Liechtenstein at the 2020 Summer Olympics

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Liechtenstein at the
2020 Summer Olympics
Flag of Liechtenstein.svg
IOC code LIE
NOC Liechtenstein Olympic Committee
Website www.olympic.li  (in German and English)
in Tokyo, Japan
23 July 2021 (2021-07-23) – 8 August 2021 (2021-08-08)
Competitors5 in 3 sports
Flag bearers (opening) Julia Hassler
Raphael Schwendinger
Flag bearer (closing) Lara Mechnig
Medals
Gold
0
Silver
0
Bronze
0
Total
0
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)

Liechtenstein 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] Since the nation's official debut in 1936, Liechtensteiner athletes have appeared in every edition of the Summer Olympic Games, except for two occasions; Liechtenstein did not register any athletes at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, and eventually joined the United States-led boycott when Moscow hosted the 1980 Summer Olympics.

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Competitors

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

SportMenWomenTotal
Artistic swimming 22
Judo 101
Swimming 112
Total235

Artistic swimming

For the first time in Olympic history, Liechtenstein fielded a squad of two artistic swimmers to compete in the women's duet event, by finishing eighth and securing the seventh of eight available spots at the 2021 FINA Olympic Qualification Tournament in Barcelona, Spain. [2]

AthleteEventTechnical routineFree routine (preliminary)Free routine (final)
PointsRankPointsTotal (technical + free)RankPointsTotal (technical + free)Rank
Lara Mechnig
Marluce Schierscher
Duet 83.24891683.0333166.282217Did not advance

Judo

Liechtenstein qualified one judoka for the men's middleweight category (90 kg) at the Games, marking the nation's return to the sport for the first time in two decades. Raphael Schwendinger accepted a continental berth from Europe as the nation's top-ranked judoka outside of direct qualifying position in the IJF World Ranking List of June 28, 2021. [3]

AthleteEventRound of 64Round of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsRepechageFinal / BM
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Raphael Schwendinger Men's –90 kg ByeFlag of the United States.svg  Brown  (USA)
L 00–11
Did not advance

Swimming

Liechtensteinian swimmers further achieved qualifying standards in the following events (up to a maximum of 2 swimmers in each event at the Olympic Qualifying Time (OQT), and potentially 1 at the Olympic Selection Time (OST)): [4] [5]

AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinal
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Christoph Meier Men's 200 m individual medley 2:04.3444Did not advance
Men's 400 m individual medley 4:25.1728Did not advance
Julia Hassler Women's 400 m freestyle 4:06.9812Did not advance
Women's 800 m freestyle 8:26.9915Did not advance
Women's 1500 m freestyle 16:12.5516Did not advance

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