Saint Vincent and the Grenadines at the 2024 Summer Olympics

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines at the 2024 Summer Olympics
IOC code	VIN
NOC	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Olympic Committee
Website	www.svgnoc.org
in Paris, France 26 July 2024 (2024-07-26) – 11 August 2024 (2024-08-11)
Competitors	4 in 2 sports
Flag bearer (opening)	Alex Joachim & Shafiqua Maloney
Flag bearer (closing)	N/A
Officials	Stephen Joachim (President of NOC) [1]
Medals	Gold 0 Silver 0 Bronze 0 Total 0
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016 2020 2024

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines competed at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris from 26 July to 11 August 2024. It was the nation's tenth consecutive appearance at the Summer Olympics, since the nation's official debut at the 1988. ^{[2] [3]}

Competitors

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

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Athletics	1	1	2
Swimming	1	1	2
Total	2	2	4

Athletics

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

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines track and field athletes qualified for Paris 2024, either by passing the direct qualifying mark (or time for track and road races), by world ranking, or universality places; in the following events (a maximum of 3 athletes each): ^[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	Heat		Repechage		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Handal Roban	Men's 800 m	1:46.00	4	1:45.80	4	Did not advance
Shafiqua Maloney	Women's 800 m	1:58.23	3 Q	Bye		1:57:59 NR	2	1:57.66	4

Maloney competed in the Women's 800m Final with a time of 1:57:66, falling just behind Kenya's Mary Moraa, Tsige Duguma from Ethiopia, and Keely Hodgkinson from Great Britain. This was the closest a Vincentian had come to winning a medal at the 2024 Summer Olympics.

Swimming

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

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines sent two swimmers to compete at the 2024 Paris Olympics.

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Alex Joachim	Men's 50 m freestyle	23.59	45	Did not advance
Kennice Greene	Women's 50 m freestyle	27.23	42	Did 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.

See also

• Saint Vincent and the Grenadines at the 2023 Pan American Games

References

1. "The St Vincent and the Grenadines Olympic Committee: ANOC". Association of National Olympic Committees . Retrieved 24 June 2024.
2. Burgin, Aubrey 'Rasbu' (5 August 2016). "DOWN MEMORY LANE:SVG Olympics Debut – 1988". The Vincentian Newspaper. Retrieved 24 June 2024.
3. "Historic deal: ECGC backs Shafique Maloney for Paris 2024 Olympics". St. Vincent Times. 25 May 2024. Retrieved 24 June 2024.
4. "Road to Paris 2024: Women's marathon". World Athletics . Retrieved 11 May 2024.