Papua New Guinea at the 2024 Summer Olympics
| Papua New Guinea at the 2024 Summer Olympics | |
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| IOC code | PNG |
| NOC | Papua New Guinea Olympic Committee |
| Website | www |
| in Paris, France 26 July 2024 – 11 August 2024 | |
| Competitors | 3 in 2 sports |
| Medals |
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| Summer Olympics appearances (overview) | |
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.
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 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Weightlifting | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | 3 | 0 | 3 |
Taekwondo[edit]
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;[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 | |
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| Kevin Kassman | Men's –68 kg | |||||||
| 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]
- ^ "Australia wins four Olympic quotas at Oceania Taekwondo Qualifiers". Inside The Games. 7 April 2024. Retrieved 12 April 2024.
- ^ "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.