Democratic Republic of the Congo at the 2024 Summer Olympics

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Democratic Republic of the Congo at the
2024 Summer Olympics
Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.svg
IOC code COD
NOC Comité Olympique Congolais
in Paris, France
26 July 2024 (2024-07-26) – 11 August 2024 (2024-08-11)
Competitors6 in 4 sports
Flag bearer Dominique Lasconi Mulamba & Brigitte Mbabi
Medals
Gold
0
Silver
0
Bronze
0
Total
0
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)

The Democratic Republic of the Congo 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 since the nation's official debut at the 1968 Summer Olympics under the name of Congo-Kinshasa, and it had previously competed in four editions under the name Zaire , 16 years after the nation's official debut.

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Competitors

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

SportMenWomenTotal
Athletics 101
Boxing 022
Judo 101
Swimming 112
Total336

Athletics

DR Congo sent one sprinter to compete at the 2024 Summer Olympics. [1]

Key
Track events
AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinal
ResultRankResultRankResultRank
Dominique Mulamba Men's 100 m 10.53 SB 7Did not advance

Boxing

The Democratic Republic of the Congo entered two boxers into the Olympic tournament. Marcelat Sakobi Matshu (women's featherweight) secured a spots in her division by advancing to the final match, and obtained one of two available slots, at the 2023 African Olympic Qualification Tournament in Dakar, Senegal. [2] Brigitte Mbabi (women's welterweight) secured her spots following the triumph in quota bouts round, at the 2024 World Olympic Qualification Tournament 2 in Bangkok, Thailand.

AthleteEventRound of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Marcelat Sakobi Matshu Women's 57 kg Flag of Uzbekistan (3-2).svg  Turdibekova  (UZB)
L 2–3
Did not advance
Brigitte Mbabi Women's 66 kg ByeFlag of Thailand.svg  Suwannapheng  (THA)
L 1–4
Did not advance

Judo

The Democratic Republic of Congo qualified one judoka for the following weight class at the Games. Arnold Kisoka (men's extra-lightweight, 60 kg) got qualified via continental quota based on Olympic point rankings. [3]

AthleteEventRound of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsRepechageFinal / BM
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Arnold Kisoka Men's –60 kg Flag of Israel.svg  Wolczak  (ISR)
L 00–10
Did not advance

Swimming

For the first time since 2008, DR Congo sent two swimmers to compete at the 2024 Paris Olympics.

AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinal
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Aristote Ndombe Impelenga Men's 50 m freestyle 29.0470Did not advance
Divine Miansadi Mpolo Women's 50 m freestyle 44.1079Did 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

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