Paraguay at the 2024 Summer Olympics

Paraguay at the 2024 Summer Olympics
IOC code	PAR
NOC	Comité Olímpico Paraguayo
Website	www.cop.org.py  (in Spanish)
in Paris, France 26 July 2024 (2024-07-26) – 11 August 2024 (2024-08-11)
Competitors	28 in 7 sports
Flag bearer (opening)	Fabrizio Zanotti & Alejandra Alonso [1]
Flag bearer (closing)	Gabriela Narváez
Medals	Gold 0 Silver 0 Bronze 0 Total 0
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016 2020 2024

Paraguay competed at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris from 26 July to 11 August 2024. It was the nation's seventeenth appearance at the Summer Olympics. It is the nation's fourteenth straight appearance at the Summer Olympics, except for the 1980 edition in Moscow, because of the nation's partial support for the US-led boycott. Paraguay has yet to earn its first Olympic gold medal; César Almirón was disqualified from the repechange in the Men's 200 m, and Paraguay were eliminated by Egypt in the quarterfinals in football 4–5 on penalty kicks.

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games. Note that reserves in football are not counted:

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Athletics	1	1	2
Football	18	0	18
Golf	1	0	1
Judo	0	1	1
Rowing	1	1	2
Swimming	1	1	2
Volleyball	0	2	2
Total	22	6	28

Athletics

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

Paraguayan athletes achieved the entry standards, either by qualifying time or by world ranking, in the following track and field events (up to a maximum of 3 athletes in each event): ^{[2] [3] [4]}

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 & road events

Athlete	Event	Preliminary		Heat		Repechage		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
César Almirón	Men's 200 m	—		20.87	6 R	DQ		Did not advance
Xenia Hiebert	Women's 100 m	11.77	7th	11.82	60th	—		Did not advance

Football

Main article: Football at the 2024 Summer Olympics

Summary

Key:

• A.E.T – After extra time.
• P – Match decided by penalty-shootout.

Team	Event	Group Stage				Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Paraguay men's	Men's tournament	Japan L 0–5	Israel W 4–2	Mali W 1–0	2 Q	Egypt D 1–1 (a.e.t.) P 4–5	Did not advance		6

Men's tournament

Main articles: Football at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament and Football at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Men's qualification

Paraguay men's football team qualified for the Olympics following the triumph of the champion title at the 2024 CONMEBOL Pre-Olympic Tournament in Venezuela, marking the nation's return to the sport, after the last participation in 2004. ^{[5] [6]}

Team roster

Paraguay announced their final squad on 3 July 2024. ^[7] Gatito Fernández and Fabián Balbuena were added to the squad on 9 July, replacing the injured Ángel González and Gustavo Caballero. ^[8] On 15 July, Fabrizio Peralta withdrew injured and was replaced by Julio Enciso. ^[9] On 23 July, Diego González withdrew injured and was replaced by Gustavo Caballero, while Ángel Cardozo Lucena was called-up as an alternate player. ^[10]

Head coach: Carlos Jara Saguier

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Club
1	1 GK	Gatito Fernández*	(1988-03-29)29 March 1988 (aged 36)	Botafogo
2	2 DF	Alan Núñez	(2004-10-01)1 October 2004 (aged 19)	Cerro Porteño
3	2 DF	Ronaldo De Jesús	(2001-04-21)21 April 2001 (aged 23)	Cerro Porteño
4	2 DF	Daniel Rivas	(2001-12-06)6 December 2001 (aged 22)	Nacional
5	2 DF	Gilberto Flores	(2003-04-01)1 April 2003 (aged 21)	Sportivo Trinidense
6	3 MF	Marcos Gómez	(2001-11-10)10 November 2001 (aged 22)	Olimpia
7	4 FW	Marcelo Fernández	(2001-10-25)25 October 2001 (aged 22)	Libertad
8	3 MF	Diego Gómez (captain)	(2003-03-27)27 March 2003 (aged 21)	Inter Miami
9	4 FW	Kevin Parzajuk	(2002-08-09)9 August 2002 (aged 21)	Olimpia
10	3 MF	Wilder Viera	(2002-03-04)4 March 2002 (aged 22)	Cerro Porteño
11	4 FW	Enso González	(2005-01-20)20 January 2005 (aged 19)	Wolverhampton Wanderers
12	1 GK	Rodrigo Frutos  [ de ]	(2003-01-06)6 January 2003 (aged 21)	Olimpia
13	2 DF	Alexis Cantero  [ it ]	(2003-02-05)5 February 2003 (aged 21)	Guaraní
14	2 DF	Fabián Balbuena*	(1991-08-23)23 August 1991 (aged 32)	Dynamo Moscow
15	3 MF	Julio Enciso	(2004-01-23)23 January 2004 (aged 20)	Brighton & Hove Albion
16	2 DF	Fernando Román	(2001-02-23)23 February 2001 (aged 23)	Guaraní
17	4 FW	Gustavo Caballero	(2001-09-21)21 September 2001 (aged 22)	Nacional
18	4 FW	Marcelo Pérez	(2001-03-23)23 March 2001 (aged 23)	Huracán
20	3 MF	Ángel Cardozo Lucena*	(1994-10-19)19 October 1994 (aged 29)	Libertad

* Overage player.

Group play

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Japan	3	3	0	0	7	0	+7	9	Advance to knockout stage
2	Paraguay	3	2	0	1	5	7	−2	6
3	Mali	3	0	1	2	1	3	−2	1
4	Israel	3	0	1	2	3	6	−3	1

Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

24 July 2024 (2024-07-24)

19:00

Japan	5–0	Paraguay
Mito 18', 63' Yamamoto 69' Fujio 81', 87'	Report

Stade de Bordeaux, Bordeaux

Attendance: 14,000 ^[11]

Referee: François Letexier (France)

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27 July 2024 (2024-07-27)

19:00

Israel	2–4	Paraguay
Gandelman 53' Gloukh 80'	Report	M. Fernández 25', 90+6' Enciso 69' Balbuena 90+3'

Parc des Princes, Paris

Attendance: 28,887 ^[12]

Referee: Drew Fischer (Canada)

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30 July 2024 (2024-07-30)

21:00

Paraguay	1–0	Mali
M. Fernández 5'	Report

Parc des Princes, Paris

Attendance: 35,736 ^[13]

Referee: Ilgiz Tantashev (Uzbekistan)

Quarterfinals

2 August 2024 (2024-08-02)

19:00

Egypt	1–1 (a.e.t.)	Paraguay
Ibrahim Adel 88'	Report	D. Gómez 71'
Penalties
Ahmed Koka Mohamed Elneny Karim El Debes Hossam Abdelmaguid Ibrahim Adel	5–4	D. Gómez Pérez Viera M. Gómez Balbuena

Stade de Marseille, Marseille

Attendance: 23,753 ^[14]

Referee: Glenn Nyberg (Sweden)

Golf

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

Paraguay entered one male golfer into the Olympic tournament. Fabrizio Zanotti qualified directly for the games in the men's individual competitions, based on his world ranking performance, on the IGF World Rankings. ^[15]

Men

Athlete	Event	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Total
		Score	Score	Score	Score	Score	Par	Rank
Fabrizio Zanotti	Individual	70	69	71	71	281	−3	T33

Judo

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

Paraguay qualified one judoka for the following weight class at the Games. Gabriela Narváez (women's extra-lightweight) got qualified via continental quota based on Olympic point rankings. ^[16]

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Gabriela Narváez	Women's −48 kg	Aymard  (GAB) W 11–00	Costa  (POR) W 10–00	Bavuudorjiin  (MGL) L 00–10	—	Abuzhakynova  (KAZ) L 00–10	Did not advance	7

Rowing

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

Paraguayan rowers qualified two boats, each in the men's and women's single sculls for the Games, through the 2024 Americas Qualification Regatta in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechage		Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Javier Insfran	Men's single sculls	7:14.14	5 R	7:08.29	2 QF	7:31.50	6 QCD	7:00.93	3 FC	6:50.48	17
Alejandra Alonso	Women's single sculls	7:52.44	4 R	7:57.14	1 QF	7:47.40	4 QCD	7:56.50	4 FD	7:42.09	19

Qualification Legend: FA=Final A (medal); FB=Final B (non-medal); FC=Final C (non-medal); FD=Final D (non-medal); FE=Final E (non-medal); FF=Final F (non-medal); SA/B=Semifinals A/B; SC/D=Semifinals C/D; SE/F=Semifinals E/F; QF=Quarterfinals; R=Repechage

Swimming

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

Paraguay sent two swimmers to compete at the 2024 Paris Olympics. ^[17]

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Matheo Mateos	Men's 200 m medley	2:03.45	20	Did not advance
Luana Alonso	Women's 100 m butterfly	1.03.09	29	Did not advance

Volleyball

Main article: Volleyball at the 2024 Summer Olympics

Beach

Main article: Beach volleyball at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament

Paraguay women's pair qualified for Paris after winning the 2024 CSV Continental Cup Final in Asunción, marking the nation's debut in the sport. ^[18]

Athletes	Event	Preliminary round				Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Giuliana Poletti Michelle Valiente	Women's	Melissa / Brandie  (CAN) L 16–21, 12–21	Tīna / Anastasija  (LAT) L 19–21, 15–21	Esmée / Zoé  (SUI) L 21–23, 21–18, 12–15	4	Did not advance				19

See also

• Paraguay at the 2023 Pan American Games

References

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