Papua New Guinea at the 2012 Summer Olympics explained

Noc:	PNG
Nocname:	Papua New Guinea Olympic Committee
Games:	Summer Olympics
Year:	2012
Location:	London
Competitors:	8
Sports:	5
Flagbearer:	Toea Wisil (opening) Steven Kari (closing)
Gold:	0
Silver:	0
Bronze:	0
Appearances:	auto

Papua New Guinea competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, from 27 July to 12 August 2012. This was the nation's ninth appearance at the Olympics. Papua New Guinea has appeared at every Summer Olympics since 1976, except the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow because of its partial support for the United States boycott.

Papua New Guinea Olympic Committee (PNGOC) sent a total of 8 athletes to the Games, an equal share of men and women, to compete in 5 different sports. Swimmer Ryan Pini, who competed at his third Olympics, emerged as the nation's most successful athlete in history, after finishing eighth from Beijing in the men's butterfly event. Sprinter Toea Wisil, who dominated the preliminary standings in London, was the nation's flag bearer at the opening ceremony. Among the sports played by the athletes, Papua New Guinea marked its Olympic debut in judo.

Papua New Guinea, however, has yet to win its first ever Olympic medal.

Athletics

See also: Athletics at the 2012 Summer Olympics.

Men

Women

Key

• Note–Ranks given for track events are within the athlete's heat only
• Q = Qualified for the next round
• q = Qualified for the next round as a fastest loser or, in field events, by position without achieving the qualifying target
• NR = National record
• N/A = Round not applicable for the event
• Bye = Athlete not required to compete in round

Judo

See main article: Judo at the 2012 Summer Olympics. Papua New Guinea has qualified 1 judoka

Swimming

See main article: Swimming at the 2012 Summer Olympics. One swimmer from Papua New Guinea had further achieved qualifying standards in one event at the Olympic Qualifying Time (OQT).^[1] Papua New Guinea also has gained two "Universality places" from the FINA.^[2]

Men

Women

Taekwondo

See main article: Taekwondo at the 2012 Summer Olympics. Papua New Guinea has qualified one quota place in Taekwondo.^[3]

Weightlifting

See main article: Weightlifting at the 2012 Summer Olympics. Papua New Guinea has earned a quota in the men's and women's event.

Athlete	Event	Snatch		Clean & Jerk		Total	Rank
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Steven Kari	Men's −85 kg	140	18	180	15	320	15
Dika Toua	Women's −53 kg	79	15	95	14	174	14

Notes and References

1. Web site: Swimming World Rankings. FINA. 8 June 2011.
2. Web site: FINA Universality Places . 6 July 2012 . . 6 July 2012.
3. Web site: Oceania Taekwondo Qualification Tournament wrapped up with great success. 11 September 2011. World Taekwondo Federation. 11 September 2011.