Papua New Guinea at the Olympics
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Papua New Guinea first participated at the Olympic Games in 1976, and has sent athletes to compete in every Summer Olympic Games since then, except when they participated in the American-led boycott of the 1980 Summer Olympics. The nation has never participated in the Winter Olympic Games, nor have they won a medal in an Olympic Games.[1]
Swimmer Ryan Pini is the country's most successful athlete to date, having reached the final of the men's 100 metre butterfly event at the 2008 Summer Olympics.[1]
The National Olympic Committee for Papua New Guinea was created in 1973 and recognized by the International Olympic Committee in 1974.
Medal tables
Medals by Summer Games
| Games | Athletes | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total | Rank |
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 1976 Montreal | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
.svg.png){kind=small} 1980 Moscow | did not participate | |||||
 1984 Los Angeles | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
.svg.png){kind=small} 1988 Seoul | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
 1992 Barcelona | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 1996 Atlanta | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
 2000 Sydney | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
 2004 Athens | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
 2008 Beijing | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
 2012 London | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | |
See also
- Category:Olympic competitors for Papua New Guinea
- Papua New Guinea at the Paralympics
References
- 1 2 Papua New Guinea at the Olympics, The Telegraph
External links
- "Papua New Guinea". International Olympic Committee.
- "Papua New Guinea". Sports-Reference.com.
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