Saint Lucia at the 2024 Summer Olympics

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Saint Lucia at the
2024 Summer Olympics
Flag of Saint Lucia.svg
IOC code LCA
NOC Saint Lucia Olympic Committee
Website www.slunoc.org
in Paris, France
26 July 2024 (2024-07-26) – 11 August 2024 (2024-08-11)
Competitors4 in 3 sports
Flag bearer Michael Joseph
Officials Helena Renee-Emmanuel (chef de mission)
Medals
Ranked 55th
Gold
1
Silver
1
Bronze
0
Total
2
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)

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

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The Saint Lucia Olympic Committee appointed Helena Renee-Emmanuel as the nation's chef de mission for Paris 2024. [1]

Julien Alfred won the nation's first Olympic medal in history, a gold in the women's 100 metres, with a new national record (10.72s). Alfred followed this win with a silver in the 200 metres three days later.

Medalists

MedalNameSportEventDate
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Julien Alfred Athletics Women's 100 m 3 August
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Julien Alfred Athletics Women's 200 m 6 August

Competitors

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

SportMenWomenTotal
Athletics 112
Sailing 101
Swimming 101
Total314

Athletics

Saint Lucian 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): [2] . Julien Alfred made history on 3rd August 2024 by winning gold in the women's 100m final.

Key
Track & road events
AthleteEventHeatRepechageSemifinalFinal
ResultRankResultRankResultRankResultRank
Michael Joseph Men's 400 m 45.698 R45.644Did not advance
Julien Alfred Women's 100 m 10.955 Q10.841 Q10.72 NR Gold medal icon.svg
Women's 200 m 22.411 Q21.982 Q22.08Silver medal icon.svg

Sailing

Saint Lucia sent one sailor to compete at the games after receiving the allocations of Universality places. [3]

Medal race events
AthleteEventRaceNet pointsFinal rank
12345678910M*
Luc Chevrier Men's ILCA 7 2436192511282729CanceledEL16329

M = Medal race; EL = Eliminated – did not advance into the medal race

Swimming

Saint Lucia sent one swimmer to compete at the 2024 Paris Olympics.

AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinal
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Jayhan Odlum-Smith Men's 100 m freestyle 50.39=44Did not advance

Qualifiers for the latter rounds 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. "Renee-Emmanuel named St Lucia Chef de Mission for Paris 2024". Inside the Games. 30 May 2023. Archived from the original on 7 July 2023. Retrieved 7 July 2023.
  2. "Athletics at Paris 2024: The entry standards". International Olympic Committee. 20 December 2022. Archived from the original on 3 January 2023. Retrieved 27 December 2022.
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