Nigeria at the 2024 Summer Olympics

Nigeria at the
2024 Summer Olympics
Nigeria at the; 2024 Summer Olympics
IOC code	NGR
NOC	Nigeria Olympic Committee
Website	nigeriaolympic.org
in Paris, France; 26 July 2024 – 11 August 2024
Competitors	88 in 12 sports
Flag bearer	Tobi Amusan
Medals	Gold 0 Silver 0 Bronze 0 Total 0
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
	1952; 1956; 1960; 1964; 1968; 1972; 1976; 1980; 1984; 1988; 1992; 1996; 2000; 2004; 2008; 2012; 2016; 2020; 2024;

Nigeria competed at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris from 26 July to 11 August 2024. Since the nation made its debut in Helsinki 1952, Nigerian athletes have appeared in every edition of the Summer Olympic Games, except for Montreal 1976 as part of the Congolese-led boycott.

Competitors

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

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Athletics	18	18	36
Badminton	1	0	1
Basketball	0	12	12
Boxing	2	1	3
Canoeing	0	2	2
Cycling	0	1	1
Football	0	18	18
Swimming	1	1	2
Table tennis	2	2	4
Taekwondo	0	1	1
Weightlifting	0	2	2
Wrestling	1	5	6
Total	25	63	88

Athletics

Nigerian track and field athletes achieved the entry standards for Paris 2024, either by passing the direct qualifying mark (or time for track and road races) or by world ranking, in the following events (a maximum of 3 athletes each):^[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 & road events
Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Repechage		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Favour Ashe	Men's 100 m	10.16	4 q	—		10.08	6	Did not advance
Godson Oghenebrume		WD^[2]
Kayinsola Ajayi		10.02	1 Q	—		10.13	6	Did not advance
Udodi Onwuzurike	Men's 200 m	20.55	5 R	20.51	1 Q	20.72	7	Did not advance
Emmanuel Bamidele	Men's 400 m	DNS		Did not advance
Samuel Ogazi		44.50	2 Q	Bye		44.73	7	Did not advance
Chidi Okezie		45.52	4	45.92	5	Did not advance
Edose Ibadin	Men's 800 m	1.46:56	6 R	1:49.09	7	Did not advance
Ezekiel Nathaniel	Men's 400 m hurdles	48.38	2 Q	48.65	5	Did not advance
Favour Ashe Kayinsola Ajayi Usheoritse Itsekiri Alaba Akintola	Men's 4 × 100 metres relay	38.20	7	—				Did not advance
Chidi Okezie Dubem Amene Ezekiel Nathaniel Ifeanyi Emmanuel Ojeli	Men's 4 × 400 metres relay	DQ		—				Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Repechage		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Rosemary Chukwuma	Women's 100 m	11.26	3 Q	—		11.39	8	Did not advance
Favour Ofili		DNS^[3]		—		Did not advance
Tima Godbless		11.33	6	—		Did not advance
Favour Ofili	Women's 200 m	22.24	1 Q	Bye		22.05	2 Q	22.24	6
Tima Godbless	Women's 200 m	DNS		Did not advance
Ella Onojuvwevwo	Women's 400 m	51.65	6 R	50.59	1 Q	51.05	6	Did not advance
Esther Joseph	Women's 400 m	DQ		Did not advance
Tobi Amusan	Women's 100 m hurdles	12.49	1 Q	Bye		12.55	3	Did not advance
Favour Ofili Tima Godbless Rosemary Chukwuma Justina Tiana Eyakpobeyan	Women's 4 × 100 metres relay	42.70 SB	6	—				Did not advance

Mixed

Athlete	Event	Heat		Repechage		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Ella Onojuvwevwo Samuel Ogazi Ifeanyi Emmanuel Ojeli Patience Okon George	Mixed 4 × 400 metres relay	3:19.99	9	—				Did not advance

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Chukwuebuka Enekwechi	Men's shot put	21.13	9 q	21.42	6
Chinecherem Nnamdi	Men's javelin throw	77.53	14	Did not advance
Temitope Adeshina	Women's high jump	1.88	9	Did not advance
Ruth Usoro	Women's long jump	6.68	5 q	6.58	10
Ese Brume		6.76	4 Q	6.70	5
Prestina Ochonogor		6.65	7 q	6.24	12
Obiageri Amaechi	Women's discus throw	45.45	16	Did not advance
Ashley Anumba		58.83	14	Did not advance
Chioma Onyekwere		60.78	15	Did not advance
Oyesade Olatoye	Women's hammer throw	66.41	14	Did not advance

Badminton

Nigeria entered one badminton players into the Olympic tournament based on the BWF Race to Paris Rankings.

Athlete	Event	Group stage			Elimination	Quarter-final	Semi-final	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Anuoluwapo Juwon Opeyori	Men's singles	Li (CHN) L 0–2	Künzi (SUI) L 0–2	3	Did not advance

Basketball

5×5 basketball

Summary

Team	Event	Group stage				Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
Team	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Nigeria women's	Women's tournament	Australia W 75–62	France L 54–75	Canada W 79–70	3	United States L 74–88	Did not advance		8

Women's tournament

The Nigeria women's national basketball team qualified for the Olympics by finishing in the top two eligible nations at the 2024 Olympic Qualifying Tournaments in Antwerp, Belgium.^[4]

Team roster

A 16-player roster was announced on 7 July 2024.^[5] The final squad was revealed on 23 July 2024.^[6]

Nigeria women's national basketball team – 2024 Summer Olympics roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	No.	Name	Age – Date of birth	Height	Club
F	0	Amy Okonkwo (C)	27 – (1996-08-26)26 August 1996	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)	Tango Bourges Basket
C	3	Pallas Kunaiyi-Akpannah	27 – (1997-07-12)12 July 1997	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)	Magnolia Basket Campobasso
G	4	Elizabeth Balogun	23 – (2000-09-09)9 September 2000	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)	CB Bembibre
SG	5	Olaoluwatomi Taiwo	24 – (2000-06-16)16 June 2000	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)	Esgueira Basket
C	6	Lauren Ebo	24 – (2000-06-07)7 June 2000	1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)	Turgutlu Belediyespor
G	9	Ifunanya Okoro	25 – (1999-07-06)6 July 1999	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)	Tindastóll
PG	10	Promise Amukamara	31 – (1993-06-22)22 June 1993	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)	Dynamo Kursk
F	20	Murjanatu Musa	24 – (2000-05-05)5 May 2000	1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)	Celta de Vigo
C	22	Blessing Ejiofor	25 – (1998-09-02)2 September 1998	1.95 m (6 ft 5 in)	Celta de Vigo
PG	23	Ezinne Kalu	32 – (1992-06-26)26 June 1992	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)	Basket Roma
SF	25	Adebola Adeyeye	24 – (1999-11-10)10 November 1999	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)	Kentucky Wildcats
F	33	Nicole Enabosi	27 – (1997-03-26)26 March 1997	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)	C' Chartres Basket Féminin

Head coach

Rena Wakama^[7]

Assistant coach(es)

Wani Muganguzi

Legend

(C) Team captain
Club – describes last
club before the tournament
Age – describes age
on 28 July 2024

Group play

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	France (H)	3	2	1	222	187	+35	5^[a]	Quarterfinals
2	Australia	3	2	1	211	212	−1	5^[a]
3	Nigeria	3	2	1	208	207	+1	5^[a]
4	Canada	3	0	3	189	224	−35	3

Source: FIBA
Rules for classification: 1) classification points; 2) head-to-head results; 3) head-to-head game points difference; 4) head-to-head number of game points scored.
(H) Hosts
Notes:

^ ^a ^b ^c France 3 Pts, +14 PD; Australia 3 Pts, −6 PD; Nigeria 3 Pts, −8 PD.

29 July 2024
11:00

Boxscore

Nigeria	75–62	Australia
Scoring by quarter: 18–17, 23–11, 10–19, 24–15
Pts: Kalu 19 Rebs: Kunaiyi-Akpannah, Musa 7 Asts: Amukamara 9		Pts: Smith 15 Rebs: Talbot 10 Asts: Talbot 12

Stade Pierre-Mauroy, Lille
Attendance: 24,023
Referees: Amy Bonner (USA), Rabah Noujaim (LBN), Jenna Reneau (USA)

1 August 2024
17:15

Boxscore

France	75–54	Nigeria
Scoring by quarter: 24–20, 14–11, 16–8, 21–15
Pts: Johannès 15 Rebs: Badiane 6 Asts: Williams 7		Pts: Kalu 18 Rebs: Musa 9 Asts: Amukamara 5

Stade Pierre-Mauroy, Lille
Attendance: 17,483
Referees: Amy Bonner (USA), Carlos Peralta (ECU), Péter Praksch (HUN)

4 August 2024
13:30

Boxscore

Canada	70–79	Nigeria
Scoring by quarter: 18–18, 23–19, 5–23, 24–19
Pts: Colley 17 Rebs: Amihere 11 Asts: five players 2		Pts: Kalu 21 Rebs: Kunaiyi-Akpannah 7 Asts: Amukamara 6

Stade Pierre-Mauroy, Lille
Attendance: 27,107
Referees: Amy Bonner (USA), Blanca Burns (USA), Ariadna Chueca (ESP)

Quarterfinal

7 August 2024
21:30

Boxscore

Nigeria	74–88	United States
Scoring by quarter: 17–26, 16–26, 15–24, 26–12
Pts: Amukamara 19 Rebs: Kunaiyi-Akpannah 8 Asts: Kalu 7		Pts: Wilson 20 Rebs: Wilson 11 Asts: Thomas 6

Accor Arena, Paris
Attendance: 12,437
Referees: Viola Györgyi (NOR), Juan Fernández (ARG), Yann Davidson (MAD)

Boxing

For the first time since 2016, Nigeria entered three boxers into the Olympic tournament. Dolapo Omole (men's featherweight), Olaitan Olaore (men's heavyweight) and Cynthia Ogunsemilore (women's lightweight) secured one spots in their respective division by advancing to the final match and win the 2023 African Olympic Qualification Tournament in Dakar, Senegal.^[8]

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
~~Dolapo Omole~~	Men's featherweight	Did not participate
Olaitan Olaore	Men's heavyweight	Aibek Oralbay (KAZ) L 0–5	Did not advance
~~Cynthia Ogunsemilore~~	Women's lightweight	Disqualified

Canoeing

Sprint

2 Nigerian female canoeists qualified one boat for the Games through the gold medal result in the C-2 500 metres event at the 2023 African Olympic in Abuja, Nigeria.

Athlete	Event	Heats		Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Ayomide Bello Beauty Otudeo	Women's C-2 500 m	2:10.11	6	2:07.86	6	bye		2:15.20	5

Qualification Legend: FA = Qualify to final (medal); FB = Qualify to final B (non-medal)

Cycling

Road

Nigeria qualified one rider to compete in the women's road race by finishing in the top two at the 2023 African Championships in Accra, Ghana.^[9]^[10]

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Ese Ukpeseraye	Women's road race	DNF	—

Track

Sprint

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Round 1	Repechage 1	Round 2	Repechage 2	Round 3	Repechage 3	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Finals
Athlete	Event	Time Speed (km/h)	Rank	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Rank	Rank	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Rank
Ese Ukpeseraye	Women's sprint	11.652 61.792	28	Did not advance

Keirin

Athlete	Event	Round 1	Repechage	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
Athlete	Event	Rank	Rank	Rank	Rank	Rank
Ese Ukpeseraye	Women's keirin	6 R	4	Did not advance

Football

Team	Event	Group Stage				Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
Team	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Nigeria women's	Women's tournament	Brazil L 0–1	Spain L 0–1	Japan L 1–3	Did not advance

Women's tournament

Nigeria women's football team qualified for the Olympics by winning the fourth round match in the 2024 CAF Women's Olympic qualifying tournament.^[11]

Team roster

Nigeria named a squad of 18 players and 4 alternates for the tournament on 3 July 2024.^[12] On 10 July, Halimatu Ayinde withdrew from the squad due to injury and was replaced by Ifeoma Onumonu. Regina Otu was added to the alternate list.^[13]

Head coach: Randy Waldrum

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Club
1	1GK	Tochukwu Oluehi	(1987-05-02)2 May 1987 (aged 37)	Eastern Flames
2	2DF	Michelle Alozie	(1997-04-28)28 April 1997 (aged 27)	Houston Dash
3	2DF	Osinachi Ohale	(1991-12-21)21 December 1991 (aged 32)	Pachuca
4	2DF	Nicole Payne	(2001-01-18)18 January 2001 (aged 23)	Portland Thorns
5	2DF	Chidinma Okeke	(2000-08-11)11 August 2000 (aged 23)	Mynavi Sendai
6	4FW	Esther Okoronkwo	(1997-03-27)27 March 1997 (aged 27)	Changchun
7	3MF	Toni Payne	(1995-04-22)22 April 1995 (aged 29)	Sevilla
8	4FW	Asisat Oshoala	(1994-10-09)9 October 1994 (aged 29)	Bay FC
9	4FW	Chinonyerem Macleans	(1999-10-01)1 October 1999 (aged 24)	Lokomotiv Moscow
10	3MF	Christy Ucheibe	(2000-12-25)25 December 2000 (aged 23)	Benfica
11	3MF	Jennifer Echegini	(2001-03-22)22 March 2001 (aged 23)	Juventus
12	4FW	Uchenna Kanu	(1997-06-20)20 June 1997 (aged 27)	Racing Louisville
13	3MF	Deborah Abiodun	(2003-11-02)2 November 2003 (aged 20)	Pittsburgh Panthers
14	2DF	Oluwatosin Demehin	(2002-03-13)13 March 2002 (aged 22)	Reims
15	4FW	Rasheedat Ajibade	(1999-12-08)8 December 1999 (aged 24)	Atlético Madrid
16	1GK	Chiamaka Nnadozie	(2000-12-08)8 December 2000 (aged 23)	Paris FC
17	4FW	Chinwendu Ihezuo	(1997-04-30)30 April 1997 (aged 27)	Pachuca
18	4FW	Ifeoma Onumonu	(1994-02-25)25 February 1994 (aged 30)	Utah Royals

Group play

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Spain	3	3	0	5	1	+4	9	Advance to knockout stage
2	Japan	3	2	1	6	4	+2	6
3	Brazil	3	1	2	2	4	−2	3
4	Nigeria	3	0	3	1	5	−4	0

Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

25 July 2024

19:00

Nigeria	0–1	Brazil
	Report	Gabi Nunes 37'

Stade de Bordeaux, Bordeaux

Attendance: 6,244^[14]

Referee: Kim Yu-jeong (South Korea)

28 July 2024

19:00

Spain	1–0	Nigeria
Putellas 85'	Report

Stade de la Beaujoire, Nantes

Attendance: 11,079^[15]

Referee: Tori Penso (United States)

31 July 2024

17:00

Japan	3–1	Nigeria
Hamano 22' Tanaka 32' Kitagawa 45+5'	Report	Echegini 42'

Stade de la Beaujoire, Nantes

Attendance: 6,480^[16]

Referee: Emikar Calderas (Venezuela)

Swimming

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

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Tobi Sijuade	Men's 50 m freestyle	23.34	43	Did not advance
Adaku Nwandu	Women's 50 m freestyle	26.62	34	Did not advance

Table tennis

Nigeria entered four table tennis player into Paris 2024. Olajide Omotayo, Offiong Edem and Fatimo Bello qualified for the games following the triumph of winning one of six available quota places, in their respective event, at the 2024 African Qualification Tournament in Kigali, Rwanda. Quadri Aruna also qualified as the highest rank African table tennis player.

Athlete	Event	Preliminary	Round 1	Round 2	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Quadri Aruna	Men's singles	Bye	E Ionescu (ROU) L 3–4	Did not advance
Olajide Omotayo	Men's singles	Bye	Alamiyan (IRI) L 1–4	Did not advance
Offiong Edem	Women's singles	Bye	Takahashi (BRA) L 0-4	Did not advance
Fatimo Bello	Women's singles	Bye	Yuan (FRA) L 0-4	Did not advance

Taekwondo

Nigeria qualified one athlete to compete at the games. Tokyo 2020 Olympian Elizabeth Anyanacho qualified for Paris 2024 following the triumph of her victory in the semifinal round in under 67 kg class, at the 2024 African Qualification Tournament in Dakar, Senegal.^[17]

Athlete	Event	Qualification	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Elizabeth Anyanacho	Women's –67 kg	Song Jie (CHN) L 0-2	Did not advance

Weightlifting

Nigeria entered two weightlifters into the Olympic competition. Rafiatu Lawal (women's 59 kg) and Joy Ogbonne Eze (women's 71 kg) secured two of the top ten slots in their weight divisions based on the IWF Olympic Qualification Rankings.

Athlete	Event	Snatch		Clean & Jerk		Total	Rank
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Total	Rank
Rafiatu Lawal	Women's −59 kg	100	7	130	4	230	5
Joy Ogbonne Eze	Women's −71 kg	101	9	131	7	232	7

Wrestling

Nigeria qualified six wrestlers for each of the following classes into the Olympic competition. Odunayo Adekuoroye qualified for the games by virtue of top five results through the 2023 World Championships in Belgrade, Serbia;^[18] meanwhile the other five wrestlers qualified by winning the semifinal round at the 2024 African & Oceania Olympic Qualification Tournament in Alexandria, Egypt.^[19]^[20]

Key:

VT (ranking points: 5–0 or 0–5) – Victory by fall.
VB (ranking points: 5–0 or 0–5) – Victory by injury (VF for forfeit, VA for withdrawal or disqualification)
PP (ranking points: 3–1 or 1–3) – Decision by points – the loser with technical points.
PO (ranking points: 3–0 or 0–3) – Decision by points – the loser without technical points.
ST (ranking points: 4–0 or 0–4) – Great superiority – the loser without technical points and a margin of victory of at least 8 (Greco-Roman) or 10 (freestyle) points.
SP (ranking points: 4–1 or 1–4) – Technical superiority – the loser with technical points and a margin of victory of at least 8 (Greco-Roman) or 10 (freestyle) points.

Freestyle

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Repechage	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Ashton Mutuwa	Men's −125 kg	Daniel Ligeti (HUN) L ^PO	Did not advance
Christianah Ogunsanya	Women's −53 kg	Batkhuyag Khulan (MGL) L ^VT	Did not advance
Odunayo Adekuoroye	Women's −57 kg	Fouzia Chaimaa (ALG) W 0–0^VB	Hong Kexin (CHN) L 0–5^VT	Did not advance
Esther Kolawole	Women's −62 kg	Aisuluu Tynybekonova (KGZ) L ^PO	Did not advance
Blessing Oborududu	Women's −68 kg	Linda Morais (CAN) L 8–2^PO	Koumba Larroque (FRA) W 6–2^PO	Meerim Zhumanazarova (KGZ) L 1–3^PO	Bye	Nonoka Ozaki (JPN) L 0–3^PO	5
Hannah Rueben	Women's −76 kg	Davaanasan (MGL) L 2–5 ^PP	Did not advance

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[table_hth_FRA0.70687050172448-8] France 3 Pts, +14 PD; Australia 3 Pts, −6 PD; Nigeria 3 Pts, −8 PD.

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[2] "AFN Withdraws 'Injured' Oghenebrume from 100m - New Telegraph". August 2024.

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[6] "Paris 2024: DTigress unveil final Olympics squad". premiumtimesng.com. 23 July 2024. Retrieved 23 July 2024.

[7] "Team roster: Nigeria" (PDF). fiba.basketball. p. 7. Retrieved 26 July 2024.

[9] "Nigeria's Joshua Omole: From dodging hunger pains to securing Paris 2024 Olympic quota at the Africa Boxing Qualifier". International Olympic Committee. 16 September 2023. Retrieved 16 September 2023.

[10] "Cycling: Ese Becomes First Nigerian To Pick 2023 Olympics Ticket". The Heritage Times. 15 February 2023. Retrieved 4 June 2023.

[11] @BCNtweet (16 February 2023). "As the 2023 African Cycling Road Championships concludes, we finish our coverage with a roundup of the women's road race" (Tweet). Retrieved 18 February 2023 – via Twitter.

[12] "Nigeria and Zambia secure Olympic qualification". fifa.com. 10 April 2024. Retrieved 10 April 2024.

[13] "Paris 2024 Olympics: Waldrum picks Ajibade, Nnadozie, Oshoala, 15 others". thenff.com. Nigeria Football Federation. 3 July 2024.

[14] @ng_superfalcons (2 July 2024). "Super Falcons Head Coach, Randy has named Ifeoma Onumonu as the replacement for the injured, Halimatu Ayinde, while Regina Otu has been called up to the alternate list, for the #Paris2024 Olympic Games. The Super Falcons kick off their #Olympics campaign against Brazil on July 25th" – via Instagram.

[15] "Match report – Nigeria v Brazil" (PDF). Olympics.com. International Olympic Committee. 25 July 2024. Retrieved 3 August 2024.

[16] "Match report – Spain v Nigeria" (PDF). Olympics.com. International Olympic Committee. 28 July 2024. Retrieved 3 August 2024.

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v t e National Olympic Committees at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France
Africa	Algeria Angola Benin Botswana Burkina Faso Burundi Cameroon Cape Verde Central African Republic Chad Comoros Congo Democratic Republic of the Congo Djibouti Egypt Equatorial Guinea Eritrea Eswatini Ethiopia Gabon The Gambia Ghana Guinea Guinea-Bissau Ivory Coast Kenya Lesotho Liberia Libya Madagascar Malawi Mali Mauritania Mauritius Morocco Mozambique Namibia Niger Nigeria Rwanda São Tomé and Príncipe Senegal Seychelles Sierra Leone Somalia South Africa South Sudan Sudan Tanzania Togo Tunisia Uganda Zambia Zimbabwe
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Oceania	American Samoa Australia Cook Islands Fiji Guam Kiribati Marshall Islands Federated States of Micronesia Nauru New Zealand Palau Papua New Guinea Samoa Solomon Islands Tonga Tuvalu Vanuatu
Other	Individual Neutral Athletes Refugee Olympic Team

Competitors

Athletics

Badminton

Basketball

5×5 basketball

Women's tournament

Boxing

Canoeing

Sprint

Cycling

Road

Track

Football

Women's tournament

Swimming

Table tennis

Taekwondo

Weightlifting

Wrestling

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References