Samoa at the 2024 Summer Olympics | |
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IOC code | SAM |
NOC | Samoa Association of Sports and National Olympic Committee Inc. |
Website |
www |
in
Paris, France 26 July 2024 – 11 August 2024 | |
Competitors | 24 in 9 sports |
Medals |
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Summer Olympics appearances ( overview) | |
Samoa is scheduled to compete at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris from 26 July to 11 August 2024. It will be 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.
Sport | Men | Women | Total |
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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 |
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]
Athlete | Event | Qualification | Final | ||
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Distance | Position | Distance | Position | ||
Alex Rose | Men's discus throw |
Samoa entered one boxers into the Olympic tournament. Tokyo 2020 Olympian, Ato Plodzicki-Faoagali, secured one spots in heavyweight division, following the triumph of his gold medal results at the 2023 Pacific Games in Honiara, Solomon Islands.
Athlete | Event | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | |
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Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Rank | ||
Ato Plodzicki-Faoagali | Men's heavyweight | — |
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]
Athlete | Event | Heats | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | ||||
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Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
Men's K-1 1000 m | |||||||||
Women's K-1 500 m |
Qualification Legend: FA = Qualify to final (medal); FB = Qualify to final B (non-medal)
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.
Athlete | Event | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Repechage | Final / BM | |
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Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Rank | ||
William Tai Tin | Men's –73 kg |
Team | Event | Pool round | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final / BM | ||||
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Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Rank | Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Rank | ||
Samoa | Men's tournament |
Samoa national rugby sevens team qualified for the Olympics by securing the second place at the 2023 Oceania Sevens Championship; [4] [5] marking the nation’s debut in this sport at the Olympics.
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. [6]
Athlete | Event | Race | Net points | Final rank | |||||||||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | M* | ||||
Eroni Leilua | Men's ILCA 7 | — | |||||||||||||||||
Women's ILCA 6 | — |
M = Medal race; EL = Eliminated – did not advance into the medal race
Samoa sent two swimmers to compete at the 2024 Paris Olympics.
Athlete | Event | Heat | Semifinal | Final | |||
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Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
Johann Stickland | Men's 100 m freestyle | ||||||
Kaiya Brown | Women's 50 m freestyle |
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 | ||
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Result | Rank | Result | Rank | ||||
Don Opeloge | Men's −102 kg | ||||||
Iuniarra Sipaia | Women's +81 kg |
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. [7]
Key:
Athlete | Event | Round of 16 | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Repechage | Final / BM | |
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Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Rank | ||
Gaku Akazawa | Men's −65 kg |
Samoa at the 2024 Summer Olympics | |
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IOC code | SAM |
NOC | Samoa Association of Sports and National Olympic Committee Inc. |
Website |
www |
in
Paris, France 26 July 2024 – 11 August 2024 | |
Competitors | 24 in 9 sports |
Medals |
|
Summer Olympics appearances ( overview) | |
Samoa is scheduled to compete at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris from 26 July to 11 August 2024. It will be 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.
Sport | Men | Women | 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 |
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]
Athlete | Event | Qualification | Final | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Distance | Position | Distance | Position | ||
Alex Rose | Men's discus throw |
Samoa entered one boxers into the Olympic tournament. Tokyo 2020 Olympian, Ato Plodzicki-Faoagali, secured one spots in heavyweight division, following the triumph of his gold medal results at the 2023 Pacific Games in Honiara, Solomon Islands.
Athlete | Event | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Rank | ||
Ato Plodzicki-Faoagali | Men's heavyweight | — |
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]
Athlete | Event | Heats | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
Men's K-1 1000 m | |||||||||
Women's K-1 500 m |
Qualification Legend: FA = Qualify to final (medal); FB = Qualify to final B (non-medal)
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.
Athlete | Event | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Repechage | Final / BM | |
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Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Rank | ||
William Tai Tin | Men's –73 kg |
Team | Event | Pool round | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final / BM | ||||
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Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Rank | Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Rank | ||
Samoa | Men's tournament |
Samoa national rugby sevens team qualified for the Olympics by securing the second place at the 2023 Oceania Sevens Championship; [4] [5] marking the nation’s debut in this sport at the Olympics.
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. [6]
Athlete | Event | Race | Net points | Final rank | |||||||||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | M* | ||||
Eroni Leilua | Men's ILCA 7 | — | |||||||||||||||||
Women's ILCA 6 | — |
M = Medal race; EL = Eliminated – did not advance into the medal race
Samoa sent two swimmers to compete at the 2024 Paris Olympics.
Athlete | Event | Heat | Semifinal | Final | |||
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Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
Johann Stickland | Men's 100 m freestyle | ||||||
Kaiya Brown | Women's 50 m freestyle |
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 |
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. [7]
Key:
Athlete | Event | Round of 16 | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Repechage | Final / BM | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Rank | ||
Gaku Akazawa | Men's −65 kg |