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Libya at the 2024 Summer Olympics

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Libya at the
2024 Summer Olympics
IOC codeLBA
NOCLibyan Olympic Committee
Websiteolympic.ly (in Arabic)
in Paris, France
26 July 2021 (2021-07-26) – 11 August 2021 (2021-08-11)
Competitors6 in 5 sports
Flag bearers Ahmed Abuzriba
Mek Almukhtar[1]
Medals
Gold
0
Silver
0
Bronze
0
Total
0
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)

Libya competed at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris from 26 July to 11 August 2024. It was the nation's thirteenth appearance at the Summer Olympics, since the nation's official debut at 1964.

Competitors

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

Sport Men Women Total
Athletics 1 0 1
Rowing 1 0 1
Shooting 1 0 1
Swimming 1 1 2
Weightlifting 1 0 1
Total 5 1 6

Athletics

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Libya sent one sprinter to compete at the 2024 Summer Olympics.[2]

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 events
Athlete Event Heat Repechage Semifinal Final
Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank
Ahmed Essabai Men's 100 m 11.89 44 Did not advance

Rowing

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Libya entered one boat in the men's single sculls competitions for the Games. Mohamed Bukrah directly secured his spots for the nations after through the allocation process of universality spots.[3]

Athlete Event Heats Repechage Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Mohamed Bukrah Men's single sculls 7:37.75 5 R 7:45.55 5 SE/F Bye 8:00.42 4 FF 7:28.90 31

Qualification Legend: FA=Final A (medal); FB=Final B (non-medal); FC=Final C (non-medal); FD=Final D (non-medal); FE=Final E (non-medal); FF=Final F (non-medal); SA/B=Semifinals A/B; SC/D=Semifinals C/D; SE/F=Semifinals E/F; QF=Quarterfinals; R=Repechage

Shooting

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For the first time in Olympic history, Libyan shooters achieved quota places for the following events based on their results at the 2022 and 2023 ISSF World Championships, 2023 African Championships, and 2024 ISSF World Olympic Qualification Tournament[4]

Athlete Event Qualification Final
Points Rank Points Rank
Mohammed Bin Dallah Men's 10 m air pistol 555 32 Did not advance

Swimming

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Libya sent two swimmers to compete at the 2024 Paris Olympics.

Athlete Event Heat Semifinal Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Yousef Abubaker Men's 100 m freestyle 56.19 75 Did not advance
Maleek Al-Mukhtar Women's 100 m backstroke 1:10.99 36 Did not advance

Weightlifting

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For the first time since the nation's last participation in 2004, Libya entered one weightlifter into the Olympic competition. Ahmed Abuzriba (men's 102 kg) secured one quotas to participate in his weight divisions based on the allocations of universality spots.[5]

Athlete Event Snatch Clean & Jerk Total Rank
Result Rank Result Rank
Ahmed Abuzriba Men's −102 kg 164 DNF

References

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  1. ^ "Paris 2024: Opening ceremony flagbearers information" (PDF). olympics.com. IOC. Retrieved 28 July 2024.
  2. ^ "Athletics Paris 2024 Final Entries". World Athletics. Retrieved 12 July 2024.
  3. ^ "World Rowing - Paris 2024 - OLYMPIC QUALIFICATION" (PDF). World Rowing. Retrieved 9 June 2024.
  4. ^ "Quota Places by Nation and Number". issf-sports.org/. ISSF. 1 January 2018. Retrieved 18 September 2022.
  5. ^ "OLYMPIC QUALIFICATION RANKING (FINAL, updated on 3 June 2024)" (PDF). International Weightlifting Federation. 21 June 2024. Retrieved 21 June 2024.