| Noc: | ZAM |
| Nocname: | National Olympic Committee of Zambia |
| Games: | Summer Olympics |
| Games Link: | 2024 Summer Olympics |
| Year: | 2024 |
| Flagcaption: | Flag of Zambia |
| Location: | Paris, France |
| Competitors: | 27 |
| Sports: | 5 |
| Flagbearer Open: | Muzala Samukonga Margaret Tembo[1] |
| Rank: | 84 |
| Gold: | 0 |
| Silver: | 0 |
| Bronze: | 1 |
| Appearances: | auto |
Zambia competed at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris from 26 July to 11 August 2024. It was the nation's fifteenth appearance at the Summer Olympics, although it marked its official debut in 1964 under the name Northern Rhodesia, except for Montreal 1976, as the nation's joined the African boycott.
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 | 4 | 0 | 4 | ||||
| Boxing | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||
| Football | 0 | 18 | 18 | ||||
| Judo | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Swimming | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||
| Total | 7 | 20 | 27 |
See main article: Athletics at the 2024 Summer Olympics and Athletics at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification. Zambian 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]
| Athlete | Event | Heat | Repechage | Semifinal | Final | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | ||
| Muzala Samukonga | Men's 400 m | 44.56 | 1 Q | 43.81 | 2 Q | 43.74 NR | |||
| Kennedy Luchembe Chanda Mulenga Patrick Kakozi Nyambe Muzala Samukonga | Men's 4 × 400 m relay | 3:00.08 | 5 q | 3:02.76 | 8 | ||||
See main article: article, Boxing at the 2024 Summer Olympics and Boxing at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification. Zambia entered two boxersinto the Olympic tournament. Tokyo 2020 Olympian, Patrick Chinyemba secured one available spot in men's flyweight division by winning final match at the 2023 African Olympic Qualification Tournament in Dakar, Senegal.[3] Later on, Margret Tembo secured her spot in the women's flyweight division, through the allocations of universality spots.[4]
| Athlete | Event | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank | |||
| Patrick Chinyemba | Men's 51 kg | W 4–1 | L 0–5 | Did not advance | ||||
| Margret Tembo | Women's 50 kg | L 0–5 | Did not advance | |||||
See main article: Football at the 2024 Summer Olympics.
See main article: Football at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament and Football at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Women's qualification. For the second time after 2020, Zambia women's football team qualified for the Olympics by winning the fourth round play-off of the 2024 CAF Women's Olympic qualifying tournament against Morocco.[5]
See main article: Judo at the 2024 Summer Olympics and Judo at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification. Zambia qualified one judoka for the following weight class at the Games. Simon Zulu (men's extra-lightweight, 60 kg) got qualified via continental quota based on Olympic point rankings.
See main article: Swimming at the 2024 Summer Olympics and Swimming at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification. Zambia sent two swimmers to compete at the 2024 Paris Olympics, through the allocation of universality places.
| Athlete | Event | Heat | Semifinal | Final | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | |||
| Damien Shamambo | Men's 50 m freestyle | 24.09 | 48 | Did not advance | ||||
| Mia Phiri | Women's 50 m freestyle | 26.49 | 32 | Did not advance | ||||