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Papua New Guinea at the 2024 Summer Olympics

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Papua New Guinea at the
2024 Summer Olympics
IOC codePNG
NOCPapua New Guinea Olympic Committee
Websitewww.pngolympic.org
in Paris, France
26 July 2024 (2024-07-26) – 11 August 2024 (2024-08-11)
Competitors7 in 5 sports
Flag bearer Gibson Mara & Georgia-Leigh Vele
Medals
Gold
0
Silver
0
Bronze
0
Total
0
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)

Papua New Guinea competed at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris from 26 July to 11 August 2024. It was the nation's eleventh consecutive appearance at the Summer Olympics.

Competitors

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The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games. Note that reserves in football are not counted:

Sport Men Women Total
Athletics 0 1 1
Boxing 1 0 1
Swimming 1 1 2
Taekwondo 2 0 2
Weightlifting 1 0 1
Total 5 2 7

Athletics

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Papua New Guinea sent one sprinter to compete at the 2024 Summer Olympics.[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 events
Athlete Event Preliminary Heat Semifinal Final
Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank
Leonie Beu Women's 100 m 11.63 Q 3 11.73 8 Did Not Advance

Boxing

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Papua New Guinea sent one boxer to compete at the 2024 Summer Olympics.[2]

Athlete Event Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
John Ume Men's 63.5 kg  Erislandy Álvarez (CUB)
L RSC
Did not advance

Swimming

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Papua New Guinea sent two swimmers to compete at the 2024 Paris Olympics.

Athlete Event Heat Semifinal Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Josh Tarere Men's 100 m freestyle 53.85 72 Did not advance
Georgia-Leigh Vele Women's 50 m freestyle 27.61 44 Did not advance

Qualifiers for the latter rounds (Q) of all events were decided on a time only basis, therefore positions shown are overall results versus competitors in all heats.

Taekwondo

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Papua New Guinea entered two athletes to compete at the games. Gibson Mara qualified for Paris 2024, following the triumph of winning the final match in his weight class; meanwhile Kevin Kassman fail to win the final match in his weight class, but later on confirmed that he will compete for Paris 2024, after New Zealand taekwondo fail to meet the requirements for NOC nomination. Both of them qualified through the 2024 Oceania Qualification Tournament in Honiara, Solomon Islands;[3][4] signifying the nations returning to the sports after the last participation at 2016.

Athlete Event Qualification Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Repechage Final / BM
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Kevin Kassman Men's –68 kg Bye  Sinden (GBR)
L 0–2
Did not advance
Gibson Mara Men's +80 kg  Mehdipournejad (EOR)
L 1–2
Did not advance

Weightlifting

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Papua New Guinea entered one weightlifter into the Olympic competition. Morea Baru (men's 61 kg) secured one of the top ten slots in his weight divisions based on the IWF Olympic Qualification Rankings.[5]

Athlete Event Snatch Clean & Jerk Total Rank
Result Rank Result Rank
Morea Baru Men's −61 kg 118 7 161 5 279 5

References

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  1. ^ "Athletics Paris 2024 Final Entries". World Athletics. Retrieved 12 July 2024.
  2. ^ "Paris2024_BOX_Quotas_FINAL_v2" (PDF). International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 24 July 2024.
  3. ^ "Australia wins four Olympic quotas at Oceania Taekwondo Qualifiers". Inside The Games. 7 April 2024. Retrieved 12 April 2024.
  4. ^ "Hong Kong, Papua New Guinea and Fiji receive Taekwondo Olympic berths after quota reallocation". Inside The Games. 6 May 2024. Retrieved 6 May 2024.
  5. ^ "Phuket, Day 3: Hampton Morris ends USA's 55-year wait on day of four world records". International Weightlifting Federation. 2 April 2024. Retrieved 12 April 2024.