Papua New Guinea Papua New Guinea (abbreviated PNG; , ; tpi, Papua Niugini; ho, Papua Niu Gini), officially the Independent State of Papua New Guinea ( tpi, Independen Stet bilong Papua Niugini; ho, Independen Stet bilong Papua Niu Gini), is a country i ...

competed at the

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. Originally scheduled to take place from 24 July to 9 August 2020, the Games were postponed to 23 July to 8 August 2021, because of the

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. It was the nation's tenth consecutive appearance at the Summer Olympics.

Competitors

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

Athletics

Papua New Guinea received a universality slot from the

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to send a female track and field athlete to the Olympics. ;Field events

Boxing

Papua New Guinea received an invitation from the Tripartite Commission to send the men's lightweight boxer

John Ume John Ume (born 19 August 1996) is a Papua New Guinean amateur boxer. He represented Papua New Guinea at the 2020 Summer Olympics. He won a gold medal at the 2019 Pacific Games. He also competed at the 2018 Commonwealth Games. Career Ume hails f ...

to the Olympics.

Sailing

Papua New Guinean sailors qualified one boat in each of the following classes through the class-associated World Championships, and the continental regattas, marking the country's recurrence to the sport for the first time in 28 years. M = Medal race; EL = Eliminated – did not advance into the medal race

Swimming

Papua New Guinea received a universality invitation from FINA to send two top-ranked swimmers (one per gender) in their respective individual events to the Olympics, based on the FINA Points System of June 28, 2021.

Weightlifting

Papua New Guinea entered two weightlifters (one per gender) into the Olympic competition. Rio 2016 Olympian

Morea Baru Morea Baru (born April 15 1990) is a Papua New Guinean Olympic weightlifter. He competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics. He finished in 6th place. He competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics, in Men's −61 kg. Career He competed at the 2016 Oceania ...

(men's 61 kg), with the veteran

Dika Toua Loa Dika Toua (born 23 June 1984) is a Papua New Guinean Olympian weightlifter. She competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics, in Women's −49 kg. She competes regularly in the 53 kg weight class. She is a 12 time, and current, Oceania titli ...

(women's 49 kg) becoming the first female from her nation to compete in five Olympics, topped the list of weightlifters from Oceania in their respective weight categories based on the IWF Absolute Continental Rankings.

References

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