Mauritius at the 2024 Summer Olympics explained

Noc:MRI
Nocname:Mauritius Olympic Committee
Games:Summer Olympics
Year:2024
Location:Paris, France
Competitors:13
Sports:7
Gold:0
Silver:0
Bronze:0
Appearances:auto
App Begin Year:1984

Mauritius competed at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris from 26 July to 11 August 2024. It was the nation's eleventh consecutive appearance at the Summer Olympics, having appeared in every Summer Games since its official debut in 1984.

Competitors

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

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Athletics1 1 2
Badminton1 1 2
Cycling1 2 3
Judo1 0 1
Sailing1 1 2
Swimming1 1 2
Triathlon1 0 1
Total 7 6 13

Athletics

See main article: article, Athletics at the 2024 Summer Olympics and Athletics at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification. Mauritian 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 and road events
AthleteEventPreliminaryHeatRepechageSemifinalFinal
ResultRankResultRankResultRankResultRankResultRank
Noa BibiMen's 100 m10.271 Q10.196Did not advance
Marie PerrierWomen's marathon2:34:56 54

Badminton

See main article: Badminton at the 2024 Summer Olympics and Badminton at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification. Mauritius entered two badminton players into the Olympic tournament based on the BWF Race to Paris Rankings.

AthleteEventGroup stageEliminationQuarter-finalSemi-finalFinal /
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
RankOpposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank
Julien PaulMen's singles
L (9–21, 12–21)

L (5-21, 11-21)
3Did not advance
Kate LudikWomen's singles
W (21–5, 21–11)

L (12-21, 6-21)
2Did not advance

Cycling

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

Road

For the first time since 2012, Mauritius entered one male and one female rider to compete in the road race events at the Olympic, through the establishment of UCI Nation Ranking and 2023 African Championships in Accra, Ghana.[3]

AthleteEventTimeRank
Christopher LaganeMen's road race
Kimberley Le CourtWomen's road race

Mountain biking

Mauritian mountain bikers secured one female quota place for the Olympic through the 2023 African Championships in Johannesburg, South Africa.

Judo

See main article: Judo at the 2024 Summer Olympics and Judo at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification. Mauritius qualified one judoka for the following weight class at the Games. Rémi Feuillet (men's middleweight, 90 kg) got qualified via continental quota based on Olympic point rankings.

Sailing

See main article: Sailing at the 2024 Summer Olympics and Sailing at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification. For the first time since 1992, Mauritian sailors qualified two boats each in the following classes through the 2023 African Qualification Regatta in Soma Bay, Egypt.[4]

Elimination events
AthleteEventRaceFinal rank
1234567QFSF1SF2SF3SF4SF5SF6F1F2F3F4F5F6
Jean Lauri FenouillotMen's Formula Kite17151521211516Did not advance19
Julie PaturauWomen's Formula Kite18171721Did not advance20
M = Medal race; EL = Eliminated – did not advance into the medal race

Swimming

See main article: Swimming at the 2024 Summer Olympics and Swimming at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification. Mauritius sent two swimmers to compete at the 2024 Paris Olympics.

AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinal
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Ovesh PurahooMen's 100 m freestyle52.2260Did not advance
Anishta TeeluckWomen's 200 m backstroke2:18.6727Did not advance

Triathlon

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

For the first time since 2016, Mauritius sent only one athlete, Jean Gaël Laurent L'Entete received a quota based on African individual Olympic ranking.

Individual

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. 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: FIVE AFRICAN NATIONS EARN PARIS 2024 OLYMPIC QUALIFICATION IN EGYPT. 13 December 2023. World Sailing. 15 December 2023.