Maldives at the 2024 Summer Olympics explained

Noc:MDV
Nocname:Maldives Olympic Committee
Games:Summer Olympics
Year:2024
Flagcaption:Flag of the Maldives
Location:Paris, France
Competitors:5
Sports:4
Flagbearer Open:Ibadulla Adam & Fathimath Dheema Ali
Gold:0
Silver:0
Bronze:0
Appearances:auto
App Begin Year:1988

The Maldives competed at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France, from 26 July to 11 August 2024. It was the nation's tenth appearances at the Summer Olympics, since the official debut at the 1988.

Competitors

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

width=180Sportwidth=55Menwidth=55Womenwidth=55Total
Athletics1 0 1
Badminton0 1 1
Swimming1 1 2
Table tennis0 1 1
Total 2 3 5

Athletics

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

Track events

Badminton

See main article: Badminton at the 2024 Summer Olympics and Badminton at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification. Maldives entered one badminton players into the Olympic tournament. Tokyo 2020 Olympian, Fathimath Nabaaha Abdul Razzaq secured her spots after receiving the allocations of universality spots.[2] [3]

Swimming

See main article: Swimming at the 2024 Summer Olympics and Swimming at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification. Maldives sent two swimmers to compete at the 2024 Paris Olympics, through the allocation of universality places.

AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinal
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Mohamed Aan HussainMen's 50 m freestyle24.2250Did not advance
Aishath Ulya ShaigWomen's 50 m freestyle29.3956Did 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.

Table tennis

See main article: Table tennis at the 2024 Summer Olympics and Table tennis at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification. For the first time, Maldives entered one table tennis player into Paris 2024. Fathimath Dheema Ali qualified for the games following the triumph of winning the gold medal in the women's single event, at the 2024 South Asian Qualification Tournament in Kathmandu, Nepal; signifying the nations debut at these sports.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Athletics Paris 2024 Final Entries. World Athletics. 12 July 2024.
  2. News: PARIS 2024 OLYMPIC GAMES QUALIFIERS FINALISED. Badminton World Federation. 10 May 2024. 11 May 2024.
  3. Web site: Women's Singles. Badminton World Federation. 10 May 2024. 11 May 2024. 11 May 2024. https://web.archive.org/web/20240511005901/https://extranet.bwf.sport/docs/events/4752/docs/WS%20Qualifier%20list%20-%20Paris%202024%20-%20as%20of%2010th%20May%202024.pdf. dead.