Zambia competed at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris from 26 July to 11 August 2024. It was the nation's fifteenth appearance at the Summer Olympics, although it marked its official debut in 1964 under the name Northern Rhodesia, except for Montreal 1976, as the nation's joined the African boycott.
Medalists
Medal Name Sport Event Date Muzala Samukonga Athletics Men's 400 m
Competitors The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games. SportMenWomenTotalAthletics 4 0 4Boxing 1 1 2Football 0 18 18Judo 1 0 1Swimming 1 1 2Total 7 20 27
Athletics
Zambian 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):
Track & road events AthleteEventHeatRepechageSemifinalFinalResultRankResultRankResultRankResultRankMuzala SamukongaMen's 400 m44.561 Qcolspan=2 43.812 Q43.74 NRKennedy LuchembeChanda MulengaPatrick Kakozi NyambeMuzala SamukongaMen's 4 × 400 m relay3:00.085 qcolspan=4 3:02.768
Boxing
Zambia entered two boxersinto the Olympic tournament. Tokyo 2020 Olympian, Patrick Chinyemba secured one available spot in men's flyweight division by winning final match at the 2023 African Olympic Qualification Tournament in Dakar, Senegal. Later on, Margret Tembo secured her spot in the women's flyweight division, through the allocations of universality spots.
AthleteEventRound of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinalOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRankPatrick ChinyembaMen's 51 kgW 4–1L 0–5Did not advanceMargret TemboWomen's 50 kgL 0–5Did not advance
Football
Summary
TeamEventGroup StageQuarterfinalSemifinalFinal / OppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreRankOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreRankZambia women'sWomen's tournamentL 0–3L 5–6L 1–44Did not advance
Women's tournament
For the second time after 2020, Zambia women's football team qualified for the Olympics by winning the fourth round play-off of the 2024 CAF Women's Olympic qualifying tournament against Morocco.
Team roster
Group play
Judo
Zambia qualified one judoka for the following weight class at the Games. Simon Zulu (men's extra-lightweight, 60 kg) got qualified via continental quota based on Olympic point rankings.
AthleteEventRound of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsRepechageFinal / OppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRankSimon ZuluMen's –60 kgL 00–10Did not advance
Swimming
Zambia sent two swimmers to compete at the 2024 Paris Olympics, through the allocation of universality places.
AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankDamien ShamamboMen's 50 m freestyle24.0948Did not advanceMia PhiriWomen's 50 m freestyle26.4932Did not advance
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