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| Country/Region |  Papua New Guinea |
|---|---|
| Code | PNG |
| Recognized | 1974 |
| Continental Association | ONOC |
| President | Sir John Dawanincura |
| Secretary General | Auvita Rapilla |
| Website | pngolympic |
Papua New Guinea Olympic Committee (IOC code: PNG) is the National Olympic Committee representing Papua New Guinea. [1]
Papua New Guinea competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia.
The Papua New Guinea Football Association, PNGFA is the governing body of football (soccer) in Papua New Guinea.
The 2015 Pacific Games, also known as Port Moresby 2015 or POM 2015, was held in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea, from 4 to 18 July 2015. It was the fifteenth staging of the Pacific Games as well as the third to be hosted in Port Moresby.
Papua New Guinea first participated at the Olympic Games in 1976, and has sent athletes to compete in every Summer Olympic Games since then, except when the nation participated in the American-led boycott of the 1980 Summer Olympics. The nation has never won a medal and has never participated in the Winter Olympic Games.
Papua New Guinea made its Commonwealth Games début in the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Perth, Western Australia. The country has competed in 15 editions of the Games, as of 2022
Papua New Guinea sent a delegation to compete at the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing. The country was represented by two athletes, Francis Kompaon and Joyleen Jeffrey, both competing in track and field. The country had requested wildcard entries, but the request was turned down by the Beijing Paralympic organisers.
Papua New Guinea competed at the 2000 Summer Paralympics in Sydney.
Papua New Guinea first competed at the Summer Paralympic Games in 1984, sending a delegation of four athletes to compete in track and field, then missed out on three consecutive Games before returning in 2000, with two athletes in track and field and one in powerlifting. Papua New Guinea was absent again in 2004, and returned for its third competition in 2008.
Papua New Guinea competed at the 1984 Summer Paralympics in Stoke Mandeville and New York City. It was the country's first participation in the Paralympic Games. Papua New Guinea was represented by four athletes, all competing in track and field. None won any medals.
Papua New Guinea competed at the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics, the inaugural Youth Olympic Games, held in Singapore from 14 August to 26 August 2010.
Papua New Guinea competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, from 27 July to 12 August 2012. This was the nation's ninth appearance at the Olympics. Papua New Guinea has appeared at every Summer Olympics since 1976, except the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow because of its partial support to the United States boycott.
Papua New Guinea participated in the 2012 Summer Paralympics in London, United Kingdom, from August 29 to September 9, 2012.
Athletics Papua New Guinea is the governing body for the sport of athletics in Papua New Guinea. Current president is Tony Green. He was re-elected in July 2009.
The 2016 OFC Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament was the 4th edition of the OFC Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament, the quadrennial international football competition organised by the Oceania Football Confederation (OFC) to determine which women's national teams from Oceania qualify for the Olympic football tournament.
Papua New Guinea competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 5 to 21 August 2016. This was the nation's tenth appearance at the Summer Olympics.
Papua New Guinea competed at the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 7 September to 18 September 2016.
Papua New Guinea is scheduled to participate at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics in Buenos Aires, Argentina from 6 October to 18 October 2018.
Papua New Guinea competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. Originally scheduled to take place from 24 July to 9 August 2020, the Games were postponed to 23 July to 8 August 2021, because of the COVID-19 pandemic. It was the nation's tenth consecutive appearance at the Summer Olympics.
Papua New Guinea competed at the 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo, Japan, which took place from 24 August to 5 September 2021. This was their sixth appearance at the Summer Paralympics. The Papua New Guinean team consisted of 2 athletes competing in 1 sport.
Papua New Guinea will compete at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, England between 28 July and 8 August 2022. It will be the fifteenth time that Papua New Guinea competes at the Games.
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