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Botswana at the 2024 Summer Olympics
IOC code	BOT
NOC	Botswana National Olympic Committee
in Paris, France 26 July 2024 (2024-07-26) – 11 August 2024 (2024-08-11)
Competitors	12 (10 men and 2 women) in 2 sports
Flag bearer (opening)	Letsile Tebogo & Maxine Egner
Flag bearer (closing)	Letsile Tebogo & Oratile Nowe
Officials	Oreeditse Marakakgoro (chef de mission)
Medals Ranked 55th	Gold 1 Silver 1 Bronze 0 Total 2
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016 2020 2024

Botswana competed at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris from 26 July to 11 August 2024. It was the nation's twelfth consecutive appearance at the Summer Olympics.

Botswana National Olympic Committee appointed Oreeditse Marakakgoro as the nation's chef de mission for Paris 2024.

Letsile Tebogo won Botswana's first ever Olympic gold medal after winning the men's 200 metres, also becoming the first African to win the title.

Medalists

Medal Name Sport Event Date  Gold Letsile Tebogo Athletics Men's 200 m 8 August  Silver Busang Kebinatshipi Bayapo Ndori Anthony Pesela Letsile Tebogo Athletics Men's 4 × 400 m relay 10 August

Medals by sport Sport Total Athletics 1 1 0 2 Total 1 1 0 2

Medals by gender Gender Total Male 1 1 0 2 Female 0 0 0 0 Mixed 0 0 0 0 Total 1 1 0 2

Medals by date Date Total 8 August 1 0 0 1 10 August 0 1 0 1 Total 1 1 0 2

Competitors

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

Athletics

Botswana track and field athletes achieved the entry standards for Paris 2024, either by passing the direct qualifying mark (or time for track and road races) or by world ranking, in the following events (a maximum of 3 athletes each):

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 & road events

Athlete	Event	Preliminary		Heat		Repechage		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Letsile Tebogo	Men's 100 m	Bye		10.01	2 Q	—		9.91	2 Q	9.86 NR	6
	Men's 200 m	—		20.10	1 Q	Bye		19.96	1 Q	19.46 AR
Busang Kebinatshipi	Men's 400 m	—		44.45 PB	3 Q	Bye		44.43 PB	3	Did not advance
Bayapo Ndori		—		44.87	2 Q	Bye		44.43	4	Did not advance
Leungo Scotch		—		45.28	5	45.33	2 q	45.16	7	Did not advance
Tshepiso Masalela	Men's 800 m	—		1.45:58	3 Q	Bye		1:45.33	2 Q	1:42.82 PB	7
Kethobogile Haingura		—		1:46.46	7	1:45.52	1 Q	1:44.95	7	Did not advance
Tumo Nkape		—		1.46:99	6	1:45.57	7	Did not advance
Victor Ntweng	Men's 400 m hurdles	—		49.59	5	48.88	3	Did not advance
Busang Kebinatshipi Bayapo Ndori Anthony Pesela Letsile Tebogo	Men's 4 × 400 m relay	—		2:57.76 SB	1 Q	—				2:54.53 NR
Oratile Nowe	Women's 800 m	—		2:01.00	6	2:03.29	5	Did not advance

Swimming

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

Qualifiers for the latter rounds (Q) of all events were decided on a time only basis, therefore positions shown are overall results versus competitors in all heats.

References

1. "Shock as Marakakgoro is Named Chef De Mission for Team Botswana for 2024 Olympics". The Botswana Gazette. 25 February 2022. Retrieved 15 July 2023.
2. "Paris 2024: Letsile Tebogo stuns Noah Lyles to win men's 200 m gold - all results". Olympics. 8 August 2024.
3. "Road to Paris 24". World Athletics. Retrieved 20 December 2023.

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