Three Tuvaluan competitors represented the country at the 2012 Olympics. Tuau Lapua Lapua finished the highest of the Tuvaluan competitors with a 12th place finish in the Men's −62 kg event, finishing with a score of 243.[11] Tavevele Noa and Asenate Manoa were both eliminated in the first heats of the 100 metres dash, and Manoa set a national record in the women's 100 metres.[12]