Lesotho at the 2024 Summer Olympics explained

Noc:LES
Nocname:Lesotho National Olympic Committee
Games:Summer Olympics
Year:2024
Flagcaption:Flag of Lesotho
Location:Paris, France
Competitors:3
Sports:2
Gold:0
Silver:0
Bronze:0
Appearances:auto

Lesotho competed at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris from 26 July to 11 August 2024. It was the nation's thirteenth appearance at the Olympics since its debut in 1972, except in 1976 in Montreal, where the nation joined the rest of the African nations to boycott.

Competitors

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

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Athletics1 1 2
Taekwondo0 1 1
Total 1 2 3

Athletics

See main article: article, Athletics at the 2024 Summer Olympics and Athletics at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification. Lesotho 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), by world ranking, or by receiving the universality spots, in the following events (a maximum of 3 athletes each):[1] [2]

Track and road events
AthleteEventFinal
ResultRank
Tebello RamakongoanaMen's marathon2:07:58 7
Mokulubete Blandina MakatisiWomen's marathon2:30:20 31

Taekwondo

See main article: Taekwondo at the 2024 Summer Olympics and Taekwondo at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification. For the first time since 2004, Lesotho qualified one athlete to compete at the games. 2019 African games silver medalist, Michelle Tau, qualified for Paris 2024 following the triumph of her victory in semifinal round, and successfully obtained one of two available spots through 2024 African Qualification Tournament in Dakar, Senegal.[3]

Notes and References

  1. News: Athletics at Paris 2024: The entry standards. International Olympic Committee. 20 December 2022. 27 December 2022.
  2. Web site: Road To Paris 2024. World Athletics.
  3. Web site: Rio 2016 silver medallist earns ticket to Paris via African qualifiers. Inside The Games. 12 February 2024. 13 February 2024.