Monaco at the 2020 Summer Olympics

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Monaco at the
2020 Summer Olympics
Flag of Monaco.svg
IOC code MON
NOC Comité Olympique Monégasque
Website www.comite-olympique.mc  (in French)
in Tokyo
23 July 2021 (2021-07-23) – 8 August 2021 (2021-08-08)
Competitors6 in 5 sports
Flag bearers (opening) Yang Xiaoxin
Quentin Antognelli [1]
Flag bearer (closing) Games Volunteer [2]
Medals
Gold
0
Silver
0
Bronze
0
Total
0
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)

Monaco competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. Originally scheduled to take place from 24 July to 9 August 2020, the Games were rescheduled for 23 July to 8 August 2021, due to the COVID-19 pandemic. [3] Since the nation's official debut in 1920, Monegasque athletes have appeared in every edition of the Summer Olympic Games throughout the modern era, except for three occasions; Monaco did not attend the 1932 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles at the period of the worldwide Great Depression, failed to register any athletes at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, and also joined the United States-led boycott when Moscow hosted the 1980 Summer Olympics.

Contents

Competitors

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

SportMenWomenTotal
Athletics 011
Judo 101
Rowing 101
Swimming 112
Table tennis 011
Total336

Athletics

Monaco received a universality slot from the World Athletics to send a female track and field athlete to the Olympics. [4]

Key
Track & road events
AthleteEventHeatQuarterfinalSemifinalFinal
ResultRankResultRankResultRankResultRank
Charlotte Afriat Women's 100 m 12.355Did not advance

Judo

Monaco entered one male judoka into the Olympic tournament after International Judo Federation awarded them a tripartite invitation quota.

AthleteEventRound of 64Round of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsRepechageFinal / BM
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Cédric Bessi Men's –73 kg ByeFlag of Burkina Faso.svg  Diallo  (BUR)
W 10–00
Flag of Mongolia.svg  Tsend-Ochir  (MGL)
L 01–11
Did not advance

Rowing

Monaco received an invitation from the Tripartite Commission to send a rower in the men's single sculls to the Tokyo regatta, signifying the nation's return to the sport for the first time since London 2012.

AthleteEventHeatsRepechageQuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Quentin Antognelli Men's single sculls 7:10.524 R7:34.141 QF7:29.994 SC/D7:06.032 FC7:01.8515

Qualification Legend: FA=Final A (medal); FB=Final B (non-medal); FC=Final C (non-medal); FD=Final D (non-medal); FE=Final E (non-medal); FF=Final F (non-medal); SA/B=Semifinals A/B; SC/D=Semifinals C/D; SE/F=Semifinals E/F; QF=Quarterfinals; R=Repechage

Swimming

Monaco 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
Theo Druenne Men's 1500 m freestyle 16:17.2028Did not advance
Claudia Verdino Women's 100 m breaststroke DSQDid not advance

Table tennis

Monaco entered one athlete into the table tennis competition for the first time at the Games. Chinese-born Xiaoxin Yang scored a fourth-match final triumph to book one of the five available places in the women's singles at the 2021 ITTF World Qualification Tournament in Doha, Qatar. [6]

AthleteEventPreliminaryRound 1Round 2Round 3Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal / BM
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Yang Xiaoxin Women's singles ByeFlag of Bulgaria.svg  Trifonova  (BUL)
W 4–1
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Sun Ys  (CHN)
L 0–4
Did not advance

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