| Panama at the 2024 Summer Olympics | |
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| IOC code | PAN |
| NOC | Comité Olímpico de Panamá |
| Website | www |
| inParis, France 26 July 2024 (2024-07-26) – 11 August 2024 (2024-08-11) | |
| Competitors | 8 (3 men and 5 women) in 6 sports |
| Flag bearers (opening) | Franklin Archibold &Hillary Heron |
| Flag bearers (closing) | Arturo Deliser &Atheyna Bylon |
| Medals Ranked 74th |
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| Summer Olympics appearances (overview) | |
Panama competed at the2024 Summer Olympics inParis from 26 July to 11 August 2024. It was the nation's nineteenth appearance at the Summer Olympics, since its debut in1928.
Panama earned it's very first silver medal won byAtheyna Bylon in thewomen's 75 kg category in boxing.
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The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games. Note that reserves in handball are not counted:
| Sport | Men | Women | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| Athletics | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Boxing | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Cycling | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Gymnastics | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Judo | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Swimming | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Total | 3 | 5 | 8 |
Panamanian 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):[1][2]
| Athlete | Event | Preliminary | Heat | Repechage | Semifinal | Final | |||||
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| Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | ||
| Arturo Deliser | Men's 100 m | 10.34 | 1Q | 10.35 | 7 | — | Did not advance | ||||
| Gianna Woodruff | Women's 400 m hurdles | — | 54.93 | 5q | 55.10 (.098) | 3 | Did not advance | ||||
Panama entered one boxer into the Olympic tournament.Atheyna Bylon qualified for Paris by advancing to the women's 75kg final at the2023 Pan American Games inSantiago, Chile.
| Athlete | Event | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | |
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| Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank | ||
| Atheyna Bylon | Women's 75 kg |  Khalzova (KAZ)W 4–1 |  Wójcik (POL)W 3–2 |  Cindy Ngamba (EOR)W 4–1 |  Li Qian (CHN)L 1–4 |  |
Panama entered one male rider to compete in the men's road race events at the Olympics, after securing the quota through the UCI Nation Ranking.[3]
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank |
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| Franklin Archibold | Men's road race | 6:39:27 | 67 |
For the first time since2016, Panama entered one female gymnast into the games.Hillary Heron qualified for the games by virtue of her individual results, through all-around event at the2023 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships inAntwerp, Belgium.[4]
| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Final | ||||||||||
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| Apparatus | Total | Rank | Apparatus | Total | Rank | ||||||||
| V | UB | BB | F | V | UB | BB | F | ||||||
| Hillary Heron | All-around | 13.650 | 11.766 | 12.166 | 13.033 | 50.765 | 44 | Did not advance | |||||
Panama qualified one judoka for the following weight class at the Games.Kristine Jiménez (women's lightweight, 57 kg) qualified via continental quota based on Olympic point rankings.
| Athlete | Event | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Repechage | Final /BM | |
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| Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank | ||
| Kristine Jiménez | Women's –57 kg | Dahouk (EOR) W 10–00 |  Deguchi (CAN)L 00–10 | Did not advance | ||||
Panama sent two swimmers to compete at the 2024 Paris Olympics.[5]
| Athlete | Event | Heat | Semifinal | Final | |||
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| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
| Tyler Christianson | Men's 200 m breaststroke | 2:15.62 | 22 | Did not advance | |||
| Emily Santos | Women's 100 m breaststroke | 1:09.94 | 30 | Did not advance | |||
