The country's flag bearer was freestyle wrestler Elgin Loren Elwais,[4] the first Palauan athlete to have qualified for a Games based on his own performances.

[2] At the Closing Ceremony athletes entered in a less formal style, led by the flag bearers of all the competing nations.

Jesse Tamangrow finished seventh out of eight competitors in a heat which included eventual bronze medallist Walter Dix.

[8] Amber Yobech, the youngest member of the team at age 17,[9] was the sole Palauan representative in the swimming events.

"[13] The other wrestler Florian Skilang Temengil was beaten by Hungarian Ottó Aubéli in the Freestyle 120 kg.