Honduras at the 2020 Summer Olympics

Honduras at the
2020 Summer Olympics
Honduras at the; 2020 Summer Olympics
IOC code	HON
NOC	Honduran Olympic Committee
Website	cohonduras.com (in Spanish)
in Tokyo, Japan; July 23, 2021 – August 8, 2021
Competitors	27 in 5 sports
Flag bearers (opening)	Keyla Ávila ; Julio Horrego
Flag bearer (closing)	Iván Zarco
Medals	Gold0Silver0Bronze0Total0
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
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Last updated February 25, 2025

Honduras 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 twelfth appearance at the Summer Olympics.

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors participating in the Games. Note that reserves in football are not counted:

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Athletics	1	0	1
Football	22	0	22
Judo	0	1	1
Swimming	1	1	2
Taekwondo	0	1	1
Total	24	3	27

Athletics

Honduras received a universality slot from the World Athletics to send a male 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	Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank
Iván Zarco	Men's marathon	2:44:36	76

Football

Summary

Key:

A.E.T – After extra time.
P – Match decided by penalty-shootout.

Team	Event	Group Stage				Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
Team	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Honduras men's	Men's tournament	Romania L 0–1	New Zealand W 3–2	South Korea L 0–6	4	Did not advance

Men's tournament

Honduras men's football team qualified for the Olympics by advancing to the final match of the 2020 CONCACAF Men's Olympic Qualifying Championship in Mexico.^[3]

Team roster

Honduras' final squad was announced on 2 July 2021.^[4]

Head coach: Miguel Falero

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Club
1	1 GK	Alex Güity	(1997-09-20)20 September 1997 (aged 23)	Olimpia
2	2 DF	Denil Maldonado (captain)	(1998-05-26)26 May 1998 (aged 23)	Everton
3	2 DF	Wesly Decas	(1999-08-11)11 August 1999 (aged 21)	Motagua
4	2 DF	Carlos Meléndez	(1997-12-08)8 December 1997 (aged 23)	Vida
5	2 DF	Cristopher Meléndez	(1997-11-25)25 November 1997 (aged 23)	Motagua
6	3 MF	Jonathan Núñez	(2001-11-26)26 November 2001 (aged 19)	Motagua
7	3 MF	José Alejandro Reyes	(1997-11-05)5 November 1997 (aged 23)	Real España
8	4 FW	Edwin Rodríguez	(1999-09-25)25 September 1999 (aged 21)	Olimpia
9	4 FW	Jorge Benguché*	(1996-05-21)21 May 1996 (aged 25)	Boavista
10	4 FW	Rigoberto Rivas	(1998-07-31)31 July 1998 (aged 22)	Reggina
11	4 FW	Samuel Elvir	(2001-04-25)25 April 2001 (aged 20)	UPNFM
12	1 GK	Michael Perelló	(1998-07-11)11 July 1998 (aged 23)	Real España
13	3 MF	Brayan Moya*	(1992-10-19)19 October 1992 (aged 28)	1º de Agosto
14	4 FW	José Pinto	(1997-09-27)27 September 1997 (aged 23)	Olimpia
15	3 MF	Carlos Pineda	(1997-09-23)23 September 1997 (aged 23)	Olimpia
16	2 DF	José García	(1998-09-21)21 September 1998 (aged 22)	Olimpia
17	4 FW	Luis Palma	(2000-01-17)17 January 2000 (aged 21)	Vida
18	4 FW	Juan Obregón	(1997-10-29)29 October 1997 (aged 23)	Hartford Athletic
19	4 FW	Douglas Martínez	(1997-06-05)5 June 1997 (aged 24)	Real Salt Lake
20	3 MF	Jorge Álvarez	(1998-01-28)28 January 1998 (aged 23)	Olimpia
21	2 DF	Elvin Oliva	(1997-10-24)24 October 1997 (aged 23)	Olimpia
22	1 GK	Bryan Ramos	(2001-08-08)8 August 2001 (aged 19)	Real España

* Overage player.

Group play

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	South Korea	3	2	0	1	10	1	+9	6	Advance to knockout stage
2	New Zealand	3	1	1	1	3	3	0	4	Advance to knockout stage
3	Romania	3	1	1	1	1	4	−3	4
4	Honduras	3	1	0	2	3	9	−6	3

Source: TOCOG and FIFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

22 July 2021

20:00

Honduras	0–1	Romania
	Report (TOCOG) Report (FIFA)	Oliva 45+1' (o.g.)

Kashima Stadium, Kashima

Referee: Leodán González (Uruguay)

25 July 2021

17:00

New Zealand	2–3	Honduras
Cacace 10' Wood 49'	Report (TOCOG) Report (FIFA)	Palma 45+1' Obregón 78' Rivas 87'

Kashima Stadium, Kashima

Referee: Orel Grinfeld (Israel)

28 July 2021

17:30

South Korea	6–0	Honduras
Hwang Ui-jo 12' (pen.), 45+5', 52' (pen.) Won Du-jae 19' (pen.) Kim Jin-ya 64' Lee Kang-in 82'	Report (TOCOG) Report (FIFA)

International Stadium Yokohama, Yokohama

Referee: Georgi Kabakov (Bulgaria)

Judo

Honduras received an invitation from the Tripartite Commission and the International Judo Federation to send Cergia David Güity in the women's half-middleweight category (63 kg) to the Olympics.^[5]

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Cergia David	Women's −63 kg	Quadros (BRA) LWO^{[note 1]}	Did not advance

↑ Cergia David did not pass the official weigh-in and did not take part in the competition.^[6]

Swimming

Honduras 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.^[7]

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Julio Horrego	Men's 100 m breaststroke	1:02.45	43	Did not advance
Julio Horrego	Men's 200 m breaststroke	2:17.51	37	Did not advance
Julimar Avila	Women's 200 m butterfly	2:15.36	16 Q	2:16.38	16	Did not advance

Taekwondo

Honduras received an invitation from the Tripartite Commission and the World Taekwondo Federation to send Keila Avila in the women's heavyweight category (+67 kg) to the Olympics.^[8]

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Keyla Ávila	Women's +67 kg	Zheng Sy (CHN) L 1–20	Did not advance

References

↑ "Joint Statement from the International Olympic Committee and the Tokyo 2020 Organising Committee". Olympics. 24 March 2020. Retrieved 28 March 2020.
↑ "Road to Olympic Games 2020". World Athletics . Retrieved 11 June 2021.
↑ "Honduras, Mexico book ticket to Tokyo 2020". FIFA. 28 March 2021. Archived from the original on March 29, 2021. Retrieved 28 March 2021.
↑ "Seleccionador de Honduras convoca 22 jugadores para Juegos Olímpicos de Tokio". swissinfo. Retrieved 7 July 2021.
↑ Messner, Nicolas (22 June 2021). "Tokyo 2020: Official Olympic Qualification List". International Judo Federation . Retrieved 2 July 2021.
↑ "Official Communication" (PDF). 2020 Summer Olympics . 26 July 2021. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 July 2021. Retrieved 28 July 2021.
↑ "Tokyo Olympics Entry Lists Released, Swimming Begins July 24". Swimming World Magazine . Retrieved 16 July 2021.
↑ "131 of world's best confirmed for Tokyo 2020". World Taekwondo. 14 July 2021. Retrieved 16 July 2021.

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[7] Cergia David did not pass the official weigh-in and did not take part in the competition.^[6]

[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] "Honduras, Mexico book ticket to Tokyo 2020". FIFA. 28 March 2021. Archived from the original on March 29, 2021. Retrieved 28 March 2021.

[4] "Seleccionador de Honduras convoca 22 jugadores para Juegos Olímpicos de Tokio". swissinfo. Retrieved 7 July 2021.

[5] Messner, Nicolas (22 June 2021). "Tokyo 2020: Official Olympic Qualification List". International Judo Federation . Retrieved 2 July 2021.

[6] "Official Communication" (PDF). 2020 Summer Olympics . 26 July 2021. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 July 2021. Retrieved 28 July 2021.

[8] "Tokyo Olympics Entry Lists Released, Swimming Begins July 24". Swimming World Magazine . Retrieved 16 July 2021.

[9] "131 of world's best confirmed for Tokyo 2020". World Taekwondo. 14 July 2021. Retrieved 16 July 2021.

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