Luxembourg at the 2024 Summer Olympics explained

Noc:LUX
Nocname:Luxembourg Olympic and Sporting Committee
Games:Summer Olympics
Year:2024
Website: 
Location:Paris, France
Competitors:14
Sports:7
Flagbearer Open:Bob Bertemes & Ni Xialian
Gold:0
Silver:0
Bronze:0
Appearances:auto

Luxembourg competed at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris from 26 July to 11 August 2024. It signified the nation's participation at the Summer Olympics in all editions, since the official debut in 1900, except for three occasions: St. Louis 1904, London 1908, and Los Angeles 1932 at the period of the worldwide Great Depression.

Competitors

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

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Archery1 0 1
Athletics2 2 4
Cycling1 1 2
Equestrian1 0 1
Swimming1 0 1
Table tennis1 2 3
Triathlon0 1 1
Total 7 6 13

Archery

See main article: article, Archery at the 2024 Summer Olympics and Archery at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification. Luxembourg qualified one male archer to compete in the individual recurve event, through the final release of the Olympic ranking for Paris 2024.

Athletics

See main article: Athletics at the 2024 Summer Olympics and Athletics at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification. Luxembourgian 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] [2]

Track & road events
AthleteEventHeatRepechageSemifinalFinal
ResultRankResultRankResultRankResultRank
Ruben QuerinjeanMen's 3000 m steeplechase8:27.979Did not advance
Patrizia van der WekenWomen's 100 m11.142 Q11.134Did not advance
Vera HoffmannWomen's 1500 m4:07.6412 R4:11.2810Did not advance
Field events

Cycling

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

Road

Luxembourg entered one male and one female rider to compete in the road race events at the Olympic. Luxembourg secured those quota through the UCI Nation Ranking.[3]

AthleteEventTimeRank
Alex KirschMen's road race6:26:5740
Christine MajerusWomen's road race4:04:2317

Equestrian

See main article: Equestrian at the 2024 Summer Olympics and Equestrian at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification. Luxembourg entered one rider, each in the dressage event, through the establishments of final olympics ranking for Group B (South Western Europe).[4]

Dressage

Qualification Legend: Q = Qualified for the final based on position in group; q = Qualified for the final based on overall position

Swimming

See main article: Swimming at the 2024 Summer Olympics and Swimming at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification. Luxembourg sent one swimmer to compete at the 2024 Paris Olympics.

Table tennis

See main article: Table tennis at the 2024 Summer Olympics and Table tennis at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification. Luxembourg entered three table tennis players into Paris 2024. Luka Mladenovic, Ni Xia Lian, and Sarah De Nutte, qualified for the games by virtue of the top twelve ranked players, in their respective events, through the release of the final world ranking for Paris 2024.

AthleteEventPreliminaryRound 1Round 2Round 3Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal /
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Luka MladenovicMen's singles
L 0–4
Did not advance
Ni Xia Lianalign=left rowspan=2Women's singles
W 4–2

L 0–4
Did not advance
Sarah De Nutte
L 2–4
Did not advance

Triathlon

See main article: Triathlon at the 2024 Summer Olympics and Triathlon at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification. Luxembourg entered one female triathlete in the triathlon events for Paris, following the release of final individual olympics qualification ranking.

Individual

Notes and References

  1. News: Athletics at Paris 2024: The entry standards. International Olympic Committee. 20 December 2022. 27 December 2022.
  2. News: Patrizia Van der Weken qualifies for 2024 Paris Olympics. RTL Group. 3 July 2023. 4 July 2023.
  3. News: Road cycling at París 2024: Quota distribution for next Olympic Games decided following publication of UCI World Ranking by Nations. 18 October 2023. International Olympic Committee. 20 October 2023.
  4. News: FEI publishes Olympic and Paralympic Rankings for Paris 2024. International Federation for Equestrian Sports. 3 January 2024.