The Democratic Republic of the Congo competed at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris from 26 July to 11 August 2024. It was the nation's twelfth consecutive appearance at the Summer Olympics since the nation's official debut at the 1968 Summer Olympics under the name of Congo-Kinshasa, and it had previously competed in four editions under the name Zaire, 16 years after the nation's official debut.
Competitors The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games. SportMenWomenTotalAthletics 1 0 1Boxing 0 2 2Judo 1 0 1Swimming 1 1 2Total 3 3 6
Athletics
DR Congo sent one sprinter to compete at the 2024 Summer Olympics.
Track events AthleteEventPreliminaryHeatSemifinalFinalResultRankResultRankResultRankResultRankDominique MulambaMen's 100 m10.543 q10.53 7Did not advance
Boxing
The Democratic Republic of the Congo entered two boxers into the Olympic tournament. Marcelat Sakobi Matshu (women's featherweight) secured a spots in her division by advancing to the final match, and obtained one of two available slots, at the 2023 African Olympic Qualification Tournament in Dakar, Senegal. Brigitte Mbabi (women's welterweight) secured her spots following the triumph in quota bouts round, at the 2024 World Olympic Qualification Tournament 2 in Bangkok, Thailand.
AthleteEventRound of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinalOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRankMarcelat Sakobi MatshuWomen's 57 kg L 2–3 Did not advanceBrigitte MbabiWomen's 66 kgL 1–4Did not advance
Judo
The Democratic Republic of Congo qualified one judoka for the following weight class at the Games. Arnold Kisoka (men's extra-lightweight, 60 kg) got qualified via continental quota based on Olympic point rankings.
AthleteEventRound of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsRepechageFinal / OppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRankArnold KisokaMen's –60 kgL 00–10Did not advance
Swimming
For the first time since 2008, DR Congo sent two swimmers to compete at the 2024 Paris Olympics.
AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankAristote Ndombe ImpelengaMen's 50 m freestyle29.0470Did not advanceDivine Miansadi MpoloWomen's 50 m freestyle44.1079Did not advance
Qualifiers for the latter rounds (Q) of all events were decided on a time only basis, therefore positions shown are overall results versus competitors in all heats.
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