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Vanuatu competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, from 27 July to 12 August 2012. This was the nation's seventh appearance at the Olympics.
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The Vanuatu Association of Sports and National Olympic Committee (VASNOC) sent the nation's largest delegation to the Games since 1992. Five athletes, three men and two women, were selected to the team to compete in three different sports. Although Vanuatu's earlier Olympic appearances were primarily characterized by athletes competing in the track and field (except the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, and the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, where they included an archer and a table tennis player respectively), this nation involved its Olympic debut in judo. Among the athletes competing at these games, table tennis player Anolyn Lulu, the oldest of the team at age 33, became Vanuatu's second female flag bearer at the opening ceremony.
Vanuatu, however, has yet to win its first ever Olympic medal, as neither of these athletes advanced past the first round of their respective sporting events.
Athletics
Vanuatu qualified by one athlete for the Men's 800 metres and qualified one athlete for the Women's 100 metres under the universality criteria.
Judo
Vanuatu qualified 1 judoka in the men's heavyweight class through additional places for Oceania
Table tennis
Vanuatu qualified one player for the men's singles through the Oceania Qualification Tournament and qualified one player for the women's singles through the Oceania Qualification Tournament.