Noc: | SOL |
Nocname: | National Olympic Committee of Solomon Islands |
Games: | Summer Olympics |
Year: | 2024 |
Location: | Paris, France |
Competitors: | 2 |
Sports: | 2 |
Flagbearer Open: | Sharon Firisua & Isabella Millar |
Flagbearer Close: | TBD |
Gold: | 0 |
Silver: | 0 |
Bronze: | 0 |
Appearances: | auto |
App Begin Year: | 1984 |
Solomon Islands competed at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris from 26 July to 11 August 2024. This marked its eleventh appearance at the Summer Olympics.
The Solomon Islands delegation consisted of two female athletes, one each in athletics and swimming. Both athletes served as the country's flagbearers during the opening ceremony.[1]
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 | ||||
Swimming | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||||
Total | 0 | 2 | 2 |
See main article: article, Athletics at the 2024 Summer Olympics and Athletics at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification. Solomon Islands received one universality quota spot.[2] Sharon Firisua was selected to represent the country.[3] Firisua competed for the country at the last two Olympics, in the 5000 metres event in 2016 and the marathon in 2020.[3] When no athlete from the Solomon Islands qualified for the Paris Olympics, Firisua was chosen as the athlete to receive the universality quota spot.[3] However the only event with space was the 100 metres event.[3] Firisua would finish her event in 35th (and last place) during the heats, however set a personal best time.[4]
See main article: Swimming at the 2024 Summer Olympics and Swimming at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification. Solomon Islands received one universality quota spot.[5] [6]
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.