El Salvador at the 2020 Summer Olympics

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El Salvador at the
2020 Summer Olympics
Flag of El Salvador.svg
IOC code ESA
NOC El Salvador Olympic Committee
Website www.teamesa.org  (in Spanish)
in Tokyo
July 23, 2021 (2021-07-23) – August 8, 2021 (2021-08-08)
Competitors5 in 4 sports
Flag bearers (opening) Celina Márquez
Enrique Arathoon
Flag bearer (closing) Yamileth Solorzano
Medals
Gold
0
Silver
0
Bronze
0
Total
0
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)

El Salvador competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. 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 twelfth appearance at the Summer Olympics.

Contents

Competitors

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

SportMenWomenTotal
Athletics 101
Boxing 011
Sailing 101
Swimming 112
Total325

Athletics

El Salvador received a universality slot from the World Athletics to send a male athlete to the Olympics. [2]

Key
Track & road events
AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinal
ResultRankResultRankResultRank
José Andrés Salazar Men's 200 m 21.667Did not advance

Boxing

El Salvador entered one boxer to compete in the women's featherweight category at the Olympic tournament. With the cancellation of the 2021 Pan American Qualification Tournament in Buenos Aires, Yamileth Solorzano received a spare berth declined by one of the original entries, as the next highest-ranked boxer vying for qualification from the Americas in the IOC's Boxing Task Force Rankings. This marked the country's return to the sport for the first time since 1988.

AthleteEventRound of 31Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Rank
Yamileth Solórzano Women's featherweight Flag of Japan.svg  Irie  (JPN)
L 0–5		Did not advance

Sailing

Salvadoran sailors qualified one boat for each of the following classes through the class-associated World Championships, and the continental regattas. [3]

AthleteEventRaceNet pointsFinal rank
12345678910M*
Enrique Arathoon Men's Laser 2817112527192517159EL16523

M = Medal race; EL = Eliminated – did not advance into the medal race

Swimming

El Salvador 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. [4]

AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinal
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Marcelo Acosta Men's 800 m freestyle 8:03.0131—Did not advance
Men's 1500 m freestyle 15:27.3725—Did not advance
Celina Márquez Women's 100 m backstroke 1:03.7536Did not advance
Women's 200 m backstroke 2:14.7223Did not advance

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. ↑ "Road to Olympic Games 2020". World Athletics . Retrieved 11 June 2021.
  3. ↑ Aguilar, Graciela (9 August 2019). "Enrique Arathoon logra la cuarta posición y clasificó a Tokio 2020" [Enrique Arathoon qualifies for Tokyo 2020 with a fourth-place finish] (in Spanish). La Prensa Gráfica . Retrieved 10 August 2019.
  4. ↑ "Tokyo Olympics Entry Lists Released, Swimming Begins July 24". Swimming World Magazine . Retrieved 16 July 2021.


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