Costa Rica at the 2020 Summer Olympics

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Costa Rica at the
2020 Summer Olympics
Flag of Costa Rica.svg
IOC code CRC
NOC Costa Rican Olympic Committee
Website www.concrc.org  (in Spanish)
in Tokyo, Japan
July 23, 2021 (2021-07-23) – August 8, 2021 (2021-08-08)
Competitors14 in 7 sports
Flag bearers (opening) Andrea Vargas
Ian Sancho Chinchila
Flag bearer (closing) Noelia Vargas
Medals
Gold
0
Silver
0
Bronze
0
Total
0
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)

Costa Rica 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 sixteenth appearance at the Summer Olympics, since its debut in 1936. Costa Rica failed to win any medal for the fifth consecutive Olympics.

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Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors participating in the Games:

SportMenWomenTotal
Athletics 123
Cycling 213
Gymnastics 011
Judo 101
Surfing 123
Swimming 112
Taekwondo 011
Total6814

Athletics

Costa Rican athletes further achieved the entry standards, either by qualifying time or by world ranking, in the following track and field events (up to a maximum of 3 athletes in each event): [2] [3]

Key
Track & road events
AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinal
ResultRankResultRankResultRank
Gerald Drummond Men's 400 m hurdles 49.927Did not advance
Andrea Vargas Women's 100 m hurdles 12.71 SB1 Q12.693Did not advance
Noelia Vargas Women's 20 km walk 1:35:0721

Cycling

Road

Costa Rica entered one rider each to compete in the men's and women's Olympic road races, by virtue of his top 50 national finish (for men) and her top 100 individual finish (for women) in the UCI World Ranking. [4]

AthleteEventTimeRank
Andrey Amador Men's road race 6:21:4668
María José Vargas Women's road race Did not finish

BMX

Costa Rica entered one BMX rider to compete in the men's freestyle, by finishing in the top two at the 2019 UCI Urban Cycling World Championships in Chengdu, China.

AthleteEventSeedingFinal
ScoreRankScoreRank
Kenneth Tencio Men's freestyle 79.80690.54

Gymnastics

Artistic

Costa Rica entered one artistic gymnast into the Olympic competition, marking the country's debut in the sport. Luciana Alvarado scored a third-place finish to book the last of two available berths in the women's individual all-around and apparatus events at the 2021 Pan American Championships in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. [5]

Women
AthleteEventQualificationFinal
ApparatusTotalRankApparatusTotalRank
V UB BB F V UB BB F
Luciana Alvarado All-around 13.43312,74112.96612.16651.30651Did not advance

Judo

Costa Rica qualified one judoka for the men's half-lightweight category (66 kg) at the Games. Ian Sancho Chinchila accepted a continental berth from the Americas as the nation's top-ranked judoka outside of direct qualifying position in the IJF World Ranking List of June 28, 2021. [6]

AthleteEventRound of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsRepechageFinal / BM
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Ian Sancho Chinchila Men's −66 kg Flag of Albania.svg  Cullhaj  (ALB)
W 11–00
Flag of South Korea.svg  An B-u  (KOR)
L 00–10
Did not advance

Surfing

Costa Rica sent two surfers to compete in the women's shortboard race and one surfer to compete in the men's shortboard race at the Games. Brisa Hennessy finished within the top eight of those eligible for qualification in the World Surf League rankings to secure her place on the Costa Rican roster for Tokyo 2020, with Leilani McGonagle joining her with a top-two finish in her heat at the 2021 ISA World Surfing Games in El Salvador. [7] [8] On July 23, Carlos Muñoz Herrera joined the nation's surfing squad at the Games after Portugal's Frederico Morais tested positive for COVID-19. [9]

AthleteEventRound 1Round 2Round 3QuarterfinalSemifinalFinal/BM
ScoreRankScoreRankOpposition

Result

Opposition

Result

Opposition

Result

Opposition

Result

Carlos Muñoz Herrera Men's shortboard DNSDid not advance
Brisa Hennessy Women's shortboard 12.202 QByeFlag of New Zealand.svg  Williams  (NZL)
W 12.00–7.73
Flag of the United States.svg  Marks  (USA)
L 6.83–12.50
Did not advance
Leilani McGonagle 9.643 q9.634Did not advance

Swimming

Costa Rica received a universality invitation from FINA to send two top-ranked swimmers (one per gender) in their respective individual events to the Olympics, based on the FINA Points System of June 28, 2021. [10]

AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinal
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Arnoldo Herrera Men's 200 m breaststroke 2:20.0938Did not advance
Beatriz Padron Women's 200 m freestyle 2:04.5625Did not advance

Taekwondo

Originally, Costa Rica was not going to participate in taekwondo during these Olympic Games, however, the country received a last minute invitation after the Chilean delegation was unable to send a taekwondo player in the women's 57 kilogram category as a result of a positive test for COVID-19. Costa Rican Olympic Committee selected Nishy Lee Lindo to represent her country for the first time in taekwondo at the Games. [11]

AthleteEventQualificationRound of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsRepechageFinal / BM
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Nishy Lee Lindo Women's –57 kg ByeFlag of Turkey.svg  İlgün  (TUR)
L 5–16
Did not advance

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