Zambia at the 2024 Summer Olympics

Zambia at the
2024 Summer Olympics
Zambia at the; 2024 Summer Olympics
	Flag of Zambia
IOC code	ZAM
NOC	National Olympic Committee of Zambia
Website	www.nocz.co.zm
in Paris, France; July 26, 2024 – August 11, 2024
Competitors	27 in 5 sports
Medals	Gold 0 Silver 0 Bronze 0 Total 0
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
	1964; 1968; 1972; 1976; 1980; 1984; 1988; 1992; 1996; 2000; 2004; 2008; 2012; 2016; 2020; 2024;
Other related appearances
	Rhodesia (1960)

Zambia is scheduled to compete at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris from 26 July to 11 August 2024. It will be the nation's fifteenth appearance at the Summer Olympics, although it marked its official debut in 1964 under the name Northern Rhodesia.

Competitors

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

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Athletics	4	0	4
Boxing	1	1	2
Football	0	18	18
Judo	1	0	1
Swimming	1	1	2
Total	7	20	27

Athletics

Zambian 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):^[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 & road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Repechage		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Muzala Samukonga	Men's 400 m
	Men's 4 × 400 m relay			—

Boxing

Zambia entered two boxersinto the Olympic tournament. Tokyo 2020 Olympian, Patrick Chinyemba secured one available spot in men's flyweight division by winning final match at the 2023 African Olympic Qualification Tournament in Dakar, Senegal.^[2] Later on, Margret Tembo secured her spot in the women's flyweight division, through the allocations of universality spots.^[3]

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Patrick Chinyemba	Men's flyweight	—
Margret Tembo	Women's flyweight

Football

Summary

Key:

A.E.T – After extra time.
P – Match decided by penalty-shootout.

Team	Event	Group Stage				Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
Team	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Zambia women's	Women's tournament	United States	Australia	Germany

Women's tournament

For the second time after 2020, Zambia women's football team qualified for the Olympics by winning the fourth round play-off of the 2024 CAF Women's Olympic qualifying tournament against Morocco.^[4]

Team roster

Zambia named a squad of 22 players for the tournament on 3 July 2024.^[5]

Head coach: Bruce Mwape

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	1GK	Catherine Musonda	(1998-02-20)20 February 1998 (aged 26)	3	0	Hapoel Ra'anana
2	2DF	Diana Banda	(2002-09-05)5 September 2002 (aged 21)	1	0	Green Buffaloes
3	2DF	Lushomo Mweemba	(2001-04-10)10 April 2001 (aged 23)	28	1	BIIK Shymkent
4	2DF	Esther Siamfuko	(2004-08-08)8 August 2004 (aged 19)	7	0	Green Buffaloes
5	2DF	Pauline Zulu	(2004-10-03)3 October 2004 (aged 19)	1	0	Lusaka Dynamos
6	3MF	Rhoda Chileshe	(1998-05-08)8 May 1998 (aged 26)	1	1	Indeni
7	3MF	Misozi Zulu	(1994-10-11)11 October 1994 (aged 29)	13	0	Hakkarigücü Spor
8	4FW	Ochumba Lubandji	(2001-07-01)1 July 2001 (aged 23)	21	4	Red Arrows
9	4FW	Kabange Mupopo	(1992-09-21)21 September 1992 (aged 31)	1	0	Green Buffaloes
10	3MF	Grace Chanda	(1997-06-11)11 June 1997 (aged 27)	28	10	Orlando Pride
11	4FW	Barbra Banda	(2000-03-20)20 March 2000 (aged 24)	61	53	Orlando Pride
12	3MF	Avell Chitundu	(1997-07-30)30 July 1997 (aged 26)	20	3	ZESCO United
13	2DF	Martha Tembo	(1998-03-08)8 March 1998 (aged 26)	22	0	BIIK Shymkent
14	3MF	Prisca Chilufya	(1999-06-08)8 June 1999 (aged 25)	0	0	Juárez
15	3MF	Hellen Chanda	(1998-06-19)19 June 1998 (aged 26)	1	0	Hakkarigücü Spor
16	2DF	Esther Muchinga	(2002-11-16)16 November 2002 (aged 21)	1	0	Zanaco
17	4FW	Racheal Kundananji	(2000-06-03)3 June 2000 (aged 24)	19	10	Bay FC
18	1GK	Ngambo Musole	(1998-06-26)26 June 1998 (aged 26)	1	0	Green Buffaloes

Unenrolled alternate players
No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
19	2DF	Vast Phiri	(1996-02-03)3 February 1996 (aged 28)	1	0	ZESCO United
20	4FW	Racheal Nachula	(1986-01-14)14 January 1986 (aged 38)		14	Hapoel Katamon
21	3MF	Mary Wilombe	(1997-09-22)22 September 1997 (aged 26)	23	1	Red Arrows
22	1GK	Eunice Sakala	(2002-05-23)23 May 2002 (aged 22)	0	0	Nkwazi

Group play

Pos	Team v t e	Qualification
1	United States	Advance to knockout stage
2	Zambia	Advance to knockout stage
3	Germany	Possible knockout stage based on ranking
4	Australia

First match(es) will be played: 25 July 2024. Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

25 July 2024

21:00

United States	Match 3	Zambia
	Report

Stade de Nice, Nice

28 July 2024

19:00

Australia	Match 10	Zambia
	Report

Stade de Nice, Nice

31 July 2024

19:00

Zambia	Match 16	Germany
	Report

Stade Geoffroy-Guichard, Saint-Étienne

Judo

Zambia qualified one judoka for the following weight class at the Games. Simon Zulu (men's extra-lightweight, 60 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
Simon Zulu	Men's –60 kg	0

Swimming

Zambia sent two swimmers to compete at the 2024 Paris Olympics, through the allocation of universality places.

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Damien Shamambo	Men's 50 m freestyle
Mia Phiri	Women's 50 m freestyle

References

^ "Road to Paris 24". World Athletics. Retrieved 20 December 2023.
^ "Nigeria's Joshua Omole: From dodging hunger pains to securing Paris 2024 Olympic quota at the Africa Boxing Qualifier". International Olympic Committee. 16 September 2023. Retrieved 16 September 2023.
^ "QUOTAS DISTRIBUTION PER NOC" (PDF). Athlete365. Retrieved 4 July 2024.
^ "Copper Queens book a place at the Paris 2024 Olympics". zambianfootball.co.zm. 10 April 2024. Retrieved 10 April 2024.
^ Zambia WNT [@Copper_Queens] (3 July 2024). "COPPER QUEENS FINAL SQUAD FOR OLYMPICS" (Tweet). Retrieved 7 July 2024 – via Twitter.

[1] "Road to Paris 24". World Athletics. Retrieved 20 December 2023.

[2] "Nigeria's Joshua Omole: From dodging hunger pains to securing Paris 2024 Olympic quota at the Africa Boxing Qualifier". International Olympic Committee. 16 September 2023. Retrieved 16 September 2023.

[3] "QUOTAS DISTRIBUTION PER NOC" (PDF). Athlete365. Retrieved 4 July 2024.

[4] "Copper Queens book a place at the Paris 2024 Olympics". zambianfootball.co.zm. 10 April 2024. Retrieved 10 April 2024.

[5] Zambia WNT [@Copper_Queens] (3 July 2024). "COPPER QUEENS FINAL SQUAD FOR OLYMPICS" (Tweet). Retrieved 7 July 2024 – via Twitter.

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