| Noc: | PNG |
| Nocname: | Papua New Guinea Olympic Committee |
| Games: | Summer Olympics |
| Year: | 2024 |
| Location: | Paris, France |
| Competitors: | 7 |
| Sports: | 5 |
| Flagbearer Open: | Gibson Mara & Georgia-Leigh Vele |
| Gold: | 0 |
| Silver: | 0 |
| Bronze: | 0 |
| Appearances: | auto |
Papua New Guinea 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.
The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games. Note that reserves in football are not counted:
| width=180 | Sport | width=55 | Men | width=55 | Women | width=55 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Athletics | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Boxing | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Swimming | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||
| Taekwondo | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| Weightlifting | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Total | 5 | 2 | 7 |
See main article: article, Athletics at the 2024 Summer Olympics and Athletics at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification. Papua New Guinea sent one sprinter to compete at the 2024 Summer Olympics.[1]
See main article: article, Boxing at the 2024 Summer Olympics and Boxing at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification. Papua New Guinea sent one boxer to compete at the 2024 Summer Olympics.[2]
See main article: Swimming at the 2024 Summer Olympics and Swimming at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification. Papua New Guinea sent two swimmers to compete at the 2024 Paris Olympics.
| Athlete | Event | Heat | Semifinal | Final | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | |||
| Josh Tarere | Men's 100 m freestyle | 53.85 | 72 | Did not advance | ||||
| Georgia-Leigh Vele | Women's 50 m freestyle | 27.61 | 44 | Did 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.
See main article: Taekwondo at the 2024 Summer Olympics and Taekwondo at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification. Papua New Guinea entered two athletes to compete at the games. Gibson Mara qualified for Paris 2024, following the triumph of winning the final match in his weight class; meanwhile Kevin Kassman fail to win the final match in his weight class, but later on confirmed that he will compete for Paris 2024, after New Zealand taekwondo fail to meet the requirements for NOC nomination. Both of them qualified through the 2024 Oceania Qualification Tournament in Honiara, Solomon Islands;[3] [4] signifying the nations returning to the sports after the last participation at 2016.
| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Repechage | Final / | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank | ||
| Kevin Kassman | Men's –68 kg | L 0–2 | colspan="5" | |||||
| Gibson Mara | Men's +80 kg | L 1–2 | ||||||
See main article: Weightlifting at the 2024 Summer Olympics and Weightlifting at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification. Papua New Guinea entered one weightlifter into the Olympic competition. Morea Baru (men's 61 kg) secured one of the top ten slots in his weight divisions based on the IWF Olympic Qualification Rankings.[5]