Paraguay is scheduled to compete at the 2024 Summer OlympicsinParis from 26 July to 11 August 2024. It will be the nation's seventeenth appearance at the Summer Olympics. It will be the nation's fourteenth appearance at the Summer Olympics, except for the 1980 edition in Moscow, because of the nation's partial support for the US-led boycott.
| Paraguay at the 2024 Summer Olympics | |
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| IOC code | PAR |
| NOC | Comité Olímpico Paraguayo |
| Website | www |
| inParis, France July 26, 2024 (2024-07-26) – August 11, 2024 (2024-08-11) | |
| Competitors | 28 in 7 sports |
| Flag bearers | Alejandra Alonso Fabrizio Zanotti[1] |
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| Summer Olympics appearances (overview) | |
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The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games. Note that reserves in football are not counted:
| Sport | Men | Women | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| Athletics | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Football | 18 | 0 | 18 |
| Golf | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Judo | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Rowing | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Swimming | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Volleyball | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Total | 22 | 6 | 28 |
Paraguayan athletes achieved the entry standards, either by qualifying time or by world ranking, in the following track and field events (up to a maximum of 3 athletes in each event):
| Athlete | Event | Heat | Repechage | Semifinal | Final | ||||
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| Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | ||
| César Almirón | Men's 400 m | ||||||||
| Xenia Hiebert | Women's 100 m | ||||||||
Key:
| Team | Event | Group Stage | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final / BM | ||||
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Rank | Opposition Score |
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| Paraguay men's | Men's tournament | ||||||||
Paraguay men's football team qualified for the Olympics following the triumph of the champion title at the 2024 CONMEBOL Pre-Olympic TournamentinVenezuela, marking the nation's return to the sport, after the last participation in 2004.[2][3]
Paraguay announced their final squad on 3 July 2024.[4] Gatito Fernández and Fabián Balbuena were added to the squad on 9 July, replacing the injured Ángel González and Gustavo Caballero.[5]
Head coach: Carlos Jara Saguier
| No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Club |
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| 1 | 1GK | Gatito Fernández* | (1988-03-29)29 March 1988 (aged 36) |  Botafogo
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| 2 | 2DF | Alan Núñez | (2004-10-01)1 October 2004 (aged 19) |  Cerro Porteño
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| 3 | 2DF | Ronaldo Dejesús | (2001-04-21)21 April 2001 (aged 23) | Cerro Porteño
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| 4 | 2DF | Daniel Rivas | (2001-12-06)6 December 2001 (aged 22) | Nacional
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| 5 | 2DF | Gilberto Flores | (2003-04-01)1 April 2003 (aged 21) | Sportivo Trinidense
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| 6 | 3MF | Marcos Gómez | (2001-11-10)10 November 2001 (aged 22) | Olimpia
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| 7 | 4FW | Marcelo Fernández | (2001-10-25)25 October 2001 (aged 22) | Libertad
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| 8 | 3MF | Diego Gómez | (2003-03-27)27 March 2003 (aged 21) |  Inter Miami
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| 9 | 4FW | Kevin Parzajuk | (2002-08-09)9 August 2002 (aged 21) | Olimpia
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| 10 | 3MF | Wílder Viera | (2002-03-04)4 March 2002 (aged 22) | Cerro Porteño
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| 11 | 3MF | Enso González | (2005-01-20)20 January 2005 (aged 19) |  Wolverhampton Wanderers
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| 12 | 1GK | Rodrigo Frutos | (2003-01-06)6 January 2003 (aged 21) | Olimpia
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| 13 | 2DF | Alexis Cantero | (2003-02-05)5 February 2003 (aged 21) | Guaraní
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| 14 | 2DF | Fernando Román (captain) | (2001-02-23)23 February 2001 (aged 23) | Guaraní
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| 15 | 3MF | Fabrizio Peralta | (2002-08-02)2 August 2002 (aged 21) | Cerro Porteño
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| 16 | 2DF | Fabián Balbuena* | (1991-08-23)23 August 1991 (aged 32) |  Dynamo Moscow
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| 17 | 4FW | Diego González | (2003-01-07)7 January 2003 (aged 21) |  Lazio
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| 18 | 4FW | Marcelo Pérez | (2001-03-23)23 March 2001 (aged 23) |  Huracán
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* Overage player.
| Pos | Team
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Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 1 |  Japan
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0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 | Paraguay
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0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 3 |  Mali
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0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 4 |  Israel
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0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Japan | Match 8 | Paraguay |
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| Israel | Match 15 | Paraguay |
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| Paraguay | Match 24 | Mali |
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Paraguay entered one male golfer into the Olympic tournament. Fabrizio Zanotti qualified directly for the games in the men's individual competitions, based on his world ranking performance, on the IGF World Rankings.[6]
| Athlete | Event | Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 3 | Round 4 | Total | ||
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| Score | Score | Score | Score | Score | Par | Rank | ||
| Fabrizio Zanotti | Individual | |||||||
Paraguay qualified one judoka for the following weight class at the Games. Gabriela Narváez (women's extra-lightweight) got qualified via continental quota based on Olympic point rankings.[7]
| Athlete | Event | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Repechage | Final / BM | |
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| Opposition Result |
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| Gabriela Narváez | Women's –48 kg | 0 |
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Paraguayan rowers qualified two boats, each in the men's and women's single sculls for the Games, through the 2024 Americas Qualification Regatta in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
| Athlete | Event | Heats | Repechage | Semifinals | Final | ||||
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| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
| Javier Insfran | Men's single sculls | ||||||||
| Alejandra Alonso | Women's single 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
Paraguay sent two swimmers to compete at the 2024 Paris Olympics.
| Athlete | Event | Heat | Semifinal | Final | |||
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| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
| Matheo Mateos | Men's 200 m medley | ||||||
| Luana Alonso | Women's 100 m butterfly | ||||||
Paraguay women's pair qualified for Paris after winning the 2024 CSV Continental Cup Final in Asunción, marking the nation's debut in the sport.[8]
| Athletes | Event | Preliminary round | Round of 16 | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final / BM | ||||
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| Giuliana Poletti Michelle Valiente |
Women's |  Melissa /Brandie (CAN) |
 Tīna /Anastasija (LAT) |
 Esmée /Zoé (SUI) |
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