Panama at the 2020 Summer Olympics

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Panama at the
2020 Summer Olympics
Flag of Panama.svg
IOC code PAN
NOC Comité Olímpico de Panamá
Website www.copanama.com  (in Spanish)
in Tokyo, Japan
July 23, 2021 (2021-07-23) – August 8, 2021 (2021-08-08)
Competitors10 in 5 sports
Flag bearers (opening) Atheyna Bylon
Alonso Edward
Flag bearer (closing) Jorge Castelblanco
Medals
Gold
0
Silver
0
Bronze
0
Total
0
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)

Panama 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, due to the COVID-19 pandemic. [1] It was the nation's eighteenth appearance at the Summer Olympics, since its debut in 1928.

Contents

Competitors

The following is the list of competitors participating at the Games by numbers:

SportMenWomenTotal
Athletics 224
Boxing 011
Cycling 101
Judo 022
Swimming 112
Total4610

Athletics

Panamanian 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
Alonso Edward Men's 200 m 20.602 QDNFDid not advance
Jorge Castelblanco Men's marathon 2:33:2275
Gianna Woodruff Women's 400 m hurdles 55.492 Q54.22 NR 2 Q55.847
Field events
AthleteEventQualificationFinal
DistancePositionDistancePosition
Nathalee Aranda Women's long jump 6.1227Did not advance

Boxing

Panama entered one female boxer into the Olympic tournament. With the cancellation of the 2021 Pan American Qualification Tournament in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Rio 2016 Olympian Atheyna Bylon finished among the top three of the women's middleweight category to secure her place in the Panamanian squad based on the IOC's Boxing Task Force Rankings for the Americas. [4]

AthleteEventRound of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Atheyna Bylon Women's middleweight Flag of Australia.svg  Parker  (AUS)
W 5–0
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Price  (GBR)
L 0–5
Did not advance

Cycling

Road

Panama entered one rider each to compete in the men's Olympic road race by finishing in the top two, not yet qualified, at the 2019 Pan American Championships in Mexico, marking the country's debut in the sport. [5] [6]

AthleteEventTimeRank
Christofer Jurado Men's road race Did not finish

Judo

Panama qualified two judoka for each of the following weight classes at the Games. Representing Germany in two previous editions, Miryam Roper was selected among the top 18 judoka of the women's lightweight (57 kg) based on the IJF World Ranking List of June 28, 2021, while rookie Kristine Jiménez (women's half-heavyweight, 52 kg) accepted a continental berth from the Americas as the nation's top-ranked judoka outside of direct qualifying position. [7]

AthleteEventRound of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsRepechageFinal / BM
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Kristine Jiménez Women's –52 kg Olympic flag.svg  Kuziutina  (ROC)
L 00–10
Did not advance
Miryam Roper Women's –57 kg Flag of South Korea.svg  Kim J-s  (KOR)
L 00–10
Did not advance

Swimming

Panama 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 and/or Olympic Selection Time (OST). [8] [9] [10]

AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinal
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Tyler Christianson Men's 200 m breaststroke 2:13.4129Did not advance
Men's 200 m individual medley 2:02.7040Did not advance
Emily Santos Women's 100 m breaststroke 1:12.1035Did not advance

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