| Papua New Guinea at the 2020 Summer Olympics | |
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| IOC code | PNG |
| NOC | Papua New Guinea Olympic Committee |
| Website | www |
| inTokyo, Japan July 23, 2021 (2021-07-23) – August 8, 2021 (2021-08-08) | |
| Competitors | 8 in 5 sports |
| Flag bearers (opening) | Dika Toua Morea Baru |
| Flag bearer (closing) | N/A |
| Medals |
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| Summer Olympics appearances (overview) | |
Papua New Guinea competed at the2020 Summer Olympics inTokyo. Originally scheduled to take place from 24 July to 9 August 2020, the Games were postponed to 23 July to 8 August 2021, because of theCOVID-19 pandemic.[1] It was the nation's tenth consecutive appearance at the Summer Olympics.
The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.
| Sport | Men | Women | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| Athletics | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Boxing | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Sailing | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Swimming | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Weightlifting | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Total | 4 | 4 | 8 |
Papua New Guinea received auniversality slot from theWorld Athletics to send a female track and field athlete to the Olympics.[2]
| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Final | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Distance | Position | Distance | Position | ||
| Rellie Kaputin | Women's long jump | 6.40 | 19 | Did not advance | |
Papua New Guinea received an invitation from the Tripartite Commission to send the men's lightweight boxerJohn Ume to the Olympics.[3]
| Athlete | Event | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank | ||
| John Ume | Men's lightweight |  Garside (AUS)L 0–5 | Did not advance | ||||
Papua New Guinean sailors qualified one boat in each of the following classes through the class-associated World Championships, and the continental regattas, marking the country's recurrence to the sport for the first time in 28 years.[3][4]
| Athlete | Event | Race | Net points | Final rank | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | M* | ||||
| Teariki Numa | Men's Laser | 35 | 35 | 35 | 35 | 34 | 32 | 34 | 34 | 32 | EL | 306 | 35 | |
| Rose-Lee Numa | Women's Laser Radial | 42 | 40 | 44 | 40 | 39 | 38 | 43 | 44 | 43 | EL | 373 | 44 | |
M = Medal race; EL = Eliminated – did not advance into the medal race
Papua New Guinea received auniversality invitation fromFINA to send two top-ranked swimmers (one per gender) in their respective individual events to the Olympics, based on the FINA Points System of June 28, 2021.[5][3]
| Athlete | Event | Heat | Semifinal | Final | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
| Ryan Maskelyne | Men's 200 m breaststroke | 2:15.33 | 32 | Did not advance | |||
| Judith Meauri | Women's 50 m freestyle | 27.56 | 53 | Did not advance | |||
Papua New Guinea entered two weightlifters (one per gender) into the Olympic competition. Rio 2016 OlympianMorea Baru (men's 61 kg), with the veteranDika Toua (women's 49 kg) becoming the first female from her nation to compete in five Olympics, topped the list of weightlifters from Oceania in their respective weight categories based on the IWF Absolute Continental Rankings.[3]
| Athlete | Event | Snatch | Clean & Jerk | Total | Rank | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Result | Rank | Result | Rank | ||||
| Morea Baru | Men's −61 kg | 118 | 12 | 147 | 10 | 265 | 10 |
| Dika Toua | Women's −49 kg | 72 | 13 | 95 | 9 | 167 | 10 |