Samoa at the 2024 Summer Olympics
| Samoa at the 2024 Summer Olympics | |
|---|---|
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| IOC code | SAM |
| NOC | Samoa Association of Sports and National Olympic Committee Inc. |
| Website | www |
| in Paris, France 26 July 2024 – 11 August 2024 | |
| Competitors | 18 in 6 sports |
| Medals |
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| Summer Olympics appearances (overview) | |
Samoa 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 Olympic Games, for four of which it competed under the name Western Samoa.
Competitors[edit]
The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.
| Sport | Men | Women | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| Boxing | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Canoeing | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Rugby sevens | 12 | 0 | 12 |
| Sailing | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Weightlifting | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Wrestling | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | 16 | 2 | 18 |
Boxing[edit]
Samoa entered one boxers into the Olympic tournament. Tokyo 2020 Olympian, Ato Plodzicki-Faoagali, secured one spots in heavyweight division, following the triumph of his gold medal results at the 2023 Pacific Games in Honiara, Solomon Islands.
| Athlete | Event | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition Result |
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Rank | ||
| Ato Plodzicki-Faoagali | Men's heavyweight | — | |||||
Canoeing[edit]
Sprint[edit]
Samoan female canoeists qualified one boat for the Games through the result of highest rank eligible nation's in the K-1 500 metres event at the 2024 Oceania Canoe Sprint Qualifier in Penrith, Australia.
| Athlete | Event | Heats | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
| Women's K-1 500 m | |||||||||
Qualification Legend: FA = Qualify to final (medal); FB = Qualify to final B (non-medal)
Rugby sevens[edit]
- Summary
| Team | Event | Pool round | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final / BM | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition Result |
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Rank | Opposition Result |
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Rank | ||
| Samoa | Men's tournament | ||||||||
Men's tournament[edit]
Samoa national rugby sevens team qualified for the Olympics by securing the second place at the 2023 Oceania Sevens Championship;[1][2] marking the nation’s debut in this sport at the Olympics.
- Team roster
- Men's team event – 1 team of 12 players
Sailing[edit]
Samoan sailor Eroni Leilua qualified one boat in 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* | ||||
| Men's Laser | — | ||||||||||||||||||
M = Medal race; EL = Eliminated – did not advance into the medal race
Weightlifting[edit]
For the first time since 2016, Samoa entered two weightlifters into the Olympic competition. Don Opeloge (men's 102 kg) and Iuniarra Sipaia (women's +81 kg) secured one of the top ten slots in their respective weight divisions based on the IWF Olympic Qualification Rankings.
| Athlete | Event | Snatch | Clean & Jerk | Total | Rank | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Result | Rank | Result | Rank | ||||
| Don Opeloge | Men's −102 kg | ||||||
| Iuniarra Sipaia | Women's +81 kg | ||||||
Wrestling[edit]
For the first time since 2000, Samoa qualified one wrestler into the Olympic competition. Gaku Akazawa qualified for the games following the triumph of winning the semifinal round at the 2024 African & Oceania Olympic Qualification Tournament in Alexandria, Egypt.[3]
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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition Result |
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Rank | ||
| Gaku Akazawa | Men's −65 kg | ||||||
References[edit]
- ^ "Samoa and Fiji secure Olympic qualification in Brisbane". World Rugby. 12 November 2023. Retrieved 15 November 2023.
- ^ Retzlaff-Lima, Brisin Manu (12 November 2023). "History: Manu Samoa 7s Qualify for Paris Olympics - Samoa Global News". Samoa Global News. Retrieved 15 November 2023.
- ^ "Samoa, Australia, South Africa end Olympic drought with Paris spots in Alexandria". United World Wrestling. 24 March 2024. Retrieved 25 March 2024.