| Noc: | PNG |
| Nocname: | Papua New Guinea Olympic Committee |
| Games: | Summer Olympics |
| Year: | 2020 |
| Location: | Tokyo, Japan |
| Competitors: | 8 |
| Sports: | 5 |
| Flagbearer Close: | N/A |
| Gold: | 0 |
| Silver: | 0 |
| Bronze: | 0 |
| Appearances: | auto |
Papua New Guinea competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. Originally scheduled to take place from 24 July to 9 August 2020, the Games were postponed to 23 July to 8 August 2021, because of the COVID-19 pandemic.[1] It was the nation's tenth consecutive appearance at the Summer Olympics.
The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.
| width=180 | Sport | width=55 | Men | width=55 | Women | width=55 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Athletics | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Boxing | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Sailing | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||
| Swimming | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||
| Weightlifting | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||
| Total | 4 | 4 | 8 |
See main article: Athletics at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Athletics at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification. Papua New Guinea received a universality slot from the World Athletics to send a female track and field athlete to the Olympics.[2]
See main article: Boxing at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Boxing at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification. Papua New Guinea received an invitation from the Tripartite Commission to send the men's lightweight boxer John Ume to the Olympics.[3]
See main article: Sailing at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Sailing at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification. Papua New Guinean sailors qualified one boat in each of the following classes through the class-associated World Championships, and the continental regattas, marking the country's recurrence to the sport for the first time in 28 years.[3] [4]
| Athlete | Event | Race | Net points | Final rank | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | M* | |||||
| Teariki Numa | Men's Laser | 35 | 35 | 35 | 35 | 34 | 32 | 34 | 34 | 32 | EL | 306 | 35 | ||
| Rose-Lee Numa | Women's Laser Radial | 42 | 40 | 44 | 40 | 39 | 38 | 43 | 44 | 43 | EL | 373 | 44 | ||
See main article: article, Swimming at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Swimming at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification. Papua New Guinea received a universality invitation from FINA to send two top-ranked swimmers (one per gender) in their respective individual events to the Olympics, based on the FINA Points System of June 28, 2021.[5] [3]
| Athlete | Event | Heat | Semifinal | Final | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | |||
| Ryan Maskelyne | Men's 200 m breaststroke | 2:15.33 | 32 | Did not advance | ||||
| Judith Meauri | Women's 50 m freestyle | 27.56 | 53 | Did not advance | ||||
See main article: Weightlifting at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Weightlifting at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification. Papua New Guinea entered two weightlifters (one per gender) into the Olympic competition. Rio 2016 Olympian Morea Baru (men's 61 kg), with the veteran Dika Toua (women's 49 kg) becoming the first female from her nation to compete in five Olympics, topped the list of weightlifters from Oceania in their respective weight categories based on the IWF Absolute Continental Rankings.[3]
| Athlete | Event | Snatch | Clean & Jerk | Total | Rank | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Result | Rank | Result | Rank | |||||
| Morea Baru | Men's −61 kg | 118 | 12 | 147 | 10 | 265 | 10 | |
| Dika Toua | Women's −49 kg | 72 | 13 | 95 | 9 | 167 | 10 | |