Eritrea at the 2024 Summer Olympics

{{Short description|Eritrea at the 2024 Olympics}}

{{use dmy dates|date=August 2024}}

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| NOC = ERI

| NOCname = Eritrean National Olympic Committee

| games = Summer Olympics

| year = 2024

| start_date = {{start date|2024|07|26|df=y}}

| end_date = {{end date|2024|08|11|df=y}}

| location = Paris, France

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| competitors = 11

| competitors_men = 8

| competitors_women = 3

| sports = 3

| flagbearer_open = Biniam Girmay & Christina Rach

| flagbearer_close = Samson Amare & Dolshi Tesfu

| rank =

| gold = 0

| silver = 0

| bronze = 0

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Eritrea competed at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris from 26 July to 11 August 2024. It was the nation's seventh consecutive appearance at the Summer Olympics.

Competitors

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

class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"
width=180|Sport

! width=55|Men

! width=55|Women

! width=55|Total

align=left|Athletics

| 6

28
align=left|Cycling

| 1

01
align=left|Swimming

| 1

12
Total || 8 || 3 || 11

Athletics

{{main article|Athletics at the 2024 Summer Olympics|Athletics at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification}}

Eritrean 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):{{cite news|title=Athletics at Paris 2024: The entry standards|url=https://olympics.com/en/news/athletics-paris-2024-entry-standards|publisher=International Olympic Committee|date=20 December 2022|access-date=27 December 2022}}

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;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 and road events

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rowspan="2"|Athlete

!rowspan="2"|Event

!colspan="2"|Heat

!colspan="2"|Final

style="font-size:95%"

!Time

!Rank

!Time

!Rank

align=center

|align=left|Aron Kifle

|align=left rowspan=2|Men's 5000 m

|14:16.77

|17

|colspan="2" {{n/a|Did not advance}}

align=center

|align=left|Dawit Seare

|13:52.53

|7 Q

|13:31.50

|19

align=center

|align=left|Merhawi Mebrahtu

|align=left |Men's 10,000 m

|colspan="2" {{n/a}}

|27:24.25

|15

align=center

|align=left|Samsom Amare

|align=left rowspan=3|Men's marathon

|colspan="2" rowspan="3" {{n/a}}

|2:08:56 {{AthAbbr|SB}}

|10

align=center

|align=left|Berhane Tesfay

|2:18:50

|64

align=center

|align=left|Henok Tesfay

|2:14:31

|54

align=center

|align=left|Rahel Daniel

|align=left|Women's 10,000 m

| colspan=2 {{n/a}}

| colspan=2|{{AthAbbr|DNF}}

align=center

|align=left|Dolshi Tesfu

|align=left|Women's marathon

|colspan="2" {{n/a}}

|2:36:30 {{AthAbbr|SB}}

|58

Cycling

{{main|Cycling at the 2024 Summer Olympics|Cycling at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification}}

=Road=

Eritrea entered one rider to compete in the men's road race through the UCI Nation Ranking.{{cite news|url=https://olympics.com/en/news/road-cycling-quota-announcement|title=Road cycling at París 2024: Quota distribution for next Olympic Games decided following publication of UCI World Ranking by Nations|date=18 October 2023|publisher=International Olympic Committee|accessdate=20 October 2023}}{{cite news|url=https://assets.ctfassets.net/761l7gh5x5an/5eUNF4iBWDyU3o384mPxL7/4f72f5a46b4b91671f0ad005df992e64/Liste_des_NOC_qualifi_s_ME_2024.pdf|title=ROAD - QUALIFYING PLACES AS OF 15.11.2023 - MEN|date=15 November 2023|publisher=Union Cycliste Internationale|accessdate=29 November 2023}}

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Athlete

!Event

!Time

!Rank

align=center

|align=left rowspan=2|Biniam Girmayhttps://olympics.com/en/paris-2024/athlete/biniam-girmay_1548538

|align=left|Men's road race

|6:26.57

|49

align=center

|align=left|Men's time trial

|40:20.65

|29

Swimming

{{main|Swimming at the 2024 Summer Olympics|Swimming at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification}}

Eritrea sent two swimmers to compete at the 2024 Paris Olympics, through the allocation of universality places.

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rowspan="2"|Athlete

!rowspan="2"|Event

!colspan="2"|Heat

!colspan="2"|Semifinal

!colspan="2"|Final

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!Time

!Rank

!Time

!Rank

!Time

!Rank

align=center

|align=left|Aaron Owusu

|align=left|Men's 50 m freestyle

|24.25

|51

|colspan=4|Did not advance

align=center

|align=left|Christina Rach

|align=left|Women's 50 m freestyle

|27.20

|41

|colspan=4|Did 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.

References

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