Indonesia at the 2024 Summer Olympics explained

Noc:INA
Nocname:Indonesian Olympic Committee
Games:Summer Olympics
Year:2024
Location:Paris, France
Website: 
Competitors:29
Sports:12
Flagbearer Open:Maryam March Maharani[1]
Flagbearer Close:Rizki Juniansyah[2]
Rank:39
Gold:2
Silver:0
Bronze:1
Officials:Anindya Novyan Bakrie (chef de mission)[3]
Appearances:auto

Indonesia competed at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris from 26 July to 11 August 2024. It was the nation's seventeenth appearance at the Summer Olympics.

Indonesia left Paris with three medals (two golds and one bronze), two medals fewer than its previous Olympic appearance in 2020.[4] Despite this, the 2024 Games was the first time since 1992 that Indonesia won two gold medals, achieved by Veddriq Leonardo in the speed category of sport climbing and Rizki Juniansyah in weightlifting. Both were the country's first gold medals outside of badminton.[5] [6] Meanwhile, Indonesian athletes failed to win any gold medals in badminton for only the second time since 1992 (the other time being the 2012 Summer Olympics in London),[7] though unlike 2012 Gregoria Mariska Tunjung managed to secure a bronze medal in women's singles.[8]

Medalists

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Medals by sport
Sportbgcolor=#f7f6a8 bgcolor=#dce5e5 bgcolor=#ffdab9 Total
Sport climbing1001
Weightlifting1001
Badminton0011
Total2013
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Medals by gender
GenderTotal
Male2002
Female0011
Mixed0000
Totalstyle=background:gold2style=background:silver0style=background:#c9613
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Medals by date
Datebgcolor=#f7f6a8 bgcolor=#dce5e5 bgcolor=#ffdab9 Total
5 August0011
8 August2002
Total2013

Competitors

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

width=180Sportwidth=55Menwidth=55Womenwidth=55Total
Archery1 3 4
Athletics1 0 1
Badminton5 4 9
Cycling1 0 1
Gymnastics0 1 1
Judo0 1 1
Rowing1 0 1
Shooting1 0 1
Sport climbing2 2 4
Surfing1 0 1
Swimming1 1 2
Weightlifting2 1 3
Total 16 13 29

Archery

See main article: article, Archery at the 2024 Summer Olympics and Archery at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification. Indonesia fielded one male archer and three female archers in the recurve events, to compete in the mixed team, men's individual's recurve and women's recurve event. The nation's entered one athlete to compete in the men's individual recurve event by virtue of his result at the 2023 World Championships in Berlin, Germany.[9] [10] Meanwhile, the nation's secured the quota in the women's individual recurve by virtue of the result at the 2022 Asian Games in Hangzhou, China;[11] but later on were forced to re-allocated the individual female quotas, through the release of the final world ranking for the women's recurve team;[12] marking the nations return to the women's team competition after an twenty-eight years hiatus from these event.

Diananda Choirunisa's achievement for entering quarterfinals in 2024 Summer Olympics was Indonesia's best achievement in the women's individual event in the history of the olympics since the introduction of the elimination round in Barcelona 1992.[13]

AthleteEventRanking roundRound of 64Round of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal /
ScoreSeedOpposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank
Men's individual65640
L 1–7
colspan=6
Diananda Choirunisaalign=left rowspan=3Women's individual6706
W 7–1

W 6–5

W 6–5

L 5–6
colspan=3
Rezza Octavia65032
W 6–2

L 0–6
colspan=5
Syifa Nurafifah Kamal64043
L 3–7
colspan=6
Diananda Choirunisa
Rezza Octavia
Syifa Nurafifah Kamal
Women's team19607
W 5–3

L 1–5
colspan=3
Arif Dwi Pangestu
Diananda Choirunisa
Mixed team132612
L 1–5

Athletics

See main article: article, Athletics at the 2024 Summer Olympics and Athletics at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification. Indonesia qualified one sprinter to compete at the Games. 2020 Olympian Lalu Muhammad Zohri secured a quota for himself by receiving a direct universality spot in the men's 100 meters event.[14]

Track & road events

Badminton

See main article: Badminton at the 2024 Summer Olympics and Badminton at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification. Indonesia sent nine players into the tournament based on the BWF Race to Paris Rankings,[15] second least amount of Indonesian players participating, apart from 2012.

The Indonesian squad featured four Tokyo 2020 Olympians; Apriyani Rahayu (reigning Olympic champion of women's doubles), Anthony Sinisuka Ginting (reigning bronze medalist of men's singles), Jonatan Christie, and Gregoria Mariska Tunjung. Apart from that, there were five players who made their Olympics debut in this edition; Fajar Alfian and Muhammad Rian Ardianto (competing in men's doubles), Siti Fadia Silva Ramadhanti (paired up with Apriyani Rahayu in women's doubles), Rinov Rivaldy and Pitha Haningtyas Mentari (competing in mixed doubles).

Indonesia's men's singles both failed to qualify to round of 16 and only two were considered as the worst achievement in the Indonesian men's singles olympics history since 1992 Summer Olympics. 2020 Summer Olympics women's doubles defending champion, Apriyani Rahayu, now partnered with Siti Fadia Silva Ramadhanti, failed to qualify to round 16 after suffering three defeats in the group stage.[16] Gregoria Mariska Tunjung who won bronze became the first women’s singles player from Indonesia to win a medal at the 2024 Summer Olympics since Maria Kristin Yulianti won bronze in 2008 Summer Olympics, marking a 16-year wait.[17]

Men
AthleteEventGroup stageRound of 16Quarter-finalSemi-finalFinal /
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
RankOpposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank
Jonatan ChristieSingles
W (18–21, 21–11, 21–16)


L (18–21, 12–21)
2colspan=5
Anthony Sinisuka Ginting
W (21–14, 21–8)

L (19–21, 21–17, 15–21)
2colspan=5
Fajar Alfian
Muhammad Rian Ardianto
Doubles
W (21–13, 21–17)

W (21–13, 21–10)

L (13–21, 13–21)
2 Q
L (22–24, 20–22)
Women
AthleteEventGroup stageRound of 16Quarter-finalSemi-finalFinal /
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
RankOpposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank
Gregoria Mariska TunjungSingles
W (21–10, 21–15)

W (21–12, 21–18)
1 Q
W (21–4, 8–21, 23–21)

W (25–23, 21–9)

L (21–11, 13–21, 16–21)

W
Apriyani Rahayu
Siti Fadia Silva Ramadhanti
Doubles
L (22–24, 15–21)

L (12–21, 22–24)

L (18–21, 9–21)
4
Mixed

Cycling

Track

Indonesian riders obtained one quotas of men's omnium events,[18] following the release of the final UCI Olympic rankings; marking the nation's first appearance in omnium event at the Olympics and the nations return to the track cycling competition since the last participation in 2004.

Omnium

Gymnastics

See main article: Gymnastics at the 2024 Summer Olympics and Gymnastics at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification.

Artistic

For the first time in summer olympics edition, Indonesia qualified one gymnast. Rifda Irfanaluthfi got host country reallocation spot by being the next highest-ranked eligible athlete in the All-around at the 2023 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships.[19]

Due to injuries, Irfanaluthfi only competed in uneven bars and not in 3 other apparatuses (vault, balance beam, and floor exercise).[20]

Women

Judo

See main article: Judo at the 2024 Summer Olympics. After not succeeding in qualifying a single judoka in the previous two editions of the Summer Olympics, Indonesia entered one judoka to compete at Paris 2024. Maryam March Maharani secured her spots for women's under 52 kg categories, after being ranked sixth out of ten eligible judoka through the Asian women's continental quota allocation, in the IJF final Olympics ranking.[21]

Maharani finished in the top 16 position after being defeated by 2020 Olympic gold medalist, Distria Krasniqi, who later won silver in this event.[22]

Rowing

See main article: Rowing at the 2024 Summer Olympics and Rowing at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification. Indonesian rowers qualified one boats in the men's single sculls for the Games, through the 2024 Asia & Oceania Qualification Regatta in Chungju, South Korea.[23] Rio 2016 Olympian, La Memo qualified for the Games, by finishing second in the men's single sculls final A race and securing the second available berths for the nations.

Qualification Legend: FA=Final A (medal); FB=Final B (non-medal); FC=Final C (non-medal); FD=Final D (non-medal); FE=Final E (non-medal); FF=Final F (non-medal); SA/B=Semi-finals A/B; SC/D=Semi-finals C/D; SE/F=Semi-finals E/F; QF=Quarter-finals; R=Repechage

Shooting

See main article: Shooting at the 2024 Summer Olympics and Shooting at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification. Indonesian shooter achieved a quota place for the following events based on their results at the 2022 and 2023 ISSF World Championships, 2023 and 2024 Asian Championships, and 2024 ISSF World Olympic Qualification Tournament.[24]

AthleteEventQualificationFinal
PointsRankPointsRank
align=left rowspan=2Fathur GustafianMen's 10 m air rifle628.715colspan=2
Men's 50 m rifle 3 positions574-19x 43

Sport climbing

See main article: article, Sport climbing at the 2024 Summer Olympics and Sport climbing at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification. Indonesia entered four climbers for the Olympic Games for the first time ever. Desak Made Rita Kusuma Dewi obtained one of two available berths in the women's event following the triumph of her gold medal achievement at the 2023 World Championships in Bern, Switzerland;[25] Rahmad Adi Mulyono qualified for the Games, following the triumph of his gold medal victory at 2023 Asian Olympic Qualifier in Jakarta;[26] Veddriq Leonardo and Rajiah Sallsabillah qualified for the Games through the final accumulations of Olympic Qualifier Series ranking.[27]

Desak Made was eliminated in the quarterfinals after being beaten by Chinese climber and eventual silver medalist Deng Lijuan, while Sallsabillah qualified for the semifinals. Sallsabillah later was eliminated in the semifinals and unable to get a bronze after a slipping accident in the small final.[28]

Leonardo then won the men's speed event with a 0.02 seconds margin against China's Wu Peng,[29] [30] becoming the first Indonesian non-badminton athlete to win an Olympic gold medal.[31]

Speed
AthleteEventQualificationEliminationQuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal /
Lane ALane BTimeRankOpposition
Time
RankOpposition
Time
Opposition
Time
Opposition
Time
Rank
Rahmad Adi Mulyonoalign=left rowspan=2Men'sFS5.07FS14
L 5.13–4.98
910
Veddriq Leonardo4.79 =WR4.924.79 1
W 4.98–5.13
2
W 4.88–5.26

W 4.78 –4.84

W 4.75 –4.77
Desak Made Rita Kusuma Dewialign=left rowspan=2Women's6.526.456.456
W 6.38–8.43
3
L 6.369 –6.363
6
Rajiah Sallsabillah6.676.586.587
q Fall–7.26
7
W 6.54 –7.98

L 6.41 –6.38

L 8.24–6.53
4
Qualification legend:
Q - Qualified; q - Qualified by time (loser with best time in heats)
WR - World Record
FS - False Start

Surfing

See main article: Surfing at the 2024 Summer Olympics and Surfing at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification. Indonesian surfers confirmed one shortboard quota place for Tahiti 2024. Tokyo 2020 Olympian Rio Waida, qualified for the Games, by virtue of the results of top six individual men's surfer, not yet qualified, at the 2024 ISA World Surfing Games in Arecibo, Puerto Rico.[32]

Qualification legend: R3 - Qualifies to elimination rounds; R2 - Qualifies to repechage round

Swimming

See main article: Swimming at the 2024 Summer Olympics and Swimming at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification. Indonesia received two universality quota places in swimming. Joe Kurniawan and Azzahra Permatahani were the ones who received these quotas.[33]

AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinal
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Joe KurniawanMen's 100 m butterfly53.9533colspan=4
Azzahra PermatahaniWomen's 200 m individual medley2:20.5131

Weightlifting

See main article: Weightlifting at the 2024 Summer Olympics and Weightlifting at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification. Indonesia entered three weightlifters into the Olympic competition. Four-time Olympian Eko Yuli Irawan (men's 61 kg) and IWF World Cup gold medalist Rizki Juniansyah (men's 73 kg) secured one of the top ten slots in their respective weight divisions based on the IWF Olympic Qualification Rankings. 2024 Asian Championship bronze medalist Nurul Akmal (women's +81 kg) managed to qualify for Paris 2024 through the reallocation of the +81 kg class quota.[34]

Rizki Juniansyah's victory in men's 73 kg marked Indonesia's first ever weightlifting gold at the Olympics.[35]

AthleteEventSnatchClean & JerkTotalRank
ResultRankResultRank
Eko Yuli IrawanMen's −61 kg1352162135
Rizki JuniansyahMen's −73 kg1552199 = OR1354
Nurul AkmalWomen's +81 kg105111401024512
Legend:
OR - Olympic Record

See also

Notes and References

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  2. News: Rizki Juniansyah Pembawa Bendera Indonesia di Penutupan Olimpiade 2024. 12 August 2024. CNN Indonesia. id.
  3. Web site: Anindya Bakrie Appointed as CdM Indonesia at Paris 2024 Olympic Games. Republika. 5 January 2024. Afrizal Rosikhul Ilmi. 13 July 2024.
  4. News: Stronger, better: Indonesia brings home two golds from Paris Olympics. subscription. Nina A.. Loasana. 2024-08-11. The Jakarta Post.
  5. Web site: 2024-08-09 . Indonesia celebrates first Olympic golds outside badminton . 2024-08-12 . .
  6. News: Veddriq-Rizki Sabet Emas, Indonesia Ulangi Kesuksesan Olimpiade 1992. Ahmad Zilky. Eris Eka Jaya. 9 August 2024. 9 August 2024. Kompas.com. id.
  7. Web site: Manafe . Adiel . 2024-08-04 . Fembrian . Widita . Tradisi Bulu Tangkis Indonesia Raih Emas di Olimpiade Kembali Terputus! . 2024-08-08 . netralnews.com . id.
  8. News: Gregoria Mariska Claims Bronze in Badminton at Paris Olympics, Expresses Mixed Emotions. Arkhelaus Wisnu. Triyogo. 5 August 2024. Dewi Elvia. Muthiariny. Petir Garda. Bhwana. Tempo.co.
  9. News: Olympic champion Mete Gazoz claims world title. World Archery. 6 August 2023. 7 August 2023.
  10. News: First official Paris 2024 Olympic quotas awarded at worlds in Berlin. 8 August 2023. World Archery. 17 September 2023.
  11. News: Five of six Olympic quotas awarded at Asian Games in Hangzhou. World Archery. 4 October 2023. 10 October 2023.
  12. Web site: Final List of 128 Archers Competing at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. World Archery. 9 July 2024. 12 July 2024.
  13. News: Panahan Olimpiade 2024: Diananda Choirunisa Terhenti di Perempatfinal. Mercy. Raya. 3 August 2024. Detik.com. id.
  14. Web site: Entry Lists Published for Paris 2024 Olympic Games. 13 July 2024. World Athletics. en.
  15. News: Paris 2024 Olympic Games Qualifiers Finalised. Badminton World Federation. 10 May 2024. 11 May 2024.
  16. Web site: Manafe . Adiel . 2024-08-04 . Fembrian . Widita . Tradisi Bulu Tangkis Indonesia Raih Emas di Olimpiade Kembali Terputus! . 2024-08-08 . netralnews.com . id.
  17. News: Gregoria Mariska Claims Bronze in Badminton at Paris Olympics, Expresses Mixed Emotions. Arkhelaus Wisnu. Triyogo. 5 August 2024. Dewi Elvia. Muthiariny. Petir Garda. Bhwana. Tempo.co.
  18. Web site: Athletes Quota Places for Track Cycling at the 2024 Paris Olympic Games . . 25 June 2024.
  19. News: World Artistic Gymnastics Championships 2023: USA women post top qualifying team score as Paris 2024 quotas obtained. International Olympic Committee. 3 October 2023. 3 October 2023.
  20. Web site: Satriyo . Fajar . 2024-07-28 . Suswanto . Junaydi . Rifda tuntaskan penampilan di Olimpiade dalam kondisi cedera . 2024-07-28 . antaranews.com . id.
  21. Web site: IJF Olympic Qualification List - Olympic Games Paris 2024 . . 28 June 2024.
  22. News: Hasil Olimpiade 2024: Maryam March Maharani Terhenti di 16 Besar. Afif. Farhan. 28 July 2024. Detik.com. id.
  23. News: The Asian and Oceanian Olympic and Paralympic Qualification Regatta Concludes. 21 April 2024. World Rowing Federation. 25 June 2024.
  24. Web site: OG Paris 2024 - Entries by NOC (Shooting) . International Shooting Sport Federation. 9 July 2024.
  25. News: Four tickets punched to Paris 2024 at IFSC Climbing World Champs. 11 August 2023. International Olympic Committee. 11 August 2023.
  26. News: IFSC Asian Qualifier: Deng Lijuan and Rahmad Adi Mulyono sprint to speed titles and Olympic quotas. 12 November 2023. International Olympic Committee. 29 November 2023.
  27. News: Paris 2024 Tickets Confirmed for Men's and Women's Speed Climbers. 22 June 2024. International Federation of Sport Climbing. 25 June 2024.
  28. News: Desak Made Rita Nangis Haru Usai Panjat Tebing Putri Gagal Raih Medali. 7 August 2024. CNN Indonesia. id.
  29. News: Sport Climbing - Men's Speed - Medallists . International Olympic Committee. 8 August 2024. Olympics.com. 8 August 2024. https://web.archive.org/web/20240808113903/https://olympics.com/OG2024/pdf/OG2024/CLB/OG2024_CLB_C92A_CLBMSPEED-------------------------.pdf. 8 August 2024. live.
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  31. News: 8 August 2024 . Indonesia's Leonardo upsets American Watson to win speed gold . 8 August 2024 . . His win gave speed-climbing powerhouse Indonesia their first Olympic gold in a sport other than badminton . 0585-3923.
  32. Web site: World Surfing Games 2024: All results, heat scores, and medals - complete list. Olympics. 4 March 2024. 4 March 2024.
  33. Web site: 12 July 2024 . Indonesian Swimming Athletes Competing in Paris 2024 . 12 July 2024. World Aquatics. en.
  34. Web site: Games of the XXXIII Olympiad - Paris 2024 Olympic Qualification Ranking Final . . 25 June 2024.
  35. News: 9 August 2024 . Weightlifter Rizki Juniansyah wins Indonesia's second gold at Paris Olympics. The Jakarta Post. 9 August 2024. Adisti Sukma Sawitri.