Democratic Republic of the Congo at the 2024 Summer Olympics explained

Noc:COD
Nocname:Comité Olympique Congolais
Games:Summer Olympics
Year:2024
Flagcaption:Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Location:Paris, France
Competitors:6
Sports:4
Flagbearer Open:Dominique Lasconi Mulamba & Brigitte Mbabi
Flagbearer Close:Brigitte Mbabi
Gold:0
Silver:0
Bronze:0
Appearances:auto

The Democratic Republic of the Congo competed at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris from 26 July to 11 August 2024. It was the nation's twelfth consecutive appearance at the Summer Olympics since the nation's official debut at the 1968 Summer Olympics under the name of Congo-Kinshasa, and it had previously competed in four editions under the name Zaire, 16 years after the nation's official debut.

Competitors

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

width=180Sportwidth=55Menwidth=55Womenwidth=55Total
Athletics1 0 1
Boxing0 2 2
Judo1 0 1
Swimming1 1 2
Total 3 3 6

Athletics

See main article: article, Athletics at the 2024 Summer Olympics and Athletics at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification. DR Congo sent one sprinter to compete at the 2024 Summer Olympics.[1]

Track events

Boxing

See main article: article, Boxing at the 2024 Summer Olympics and Boxing at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification. The Democratic Republic of the Congo entered two boxers into the Olympic tournament. Marcelat Sakobi Matshu (women's featherweight) secured a spots in her division by advancing to the final match, and obtained one of two available slots, at the 2023 African Olympic Qualification Tournament in Dakar, Senegal.[2] Brigitte Mbabi (women's welterweight) secured her spots following the triumph in quota bouts round, at the 2024 World Olympic Qualification Tournament 2 in Bangkok, Thailand.

AthleteEventRound of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Marcelat Sakobi MatshuWomen's 57 kg
L 2–3
Did not advance
Brigitte MbabiWomen's 66 kg
L 1–4
Did not advance

Judo

See main article: Judo at the 2024 Summer Olympics and Judo at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification. The Democratic Republic of Congo qualified one judoka for the following weight class at the Games. Arnold Kisoka (men's extra-lightweight, 60 kg) got qualified via continental quota based on Olympic point rankings.[3]

Swimming

See main article: Swimming at the 2024 Summer Olympics and Swimming at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification. For the first time since 2008, DR Congo sent two swimmers to compete at the 2024 Paris Olympics.

AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinal
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Aristote Ndombe ImpelengaMen's 50 m freestyle29.0470Did not advance
Divine Miansadi MpoloWomen's 50 m freestyle44.1079Did not advance

Qualifiers for the latter rounds (Q) of all events were decided on a time only basis, therefore positions shown are overall results versus competitors in all heats.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Athletics Paris 2024 Final Entries. World Athletics. 12 July 2024.
  2. News: Nigeria's Joshua Omole: From dodging hunger pains to securing Paris 2024 Olympic quota at the Africa Boxing Qualifier. 16 September 2023. International Olympic Committee. 16 September 2023.
  3. Web site: OLYMPIC GAMES PARIS 2024 (NATIONS). International Judo Federation. 9 July 2024.