San Marino participated at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris from 26 July to 11 August 2024. The country's participation in the Games marked its sixteenth appearance at the Summer Olympics since its debut in the 1960 Games.
The 1988 Winter Olympics was held in Paris from 26 July to 11 August 2024.[3][4] The San Marino team consisted of five athletes who competed across five sports.[5]Alessandra Gasparelli and Loris Bianchi served as the country's flag-bearers during the parade of nations in the opening ceremony.[6]Myles Amine and Giorgia Cesarini served as the flag-bearers during the closing ceremony. San Marino had not won a Summer Olympics medal before the 2020 Games.[7] In the previous event at Tokyo, the nation won three medals including a silver and a bronze. However, the nation did not win a medal during the 2024 Summer Olympics.[8]
Competitors
San Marino sent five athletes including two men and three women who competed in five sports at the Games.[5]
As per the qualification system drawn up by the World Archery Federation, each National Olympic Committee (NOC) was permitted to enter a maximum of six competitors, three per gender. NOCs that qualify teams for a particular gender are able to send a three-member team to the team event and also have each member compete in the individual event with the remaining spots filled by individual qualification tournaments. The qualification for the team event was determined by various qualification tournaments and world archery rankings.[9][10] San Marino was allocated a universality place by the World Archery Federation for the women's individual event.[11]Giorgia Cesarini made her Olympics debut at the Games.[12]
The ranking rounds for the archery events were held at the Les Invalides on 25 July.[13] Cesarini was raked 58th amongst the 64 participants with a score of 625 points.[14] In the main event, Cesarini was eliminated in the first round by Michelle Kroppen of Germany.[15]
As per the governing body World Athletics (WA), a NOC was allowed to enter up to three qualified athletes in each individual event and one qualified relay team if the Olympic Qualifying Standards (OQS) had been met during the qualifying period at the events approved by WA. The remaining places are allocated based on the World Athletics Rankings which were derived from the average of the best five results for an athlete over the designated qualifying period and the universality places were allocated later at the discretion of WA.[16][17] San Marino received a universality slot to send one sprinter to the women's 100 m event in the Olympics.[18][19]
In the main event held on 2 August at Stade de France,[20]Alessandra Gasparelli made it through to the main heats after finishing second in the preliminary rounds.[21] In the heats, she set a new national record with a time of 11.54 seconds. However, she finished in seventh place out of the eight sprinters, and was eliminated from further competition.[22]
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
As per the International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) guidelines, quota places for the Games were allocated to the NOCs based on the results at designated ISSF supervised events held from 14 August 2022 to 9 June 2024. Initial quota places were allocated only to the NOCs, who were allowed to choose the individual shooters. After the initial quotas were allocated, shooters were granted entries based on the ISSF world rankings, which were awarded directly to the individual shooters and were not to be changed by the NOCs.[23][24] San Marino achieved one quota place for the shooting event.[25]
Alessandra Perilli represented the nation in the women's trap event.[5] She won a silver and bronze, including the country's first ever Olympic medal, in the previous Olympics.[26][27] The main event that took place on 30 and 31 July 2024 at the Chateauroux Shooting Centre.[28] Perilli scored 116 hits out of a possible 125 and was ranked 15th in the qualification. As only the top six advanced to the final, she did not qualify for the final. [29]
As per the World Aquatics guidelines, a NOC was permitted to enter a maximum of two qualified athletes in each individual event, who have achieved the Olympic Qualifying Time. One athlete per event will be allowed to enter if they meet the Olympic Selection Time if the quota is not filled. NOCs were allowed to enter swimmers (one per gender) under a universality place even if no one achieved the standard entry times.[30] San Marino was awarded one universality quota place in swimming. Loris Bianchi qualified for the men's 400 m freestyle event.[31]
The swimming events were held at the Paris La Défense Arena.[32] In the men's 400m freestyle, Bianchi finished 32nd out of the 37 competitors with a time of 4:01.13 and failed to qualify for the next round.[33]
Qualifiers for the later rounds (Q) of all events were determined based solely on time. Therefore, the positions shown represent overall results compared to competitors across all heats.
This was the second Olympic appearance for Amine, who was a bronze medalist from the previous Olympic Games.[37] The men's −86 kg category events that took place on 8–9 August 2024 at the Grand Palais Éphémère in Champ de Mars.[38] A typical wrestling bout consisted of two halves of three minutes each separated by a 30-second break. The two competitors compete on a mat, which is nine meters in diameter and try to score points by executing various legal maneuvers. Forcing an opponent's shoulders to the mat results in an instant victory by fall.[39]
VB (ranking points: 5–0 or 0–5) – Victory by injury (VF for forfeit, VA for withdrawal or disqualification)
PP (ranking points: 3–1 or 1–3) – Decision by points – the loser with technical points.
PO (ranking points: 3–0 or 0–3) – Decision by points – the loser without technical points.
ST (ranking points: 4–0 or 0–4) – Great superiority – the loser without technical points and a margin of victory of at least 8 (Greco-Roman) or 10 (freestyle) points.
SP (ranking points: 4–1 or 1–4) – Technical superiority – the loser with technical points and a margin of victory of at least 8 (Greco-Roman) or 10 (freestyle) points.
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