Rwanda at the 2022 Commonwealth Games

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Rwanda at the
2022 Commonwealth Games
Flag of Rwanda.svg
Flag of Rwanda
CGF code RWA
CGA Rwanda National Olympic and Sports Committee
Website olympicrwanda.org
in Birmingham, England
28 July 2022 (2022-07-28) – 8 August 2022 (2022-08-08)
Competitors16 (10 men and 6 women) in 4 sports
Flag bearers (opening) Ntagengwa Olivier
Diane Ingabire
Flag bearer (closing) TBD
Medals
Gold
0
Silver
0
Bronze
0
Total
0
Commonwealth Games appearances (overview)

Rwanda competed at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, England between 28 July and 8 August 2022. [1] It was Rwanda's fourth appearance at the Games.

Contents

Ntagengwa Olivier and Diane Ingabire were the country's flagbearers during the opening ceremony. [2]

Competitors

Rwanda received a quota of 20 open allocation slots from Commonwealth Sport, [3] of which they filled 15. This quota is used to determine the overall team in sports lacking a qualifying system.

The following is the list of number of competitors participating at the Games per sport/discipline.

SportMenWomenTotal
Athletics 134
Beach volleyball 202
Cycling 538
Swimming 202
Total10616

Athletics

A squad of four athletes was selected as of 10 July 2022. [4]

Men
Track and road events
AthleteEventFinal
ResultRank
Yves Nimubona 5000 m 13:20.205
Women
Track and road events
AthleteEventHeatFinal
ResultRankResultRank
Claire Uwitonze 1500 m 4:24.078did not advance
Emeline Imanizabayo 5000 m —15:37.8714
Celine Iranzi 10,000 m —32:48.6011

Beach volleyball

By virtue of their position in the extended FIVB Beach Volleyball World Rankings (based on performances between 16 April 2018 and 31 March 2022), Rwanda qualified for the men's tournament. [5] [6] Two players were selected as of 19 July 2022. [7]

AthleteEventPreliminary RoundQuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinalsRank
Opposition
Score		Opposition
Score		Opposition
Score		RankOpposition
Score		Opposition
Score		Opposition
Score
Olivier Ntagengwa
Venuste Gatsinze 		Men's tournament Flag of South Africa.svg  Leo Williams /
Goldschmidt  (RSA)
W 2 - 0		Flag of Maldives.svg  Ismail /
Naseem  (MDV)
W 2 - 1		Flag of Australia.svg  Burnett /
McHugh  (AUS)
L 0 - 2		2 QFlag of New Zealand.svg  O'Dea /
Fuller  (NZL)
W 2 - 0		Flag of Australia.svg  Burnett /
McHugh  (AUS)
L 0 - 2		Bronze medal match
Flag of England.svg  Bello /
Bello  (ENG)
L 0 - 2		4

Men's tournament

Group B

PosTeam
PldWLPtsSWSLSRSPWSPLSPRQualification
1Flag of Australia.svg  Burnett – McHugh  (AUS)330660MAX126881.432 Quarterfinals
2Flag of Rwanda.svg  Ntagengwa – Gatsinze  (RWA)3215431.3331271280.992
3Flag of South Africa.svg  Williams – Goldschmidt  (RSA)3124250.4001091320.826 Ranking of third-placed teams
4Flag of Maldives.svg  Ismail – Naseem  (MDV)3033260.3331291430.902
Source: birmingham2022.com
Qualified for the Quarterfinals
30 July 2022
14:30		Flag of Rwanda.svg  Ntagengwa – Gatsinze  (RWA)2–0Flag of South Africa.svg  Williams – Goldschmidt  (RSA)Smithfield
(21–19, 21–16)
Report
1 August 2022
19:00		Flag of Rwanda.svg  Ntagengwa – Gatsinze  (RWA)2–1Flag of Maldives.svg  Ismail – Naseem  (MDV)Smithfield
(21–16, 14–21, 16–14)
Report
3 August 2022
14:30		Flag of Australia.svg  Burnett – McHugh  (AUS)2–0Flag of Rwanda.svg  Ntagengwa – Gatsinze  (RWA)Smithfield
(21–16, 21–18)
Report
Quarterfinals
5 August 2022
11:00		Flag of New Zealand.svg  O'Dea – Fuller  (NZL)0–2Flag of Rwanda.svg  Ntagengwa – Gatsinze  (RWA)Smithfield
(18–21, 19–21)
Report
Semifinals
6 August 2022
15:00		Flag of Rwanda.svg  Ntagengwa – Gatsinze  (RWA)0–2Flag of Australia.svg  Burnett – McHugh  (AUS)Smithfield
(18–21, 14–21)
Report
Bronze medal match
7 August 2022
15:00		Flag of England.svg  Bello – Bello  (ENG)2–0Flag of Rwanda.svg  Ntagengwa – Gatsinze  (RWA)Smithfield
(21–11, 21–12)
Report

Cycling

Following the National Road Championships, a squad of eight cyclists was selected as of 5 July 2022. [8] Moise Mugisha, who was unable to take part in the championships after being hit in a car accident, is also listed as of 10 July 2022. [4]

Road

Men
AthleteEventTimeRank
Eric Manizabayo Road race 3:37:1554
Moise Mugisha 3:37:0836
Samuel Mugisha DNF
Eric Muhoza 3:37:0833
Byiza Renus Uhiriwe 3:37:0823
Moise Mugisha Time trial 51:56.7017
Byiza Renus Uhiriwe 53:52.6227
Women
AthleteEventTimeRank
Diane Ingabire Road race DNF
Josiane Mukashma DNF
Jacqueline Tuyishime DNF
Diane Ingabire Time trial 47:39.0425
Jacqueline Tuyishime 48:04.3326

Swimming

A squad of two swimmers was selected as of 10 July 2022. [4]

Men
AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinal
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Eloi Maniraguha 50 m freestyle 25.1554did not advance
100 m freestyle 57.7963did not advance
Isihaka Isihaka 50 m butterfly 26.8446did not advance
100 m butterfly 1:00.9544did not advance

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References

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  2. ↑ @RwandaCGA (27 July 2022). "Update: On this Thursday, during the opening ceremony of Commonwealth Games 2022. Ntagengwa Olivier and Ingabire Diane will be the Flag bears of #Rwanda" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
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