Guyana at the 2020 Summer Olympics

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Guyana at the
2020 Summer Olympics
Flag of Guyana.svg
IOC code GUY
NOC Guyana Olympic Association
in Tokyo, Japan
July 23, 2021 (2021-07-23) – August 8, 2021 (2021-08-08)
Competitors7 in 4 sports
Flag bearers (opening) Chelsea Edghill
Andrew Fowler
Flag bearer (closing) Emanuel Archibald
Medals
Gold
0
Silver
0
Bronze
0
Total
0
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)

Guyana 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 eighteenth appearance at the Summer Olympics as an independent state, although it had previously represented in five other editions (1948 to 1964) under the name British Guiana. Guyana joined the African-led boycott of the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal.

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Competitors

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

SportMenWomenTotal
Athletics 123
Boxing 101
Swimming 112
Table tennis 011
Total347

Athletics

Guyanese athletes 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
AthleteEventHeatQuarterfinalSemifinalFinal
ResultRankResultRankResultRankResultRank
Emanuel Archibald Men's 100 m 10.302 Q10.419did not advance
Jasmine Abrams Women's 100 m Bye11.497did not advance
Aliyah Abrams Women's 400 m 51.44 SB4 q51.467did not advance

Boxing

Guyana received an invitation from the Tripartite Commission to send the men's featherweight boxer Keevin Allicock to the Olympics, marking the country's return to the sport for the first time since Atlanta 1996. [4]

AthleteEventRound of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Keevin Allicock Men's featherweight Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg  de la Cruz  (DOM)
L 0–5
did not advance

Swimming

Guyana 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. [5]

AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinal
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Andrew Fowler Men's 100 m freestyle 55.2367did not advance
Aleka Persaud Women's 50 m freestyle 27.7655did not advance

Table tennis

Guyana received an invitation from the Tripartite Commission to compete in the women's singles, signifying the nation's Olympic debut in the sport. [6] [7]

AthleteEventPreliminaryRound 1Round 2Round 3Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal / BM
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Chelsea Edghill Women's singles Flag of Fiji.svg  Yee  (FIJ)
W 4–1
Flag of South Korea.svg  Shin Y-b  (KOR)
L 0–4
did not advance

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