Rwanda competed at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, England between 28 July and 8 August 2022. It was Rwanda's fourth appearance at the Games.
Ntagengwa Olivier and Diane Ingabire were the country's flagbearers during the opening ceremony.
Competitors Rwanda received a quota of 20 open allocation slots from Commonwealth Sport, of which they filled 15. This quota is used to determine the overall team in sports lacking a qualifying system.
The following is the list of number of competitors participating at the Games per sport/discipline. SportMenWomenTotalAthletics134Beach volleyball202Cycling538Swimming202 Total10616
Athletics
A squad of four athletes was selected as of 10 July 2022.
Men Track and road events AthleteEventFinalResultRankYves Nimubona5000 m13:20.205
Women Track and road events AthleteEventHeatFinalResultRankResultRankClaire Uwitonze1500 m4:24.078did not advanceEmeline Imanizabayo5000 mcolspan=2 15:37.8714Celine Iranzi10,000 mcolspan=2 32:48.6011
Beach volleyball
By virtue of their position in the extended FIVB Beach Volleyball World Rankings (based on performances between 16 April 2018 and 31 March 2022), Rwanda qualified for the men's tournament. Two players were selected as of 19 July 2022.
AthleteEventPreliminary RoundQuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinalsRankOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreRankOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOlivier NtagengwaMen's tournamentW 2 - 0W 2 - 1L 0 - 22 QW 2 - 0L 0 - 2Bronze medal matchL 0 - 24
Men's tournament
Group B
Quarterfinals
Semifinals
Bronze medal match
Cycling
Following the National Road Championships, a squad of eight cyclists was selected as of 5 July 2022. Moise Mugisha, who was unable to take part in the championships after being hit in a car accident, is also listed as of 10 July 2022.
Road Men AthleteEventTimeRankEric ManizabayoRoad race3:37:1554Moise Mugisha3:37:0836Samuel MugishaDNFEric Muhoza3:37:0833Byiza Renus Uhiriwe3:37:0823Moise MugishaTime trial51:56.7017Byiza Renus Uhiriwe53:52.6227
Women AthleteEventTimeRankDiane IngabireRoad raceDNFJosiane MukashmaDNFJacqueline TuyishimeDNFDiane IngabireTime trial47:39.0425Jacqueline Tuyishime48:04.3326
Swimming
A squad of two swimmers was selected as of 10 July 2022.
Men AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankEloi Maniraguha50 m freestyle25.1554did not advance100 m freestyle57.7963did not advanceIsihaka Isihaka50 m butterfly26.8446did not advance100 m butterfly1:00.9544did not advance
References
External links Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games Official site