Papua New Guinea at the 2024 Summer Olympics

Papua New Guinea is scheduled to compete at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris from 26 July to 11 August 2024. It will be the nation's eleventh consecutive appearance at the Summer Olympics.

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)
Competitors2 in 2 sports
Medals
Gold
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. Note that reserves in football are not counted:

Sport Men Women Total
Taekwondo 1 0 1
Weightlifting 1 0 1
Total 2 0 2

Taekwondo edit

Papua New Guinea entered one athletes to compete at the games. Gibson Mara qualified for Paris 2024, following the triumph of winning the final match, in his weight class, at the 2024 Oceania Qualification Tournament in Honiara, Solomon Islands;[1] 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
Gibson Mara Men's +80 kg

Weightlifting edit

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.[2]

Athlete Event Snatch Clean & Jerk Total Rank
Result Rank Result Rank
Morea Baru Men’s −61 kg

References edit

  1. ^ "Australia wins four Olympic quotas at Oceania Taekwondo Qualifiers". Inside The Games. 7 April 2024. Retrieved 12 April 2024.
  2. ^ "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.