Papua New Guinea at the 2020 Summer Olympics

Papua New Guinea is expected to compete at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. Originally scheduled to take place from 24 July to 9 August 2020, the Games have been postponed to 23 July to 8 August 2021, because of the COVID-19 pandemic.[1] It will be the nation's tenth consecutive appearance at the Summer Olympics.

Papua New Guinea at the
2020 Summer Olympics
IOC codePNG
NOCPapua New Guinea Olympic Committee
Websitewww.pngolympic.org
in Tokyo, Japan
Competitors4 in 2 sports
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)

Sailing
Main articles: Sailing at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Sailing at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification

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.[2]

Athlete Event Race Net points Final rank
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 M*
Teariki Numa Men's Laser
Rose-Lee Numa Women's Laser Radial

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

Tennis
Main articles: Tennis at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Tennis at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Papua New Guinea entered two tennis players into the Olympic tournament for the first time in history. Matthew Stubbings and Abigail Tere-Apisah secured an outright berth each in the men's and women's singles, respectively, by winning the gold medal at the 2019 Pacific Games in Apia, Samoa.[3]

Athlete Event Round of 64 Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final / BM
Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Rank
Matthew Stubbings Men's singles
Abigail Tere-Apisah Women's singles

References
  1. "Joint Statement from the International Olympic Committee and the Tokyo 2020 Organising Committee". Olympics. 24 March 2020. Retrieved 28 March 2020.
  2. Anderson, Talei (21 February 2020). "Sport: PNG sailor takes dad's lead in pursuing Olympic dream". Radio New Zealand. Retrieved 25 February 2020.
  3. Keslep, Simon (6 February 2020). "Abigail Starts Bid for Tokyo Olympic Games". Papua New Guinea Post-Courier. Retrieved 28 March 2020.


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