Nepal at the 2024 Summer Olympics explained

Noc:NEP
Nocname:Nepal Olympic Committee
Games:Summer Olympics
Year:2024
Flagcaption:Flag of Nepal
Location:Paris, France
Competitors:7
Sports:6
Flagbearer Open:Santu Shrestha & Manita Shrestha Pradhan
Gold:0
Silver:0
Bronze:0
Appearances:auto

Nepal competed at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France, from 26 July to 11 August 2024. It was the nation's fifteenth appearances at the Summer Olympics, since the official debut in 1964. Nepal has never won a single Olympic medal in its Olympics history. Nepal failed to win a medal at Paris Olympics 2024.

Competitors

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

width=180Sportwidth=55Menwidth=55Womenwidth=55Total
Athletics0 1 1
Badminton1 0 1
Judo0 1 1
Shooting0 1 1
Swimming1 1 2
Table tennis1 0 1
Total 3 4 7

Athletics

See main article: article, Athletics at the 2024 Summer Olympics and Athletics at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification. Nepali track and field athletes qualified for Paris 2024, by receiving the direct universality spots in the following event:[1]

Track and road events

Badminton

See main article: Badminton at the 2024 Summer Olympics and Badminton at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification. Nepal entered one badminton players into the Olympic tournament. Prince Dahal secured his spots after receiving the allocations of universality spots;[2] [3] signifying the nations debut at these sports.

Judo

See main article: Judo at the 2024 Summer Olympics and Judo at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification. Nepal qualified one judoka for the following weight class at the Games. Manita Shrestha Pradhan (women's lightweight, 57 kg) got qualified via continental quota based on Olympic point rankings.

Shooting

See main article: Shooting at the 2024 Summer Olympics and Shooting at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification. Nepali shooters achieved one quota places for Paris 2024 based on the allocations of universality spots.[4]

Swimming

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

AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinal
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Alexander ShahMen's 100 m freestyle51.9159Did not advance
Duana LamaWomen's 200 m freestyle2:20.7430Did not advance

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 at the Olympics, Nepal entered one table tennis player into Paris 2024. Santoo Shrestha qualified for the games following the triumph of winning the gold medal in the men's single event, at the 2024 South Asian Qualification Tournament in Kathmandu.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Road to Paris 2024: Women's marathon. World Athletics. 11 May 2024.
  2. News: PARIS 2024 OLYMPIC GAMES QUALIFIERS FINALISED. Badminton World Federation. 10 May 2024. 11 May 2024.
  3. Web site: Men's Singles. Badminton World Federation. 10 May 2024. 11 May 2024.
  4. Web site: Quota Places by Nation and Number. 14 June 2024. issf-sports.org/. ISSF. 14 June 2024.