Bolivia at the 2024 Summer Olympics

Bolivia at the 2024 Summer Olympics
IOC code	BOL
NOC	Bolivian Olympic Committee
Website	www.cobol.org.bo  (in Spanish)
in Paris, France 26 July 2024 (2024-07-26) – 11 August 2024 (2024-08-11)
Competitors	4 (2 men and 2 women) in 2 sports
Flag bearer (opening)	Héctor Garibay & María José Ribera
Flag bearer (closing)	Héctor Garibay & Guadalupe Torrez
Medals	Gold 0 Silver 0 Bronze 0 Total 0
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
1936 1948–1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016 2020 2024

Bolivia competed at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris from 26 July to 11 August 2024. Although Bolivia made its official debut in Berlin 1936, Bolivian athletes have appeared in every edition of the Summer Olympics from 1964 onwards, except for Moscow 1980 as part of the United States-led boycott.

Héctor Garibay and María José Ribera were the country's opening ceremony flagbearers. ^[1]

Competitors

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

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Athletics	1	1	2
Swimming	1	1	2
Total	2	2	4

Athletics

Main articles: Athletics at the 2024 Summer Olympics and Athletics at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Bolivian 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] [3]}

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	Preliminary		Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Héctor Garibay	Men's marathon	—						2:15:54 SB	60
Guadalupe Torrez	Women's 100 m	11.60	3 Q	11.68	8	Did not advance

Swimming

Main articles: Swimming at the 2024 Summer Olympics and Swimming at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Bolivia sent two swimmers to compete at the 2024 Paris Olympics. ^[4]

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Esteban Núñez del Prado	Men's 200 m medley	2:08.10	23	Did not advance
María José Ribera	Women's 50 m freestyle	26.07	DQ	Did not advance and was disqualified for failing drugs test

Qualifiers for the latter rounds of all events were decided on a time only basis, therefore positions shown are overall results versus competitors in all heats.

See also

• Bolivia at the 2023 Pan American Games

References

1. "Bolivia elige a Garibay y Ribera como abanderados en los JJOO" [Bolivia selects Garibay and Ribera as flag bearers for the Olympic Games]. Los Tiempos (in Spanish). Cochabamba, Bolivia. 2 July 2024. Retrieved 13 July 2024.
2. "Road to Paris 24". World Athletics . Retrieved 20 December 2023.
3. "Héctor Garibay se clasifica a los Juegos Olímpicos Paris 2024 con récord nacional incluido" [Héctor Garibay qualifies for the 2024 Paris Olympics with a national record included] (in Spanish). Los Tiempos. 19 February 2023. Retrieved 27 February 2023.
4. "Olympic Games Paris 2024 Athletes". World Aquatics . Retrieved 20 July 2024.