Nicaragua at the 2020 Summer Olympics
Nicaragua at the 2020 Summer Olympics | |
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Summer Olympics appearances ( overview) | |
Nicaragua competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. Originally scheduled to take place from 24 July to 9 August 2020, the Games were postponed to 23 July to 8 August 2021, because of the COVID-19 pandemic.[1] It was the nation's fourteenth appearance at the Summer Olympics, having competed at every Games since 1968 with the exception of the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul because of its partial support of the North Korean boycott.
Competitors
The following is the list of number of competitors participating in the Games:
Sport | Men | Women | Total |
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Athletics | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Judo | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Rowing | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Shooting | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Swimming | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Weightlifting | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Total | 4 | 4 | 8 |
Athletics
Nicaragua received a universality slot from World Athletics to send a male track and field athlete to the Olympics.[2]
- Key
- Note–Ranks given for track events are within the athlete's heat only
- Q = Qualified for the next round
- q = Qualified for the next round as a fastest loser or, in field events, by position without achieving the qualifying target
- NR = National record
- N/A = Round not applicable for the event
- Bye = Athlete not required to compete in round
- Track & road events
Athlete | Event | Heat | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final | ||||
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Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | ||
Yeykell Eliuth Romero
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Men's 100 m | 10.62 | 3 Q | 10.70 | 8 | Did not advance |
Judo
Nicaragua qualified one judoka for the women's heavyweight category (+78 kg) at the Games, signifying the nation's return to the sport for the first time since
Athlete | Event | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Repechage | Final / BM | |
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Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Rank | ||
Izayana Marenco | Women's +78 kg | Cerić (BIH) L 00–10 |
Did not advance |
Rowing
Nicaragua qualified one boat in the men's single sculls for the Games after finishing fourth in the B-final and securing the third of five berths available at the 2021 FISA Americas Olympic Qualification Regatta in
Athlete | Event | Heats | Repechage | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | |||||
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Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
Felix Potoy
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Men's single sculls | 7:32.54 | 4 R | 7:44.52 | 3 SE/F | Bye | 7:45.02 | 1 FE | 7:28.00 | 26 | |
Evidelia González | Women's single sculls | 8:25.18 | 4 R | 8:37.55 | 3 SE/F | Bye | 8:36.99 | 1 FE | 8:10.37 | 27 |
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
Shooting
Nicaragua received an invitation from the Tripartite Commission to send a men's air pistol shooter to the Olympics, as long as the minimum qualifying score (MQS) was fulfilled by June 5, 2021.[6]
Athlete | Event | Qualification | Final | ||
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Points | Rank | Points | Rank | ||
Edwin Barberena
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Men's 10 m air pistol | 554 | 36 | Did not advance |
Swimming
Nicaragua received a universality invitation from
Athlete | Event | Heat | Semifinal | Final | |||
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Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
Miguel Mena | Men's 100 m freestyle | 51.99 | 55 | Did not advance | |||
Maria Schutzmeier
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Women's 100 m freestyle | 57.94 | 43 | Did not advance |
Weightlifting
Nicaragua entered one female weightlifter into the Olympic competition. Sema Nancy Loudrick topped the list of weightlifters from the Americas in the women's 64 kg category based on the IWF Absolute Continental Rankings.[8][9]
Athlete | Event | Snatch | Clean & Jerk | Total | Rank | ||
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Result | Rank | Result | Rank | ||||
Sema Ludrick | Women's –64 kg | 87 | 13 | 115 | 11 | 202 | 12 |
See also
References
- Olympics. 24 March 2020. Retrieved 28 March 2020.
- ^ "Road to Olympic Games 2020". World Athletics. Retrieved 11 June 2021.
- ^ Messner, Nicolas (22 June 2021). "Tokyo 2020: Official Olympic Qualification List". International Judo Federation. Retrieved 2 July 2021.
- International Rowing Federation. Retrieved 6 March 2021.
- International Rowing Federation. 6 March 2021. Retrieved 31 March 2021.
- ^ "Quota Places by Nation and Number". www.issf-sports.org/. ISSF. 31 May 2021. Retrieved 31 May 2021.
- Swimming World Magazine. Retrieved 16 July 2021.
- ^ "Sema Nancy Loudrick representará a Nicaragua en los Juegos Olímpicos de Tokio 2020" [Sema Nancy Loudrick will represent Nicaragua at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics] (in Spanish). Viva Nicaragua. 13 June 2021. Retrieved 29 June 2021.
- ^ "IWF Reallocated All Quotas of Member Federations with Multiple ADRVs". International Weightlifting Federation. 6 July 2021. Retrieved 20 July 2021.