Botswana at the 2024 Summer Olympics

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Botswana at the
2024 Summer Olympics
Flag of Botswana.svg
IOC code BOT
NOC Botswana National Olympic Committee
in Paris, France
26 July 2024 (2024-07-26) – 11 August 2024 (2024-08-11)
Competitors11 in 2 sports
Flag bearer (opening) Letsile Tebogo & Maxine Egner
Flag bearer (closing) Letsile Tebogo & Oratile Nowe
Officials Oreeditse Marakakgoro (chef de mission)
Medals
Ranked 55th
Gold
1
Silver
1
Bronze
0
Total
2
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)

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

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Botswana National Olympic Committee appointed Oreeditse Marakakgoro as the nation's chef de mission for Paris 2024. [1]

Letsile Tebogo won Botswana's first ever Olympic gold medal after winning the men's 200 metres, also becoming the first African to win the title. [2]

Medalists

Competitors

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

SportMenWomenTotal
Athletics 819
Swimming 112
Total9211

Athletics

Botswana 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): [3]

Key
Track & road events
AthleteEventHeatRepechageSemifinalFinal
ResultRankResultRankResultRankResultRank
Letsile Tebogo Men's 100 m 10.012 Q—9.912 Q9.86 NR 6
Men's 200 m 20.101 Q—19.961 Q19.46 AR Gold medal icon.svg
Busang Kebinatshipi Men's 400 m 44.45 PB 3 QBye44.43 PB 3Did not advance
Bayapo Ndori 44.872 QBye44.434Did not advance
Leungo Scotch 45.28545.332 q45.167Did not advance
Tshepiso Masalela Men's 800 m 1.45:583 QBye1:45.332 Q1:42.82 PB 7
Kethobogile Haingura 1:46.4671:45.521 Q1:44.957Did not advance
Tumo Nkape 1.46:9961:45.577Did not advance
Victor Ntweng Men's 400 m hurdles 49.59548.883Did not advance
Busang Kebinatshipi
Bayapo Ndori
Anthony Pesela
Letsile Tebogo 		Men's 4 × 400 m relay 2:57.76 SB 1 Q—2:54.53 NR Silver medal icon.svg
Oratile Nowe Women's 800 m 2:01.0062:03.295Did not advance

Swimming

Botswana sent two swimmers to compete at the 2024 Paris Olympics.

AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinal
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Adrian Robinson Men's 100 m breaststroke 1:02.7927Did not advance
Maxine Egner Women's 100 m freestyle 58.9827Did 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. ↑ "Shock as Marakakgoro is Named Chef De Mission for Team Botswana for 2024 Olympics". The Botswana Gazette. 25 February 2022. Retrieved 15 July 2023.
  2. ↑ "Paris 2024: Letsile Tebogo stuns Noah Lyles to win men's 200 m gold - all results". Olympics . 8 August 2024.
  3. ↑ "Road to Paris 24". World Athletics . Retrieved 20 December 2023.
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