Fiji at the 2024 Summer Olympics

NOCFiji Association of Sports and National Olympic Committee

Websitewww.fasanoc.org.fj

Competitors34 (17 men and 17 women) in 7 sports

Fiji at the 2024 Summer Olympics

IOC code	FIJ
NOC	Fiji Association of Sports and National Olympic Committee
Website	www.fasanoc.org.fj
in Paris, France 26 July 2024 (2024-07-26) – 11 August 2024 (2024-08-11)
Competitors	34 (17 men and 17 women) in 7 sports
Flag bearers (opening)	Viliame Ratulu & Raijieli Daveua
Flag bearers (closing)	David Young & Venice Traill
Medals Ranked 74th	Gold 0 Silver 1 Bronze 0 Total 1
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
1956 1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016 2020 2024

Fiji competed at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris from 26 July to 11 August 2024. Since the nation's debut in 1956. Fijian athletes have appeared in every edition of the Summer Olympic Games, except for two occasions. Fiji failed to register any athletes at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo and eventually joined the American-led boycott when Moscow hosted the 1980 Summer Olympics.

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Silver	Fiji national rugby sevens team Ponepati Loganimasi Iosefo Masi Jerry Matana Sevuloni Mocenacagi Waisea Nacuqu Joji Nasova Josaia Raisuqe Kaminieli Rasaku Selestino Ravutaumada Filipe Sauturaga Joseva Talacolo Terio Tamani Iowane Teba Jerry Tuwai	Rugby sevens	Men's tournament	27 July

Medals by sport
Sport				Total
Rugby sevens	0	1	0	1
Total	0	1	0	1

Medals by gender
Gender				Total
Male	0	1	0	1
Female	0	0	0	0
Mixed	0	0	0	0
Total	0	1	0	1

Medals by date
Date				Total
27 July	0	1	0	1
Total	0	1	0	1

Competitors

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

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Athletics	1	0	1
Judo	1	0	1
Rugby sevens	12	13	25
Sailing	1	1	2
Swimming	1	1	2
Table tennis	1	0	1
Taekwondo	0	2	2
Total	17	17	34

Athletics

Fiji sent one sprinter to compete at the 2024 Summer Olympics.^[1]

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 events

Athlete	Event	Preliminary		Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Waisake Tewa	Men's 100 m	10.73 SB	7	Did not advance

Judo

Fiji qualified one judoka for the following weight class at the Games. Gerard Takayawa (men's super-heavyweight, +100 kg) got qualified via continental quota based on Olympic point rankings.

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Gerard Takayawa	Men's +100 kg	N/a	Fízeľ (SVK) L 00–10	Did not advance

Rugby sevens

Summary

Team	Event	Pool round				Quarterfinal	Semifinal / Cl.	Final / BM / Cl.
Team	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Fiji men's	Men's tournament	Uruguay W 40–12	United States W 38–12	France W 19–12	1 Q	Ireland W 19–15	Australia W 31–7	France L 7–28
Fiji women's	Women's tournament	Canada L 14–17	China L 12–40	New Zealand L 7–38	4	N/a	Brazil L 22–28	South Africa L 15–21	12

Men's tournament

Fiji national rugby sevens team qualified for the Olympics by securing the third of the four available places in the 2022–23 World Rugby Sevens Series.^[2]^[3]

Team roster

Fiji's squad of 12 players was finalized on 18 July 2024. Additionally, Josaia Raisuqe and Filipe Sauturaga were named as traveling reserves.^[4]

Head coach: Osea Kolinisau

No.	Player	Date of birth (age)
1	Joji Nasova	(2000-06-09)9 June 2000 (aged 24)
2	Joseva Talacolo	(1997-04-01)1 April 1997 (aged 27)
3	Jeremaia Matana	(1998-07-14)14 July 1998 (aged 26)
4	Sevuloni Mocenacagi	(1990-06-29)29 June 1990 (aged 34)
5	Iosefo Baleiwairiki	(1998-05-09)9 May 1998 (aged 26)
6	Ponepati Loganimasi	(1998-03-26)26 March 1998 (aged 26)
7	Terio Veilawa	(1994-07-06)6 July 1994 (aged 30)
8	Waisea Nacuqu	(1993-05-24)24 May 1993 (aged 31)
9	Jerry Tuwai (c)	(1989-03-23)23 March 1989 (aged 35)
10	Iowane Teba	(1993-02-23)23 February 1993 (aged 31)
11	Kaminieli Rasaku	(1999-07-12)12 July 1999 (aged 25)
12	Selestino Ravutaumada	(2000-01-17)17 January 2000 (aged 24)

Group stage

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Fiji	3	3	0	0	97	36	+61	9	Advance to Quarter-finals
2	France (H)	3	1	1	1	43	43	0	6
3	United States	3	1	1	1	57	67	−10	6
4	Uruguay	3	0	0	3	41	92	−51	3

Source: World Rugby
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head result; 3) Point difference; 4) Points scored.
(H) Hosts

24 July 2024
17:00

Fiji	40–12	Uruguay
Try: Nasova (2) 2' m, 7' c Loganimasi 5' c Nacuqu 8' c Teba 11' c Ravutaumada 15' c Con: Nacuqu (3/4) 6', 7', 8' Teba (1/1) 12' Tamani (1/1) 25'	World Rugby	Try: González 4' c Basso 10' m Con: Lijtenstein (1/1) 4'

Stade de France, Paris
Attendance: 69,000^[5]^[6]
Referee: Ben Breakspear (Wales/Great Britain)

24 July 2024
20:30

Fiji	38–12	United States
Try: Teba 2' m Rasaku 4' c Ravutaumada 5' m Raisuqe 7' m Baleiwairiki 8' m Nacuqu 10' c Con: Teba (4/5) 3', 5', 7', 9'	World Rugby	Try: Bizer 5' c Baker 11' m Con: Hughes (1/1) 12'

Stade de France, Paris
Attendance: 69,000^[5]^[6]
Referee: Jordan Way (Australia)

25 July 2024
15:30

Fiji	19–12	France
Try: Tuwai 6' m Rasaku 9' c Nasova 13' c Con: Teba (1/2) 10' Veilawa (1/1) 14'	World Rugby	Try: Grandidier Nkanang 4' m Timo 15' c Con: Rebbadj (1/1) 16'

Stade de France, Paris
Attendance: 70,000^[7]
Referee: AJ Jacobs (South Africa)

Quarter-final

25 July 2024
22:00

Fiji	19–15	Ireland
Try: Baleiwairiki 1' c Nasova 12' c Nacuqu 12' m Con: Teba (1/1) 2' Tamani (1/1) 13'	World Rugby	Try: Mullins (2) 5' m, 7' m Ward 9' m

Stade de France, Paris
Attendance: 70,000^[7]
Referee: Nick Hogan (New Zealand)

Semi-final

27 July 2024
16:00

Fiji	31–7	Australia
Try: Nasova 8' c Baleiwairiki 8' c Rasaku 11' c Ravutaumada 14' c Con: Teba (2/2) 8', 9' Nacuqu (2/2) 15' Pen: Veilawa (1/1) 14'	World Rugby	Try: Dowling 6' c Con: Roache (1/1) 6'

Stade de France, Paris
Referee: AJ Jacobs (South Africa)

Women's tournament

Fiji women's national rugby sevens team qualified for the Olympics by virtue of the highest rank eligible nation's, not yet qualified, at the 2023 Oceania Sevens Championship.^[8]

Team roster

Fiji's squad of 13 players was finalized on 18 July 2024. Additionally Rogosau Adimereani was named as a traveling reserve.^[9]

Head coach: Saiasi Fuli

Group stage

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	New Zealand	3	3	0	114	19	+95	9	Quarter-finals
2	Canada	3	2	1	50	64	−14	7
3	China	3	1	2	62	81	−19	5
4	Fiji	3	0	3	33	95	−62	3

Source: World Rugby
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head result; 3) Point difference; 4) Points scored.

28 July 2024
17:30

Fiji	14–17	Canada
Try: Rokotuisiga 9' c Likuceva 15' c Con: Naimasi (1/1) 9' Ulunisau (1/1) 15'	World Rugby	Try: Symonds 4' c Williams 6' m Wardley 12' m Con: Daniels (1/3) 5'

Stade de France, Paris
Referee: Craig Chan (Hong Kong)

28 July 2024
21:00

Fiji	12–40	China
Try: Nakoci 3' c Delaiwau 9' m Con: Naimasi (1/2) 3'	World Rugby	Try: Wang 1' m Yang 5' c Yan 7' c Chen 8' c Liu 11' c Dou 13' c Con: Gu (4/4) 5', 8', 9', 12' Chen (1/1) 13'

Stade de France, Paris
Referee: Maggie Cogger-Orr (New Zealand)

29 July 2024
16:30

New Zealand	38–7	Fiji
Try: Miller 1' c Felix-Hotham 5' c Waaka (2) 7' c, 9' c Blyde 10' m Nuku 13' m Con: Pouri-Lane (4/4) 1', 5', 8', 10'	World Rugby	Try: Buleki 14' c Con: Ulunisau (1/1) 15'

Stade de France, Paris
Referee: Kat Roche (United States)

9–12th place playoff semi-final

29 July 2024
20:30

Fiji	22–28	Brazil
Try: Buleki 2' m Naimasi (2) 4' m, 13' c Likuceva 11' Con: Naimasi (1/2) 13'	World Rugby	Try: Lima (2) 1' c, 8' c Costa 6' c Soares 15' c Con: Kochhann (4/4) 1', 6', 8', 15'

Stade de France, Paris
Referee: Talal Chaudhry (Canada)

Eleventh place match

30 July 2024
16:30

South Africa	21–15	Fiji
Try: Roos (2) 1' c, 4' c Mpupha 9' c Con: Roos (3/3) 2', 4', 9'	World Rugby	Try: Lomani 11' m Ditavutu 12' m Wilson 15' m

Stade de France, Paris
Referee: Ano Kuwai (Japan)

Sailing

Fijian sailors qualified one boat in each of the following classes through the 2023 Sail Sydney in Sydney, Australia.

Medal race events

Athlete	Event	Race													Net points	Final rank
Athlete	Event	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	M*	Net points	Final rank
Viliame Ratulu	Men's ILCA 7	43	43	41	41	42	42	32	42	Cancelled		N/a		EL	283	43
Sophia Morgan	Women's ILCA 6	33	28	20	38	40	38	33	38	29	Cancelled	N/a		EL	257	37

M = Medal race; EL = Eliminated – did not advance into the medal race

Swimming

Fiji sent two swimmers to compete at the 2024 Paris Olympics.

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
David Young	Men's 50 m freestyle	22.71	40	Did not advance
Anahira McCutcheon	Women's 50 m freestyle	26.88	37	Did not advance

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