Bhutan at the 2024 Summer Olympics

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Bhutan at the
2024 Summer Olympics
Flag of Bhutan.svg
IOC code BHU
NOC Bhutan Olympic Committee
Website bhutanolympiccommittee.org
in Paris, France
26 July 2024 (2024-07-26) – 11 August 2024 (2024-08-11)
Competitors3 (2 men and 1 woman) in 3 sports
Flag bearer (opening) Sangay Tenzin & Kinzang Lhamo
Flag bearer (closing) Kinzang Lhamo
Medals
Gold
0
Silver
0
Bronze
0
Total
0
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)

The Kingdom of Bhutan competed at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France, from 26 July to 11 August 2024. It was the nation's eleventh consecutive appearance at the Summer Olympics since its official debut at the 1984 event. Bhutan has never won a single Olympic medal in its Olympics history. Bhutan failed to win a medal at Paris Olympics 2024.

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The Bhutanese team consisted of three athletes (two men and one woman) competing in three sports. [1]

Kinzang Lhamo received widespread praise for her determination in finishing the Women's marathon despite finishing in 80th place. [2]

Competitors

Below is the list of the number of competitors from Bhutan at the Games.

SportMenWomenTotal
Archery 101
Athletics 011
Swimming 101
Total213

Archery

Bhutan has entered one male archer to compete at Paris 2024 in the individual recurve competition after receiving the allocations of universality spots.

AthleteEventRanking roundRound of 64Round of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal / BM
ScoreSeedOpposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank
Lam Dorji Men's individual 66328Flag of Italy.svg  Paoli  (ITA)
L 3–7
Did not advance

Athletics

For the first time in Olympic history, a Bhutanese runner competed at Paris 2024, after receiving the direct universality spots in the following event: [3]

Key
Track and road events
AthleteEventFinal
ResultRank
Kinzang Lhamo Women's marathon 3:52:5980

Swimming

Bhutan received one Universality quota spot. [4]

AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinal
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Sangay Tenzin Men's 100 m freestyle 56.0874Did 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.

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References

  1. Nestler, Stefan (19 July 2024). "Paris 2024: Adventure of a lifetime for Bhutan athletes". Deutsche Welle . Bonn, Germany. Retrieved 25 July 2024.
  2. Keenan, Conor (11 August 2024). "'Quite moving' scenes as fans flock to side of last marathon runner Kinzang Lhamo and cheer her home at Paris 2024". Eurosport. Retrieved 11 August 2024.
  3. "Road to Paris 2024: Women's marathon". World Athletics . Retrieved 11 May 2024.
  4. Race, Retta (12 July 2024). "Initial Olympic Swimming Entries Published for 2024 Paris Games". www.swimswam.com. SwimSwam. Retrieved 25 July 2024.