Luxembourg at the 2020 Summer Olympics

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Luxembourg at the
2020 Summer Olympics
Flag of Luxembourg.svg
IOC code LUX
NOC Luxembourg Olympic and Sporting Committee
Website www.teamletzebuerg.lu  (in French)
in Tokyo, Japan
23 July 2021 (2021-07-23) – 8 August 2021 (2021-08-08)
Competitors12 in 7 sports
Flag bearers (opening) Christine Majerus
Raphaël Stacchiotti
Flag bearer (closing) Bob Bertemes
Medals
Gold
0
Silver
0
Bronze
0
Total
0
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)

Luxembourg 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 1900, Luxembourg athletes have appeared in every edition of the Summer Olympic Games, with the exception of the 1904 and 1908 Summer Olympics, and the 1932 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles at the period of the worldwide Great Depression.

Contents

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.

SportMenWomenTotal
Archery 101
Athletics 202
Cycling 213
Equestrian 101
Swimming 112
Table tennis 022
Triathlon 101
Total8412

Archery

Luxembourg archers booked Olympic places in the men’s individual recurve based on the world ranking.

AthleteEventRanking roundRound of 64Round of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal / BM
ScoreSeedOpposition
Score		Opposition
Score		Opposition
Score		Opposition
Score		Opposition
Score		Opposition
Score		Rank
Jeff Henckels Men's individual 64655Flag of Turkey.svg  Gazoz  (TUR)
L 0–6		Did not advance

Athletics

Luxembourgian 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
AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinal
ResultRankResultRankResultRank
Charles Grethen Men's 1500 m 3:41.906 Q3:32.86 NR 6 q3:36.8012
Field events
AthleteEventQualificationFinal
DistancePositionDistancePosition
Bob Bertemes Men's shot put 20.1621Did not advance

Cycling

Road

Luxembourg entered a squad of three riders (two men and one woman) to compete in their respective Olympic road races, by virtue of their top 50 national finish (for men) and top 22 (for women) in the UCI World Ranking. [4]

AthleteEventTimeRank
Kevin Geniets Men's road race 6:15:3837
Michel Ries 6:21:4673
Christine Majerus Women's road race 3:55:1320
Women's time trial 34:34.1321

Equestrian

Luxembourg entered one dressage rider into the Olympic equestrian competition, by finishing in the top two, outside the group selection, of the individual FEI Olympic Rankings for Group B (South Western Europe), marking the country's debut in the sport. [5]

Dressage

AthleteHorseEventGrand PrixGrand Prix FreestyleOverall
ScoreRankTechnicalArtisticScoreRank
Nicolas Wagner Quater Back Junior Individual 70.51225Did not advance

Qualification Legend: Q = Qualified for the final; q = Qualified for the final as a lucky loser

Swimming

Luxembourgian 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)): [6] [7]

AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinal
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Raphaël Stacchiotti Men's 200 m individual medley 2:03.1742Did not advance
Julie Meynen Women's 50 m freestyle 25.36=25Did not advance
Women's 100 m freestyle 55.6932Did not advance

Table tennis

Luxembourg entered two athletes into the table tennis competition at the Games. Going to her sixth straight Olympics, Ni Xialian secured one of three available spots in the women's singles with a bronze medal victory at the 2019 European Games in Minsk, Belarus. [8] Meanwhile, Sarah de Nutte was automatically selected among the top ten table tennis players vying for qualification to join Ni Xialian in the same event based on the ITTF Olympic Rankings of June 1, 2021. [9]

AthleteEventPreliminaryRound 1Round 2Round 3Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal / BM
Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Rank
Sarah de Nutte Women's singles ByeFlag of Bulgaria.svg  Trifonova  (BUL)
L 3–4		Did not advance
Ni Xialian ByeFlag of South Korea.svg  Shin Y-b  (KOR)
L 3–4		Did not advance

Triathlon

Luxembourg qualified a single triathlete via the Individual World Rankings, signifying the nation's Olympic return to the sport for the first time since Beijing 2008.

AthleteEventTimeRank
Swim (1.5 km)Trans 1Bike (40 km)Trans 2Run (10 km)Total
Stefan Zachäus Men's 17:560:3956:290:3236:451:52:2144

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