Marshall Islands at the Olympics

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Marshall Islands at the
Olympics
Medals
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Silver
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Bronze
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Total
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Summer appearances

The Marshall Islands has competed in four summer Olympiads. It has yet to compete at a Winter Olympic Games. The Marshall Islands Olympic debut was at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China.[1] The highest number of Marshallese athletes participating in a Summer Games is five in the 2008 games in Beijing. No athlete from the Marshall Islands has ever won a medal at the Olympics.

Background

The Marshall Islands are a

atolls and five single islands.[2][3]

The Marshall Islands National Olympic Committee was created in 2001, and gained recognition by the International Olympic Committee at their meeting in 2006. The Marshall Islands National Olympic Committee brought the total number of NOC's to 203 at the time of their admittance.[4][5][6]

Olympic overview

2008 Summer Olympics

Beijing National Aquatics Center
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Main article: Marshall Islands at the 2008 Summer Olympics

The Marshall Islands debuted at the

taekwondo at the Olympics as of the 2016 Summer Olympics.[7] Bar Jason, who defeated a competitor from Samoa at the qualification tournament in New Caledonia, all were wildcard entries, having failed to meet the qualification criteria for their respective events.[8][9]

Both Cress and Nemra failed to advance from their track and field heats:[10] Cress finished eighth out of the nine athletes in his men's 100m heat with a time of 11.12 seconds,[11] while Nemra finished seventh out of the eight athletes in her women's 800m heat in 2:18.83.[12] Neither Heine or Kirchner managed to advance from their respective heats: Heine finished third in his men's 100m backstroke heat in a time of 58.86, placing forty-third in the standings;[13] meanwhile Kirchner finished fourth in her women's 50 meter freestyle heat in a time of 30.42, placing seventy-fifth in the standings.[14] Anju Jason competed in the men's welterweight division, where he was one of six athletes eliminated in tier eleven.[15]

2012 Summer Olympics

Main article: Marshall Islands at the 2012 Summer Olympics

The Marshall Islands sent four athletes to the 2012 Summer Olympics in London. Timi Garstang and Haley Nemra competed in the track and field events and Giordan Harris and Ann-Marie Hepler represented the nation in swimming at the Games. Before competing in the 2012 Summer Games, the Marshallese delegation attended a training camp in Australia for a month.[16][17]

2016 Summer Olympics

Main article: Marshall Islands at the 2016 Summer Olympics

Five athletes from the Marshall Islands took part in the

weightlifting at the Olympics.[18][16][19]

Medal tables

See also: All-time Olympic Games medal table

Medals by Summer Games

Games Athletes Gold Silver Bronze Total Rank
2008 Beijing 5 0 0 0 0 -
2012 London 4 0 0 0 0 -
2016 Rio de Janeiro 5 0 0 0 0 -
2020 Tokyo 2 0 0 0 0 -
2024 Paris future event
2028 Los Angeles
2032 Brisbane
Total 0 0 0 0 -

Flagbearers

Summer Olympics
Games Athlete Sport
2008 Beijing Waylon Muller Judo[20]
2012 London Haley Nemra Athletics[20]
2016 Rio de Janeiro
Mathlynn Sasser
 Weightlifting[21]
2020 Tokyo Colleen Furgeson
Phillip Kinono 		Swimming

See also

References

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  12. ^ "Athletics at the 2008 Beijing Summer Games: Women's 800 metres". Sports-Reference. 2015-11-16. Archived from the original on 2015-11-16. Retrieved 2017-01-23.
  13. ^ "Swimming at the 2008 Beijing Summer Games: Men's 100 metres Backstroke Round One". 2015-11-24. Archived from the original on 2015-11-24. Retrieved 2017-03-02.
  14. ^ "Swimming at the 2008 Beijing Summer Games: Women's 50 metres Freestyle Round One". 2016-02-23. Archived from the original on 2016-02-23. Retrieved 2017-03-03.
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  16. ^ a b "Marshall Islands at the 2012 London Summer Games | Olympics at Sports-Reference.com". 2016-03-05. Archived from the original on 2016-03-05. Retrieved 2017-07-13.
  17. ^ "Marshall Islands athletes train in Australia for Olympics | Pacific Beat | ABC Radio Australia". 2014-04-05. Archived from the original on 2014-04-05. Retrieved 2017-07-12.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  18. ^ Sportsencyclo. "Marshallese athletes in the Beijing 2008 Olympics". www.olympiandatabase.com. Retrieved 2017-07-13.
  19. ^ Sportsencyclo. "Marshallese athletes in the Rio 2016 Olympics". www.olympiandatabase.com. Retrieved 2017-07-13.
  20. ^ a b "Olympic History of Marshall Islands". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on 2020-04-17. Retrieved 2017-07-13.
  21. ^ "The Flagbearers for the Rio 2016 Opening Ceremony". International Olympic Committee. 2017-01-24. Retrieved 2017-07-13.

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