gold medal in the men's single event, at the 2024 South Asian Qualification Tournament in Kathmandu.

Athlete Event Preliminary Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final / BM
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Santoo Shrestha Men's singles  Diaw (SEN)
L 0–4
Did not advance

References

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  1. ^ "Road to Paris 2024: Women's marathon". World Athletics. Retrieved 11 May 2024.
  2. ^ "PARIS 2024 OLYMPIC GAMES QUALIFIERS FINALISED". Badminton World Federation. 10 May 2024. Retrieved 11 May 2024.
  3. ^ "Men's Singles" (PDF). Badminton World Federation. 10 May 2024. Retrieved 11 May 2024.
  4. ^ "Quota Places by Nation and Number". issf-sports.org/. ISSF. 14 June 2024. Retrieved 14 June 2024.