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Eritrea at the 2024 Summer Olympics

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Eritrea at the
2024 Summer Olympics
IOC codeERI
NOCEritrean National Olympic Committee
in Paris, France
26 July 2024 (2024-07-26) – 11 August 2024 (2024-08-11)
Competitors14 in 3 sports
Flag bearer (opening)Biniam Girmay & Christina Rach
Flag bearer (closing)Samson Amare & Dolshi Tesfu
Medals
Gold
0
Silver
0
Bronze
0
Total
0
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
Other related appearances
 Ethiopia (1956–1992)

Eritrea competed at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris from 26 July to 11 August 2024. It was the nation's seventh consecutive appearance at the Summer Olympics.

Competitors

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The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.

Sport Men Women Total
Athletics 7 2 9
Cycling 1 0 1
Swimming 1 1 2
Total 9 3 12

Athletics

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Eritrean 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]

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 Final
Time Rank Time Rank
Aron Kifle Men's 5000 m 14:16.77 17 Did not advance
Dawit Seare 13:52.53 7 Q 13:31.50 19
Merhawi Mebrahtu Men's 10,000 m 27:24.25 15
Samsom Amare Men's marathon 2:08:56 SB 10
Berhane Tesfay 2:18:50 64
Henok Tesfay 2:14:31 54
Rahel Daniel Women's 10,000 m DNF
Dolshi Tesfu Women's marathon 2:36:30 SB 58

Cycling

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Road

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Eritrea entered one rider to compete in the men's road race through the UCI Nation Ranking.[2][3]

Athlete Event Time Rank
Biniam Girmay[4] Men's road race 6:26.57 49
Men's time trial 40:20.65 29

Swimming

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Eritrea 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
Aaron Owusu Men's 50 m freestyle 24.25 51 Did not advance
Christina Rach Women's 50 m freestyle 27.20 41 Did not advance

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.

References

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  1. ^ "Athletics at Paris 2024: The entry standards". International Olympic Committee. 20 December 2022. Retrieved 27 December 2022.
  2. ^ "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.
  3. ^ "ROAD - QUALIFYING PLACES AS OF 15.11.2023 - MEN" (PDF). Union Cycliste Internationale. 15 November 2023. Retrieved 29 November 2023.
  4. ^ https://olympics.com/en/paris-2024/athlete/biniam-girmay_1548538