Saint Lucia at the 2024 Summer Olympics explained

Noc:LCA
Nocname:Saint Lucia Olympic Committee
Games:Summer Olympics
Year:2024
Location:Paris, France
Competitors:4
Sports:3
Flagbearer Open:Michael Joseph
Rank:55
Gold:1
Silver:1
Bronze:0
Officials:Helena Renee-Emmanuel (chef de mission)
Appearances:auto
App Begin Year:1996

Saint Lucia competed at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris from 26 July to 11 August 2024. It was the nation's eighth consecutive appearance at the Summer Olympics.

The Saint Lucia Olympic Committee appointed Helena Renee-Emmanuel as the nation's chef de mission for Paris 2024.[1]

Julien Alfred won the nation's first Olympic medal in history, a gold in the women's 100 metres, with a new national record (10.72s). Alfred followed this win with a silver in the 200 metres three days later.

Medalists

MedalNameSportEventDate
AthleticsWomen's 100 m
AthleticsWomen's 200 m

Competitors

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

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Athletics1 1 2
Sailing1 0 1
Swimming1 0 1
Total 3 1 4

Athletics

See main article: Athletics at the 2024 Summer Olympics and Athletics at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification. Saint Lucian 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):[2] . Julien Alfred made history on 3rd August 2024 by winning gold in the women’s 100m final.

Track & road events
AthleteEventHeatRepechageSemifinalFinal
ResultRankResultRankResultRankResultRank
Michael JosephMen's 400 m45.698 R45.644Did not advance
align=left rowspan=2Julien AlfredWomen's 100 m10.955 Q10.841 Q10.72 NR
Women's 200 m22.411 Q21.982 Q22.08

Sailing

See main article: Sailing at the 2024 Summer Olympics and Sailing at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification. Saint Lucia sent one sailor to compete at the games after receiving the allocations of Universality places.[3]

Medal race events
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. Saint Lucia sent one swimmer to compete at the 2024 Paris Olympics.

Qualifiers for the latter rounds of all events were decided on a time only basis, therefore positions shown are overall results versus competitors in all heats.

See also

Notes and References

  1. News: Renee-Emmanuel named St Lucia Chef de Mission for Paris 2024. Inside the Games. 30 May 2023. 7 July 2023. 7 July 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20230707170319/https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1137433/st-lucia-paris-chef-de-mission. live.
  2. News: 20 December 2022 . Athletics at Paris 2024: The entry standards . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20230103150827/https://olympics.com/en/news/athletics-paris-2024-entry-standards . 3 January 2023 . 27 December 2022 . International Olympic Committee.
  3. Web site: PARIS 2024 WHO'S QUALIFIED?. World Sailing. 18 May 2024. 18 May 2024. https://web.archive.org/web/20240518183727/https://paris2024.sailing.org/qualification-2/whos-qualified/. live.