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Panama at the 2024 Summer Olympics

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Panama at the
2024 Summer Olympics
IOC codePAN
NOCComité Olímpico de Panamá
Websitewww.copanama.com (in Spanish)
in Paris, France
26 July 2024 (2024-07-26) – 11 August 2024 (2024-08-11)
Competitors8 in 6 sports
Flag bearer (opening)Franklin Archibold & Hillary Heron
Flag bearer (closing)Arturo Deliser & Atheyna Bylon
Medals
Ranked 74th
Gold
0
Silver
1
Bronze
0
Total
1
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)

Panama competed at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris from 26 July to 11 August 2024. It was the nation's nineteenth appearance at the Summer Olympics, since its debut in 1928.

Medalists

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Competitors

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The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games. Note that reserves in handball are not counted:

Sport Men Women Total
Athletics 1 1 2
Boxing 0 1 1
Cycling 1 0 1
Gymnastics 0 1 1
Judo 0 1 1
Swimming 1 1 2
Total 3 5 8

Athletics

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Panamanian 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]

Key
  • Note–Ranks given for track events are within the athlete's heat only
  • Q = Qualified for the next round
  • q = Qualified for the next round as a fastest loser or, in field events, by position without achieving the qualifying target
  • NR = National record
  • N/A = Round not applicable for the event
  • Bye = Athlete not required to compete in round
Track and road events
Athlete Event Heat Repechage Semifinal Final
Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank
Arturo Deliser Men's 100 m 10.35 7 Did not advance
Gianna Woodruff Women's 400 m hurdles 54.93 5q 55.10 (.098) 3 Did not advance

Boxing

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Panama entered one boxer into the Olympic tournament. Atheyna Bylon qualified for Paris by advancing to the women's 75kg final at the 2023 Pan American Games in Santiago, Chile.

Athlete Event Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Atheyna Bylon Women's 75 kg  Khalzova (KAZ)
W 4–1
 Wójcik (POL)
W 3–2
 Cindy Ngamba (EOR)
W 4–1
 Li Qian (CHN)
L 1–4
2nd place, silver medalist(s)

Cycling

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Road

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Panama entered one male rider to compete in the men's road race events at the Olympics, after securing the quota through the UCI Nation Ranking.[3]

Athlete Event Time Rank
Franklin Archibold Men's road race 6:39:27 67

Gymnastics

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Artistic

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For the first time since 2016, Panama entered one female gymnast into the games. Hillary Heron qualified for the games by virtue of her individual results, through all-around event at the 2023 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships in Antwerp, Belgium.[4]

Women
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Apparatus Total Rank Apparatus Total Rank
V UB BB F V UB BB F
Hillary Heron All-around 13.650 11.766 12.166 13.033 50.765 44 Did not advance

Judo

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Panama qualified one judoka for the following weight class at the Games. Kristine Jiménez (women's lightweight, 57 kg) qualified via continental quota based on Olympic point rankings.

Athlete Event Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Repechage Final / BM
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Kristine Jiménez Women's –57 kg  Dahouk (EOR)
W 10–00
 Deguchi (CAN)
L 00–10
Did not advance

Swimming

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Panama sent two swimmers to compete at the 2024 Paris Olympics.[5]

Athlete Event Heat Semifinal Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Tyler Christianson Men's 200 m breaststroke 2:15.62 22 Did not advance
Emily Santos Women's 100 m breaststroke 1:09.94 30 Did not advance

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "How to qualify for Athletics at Paris 2024. The Olympics Qualification System explained". International Olympic Committee. 20 December 2022. Retrieved 10 May 2024.
  2. ^ "Road to Paris 24". World Athletics. Retrieved 10 May 2024.
  3. ^ "Road cycling at París 2024: Quota distribution for next Olympic Games decided following publication of UCI World Ranking by Nations". International Olympic Committee. 18 October 2023. Retrieved 20 October 2023.
  4. ^ "What we learned from the 2023 Artistic Gymnastics World Championships and Paris 2024 Olympic qualifier in Antwerp". International Olympic Committee. 9 October 2023. Retrieved 11 October 2023.
  5. ^ "Olympic Games Paris 2024 Athletes". World Aquatics. Retrieved 20 July 2024.