Hong Kong at the 2024 Summer Olympics

Hong Kong is scheduled to compete at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris from 26 July to 11 August 2024. It will be the territory's seventeenth appearance at the Summer Olympics since its debut as a British colony in 1952, except for Moscow 1980 as part of the United States-led boycott.

Hong Kong at the
2024 Summer Olympics
IOC codeHKG
NOCSports Federation and Olympic Committee of Hong Kong, China
Websitewww.hkolympic.org (in Chinese and English)
in Paris, France
26 July 2024 (2024-07-26) – 11 August 2024 (2024-08-11)
Competitors26 in 7 sports
Medals
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0
Silver
0
Bronze
0
Total
0
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)

Competitors edit

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

Sport Men Women Total
Cycling 1 2 3
Fencing 2 2 4
Gymnastics 1 0 1
Rowing 1 0 1
Sailing 4 1 5
Swimming 1 7 8
Table Tennis 1 3 4
Total 11 15 26

Cycling edit

Road edit

Hong Kong entered one male and one female rider to compete in the road race events at the Olympic, after secured those quota through the UCI Nation Ranking and 2023 Asian Championships in Rayong, Thailand.[1]

Athlete Event Time Rank
Lau Wan Yau Men's road race
Lee Sze Wing Women's road race

Track edit

Hong Kong entered one rider to compete in the women's omnium events, based on the nations performances, through the final UCI Olympic rankings.

Omnium
Athlete Event Scratch race Tempo race Elimination race Points race Total
Rank Points Rank Points Rank Points Rank Points Rank Points
  Women's omnium

Fencing edit

Hong Kong entered four fencers into the Olympic competition. Tokyo 2020 gold medalist, Cheung Ka Long, Daphne Chan and Vivian Kong secured their quota places in their respective events, after nominated as one of two highest ranked individual fencers, eligible for Asia & Oceania zone through the release of the FIE Official ranking for Paris 2024. Later on, Ho Wai Hang, qualified himself for the games, following the triumph of winning the gold medal in men's épée, at the 2024 Asian & Oceania Zonal Qualifying Tournament in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.

Athlete Event Round of 64 Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinal Semifinal Final / BM
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Ho Wai Hang Men's épée
Cheung Ka Long Men's foil
Vivian Kong Women's épée
Daphne Chan Women's foil

Gymnastics edit

Artistic edit

Hong Kong entered one gymnasts into the games. Shek Wai Hung directly secured his quota to compete at the Olympics by being one of the highest-ranked eligible athlete in the men's vault, through the final accumulations of the 2024 Apparatus World Cup Series rankings.

Men
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Apparatus Total Rank Apparatus Total Rank
F PH R V PB HB F PH R V PB HB
Shek Wai Hung Vault

Rowing edit

Hong Kong rowers qualified one boats in the men's single sculls for the Games, through the 2024 Asia & Oceania Qualification Regatta in Chungju, South Korea.

Athlete Event Heats Repechage Semifinals Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
  Men's single sculls

Qualification Legend: FA=Final A (medal); FB=Final B (non-medal); FC=Final C (non-medal); FD=Final D (non-medal); FE=Final E (non-medal); FF=Final F (non-medal); SA/B=Semifinals A/B; SC/D=Semifinals C/D; SE/F=Semifinals E/F; QF=Quarterfinals; R=Repechage

Sailing edit

Hong Kong sailors qualified one boat in each of the following classes through the 2022 Asian Games in Hangzhou, China, 2023 Asian Championships in Chon Buri, Thailand and the 2024 Semaine Olympique Française (Last Chance Regatta) in Hyères, France. This is the first time Hong Kong sailors qualified for the 49er class.

Elimination events
Athlete Event Race Final rank
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 QF SF1 SF2 SF3 SF4 SF5 SF6 F1 F2 F3 F4 F5 F6
Ma Kwan Ching Women's IQFoil
Cheng Ching Yin Men's IQFoil
Medal race events
Athlete Event Race Net points Final rank
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 M*
Akira Sakai
Russell Alysworth
Men's 49er
Nicholas Halliday Men's ILCA7

M = Medal race; EL = Eliminated – did not advance into the medal race

Swimming edit

Hong Kong swimmers achieved the entry standards in the following events for Paris 2024 (a maximum of two swimmers under the Olympic Qualifying Time (OST) and potentially at the Olympic Consideration Time (OCT)):[2][3]

Athlete Event Heat Semifinal Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Ian Ho Men's 50 m freestyle
Cindy Cheung Women's 200 m backstroke
Siobhán Haughey Women's 50 m freestyle
Women's 100 m freestyle
Women's 200 m freestyle
Women's 400 m freestyle
Tam Hoi Lam
Camille Cheng
Stephanie Au
Li Sum Yiu
Women’s 4 × 100m freestyle relay
Stephanie Au
Siobhán Haughey
Natalie Kan
Camille Cheng
Women’s 4 × 100m medley relay

Table tennis edit

Hong Kong entered a full squad of female and mixed team table tennis player into the Games, by advancing to the quarter-finals round, through the 2024 World Team Table Tennis Championships in Busan, South Korea; and winning the semifinal match at the 2024 ITTF Mixed Doubles Qualification Tournament in Havirov, Czech Republic.[4]

Women
Athlete Event Preliminary Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final / BM
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  Singles
 
 
 
 
Team
Mixed
Athlete Event Round of 16 Quarterfinal Semifinal Final / BM
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Rank
Wong Chun Ting
Doo Hoi Kem
Mixed Doubles

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ "Road cycling at París 2024: Quota distribution for next Olympic Games decided following publication of UCI World Ranking by Nations". International Olympic Committee. 18 October 2023. Retrieved 20 October 2023.
  2. ^ "Paris 2024 – Swimming Qualification". World Aquatics. Retrieved 4 June 2023.
  3. ^ Chan, Kin-wa (16 April 2023). "Road to Paris Olympics: Hong Kong swimmers Siobhan Haughey, Ian Ho, hit A qualifying standard for 2024 Games". South China Morning Post. Retrieved 4 June 2023.
  4. ^ "Table tennis: These teams have obtained a Paris 2024 qualifying quota spot". Olympics. 21 February 2024. Retrieved 23 February 2024.