Individual Neutral Athletes at the 2024 Summer Olympics
{{Short description|Name used for Russian & Belarusian athletes at the 2024 Olympics}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2024}}
{{infobox country at games
| NOC = AIN
| NOCname = {{lang|fr|Athlètes Individuels Neutres}}
| games = Summer Olympics
| year = 2024
| flag = yes
| start_date = {{start date|2024|07|26|df=y}}
| end_date = {{end date|2024|08|11|df=y}}
| flagcaption = The final version of the AIN flag assigned by the IOC on 19 March 2024
| oldcode =
| website =
| location = Paris, France
| competitors = 32
| sports = 10
| flagbearer = N/A (did not participate in Parade of Nations)
| rank =
| gold = 1
| silver = 3
| bronze = 1
| officials =
}}
Individual Neutral Athletes{{efn|{{Langx|ru|Индивидуальные нейтральные спортсмены|Individual'nyye neytral'nyye sportsmeny}}; {{Langx|be|Індывідуальныя нейтральныя спартсмены|Indyviduaĺnyja niejtraĺnyja spartsmieny}}; {{Langx|fr|Athlètes Individuels Neutres}}, AIN}} was the name used to represent approved individual Russian and Belarusian athletes at the 2024 Summer Olympics, after the International Olympic Committee (IOC) banned those nations' previous designations due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine in 2022 that continued into the duration of the games. The IOC country code is AIN, from the French {{lang|fr|athlètes individuels neutres}}.{{cite web | title=La commission exécutive du CIO admet les athlètes individuels neutres aux Jeux Olympiques de Paris 2024 et impose des conditions d'admission strictes | website=Olympics.com | date=8 December 2023 | url=https://olympics.com/cio/news/la-commission-executive-du-cio-admet-les-athletes-individuels-neutres-aux-jeux-olympiques-de-paris-2024-et-impose-des-conditions-d-admission-strictes | language=fr | access-date=1 January 2024}}
The delegation was banned from using the Olympic flag and Olympic anthem, which was the usual custom for neutral designated athletes in previous games. They instead used a teal flag depicting a circular AIN emblem and a one-off instrumental anthem, both assigned by the IOC.[https://olympics.com/ioc/news/ain-eligibility-review-panel-established-by-ioc-eb-paris-games-time-protocol-elements-agreed-on AIN Eligibility Review Panel established by IOC EB – Paris Games-time protocol elements agreed on]{{cite web | url=https://apnews.com/article/olympics-2024-russia-ukraine-neutral-athletes-0c753936cc1da967756a64cdeff8cb59 | title=The 15 Russian 'neutrals' at the Paris Olympics are politically isolated and rarely in the spotlight | website=Associated Press News | date=4 August 2024 }} Individual neutral athletes had to be first background checked and then approved by each sport's international federation, and then by a special panel created by the IOC.{{cite web |date=20 December 2023 |title=Russia still banned, but "things change", says Sebastian Coe |url=https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1143057/russia-banned-things-change-says-coe}} Due to the AIN participating as a neutral team under certain conditions, the delegation did not march the parade of nations during the opening ceremony and did not receive an official ranking in the medal tables.
While the flag uses the singular wording "Individual Neutral Athlete", the IOC uses the plural wording "Individual Neutral Athletes" in prose.[https://olympics.com/ioc/paris-2024-individual-neutral-athletes Individual Neutral Athletes at the Olympic Games Paris 2024]
Background
=Timeline=
Following the Russian invasion of Ukraine on 24 February 2022, which began shortly after the 2022 Winter Olympics, the IOC banned Russia and Belarus{{efn|Belarus provided military support to Russia and also allowed Russia to use its territory to stage part of the invasion.}} and recommended that other international sporting organizers do the same on 28 February 2022.{{cite web | title=IOC EB recommends no participation of Russian and Belarusian athletes and officials | website=Olympics.com | date=28 February 2022 | url=https://olympics.com/ioc/news/ioc-eb-recommends-no-participation-of-russian-and-belarusian-athletes-and-officials | access-date=1 January 2024}} Accordingly, Russian and Belarusian athletes were banned from the 2022 Winter Paralympics.
On 25 January 2023, the IOC published a statement supporting the idea that Russian and Belarusian athletes could be allowed to compete as neutrals, as long as they did not "actively" support the war and as long as Russian and Belarusian flags, anthems, colors, and names were disallowed (thus banning the alternate designations used by Russia in 2018 and 2020).{{cite web | title=Statement on solidarity with Ukraine, sanctions against Russia and Belarus, and the status of athletes from these countries | website=Olympics.com | date=25 January 2023 | url=https://olympics.com/ioc/news/statement-on-solidarity-with-ukraine-sanctions-against-russia-and-belarus-and-the-status-of-athletes | access-date=1 January 2024}}
On 28 March 2023, the IOC introduced the AIN name and narrowed the requirements down to individual athletes, disallowing any teams of Russian and Belarusian athletes from competing. For events organized by an international federation (IF) other than the IOC, the IOC recommended using no flag at all (or if not possible, the event's flag, the IF's flag, or the letters "AIN") and the event's anthem or the IF's anthem.[https://stillmed.olympics.com/media/Documents/News/2023/03/Participation-for-Individual-Neutral-Athletes-Personnel-with-a-Russian-or-Belarusian-Passport.pdf Recommended conditions of participants] olympics.com March 2023 Federations that did not have French as an official language still used the AIN name.[https://web.archive.org/web/20231117031213/https://iwf.sport/results/results-by-events/?event_id=577 Results by events] iwf.sport The IOC also donated $5 million to the National Olympic Committee of Ukraine.{{cite web | title=Following a request by the 11th Olympic Summit, IOC issues recommendations for International Federations and international sports event organisers on the participation of athletes with a Russian or Belarusian passport in international competitions | website=Olympics.com | date=28 March 2023 | url=https://olympics.com/ioc/news/ioc-issues-recommendations-for-international-federations-and-international-sports-event-organisers | access-date=1 January 2024}}
On 22 September 2023, the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) banned the Russian flag and anthem from international sporting events for a second time{{efn|The first was a four-year ban starting 9 December 2019 due to the Russian doping scandal, which was reduced on appeal to a two-year ban starting 17 December 2020, expiring by 18 December 2022.}} due to Russian legislation and RUSADA failing to comply with the World Anti-Doping Code, overlapping with the Olympic Truce ban. WADA announced that the ban would not be lifted until "the non-conformities related to national legislation are corrected in full."{{cite web | url=https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1141034/wada-new-consequences-rusada | title=WADA announces new consequences on RUSADA after ExCo meeting | date=22 September 2023 }}{{cite web | url=https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1141718/wada-rusada-sanctions-cas-oct-23 | title=WADA refers fresh Russian anti-doping sanctions to CAS after disputed by RUSADA | date=14 October 2023 }}
On 12 October 2023, the IOC suspended the Russian Olympic Committee until further notice, overlapping with the other two bans, due to its violation of the Olympic Charter due to its inclusion of the regional Olympic Councils of Kherson, Zaporizhzhia, Donetsk, and Luhansk into the Russian Olympic Committee.{{cite web | title=IOC Executive Board suspends Russian Olympic Committee with immediate effect | website=Olympics.com | date=12 October 2023 | url=https://olympics.com/ioc/news/ioc-executive-board-suspends-russian-olympic-committee-with-immediate-effect | access-date=1 January 2024}}{{cite web | url=https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1141665/roc-suspended-ioc | title=Russian Olympic Committee suspended by IOC | date=12 October 2023 }} At the time of its violation of the Olympic Charter, Russian Olympic Committee president Stanislav Pozdnyakov had said he did not see any problems with the incorporation of the former Ukrainian regional IOCs into the Russian IOC.{{Cite web|url=https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1141447/roc-accepts-members-annexed-ukraine|title=Russian Olympic Committee accepts members from annexed Ukrainian territories|date=5 October 2023|website=insidethegames.biz}} The Russian Olympic Committee responded to its suspension by saying that the IOC had not issued a similar suspension after the Russian Olympic Committee annexed a sporting entity in Crimea in 2014, to which IOC President Thomas Bach remarked, "this argument was a little bit, 'Why did you not sanction us already, earlier?{{' "}}{{cite web | url=https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1141699/roc-claims-annexations-crimea | title=Suspended ROC compared annexed territories' recognition to Crimea, Bach reveals | date=13 October 2023 }}
On 8 December 2023, the IOC published a "draft" version of the AIN flag depicting a colorless emblem on a white background, and stated that they would decide on a different neutral anthem at a later date. The IOC also officially stated that the AIN designation would apply to the Paris 2024 games, and that official medal rankings would exclude AIN.
On 19 March 2024, the IOC updated the AIN flag to teal text and a teal background,{{cite news |last1=Carpenter |first1=Les |title=Panel including Pau Gasol will decide Olympic eligibility for Russians |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/olympics/2024/03/19/russian-athletes-paris-olympics/ |access-date=28 March 2024 |newspaper=Washington Post |date=20 March 2024}} and published an instrumental anthem "produced solely for this purpose." The IOC also stated that as independent athletes, AIN will not participate as a delegation during the parade of nations at the opening ceremony, but the athletes would still "be given the opportunity to experience the event".{{Cite news |date=2024-03-19 |title=Paris 2024 Olympics: Russia & Belarus athletes will not be part of opening ceremony |url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/athletics/68606455 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240319133023/https://www.bbc.com/sport/athletics/68606455 |archive-date=19 March 2024 |access-date=2024-03-19 |work=BBC Sport |language=en-GB}}{{cite news |last=Daffunchio Picazo |first=Raúl |date=5 March 2024 |title=Paris 2024: Flag, anthem and rules for Individual Neutral Athletes approved |url=https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1144297/flag-anthem-rules-neutral-paris-2024 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240319183600/https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1144297/flag-anthem-rules-neutral-paris-2024 |archive-date=19 March 2024 |access-date=20 March 2024 |website=Inside the Games}}
=Controversies=
Ukrainian officials have criticized the IOC for not banning Russia despite it violating the Olympic Truce three times, while others have alternately criticized the IOC for applying rules against Russia which aren't applied against other countries.{{cite web |date=25 July 2024 |title=Palestinian Olympic head decries IOC 'double standards' for letting Israel compete |url=https://www.timesofisrael.com/palestinian-olympic-head-decries-ioc-double-standards-for-letting-israel-compete |website=The Times of Israel |access-date=27 July 2024}}
In particular, the requirement that athletes must not actively support the war has been described as "ineffectual". For example, Russian IOC member Yelena Isinbayeva was cleared as "not linked with the Russian military and not supporting the invasion", despite being pictured in military uniform and receiving military promotions, and despite pro-Russian citizens expressing anger at Isinbayeva after she claimed in defense that she had "never been in the service of the armed forces". On 29 December 2023, an open letter signed by 261 Ukrainian athletes contained evidence that three of the six{{cite web |title=Strict eligibility conditions in place as IOC EB approves Individual Neutral Athletes (AINs) for the Olympic Games Paris 2024 |url=https://olympics.com/ioc/news/strict-eligibility-conditions-in-place-as-ioc-eb-approves-individual-neutral-athletes-ains-for-the-olympic-games-paris-2024 |website=Olympics}} Russian athletes cleared at that time to participate had in fact actively supported the war, such as by participating in a pro-war rally in March 2022, or starring in a propaganda video explicitly stating and drumming up support for the Russian military.{{Cite web|url=https://mms.gov.ua/news/vidkrytyi-lyst-ukrainskykh-atletiv|title=Міністерство молоді та спорту України - Відкритий лист українських атлетів|website=mms.gov.ua}}
A compromise suggestion by Poland, where Russians and Belarusians could compete if they were dissidents, was not acted upon by the IOC.{{cite web | url=https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1133545/poland-suggests-compromise-nations-ban | title=Poland proposes dissident Russian and Belarusians could compete at Paris 2024 | date=10 February 2023 }}
In December 2023, Russian Olympic Committee president Stanislav Pozdnyakov directly threatened any Russian athlete who may choose to participate as a "neutral" at the 2024 Olympics, saying: "As the head of the ROC, I voice a clear position: ... We live in a free state... But... we strongly recommend that you thoroughly understand ... the extent and consequences of the personal responsibility assumed."{{Cite web|url=https://www.thesportsexaminer.com/tsx-report-russia-says-it-will-not-fund-any-neutral-athletes-italian-minister-insists-on-cortina-sliding-track-armstrongs-rocket-fuel/|title=TSX REPORT: Russia says it will not fund any "neutral" athletes|first=Rich|last=Perelman|date=December 18, 2023}}
In June 2024, Dmitry Chernyshenko, the Deputy Prime Minister of Russia for Tourism, Sport, Culture and Communications, stated that Russian athletes would not violate Russian law by competing in Paris as neutrals and encouraged them to participate.{{Cite web|url=https://www.sports.ru/martialarts/1116121797-rossijskie-sportsmeny-poluchili-49-liczenzij-v-semi-vidax-sporta-dlya-.html|title=Российские спортсмены получили 49 лицензий в семи видах спорта для участия в Олимпиаде-2024|date=6 June 2024|website=Sports.ru}} However, despite Chernyshenko's encouragement, the Russian Wrestling Federation decided on 6 July to boycott the Games after most of its leading athletes were deemed ineligible to compete by the IOC. This followed the decision taken by the Russian Judo Federation over the same concerns.{{cite web|title=Russian Judo Federation Boycotts Paris Olympics Over IOC Athlete Selection Controversy|url=https://www.blackbeltmag.com/russian-judo-federation-boycotts-paris-olympics-over-ioc-athlete-selection-controversy|website=Black Belt Magazine|publisher=George Chung|access-date=25 July 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240725224156/https://www.blackbeltmag.com/russian-judo-federation-boycotts-paris-olympics-over-ioc-athlete-selection-controversy|archive-date=25 July 2024|location=Los Angeles|language=en-us|date=29 June 2024}}{{cite news|title=Russian wrestlers reject invites to Paris Olympics|url=https://www.espn.in/olympics/story/_/id/40505836/russian-wrestlers-reject-invitations-paris-olympics|access-date=6 July 2024|work=ESPN|date=6 July 2024|language=en}}
=Media coverage=
{{see also|List of 2024 Summer Olympics broadcasters}}
The main Russian and Belarusian broadcasters (such as Belteleradio, Channel One Russia, Match TV,{{cite news|title=Russia Will Not Broadcast Paris Olympics – Reports|url=https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2024/07/15/russia-will-not-broadcast-paris-olympics-reports-a85711|access-date=27 July 2024|work=The Moscow Times|publisher=Alexander Gubsky|date=15 July 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240727045558/https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2024/07/15/russia-will-not-broadcast-paris-olympics-reports-a85711|archive-date=27 July 2024|location=Amsterdam|language=en-us}} and VGTRK) did not broadcast or acknowledge the Olympic and Paralympic Games, except for brief summaries and negative coverage as part of their criticism of the Western world.{{cite web|title=Olympics-2024 Not To Be Broadcast In Belarus|url=https://charter97.org/en/news/2024/7/16/603058|website=Charter 97|access-date=25 July 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240725225017/https://charter97.org/en/news/2024/7/16/603058|archive-date=25 July 2024|location=Warsaw|language=en-gb|date=16 July 2024}}{{cite news|last1=Hopkins|first1=Valerie|title=Kremlin Uses Olympic Ban as Another Arrow to Shoot at the West|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/07/25/world/europe/russia-olympic-ban-athletes-putin.html|access-date=25 July 2024|work=The New York Times|date=25 July 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240725135424/https://www.nytimes.com/2024/07/25/world/europe/russia-olympic-ban-athletes-putin.html|archive-date=25 July 2024|location=New York City|language=en-us}} This is the first time since 1984 that there was no official coverage of the Games in the two former Soviet countries, when a similar approach was used during the Games in Los Angeles.
Many Russian newspapers and websites, along with Kremlin officials, also adopted a negative view of the Games by cherry picking and accentuating any flaw they could identify: for example, the media accentuated the crime and the "inconvenience" of the security measures, while the Russian Foreign Ministry complained about the weather and the inclusion of the LGBTQ community during the opening ceremony.{{cite news|last1=Arhirova|first1=Hanna|title=Ukraine's Olympic chief celebrates limited Russian presence at Paris Olympics|url=https://apnews.com/article/olympics-2024-paris-ukraine-russia-war-3c7acba9cb7b9bdcca5e85a177102ed1|access-date=5 August 2024|work=AP News|publisher=Associated Press|date=30 July 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240731025534/https://apnews.com/article/olympics-2024-paris-ukraine-russia-war-3c7acba9cb7b9bdcca5e85a177102ed1|archive-date=31 July 2024|location=New York City|language=en-us}}
The Associated Press noted on 27 July 2024 that Belarusian and Russian viewers depended on satellite channels and streaming services of neighbouring countries (such as Kazakhstan) to get reasonable coverage of the Games,{{cite news|last1=Heintz|first1=Jim|title=Russian media throw shade at Paris Olympics, which TV won't show|url=https://apnews.com/article/olympics-2024-russia-media-835aabe6cca7cb288dbee07c2f6a2ebd|access-date=29 July 2024|work=AP News|publisher=Associated Press|date=27 July 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240727181808/https://apnews.com/article/olympics-2024-russia-media-835aabe6cca7cb288dbee07c2f6a2ebd|archive-date=27 July 2024|location=New York City|language=en-us}} with the Moscow Times noting a rise in social media channels touting pirated streams to Belarusian and Russian viewers. Without an official broadcaster in Russia, the IOC made their Olympics.com streaming service available to viewers in said country.{{cite web|title=Where to Watch Paris 2024 Olympics Live|url=https://olympics.com/en/paris-2024/where-to-watch-olympic-games-live|website=Paris 2024|publisher=International Olympic Committee|access-date=4 August 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240804182517/https://olympics.com/en/paris-2024/where-to-watch-olympic-games-live|archive-date=4 August 2024|location=Lausanne|language=en-gb|date=4 August 2024}}
Medals summary
{{further|2024 Summer Olympics medal table|List of 2024 Summer Olympics medal winners}}
Tougher restrictions in response to the Russian invasion of Ukraine resulted in the Russian faction of the delegation winning only one silver medal, compared to 20 gold, 28 silver and 23 bronze medals as the Russian Olympic Committee at the 2020 Summer Olympics. Belarus saw a less severe decline in the tally, with one fewer silver and two fewer bronze medals compared to the previous Summer Olympics.{{cite news|title=Paris Olympics: The best stats from the 2024 Games|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/olympics/articles/cy0rnpp14dvo|access-date=13 August 2024|work=BBC Sport|publisher=BBC|date=11 August 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240812093901/https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/olympics/articles/cy0rnpp14dvo|archive-date=12 August 2024|location=London|language=en-gb}}{{cite web|title=Tokyo 2020 Olympic Medal Table|url=https://olympics.com/en/olympic-games/tokyo-2020/medals|publisher=International Olympic Committee|access-date=9 February 2022|archive-date=8 February 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220208121206/https://olympics.com/en/olympic-games/tokyo-2020/medals|location=Lausanne|language=en-gb|url-status=live}}
Ivan Litvinovich, who represented Belarus at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, was the only athlete from the delegation to defend their Olympic title, winning his second gold medal in the men's trampoline, as well as the only gold for the delegation.{{cite web|title=Ivan Litvinovich becomes first male double Olympic Champion in Trampoline|url=https://www.europeangymnastics.com/news/ivan-litvinovich-becomes-first-male-double-olympic-champion-trampoline|website=European Gymnastics|access-date=15 August 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240815141201/https://www.europeangymnastics.com/news/ivan-litvinovich-becomes-first-male-double-olympic-champion-trampoline|archive-date=15 August 2024|location=Lausanne|language=en|date=2 August 2024}}
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| class="wikitable sortable collapsible"style="font-size:100%; text-align:center;"
|+Medals by sport |
| Sport
!style="background-color:gold;"|Gold !style="background-color:silver;"|Silver !style="background-color:#c96;"|Bronze !Total |
|---|
| align=left|Gymnastics
|style="background:#F7F6A8;" |1 |style="background:#DCE5E5;" |1 |style="background:#FFDAB9;" |0 |2 |
| align=left|Rowing
|style="background:#F7F6A8;" |0 |style="background:#DCE5E5;" |1 |style="background:#FFDAB9;" |0 |1 |
| align=left|Tennis
|style="background:#F7F6A8;" |0 |style="background:#DCE5E5;" |1 |style="background:#FFDAB9;" |0 |1 |
| align=left|Weightlifting
|style="background:#F7F6A8;" |0 |style="background:#DCE5E5;" |0 |style="background:#FFDAB9;" |1 |1 |
| Total
! style="background:gold;" |1 ! style="background:silver;" |3 ! style="background:#c96;" |1 !5 |
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| class="wikitable sortable collapsible" style="font-size:100%; text-align:center;"
|+|Medals by day |
| Date
!style="background-color:gold;"|Gold !style="background-color:silver;"|Silver !style="background-color:#c96;"|Bronze !Total |
|---|
| 2 August
|style="background:#F7F6A8"|1 |style="background:#DCE5E5"|1 |style="background:#FFDAB9"|0 |2 |
| 3 August
|style="background:#F7F6A8"|0 |style="background:#DCE5E5"|1 |style="background:#FFDAB9"|0 |1 |
| 4 August
|style="background:#F7F6A8"|0 |style="background:#DCE5E5"|1 |style="background:#FFDAB9"|0 |1 |
| 10 August
|style="background:#F7F6A8"|0 |style="background:#DCE5E5"|0 |style="background:#FFDAB9"|1 |1 |
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=Medalists=
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| Medal
!Name !Country !Sport !Event !Date |
|---|
| {{Gold medal}}
|Belarus |2 August |
| {{Silver medal}}
|Belarus |2 August |
| {{Silver medal}}
|Belarus |3 August |
| {{Silver medal}}
|{{sortname|Mirra|Andreeva}} |Russia |{{dts|4 August}} |
| {{Bronze medal}}
|Belarus |10 August |
Competitors
The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.
AIN team had 32 competitors from the following nations:
- Belarus – 17 competitors
- Russia – 15 competitors
The following is a list of the number of competitors representing the Individual Neutral Athletes that participated at the Games:
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" | |||||
| width=200 rowspan=2|Sport | width=100 colspan=2|Men | width=100 colspan=2|Women | width=60 rowspan=2|Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| width=50|Belarus | width=50|Russia | width=50|Belarus | width=50|Russia | ||
| align=left| Canoeing
| 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | |
| align=left | Cycling
| 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | |
| align=left| Gymnastics
| 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |
| align=left| Rowing
| 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
| align=left| Shooting
| 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
| align=left| Swimming
| 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | |
| align=left| Taekwondo
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| align=left| Tennis
| 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 7 | |
| align=left| Weightlifting
| 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
| align=left| Wrestling
| 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Total | 8 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 32 |
Canoeing
{{main|Canoeing at the 2024 Summer Olympics|Canoeing at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification}}
=Sprint=
Individual Neutral Athlete canoeists qualified one boat for the Games through the result of highest rank eligible nation's in the following events, through the 2024 European Canoe Sprint Qualifier in Szeged, Hungary.
| class=wikitable style="text-align:center; font-size:90%"
!rowspan=2|Athlete !rowspan=2|From !rowspan=2|Event !colspan=2|Heats !colspan=2|Quarterfinals !colspan=2|Semifinals !colspan=2|Final |
| style="font-size:95%"
!Time !Rank !Time !Rank !Time !Rank !Time !Rank |
| align=left|Zakhar Petrov
|rowspan=3|Russia |align=left|Men's C-1 1000 m |3:49.86 |2 SF |colspan=2 {{Bye}} |3:45.99 |3 FA |3:45.28 |4 |
| align=left|Alexey Korovashkov Zakhar Petrov |align=left|Men's C-2 500 m |1:38.65 |1 SF |colspan="2" {{bye}} |1:39.57 |1 FA |1:41.27 |4 |
| align=left|Olesia Romasenko
|align=left|Women's C-1 200 m |49.83 |5 QF |47.92 |4 |colspan=4|Did not advance |
| align=left|Uladzislau Kravets
|rowspan=2|Belarus |align=left|Men's K-1 1000 m |3:32.07 |2 SF |colspan=2 {{Bye}} |3:29.64 |4 FA |3:28.10 |4 |
| align=left|Yuliya Trushkina
|align=left|Women's C-1 200 m |46.15 |2 SF |colspan=2 {{Bye}} |45.32 |2 FA |44.83 |5 |
Qualification Legend: FA = Qualify to final (medal); FB = Qualify to final B (non-medal)
Cycling
{{main article|Cycling at the 2024 Summer Olympics|Cycling at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification}}
=Road=
Four Individual Neutral Athletes qualified as riders for the road race events after securing the quotas 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 web |title=Olympic Games – Paris 2024 – Athletes' quotas for Road Cycling women's events |url=https://assets.ctfassets.net/761l7gh5x5an/1nlpK9E7jUlYpYDDP2ItCA/5af3f14cd47b306aba0a6c545c40b874/20240220_Liste_des_NOC_qualifi_s_WE_2024_-_Corrected.pdf |publisher=Union Cycliste Internationale |access-date=1 June 2024 |date=20 February 2024}}
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!From !Event !Time !Rank |
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| align=left rowspan=2|Gleb Syritsa
|rowspan=5 align=left|Russia |align=left|Men's road race |colspan=2|Did not finish |
| align=left|Men's time trial
|40:33.30 |31 |
| rowspan=2 align=left|Tamara Dronova
|align=left|Women's road race |4:07:16 |47 |
| align=left|Women's time trial
|43:42.16 |21 |
| align=left|Alena Ivanchenko
|align=left|Women's road race |4:10:47 |72 |
| rowspan=2 align=left|Hanna Tserakh
|rowspan=2 align=left|Belarus |align=left|Women's road race |4:10:18 |61 |
| align=left|Women's time trial
|44:57.20 |29 |
Gymnastics
{{main article|Gymnastics at the 2024 Summer Olympics|Gymnastics at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification}}
=Trampoline=
Three Individual Neutral Athletes (one male and two females) entered into the 2024 Summer Olympics trampoline competition through the World Cup Series ranking.{{cite news|url=https://olympics.com/en/news/world-trampoline-championships-2023-page-yan-regain-titles-results|title=World Trampoline Championships 2023: Bryony Page and Yan Langyu secure second world titles - Results|publisher=International Olympic Committee|date=12 November 2023|accessdate=29 November 2023}}{{cite news|url=https://www.gymnastics.sport/asset.php?id=fidb_15675|title=2024 Olympic Games Qualification Ranking list - Trampoline|publisher=International Gymnastics Federation|date=24 March 2024|accessdate=6 April 2024}}
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!rowspan=2|From !rowspan=2|Event !colspan=2|Qualification !colspan=2|Final |
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!Score !Rank !Score !Rank |
| align=left|Ivan Litvinovich
|align=left|Belarus |align=left |Men's |63.420 |1 Q |63.090 |{{gold1}} |
| align=left|Anzhela Bladtceva
|align=left|Russia |rowspan=2 align=left|Women's |55.640 |4 Q |55.020 |5 |
| align=left|Viyaleta Bardzilouskaya
|align=left|Belarus |56.340 |2 Q |56.060 |{{silver2}} |
Rowing
{{main|Rowing at the 2024 Summer Olympics|Rowing at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification}}
The Individual Neutral Athlete rowers qualified boats in each of the following classes through the 2023 World Rowing Championships in Belgrade, Serbia and the 2024 European Qualification Regatta in Szeged, Hungary.
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| rowspan=2|Athlete
!rowspan=2|From !rowspan=2|Event !colspan=2|Heats !colspan=2|Repechage !colspan=2|Quarterfinals !colspan=2|Semifinals !colspan=2|Final |
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!Time !Rank !Time !Rank !Time !Rank !Time !Rank !Time !Rank |
| align=left|Yauheni Zalaty
|align=left rowspan=2|Belarus |align=left|Men's single sculls |6:51.45 |1 QF |colspan="2" {{bye}} |6:49.27 |1 SF |6:39.01 |2 FA |6:42.96 |{{silver2}} |
| align=left|Tatsiana Klimovich
|align=left|Women's single sculls |7:34.31 | 2 QF |colspan="2" {{bye}} |7:34.30 |3 SF |7:26.56 |5 FB |7:25.61 |8 |
Shooting
{{main|Shooting at the 2024 Summer Olympics|Shooting at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification}}
Individual Neutral Athlete shooters achieved quota places for the following events based on their results at the 2024 ISSF World Olympic Qualification Tournament and 2024 European Championship.{{cite web|url=https://www.issf-sports.org/competitions/ogqualification/quota_places_by_nation_and_number.ashx|title=Quota Places by Nation and Number|date=1 January 2018|website=issf-sports.org/|publisher=ISSF|access-date=18 September 2022}}
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!rowspan=2|Athlete !rowspan=2|From !rowspan=2|Event !colspan=2|Qualification !colspan=2|Final |
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!Points !Rank !Points !Rank |
| align=left|Aliaksandra Piatrova
|align=left rowspan=2|Belarus |align=left|Women's 25 m pistol |566 |39 |colspan=2|Did not advance |
| align=left|Darya Chuprys
|align=left|Women's 50 m rifle 3 positions |579 |24 |colspan=2|Did not advance |
Swimming
{{main article|Swimming at the 2024 Summer Olympics|Swimming at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification}}
Individual Neutral Athlete swimmers achieved the entry standards in the following events for Paris 2024 (a maximum of two swimmers under the Olympic Qualifying Time (OST) and potentially at the Olympic Consideration Time (OCT)):{{cite web|title=Paris 2024 – Swimming Qualification|url=https://www.worldaquatics.com/competitions/2943/olympic-games-paris-2024/qualifications|publisher=World Aquatics|access-date=4 June 2023}}
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!rowspan=2|From !rowspan=2|Event !colspan=2|Heat !colspan=2|Semifinal !colspan=2|Final |
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!Time !Rank !Time !Rank !Time !Rank |
| rowspan=2 align=left|Evgenii Somov
|rowspan=2 align=left|Russia |align=left|Men's 50 m freestyle |23.43 |44 |colspan=4|Did not advance |
| align=left|Men's 100 m breaststroke
|59.83 |13 Q |1:00.00 |13 |colspan=2|Did not advance |
| align=left|Ilya Shymanovich
|align=left rowspan=5|Belarus |align=left|Men's 100 m breaststroke |59.25 |3 Q |59.45 |10 |colspan=2|Did not advance |
| rowspan=2 align=left|Anastasiya Shkurdai
|align=left|Women's 100 m backstroke |1:00.94 |20 |colspan=4|Did not advance |
| align=left|Women's 200 m backstroke
|2:09.64 |7 Q |2:08.79 |8 Q |2:10.23 |8 |
| rowspan=2 align=left|Alina Zmushka
|align=left|Women's 100 m breaststroke |1:06.37 |11 Q |1:05.93 |5 Q |1:06.54 |8 |
| align=left|Women's 200 m breaststroke
|2:28.19 |21 |colspan=4|Did not advance |
Taekwondo
{{main|Taekwondo at the 2024 Summer Olympics|Taekwondo at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification}}
Initially, Maksim Khramtsov, Vladislav Larin, Tatiana Minina, and Polina Khan qualified for the Games but the IOC did not declare them neutral and they were not invited to the Games.{{cite web | url=https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1146124/taekwondo-olympic-berth-reallocation | title=Serbia gets two more taekwondo quotas after reallocation | date=19 June 2024 }}
;Men
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!rowspan=2|Athlete !rowspan=2|From !rowspan=2|Event !Round of 32 !Round of 16 !Quarterfinals !Semifinals !Repechage !colspan=2|Final / {{abbr|BM|Bronze medal match}} |
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!Opposition !Opposition !Opposition !Opposition !Opposition !Opposition !Rank |
| align=left|Georgiy Gurtsiev
|align=left|Belarus |align=left|Men's −58 kg |{{Bye}} |{{flagIOCathlete|Ravet|FRA|2024 Summer}} |colspan=5|Did not advance |
Tennis
{{main|Tennis at the 2024 Summer Olympics|Tennis at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification}}
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| rowspan=2|Athlete
!rowspan=2|From !rowspan=2|Event !Round of 64 !Round of 32 !Round of 16 !Quarterfinal !Semifinal !colspan=2|Final / {{abbr|BM|Bronze medal match}} |
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!Opposition !Opposition !Opposition !Opposition !Opposition !Opposition !Rank |
| align=left|Daniil Medvedev
|align=left rowspan=10|Russia |align=left rowspan=3|Men's singles |{{flagIOCathlete|Hijikata|AUS|2024 Summer}} |{{flagIOCathlete|Ofner|AUT|2024 Summer}} |{{flagIOCathlete|Auger-Aliassime|CAN|2024 Summer}} |colspan=4|Did not advance |
| align=left|Roman Safiullin
|{{flagIOCathlete|Tabilo|CHI|2024 Summer}} |{{flagIOCathlete|Etcheverry|ARG|2024 Summer}} |{{flagIOCathlete|Alcaraz|ESP|2024 Summer}} |colspan=4|Did not advance |
| align=left|Pavel Kotov
|{{flagIOCathlete|Wawrinka|SUI|2024 Summer}} |colspan=6|Did not advance |
| align=left|Daniil Medvedev Roman Safiullin |align=left|Men's doubles |{{n/a}} |{{flagIOCathlete|Krawietz / |colspan=5|Did not advance |
| align=left|Ekaterina Alexandrova
|align=left rowspan=3|Women's singles |{{flagIOCathlete|Yuan|CHN|2024 Summer}} |colspan=6|Did not advance |
| align=left|Mirra Andreeva
|{{flagIOCathlete|Linette|POL|2024 Summer}} |colspan=6|Did not advance |
| align=left|Diana Shnaider
|{{flagIOCathlete|Cocciaretto|ITA|2024 Summer}} |{{flagIOCathlete|Wang|CHN|2024 Summer}} |colspan=5|Did not advance |
| align=left|Ekaterina Alexandrova Elena Vesnina |align=left rowspan=2|Women's doubles |rowspan=2 {{n/a}} |{{flagIOCathlete|Muchová / |colspan=5|Did not advance |
| align=left|Mirra Andreeva Diana Shnaider |{{flagIOCathlete|Gadecki / |{{flagIOCathlete|Dabrowski / |{{flagIOCathlete|Krejčíková / |{{flagIOCathlete|Bucșa / |{{flagIOCathlete|Errani / |{{silver2}} |
| align=left|Mirra Andreeva Daniil Medvedev |align=left rowspan=1|Mixed doubles | colspan=2 {{n/a}} |{{flagIOCathlete|Errani / |colspan=4|Did not advance |
Weightlifting
{{main|Weightlifting at the 2024 Summer Olympics|Weightlifting at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification}}
Three Individual Neutral Athlete entered into the Olympic competition as weightlifters. Petr Asayonak (men's -89 kg), Yauheni Tsikhantsou (men's 102 kg), Eduard Ziaziulin (men's +102 kg) and Siuzanna Valodzka (women's 71 kg) secured one of the top ten slots in her weight divisions based on the IWF Olympic Qualification Rankings.{{cite news |first=Licheng |last=Meng|title=How to qualify for weightlifting at Paris 2024. The Olympics qualification system explained.|url=https://olympics.com/en/news/pathway-to-paris-2024-weightlifting-qualification-system-explained|publisher=International Olympic Committee |date=21 December 2022 |access-date=27 December 2022}}
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| Athlete
!From !Event !Snatch !Clean & Jerk !Total !Rank |
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| align=left|Yauheni Tsikhantsou
|align=left rowspan=2|Belarus |align=left|Men's −102 kg |183 |219 |402 |{{bronze3}} |
| align=left|Siuzanna Valodzka
|align=left|Women's −71 kg |111 |135 |246 |4 |
Wrestling
{{main|Wrestling at the 2024 Summer Olympics|Wrestling at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification}}
On July 6, 2024, the Russian Wrestling Federation announced that all its invited wrestlers have unanimously decided to refuse to participate in the Olympics due to the IOC having blacklisted top Russian medal contenders.
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Key:
- VFA (ranking points: 5–0 or 0–5) – Victory by fall.
- VIN (ranking points: 5–0 or 0–5) – Victory by injury.
- VFO (ranking points: 5–0 or 0–5) – Victory by forfeit.
- VPO (ranking points: 3–0 or 0–3) – Decision by points – the loser without technical points.
- VPO1 (ranking points: 3–1 or 1–3) – Decision by points – the loser with technical points.
- VSU (ranking points: 4–0 or 0–4) – Great superiority – the loser without technical points and a margin of victory of at least 8 (Greco-Roman) or 10 (freestyle) points.
- VSU1 (ranking points: 4–1 or 1–4) – Technical superiority – the loser with technical points and a margin of victory of at least 8 (Greco-Roman) or 10 (freestyle) points.
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;Freestyle
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!rowspan=2|Athlete !rowspan=2|From !rowspan=2|Event !Round of 32 !Round of 16 !Quarterfinal !Semifinal !Repechage 1 !Repechage 2 !colspan=2|Final / {{abbr|BM|Bronze medal match}} |
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!Opposition !Opposition !Opposition !Opposition !Opposition !Opposition !Opposition !Rank |
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|align=left|Magomedkhabib Kadimagomedov |align=left|Belarus |align=left|Men's −74 kg |{{flagIOCathlete|Zhamalov|UZB|2024 Summer}} |colspan=3|Did not advance |{{flagIOCathlete|Salkazanov|SVK|2024 Summer}} | {{flagIOCathlete|Valiev|ALB|2024 Summer}} |colspan=2|Did not advance |
;Greco-Roman
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!rowspan=2|Athlete !rowspan=2|From !rowspan=2|Event !Round of 16 !Quarterfinal !Semifinal !Repechage !colspan=2|Final / {{abbr|BM|Bronze medal match}} |
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!Opposition !Opposition !Opposition !Opposition !Opposition !Rank |
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|align=left|Abubakar Khaslakhanau |align=left|Belarus |align=left|Men's −97 kg |{{flagIOCathlete|Kobliashvili|GEO|2024 Summer}} |{{flagIOCathlete|Gabr|EGY|2024 Summer}} |colspan=4|Did not advance |
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