| Noc: | SAM |
| Nocname: | Samoa Association of Sports and National Olympic Committee Inc. |
| Games: | Summer Olympics |
| Year: | 2024 |
| Location: | Paris, France |
| Competitors: | 24 |
| Sports: | 9 |
| Flagbearer Open: | Don Opeloge & Iuniarra Sipaia |
| Gold: | 0 |
| Silver: | 0 |
| Bronze: | 0 |
| Appearances: | auto |
Samoa 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 Olympic Games, for four of which it competed under the name Western Samoa.
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 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Boxing | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Canoeing | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||
| Judo | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Rugby sevens | 12 | 0 | 12 | ||||
| Sailing | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||
| Swimming | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||
| Weightlifting | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||
| Wrestling | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Total | 20 | 4 | 24 |
See main article: Athletics at the 2024 Summer Olympics and Athletics at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification. Samoan 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):[1] [2]
See main article: article, Boxing at the 2024 Summer Olympics and Boxing at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification. Samoa entered one boxers into the Olympic tournament. Tokyo 2020 Olympian, Ato Plodzicki-Faoagali, secured one spot in heavyweight division, following the triumph of his gold medal results at the 2023 Pacific Games in Honiara, Solomon Islands.
See main article: Canoeing at the 2024 Summer Olympics and Canoeing at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification.
Samoan female canoeists qualified two boats for the Games through the result of highest rank eligible nation's, each in the men's K-1 1000 m and women's K-1 500 metres event at the 2024 Oceania Canoe Sprint Qualifier in Penrith, Australia.[3] [4]
| Athlete | Event | Heats | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | |||
| Tuva’a Clifton | Men's K-1 1000 m | 3:54.49 | 6 | 3:55.20 | 28 | Did not advance | ||||
| Samalulu Clifton | Women's K-1 500 m | 2:02.12 | 7 | 1:59.64 | 37 | Did not advance | ||||
See main article: Judo at the 2024 Summer Olympics and Judo at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification. Samoa qualified one judoka for the following weight class at the Games. William Tai Tin (men's lightweight, 73 kg) got qualified via continental quota based on Olympic point rankings.
See main article: Rugby sevens at the 2024 Summer Olympics.
See main article: Rugby sevens at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament and Rugby sevens at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Men's qualification. Samoa national rugby sevens team qualified for the Olympics by securing the second place at the 2023 Oceania Sevens Championship;[5] [6] marking the nation’s debut in this sport at the Olympics.
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See main article: Sailing at the 2024 Summer Olympics and Sailing at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification. Samoa qualified two sailors to compete at the games. Eroni Leilua qualified one boat in the men's ILCA 7 classes through the 2023 Sail Sydney in Sydney, Australia. Later on, the nations receiving the allocations of Universality places in the women's ILCA 6.[7]
| Athlete | Event | Race | Net points | Final rank | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | M* | ||||
| Eroni Leilua | Men's ILCA 7 | 42 | 41 | 42 | 39 | 39 | 31 | 40 | 274 | 42 | |||||||||
| Vaimooia Ripley | Women's ILCA 6 | 42 | 41 | 43 | 40 | 38 | 39 | 39 | 43 | 325 | 43 | ||||||||
See main article: Swimming at the 2024 Summer Olympics and Swimming at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification. Samoa sent two swimmers to compete at the 2024 Paris Olympics.
| Athlete | Event | Heat | Semifinal | Final | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | |||
| Johann Stickland | Men's 100 m freestyle | 52.94 | 66 | colspan=4 | ||||
| Kaiya Brown | Women's 50 m freestyle | 28.31 | 48 | Did not advance | ||||
See main article: Weightlifting at the 2024 Summer Olympics and Weightlifting at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification. For the first time since 2016, Samoa entered two weightlifters into the Olympic competition. Don Opeloge (men's 102 kg) and Iuniarra Sipaia (women's +81 kg) secured one of the top ten slots in their respective weight divisions based on the IWF Olympic Qualification Rankings.
| Athlete | Event | Snatch | Clean & Jerk | Total | Rank | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Result | Rank | Result | Rank | |||||
| Don Opeloge | Men's −102 kg | — | — | — | ||||
| Iuniarra Sipaia | Women's +81 kg | 105 | 12 | 141 | 9 | 246 | 11 | |
See main article: Wrestling at the 2024 Summer Olympics and Wrestling at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification. For the first time since 2000, Samoa qualified one wrestler into the Olympic competition. Gaku Akazawa qualified for the games following the triumph of winning the semifinal round at the 2024 African & Oceania Olympic Qualification Tournament in Alexandria, Egypt.[8]