Bermuda at the 2020 Summer Olympics

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Bermuda at the
2020 Summer Olympics
Flag of Bermuda.svg
IOC code BER
NOC Bermuda Olympic Association
Website www.olympics.bm
in Tokyo, Japan
23 July 2021 (2021-07-23) – 8 August 2021 (2021-08-08)
Competitors2 in 2 sports
Flag bearer (opening) Dara Alizadeh
Flag bearer (closing) N/A
Medals
Ranked 63rd
Gold
1
Silver
0
Bronze
0
Total
1
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)

Bermuda competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. Originally scheduled to take place from 24 July to 9 August 2020, the Games had been postponed to 23 July to 8 August 2021, because of the COVID-19 pandemic. [1] Since the nation's official debut in 1936, Bermudian athletes have appeared in every edition of the Summer Olympic Games, but did not attend the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow because of the nation's support for the US-led boycott.

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The first ever gold medal for Bermuda was won by triathlete Flora Duffy. During her victory ceremony, the national anthem of the United Kingdom, "God Save the Queen" was played instead of the territorial anthem of Bermuda ("Hail to Bermuda"), as Bermuda is a British overseas territory.

Medalists

MedalNameSportEventDate
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Flora Duffy Triathlon Women's triathlon 27 July

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.

SportMenWomenTotal
Rowing 101
Triathlon 011
Total112

Rowing

Bermuda qualified one boat in the men's single sculls for the Games by finishing third in the B-final and securing the second of five berths available at the 2021 FISA Americas Olympic Qualification Regatta in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. [2]

AthleteEventHeatsRepechageQuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Dara Alizadeh Men's single sculls 7:34.964 R7:35.902 QF7:35.735 SC/D7:11.143 FC7:09.9118

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

Triathlon

Bermuda entered one triathlete to compete at the Olympics. Remarkably going to her historic fourth Games, Flora Duffy was selected among the top 26 triathletes vying for qualification in the women's event based on the individual ITU World Rankings of 15 June 2021. [3] She won the gold medal.

AthleteEventSwim (1.5 km)Trans 1Bike (40 km)Trans 2Run (10 km)Total TimeRank
Flora Duffy Women's 18:320:411:02:490:3433:001:55:36Gold medal icon.svg

Non-competing sports

Equestrian

Bermuda entered one dressage rider into the Olympic competition by finishing in the top four, outside the group selection, of the individual FEI Olympic Rankings for Groups D and E (North, Central, and South America), marking the country's recurrence to the sport after an eight-year absence. [4] The quota was later withdrawn, following an injury of Annabelle Collins' main horse Joyero and a failure to obtain minimum eligibility requirements (MER) aboard a new horse Chuppy Checker. [5]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Joint Statement from the International Olympic Committee and the Tokyo 2020 Organising Committee". Olympics. 24 March 2020. Retrieved 28 March 2020.
  2. ↑ "Americas Qualification Regatta Completed Ahead of Schedule". International Rowing Federation. 6 March 2021. Retrieved 31 March 2021.
  3. ↑ "Tokyo 2020 race numbers allocated to the 38 National Federations heading to the Games". World Triathlon. 2 July 2021. Retrieved 6 July 2021.
  4. ↑ "Tokyo 2020 team and individual quota places confirmed by FEI". FEI. 17 February 2020. Retrieved 1 March 2020.
  5. ↑ "Yarur Takes Olympic Individual Slot for Chile After Bermuda and Venezuela Lose Spot". Eurodressage. 19 June 2021. Retrieved 19 June 2021.


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