Tunisia at the 2024 Summer Olympics

Tunisia at the
2024 Summer Olympics
Tunisia at the; 2024 Summer Olympics
IOC code	TUN
NOC	Tunisian Olympic Committee
Website	www.cnot.org.tn (in French)
in Paris, France; 26 July 2024 – 11 August 2024
Competitors	27 in 13 sports
Medals	Gold 0 Silver 0 Bronze 0 Total 0
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
	1960; 1964; 1968; 1972; 1976; 1980; 1984; 1988; 1992; 1996; 2000; 2004; 2008; 2012; 2016; 2020; 2024;

Tunisia is scheduled to compete at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris from 26 July to 11 August 2024. Since the nation's official debut in 1960, Tunisian athletes have appeared in every edition of the Summer Olympic Games, except for Moscow 1980 as part of the United States-led boycott.

The World Anti-Doping Agency imposed sanctions on Tunisia due to non-compliance of its regulations on 30 August which meant that the Tunisian flag would have been allowed to be used at the Games.^[1] But this sanction was eventually lifted prior to the start of the games.^[2]

Competitors

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

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Archery	0	1	1
Athletics	2	1	3
Boxing	0	1	1
Canoeing	2	0	2
Fencing	1	1	2
Judo	0	2	2
Rowing	1	2	3
Shooting	0	1	1
Swimming	1	1	2
Taekwondo	2	2	4
Tennis	1	0	1
Weightlifting	1	0	1
Wrestling	2	2	4
Total	13	14	27

Archery

One Tunisian archer qualified for the 2024 Summer Olympics women's individual recurve competitions by virtue of her result at the 2023 African Continental Qualification Tournament in Nabeul, Tunisia.^[3]

Athlete	Event	Ranking round		Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Score	Seed	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Rihab Elwalid	Women's individual			0

Athletics

Tunisian 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 and road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Ahmed Jaziri	Men's 3000 m steeplechase
Mohamed Amin Jhinaoui	Men's 3000 m steeplechase
Marwa Bouzayani	Women's 3000 m steeplechase

Boxing

Khouloud Hlimi (women's featherweight) secured a spot in her division by advancing to the final match at the 2023 African Olympic Qualification Tournament in Dakar, Senegal.^[4]

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Khouloud Hlimi	Women's featherweight	0

Canoeing

Slalom

Tunisian canoeists confirmed a boat in the men's K-1 for the Games, following their results as the highest ranked eligible nation's, through the 2024 African Qualification Tournament in Sainte-Suzanne, Réunion, France.

Athlete	Event	Preliminary						Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Run 1	Rank	Run 2	Rank	Best	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
	Men's K-1

Sprint

Tunisian male canoeists qualified one boat for the Games through the result of highest rank eligible nation's in the C-1 1000 metres event at the 2023 African Olympic in Abuja, Nigeria.

Athlete	Event	Heats		Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
	Men's C-1 1000 m

Qualification Legend: FA = Qualify to final (medal); FB = Qualify to final B (non-medal)

Fencing

Tunisia entered two fencers into the Olympic competition. Farès Ferjani secured a quota place in men's sabree events, after nominated as one of two highest ranked individuals, eligible for African zone through the release of the FIE Official ranking for Paris 2024. Later on, Yasmine Daghfous, qualified for the games by winning the gold medal in the women's individual sabre events, at the 2024 African Zonal Qualifying Tournament in Algiers, Algeria.^[5]

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Farès Ferjani	Men's sabre
Yasmine Daghfous	Women's sabre

Judo

Tunisia qualified one judoka for the following weight class at the Games. Sarra Mzougui (women's heavyweight, +78 kg) got qualified via continental quota based on Olympic point rankings. Oumaima Bedioui received a quota due to reallocations of Individual Neutral Athletes (AIN).

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
Oumaima Bedioui	Women's 48 kg
Sarra Mzougui	Women's +78 kg	0

Rowing

Tunisian rowers qualified two boats, each in the women's lightweight double sculls and men's single sculls for the Games through the 2023 African Qualification Regatta in Tunis, Tunisia.^[6]

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechage		Semifinals		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Mohamed Taieb	Men's single sculls
Selma Dhaouadi Khadija Krimi	Women's lightweight double sculls

Qualification Legend: FA=Final A (medal); FB=Final B (non-medal); FC=Final C (non-medal); FD=Final D (non-medal); FE=Final E (non-medal); FF=Final F (non-medal); SA/B=Semifinals A/B; SC/D=Semifinals C/D; SE/F=Semifinals E/F; QF=Quarterfinals; R=Repechage

Shooting

Tunisian shooters achieved quota places for the following events based on their results at the 2022 and 2023 ISSF World Championships, 2023 African Championships, and 2024 ISSF World Olympic Qualification Tournament.^[7]

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Olfa Charni	Women's 10 m air pistol

Swimming

Tunisian swimmers achieved the entry standards in the following events for Paris 2024 (a maximum of two swimmers under the Olympic Qualifying Time (OST) and Universality Place):^[8]^[9]

Athlete	Event	Heat		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Ahmed Jaouadi	Men's 400 m freestyle
Ahmed Jaouadi	10 km open water	—
Jamila Boulakbech	Women's 800 m freestyle

Taekwondo

Tunisia qualified four athlete to compete at the games. Tokyo 2020 silver medalist, Mohamed Khalil Jendoubi qualified for Paris 2024 by virtue of finishing within the top five in the Olympic rankings in his division. Meanwhile, Firas Katoussi, Ikram Dhahri & Chaima Toumi joining the squad, by virtue of their victory results in the semifinal round, in their respective division, through 2024 African Qualification Tournament in Dakar, Senegal.^[10]

Athlete	Event	Qualification	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Mohamed Khalil Jendoubi	Men's −58 kg
Firas Katoussi	Men's −80 kg
Ikram Dhahri	Women's −49 kg
Chaima Toumi	Women's −57 kg

Tennis

Tunisia entered one tennis players into the Olympic tournament. Moez Echargui secured an outright berth by winning the men’s singles title at the 2023 African Games in Accra, Ghana.

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Moez Echargui	Men's singles

Weightlifting

Tunisia entered one weightlifter into the Olympic competition. Karem Ben Hnia (men's 73 kg) secured one available slots for continental quota allocation in his weight divisions based on the IWF Olympic Qualification Rankings.

Athlete	Event	Snatch		Clean & Jerk		Total	Rank
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Total	Rank
Karem Ben Hnia	Men's −73 kg

Wrestling

Tunisia qualified four wrestlers for Paris 2024. All of them qualified for the games following the triumph of advancing to the final round at 2024 African & Oceania Olympic Qualification Tournament in Alexandria, Egypt.^[11]^[12]

Key:

VT (ranking points: 5–0 or 0–5) – Victory by fall.
VB (ranking points: 5–0 or 0–5) – Victory by injury (VF for forfeit, VA for withdrawal or disqualification)
PP (ranking points: 3–1 or 1–3) – Decision by points – the loser with technical points.
PO (ranking points: 3–0 or 0–3) – Decision by points – the loser without technical points.
ST (ranking points: 4–0 or 0–4) – Great superiority – the loser without technical points and a margin of victory of at least 8 (Greco-Roman) or 10 (freestyle) points.
SP (ranking points: 4–1 or 1–4) – Technical superiority – the loser with technical points and a margin of victory of at least 8 (Greco-Roman) or 10 (freestyle) points.

Freestyle

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Repechage	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Siwar Bousetta	Women's −62 kg
Zaineb Sghaier	Women's −76 kg

Greco-Roman

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Souleymen Nasr	Men's −67 kg
Amine Guennichi	Men's −130 kg