Paraguay competed at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris from 26 July to 11 August 2024. It was the nation's seventeenth appearance at the Summer Olympics. It is the nation's fourteenth straight appearance at the Summer Olympics, except for the 1980 edition in Moscow, because of the nation's partial support for the US-led boycott. Paraguay has yet to earn its first Olympic gold medal; César Almirón was disqualified from the repechange in the Men's 200 m, and Paraguay were eliminated by Egypt in the quarterfinals in football 4–5 on penalty kicks.
Competitors The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games. Note that reserves in football are not counted: SportMenWomenTotalAthletics 1 1 2Football 18 0 18Golf 1 0 1Judo 0 1 1Rowing 1 1 2Swimming 1 1 2Volleyball 0 2 2 Total 22 6 28 Athletics
Paraguayan athletes achieved the entry standards, either by qualifying time or by world ranking, in the following track and field events (up to a maximum of 3 athletes in each event):
Track & road events AthleteEventPreliminaryHeatRepechageSemifinalFinalResultRankResultRankResultRankResultRankResultRankCésar AlmirónMen's 200 mcolspan=2 20.876 RDid not advanceXenia HiebertWomen's 100 m11.773 Q11.829colspan=2 Did not advance
Football
Summary
TeamEventGroup StageQuarterfinalSemifinalFinal / OppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreRankOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreRankParaguay men'sMen's tournamentL 0–5W 4–2W 1–02 QD 1–1 (a.e.t.)P 4–5Did not advance6
Men's tournament
Paraguay men's football team qualified for the Olympics following the triumph of the champion title at the 2024 CONMEBOL Pre-Olympic Tournament in Venezuela, marking the nation's return to the sport, after the last participation in 2004.
Team roster
Group play
Quarterfinals
Golf
Paraguay entered one male golfer into the Olympic tournament. Fabrizio Zanotti qualified directly for the games in the men's individual competitions, based on his world ranking performance, on the IGF World Rankings.
Men AthleteEventRound 1Round 2Round 3Round 4TotalScoreScoreScoreScoreScoreParRankFabrizio ZanottiIndividual70697171281−3T33
Judo
Paraguay qualified one judoka for the following weight class at the Games. Gabriela Narváez (women's extra-lightweight) got qualified via continental quota based on Olympic point rankings.
AthleteEventRound of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsRepechageFinal / OppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRankGabriela NarváezWomen's −48 kgW 11–00W 10–00L 00–10L 00–10Did not advance7
Rowing
Paraguayan rowers qualified two boats, each in the men's and women's single sculls for the Games, through the 2024 Americas Qualification Regatta in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
AthleteEventHeatsRepechageQuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankJavier InsfranMen's single sculls7:14.145 R7:08.292 QF7:31.506 QCD 7:00.93 3 FC6:50.4817Alejandra AlonsoWomen's single sculls7:52.444 R7:57.141 QF7:47.40 4 QCD7:56.50 4 FD 7:42.09 19 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
Swimming
Paraguay sent two swimmers to compete at the 2024 Paris Olympics.
AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinalTime RankTimeRankTimeRankMatheo MateosMen's 200 m medley2:03.4520Did not advanceLuana AlonsoWomen's 100 m butterfly1.03.0929Did not advance
Volleyball
Beach
Paraguay women's pair qualified for Paris after winning the 2024 CSV Continental Cup Final in Asunción, marking the nation's debut in the sport.
AthletesEventPreliminary roundRound of 16QuarterfinalSemifinalFinal / OppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreRankOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreRankGiuliana PolettiMichelle ValienteWomen'sL 16–21, 12–21L 19–21, 15–21L 21–23, 21–18, 12–154Did not advance19
See also Paraguay at the 2023 Pan American Games
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