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Fiji at the
2024 Summer Olympics
IOC codeFIJ
NOCFiji Association of Sports and National Olympic Committee
Websitewww.fasanoc.org.fj
in Paris, France
26 July 2024 (2024-07-26) – 11 August 2024 (2024-08-11)
Competitors33 in 7 sports
Medals
Gold
0
Silver
0
Bronze
0
Total
0
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)

Fiji is scheduled to compete at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris from 26 July to 11 August 2024. Since the nation's debut in 1956. Fijian athletes have appeared in every edition of the Summer Olympic Games, except for two occasions. Fiji failed to register any athletes at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo and eventually joined the American-led boycott when Moscow hosted the 1980 Summer Olympics.

Competitors

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

Sport Men Women Total
Athletics 1 0 1
Judo 1 0 1
Rugby sevens 12 12 24
Sailing 1 1 2
Swimming 1 1 2
Table tennis 1 0 1
Taekwondo 0 2 2
Total 17 16 33

Athletics

Fiji 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 Heat Repechage Semifinal Final
Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank
Waisake Tewa Men's 100 m

Judo

Fiji qualified one judoka for the following weight class at the Games. Gerard Takayawa (men's super-heavyweight, +100 kg) got qualified via continental quota based on Olympic point rankings.

Athlete Event Round of 64 Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Repechage Final / BM
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Gerard Takayawa Men's +100 kg
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Rugby sevens

Summary
Team Event Pool round Quarterfinal Semifinal Final / BM
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Fiji men's Men's tournament
Fiji women's Women's tournament

Men's tournament

Fiji national rugby sevens team qualified for the Olympics by securing the third of the four available places in the 2022–23 World Rugby Sevens Series.[2][3]

Team roster
  • Men's team event – 1 team of 12 players
Group stage
Pos Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1  Fiji 3 3 0 0 97 36 +61 9 Advance to Quarter-finals
2  France (H) 3 1 1 1 43 43 0 6
3  United States 3 1 1 1 57 67 −10 6
4  Uruguay 3 0 0 3 41 92 −51 3
Source: World Rugby
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head result; 3) Point difference; 4) Points scored.
(H) Hosts


24 July 2024 (2024-07-24)
16:30
France 12–12 United States
Try: Sepho 4' m
Rebbadj 8' c
Con: Barraque (1/2) 8'
World RugbyTry: Lacamp 7' c
Tupuola 12' m
Con: Tomasin (1/1) 7'
Stade de France, Paris
Attendance: 69,000[4][5]
Referee: Adam Leal (England/Great Britain)

24 July 2024 (2024-07-24)
20:00
France 19–12 Uruguay
Try: Zeghdar 3' c
Dupont 9' m
Joseph 12' c
Con: Barraque (2/3) 10', 14'
World RugbyTry: Facciolo 8' c
González 10' m
Con: Lijtenstein (1/1) 8'
Stade de France, Paris
Attendance: 69,000[4][5]
Referee: Nick Hogan (New Zealand)

25 July 2024 (2024-07-25)
15:30
Fiji 19–12 France
Try: Tuwai 6' m
Rasaku 9' c
Nasova 13' c
Con: Teba (1/2) 10'
Veilawa (1/1) 14'
World RugbyTry: Grandidier Nkanang 4' m
Timo 15' c
Con: Rebbadj (1/1) 16'
Stade de France, Paris
Attendance: 70,000[6]
Referee: AJ Jacobs (South Africa)

Women's tournament

Fiji women's national rugby sevens team qualified for the Olympics by virtue of the highest rank eligible nation's, not yet qualified, at the 2023 Oceania Sevens Championship.[7]

Team roster
  • Women's team event – 1 team of 12 players
Group stage
Pos Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1  New Zealand 3 3 0 0 114 19 +95 9 Quarter-finals
2  Canada 3 2 0 1 50 64 −14 7
3  China 3 1 0 2 62 81 −19 5
4  Fiji 3 0 0 3 33 95 −62 3
Source: World Rugby
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head result; 3) Point difference; 4) Points scored.


28 July 2024 (2024-07-28)
17:30
Fiji 14–17 Canada
Try: Rokotuisiga 9' c
Likuceva 15' c
Con: Naimasi (1/1) 9'
Ulunisau (1/1) 15'
World RugbyTry: Symonds 4' c
Williams 6' m
Wardley 12' m
Con: Daniels (1/3) 5'
Stade de France, Paris
Referee: Craig Chan (Hong Kong)

28 July 2024 (2024-07-28)
21:00
Fiji 12–40 China
Try: Nakoci 3' c
Delaiwau 9' m
Con: Naimasi (1/2) 3'
World RugbyTry: Wang 1' m
Yang 5' c
Yan 7' c
Chen 8' c
Liu 11' c
Dou 13' c
Con: Gu (4/4) 5', 8', 9', 12'
Chen (1/1) 13'
Stade de France, Paris
Referee: Maggie Cogger-Orr (New Zealand)

29 July 2024 (2024-07-29)
16:30
New Zealand 38–7 Fiji
Try: Miller 1' c
Felix-Hotham 5' c
Waaka (2) 7' c, 9' c
Blyde 10' m
Nuku 13' m
Con: Pouri-Lane (4/4) 1', 5', 8', 10'
World RugbyTry: Buleki 14' c
Con: Ulunisau (1/1) 15'
Stade de France, Paris
Referee: Kat Roche (United States)

Sailing

Fijian sailors qualified one boat in each of the following classes through the 2023 Sail Sydney in Sydney, Australia.

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*
Viliame Ratului Men's ILCA 7
Sophia Morgan Women's ILCA 6

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

Swimming

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

Athlete Event Heat Semifinal Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
David Young Men's 50 m freestyle
Anahira McCutcheon Women's 50 m freestyle

Table tennis

Fiji entered one table tennis player to participate at the Olympics tournament. Vicky Wu qualified for the games in the men's singles competitions, through the re-allocations of Oceanian quota, in the world ranking.

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
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Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Vicky Wu Men's singles

Taekwondo

For the first time, Fiji qualified two athlete to compete at the games. Venice Traill qualified for the games following the triumph of winning the gold medal match, in her weight classes; meanwhile Lolohea Navuga Naitasi qualified for the games, by securing the re-allocations of New Zealand berth; at the 2024 Oceania Qualification Tournament in Honiara, Solomon Islands.[8][9]

Athlete Event Qualification Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Repechage Final / BM
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Lolohea Navuga Naitasi Women's –67 kg
Venice Traill Women's +67 kg

References

  1. ^ "Athletics Paris 2024 Final Entries". World Athletics. Retrieved 12 July 2024.
  2. ^ Tora, Iliesa (14 May 2023). "Fiji Men's qualify for Paris Olympics Rugby Sevens". Radio New Zealand. Retrieved 15 May 2023.
  3. ^ Raqio, Mosese (15 May 2023). "Fiji qualifies for the 2024 Olympics despite finishing ninth in Toulouse". Fiji Village. Retrieved 15 May 2023.
  4. ^ a b Martel, Clément (25 July 2024). "Paris 2024: A festive first day in rugby sevens, yet short of blue sparkles". Le Monde. Groupe Le Monde. Archived from the original on 25 July 2024.
  5. ^ a b "Record crowd as rugby sevens gets Olympic Games Paris 2024 off to a flying start". world.rugby. World Rugby. 24 July 2024. Archived from the original on 25 July 2024.
  6. ^ "JO Paris 2024 : énorme bronca à l'entrée des Argentins puis un stade de France en feu pour la qualification de l'équipe de France à 7" [Paris 2024 Olympics: a huge roar as the Argentinians enter the stadium, then a blaze at the Stade de France as the French 7-a-side team qualify]. Le Figaro (in French). Groupe Figaro. 25 July 2024. Archived from the original on 27 July 2024.
  7. ^ "Samoa and Fiji secure Olympic qualification in Brisbane". World Rugby. 12 November 2023. Retrieved 15 November 2023.
  8. ^ "Australia wins four Olympic quotas at Oceania Taekwondo Qualifiers". Inside The Games. 7 April 2024. Retrieved 12 April 2024.
  9. ^ "Hong Kong, Papua New Guinea and Fiji receive Taekwondo Olympic berths after quota reallocation". Inside The Games. 6 May 2024. Retrieved 6 May 2024.