Senegal at the 2020 Summer Olympics

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Senegal at the
2020 Summer Olympics
Flag of Senegal.svg
IOC code SEN
NOC Comité National Olympique et Sportif Sénégalais
in Tokyo, Japan
July 23, 2021 (2021-07-23) – August 8, 2021 (2021-08-08)
Competitors9 in 8 sports
Flag bearers (opening) Jeanne Boutbien
Mbagnick Ndiaye
Flag bearer (closing) Adama Diatta
Medals
Gold
0
Silver
0
Bronze
0
Total
0
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)

Senegal 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 fifteenth consecutive appearance at the Summer Olympics.

Contents

Competitors

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

SportMenWomenTotal
Athletics 101
Canoeing 101
Fencing 011
Judo 101
Shooting 011
Swimming 112
Table tennis 101
Wrestling 101
Total639

Athletics

Senegal received a universality slot from the World Athletics to send a male track and field athlete to the Olympics. [2]

Key
Track & road events
AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinal
ResultRankResultRankResultRank
Louis François Mendy Men's 110 m hurdles 13.84 SB7Did not advance

Canoeing

Slalom

Senegalese canoeists qualified one boat for each of the following classes through the 2021 African Canoe Slalom Championship in La Seu d'Urgell, Spain. [3]

AthleteEventPreliminarySemifinalFinal
Run 1RankRun 2RankBestRankTimeRankTimeRank
Jean-Pierre Bourhis Men's C-1 111.1614110.9316110.9317Did not advance

Fencing

Senegal entered one female fencer into the Olympic competition. Ndèye Binta Diongue claimed a spot in the women's épée by winning the final match at the African Zonal Qualifier in Cairo, Egypt. [4]

AthleteEventRound of 64Round of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalSemifinalFinal / BM
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank
Ndèye Binta Diongue Women's épée ByeFlag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Lin S  (CHN)
L 6–15
Did not advance

Judo

Senegal qualified one judoka for the men's heavyweight category (+100 kg) at the Games. 2019 African Games champion Mbagnick Ndiaye accepted a continental berth from Africa as the nation's top-ranked judoka outside of direct qualifying position in the IJF World Ranking List of June 28, 2021. [5] [6]

AthleteEventRound of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsRepechageFinal / BM
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Mbagnick Ndiaye Men's +100 kg ByeOlympic flag.svg  Bashaev  (ROC)
L 00–10
Did not advance

Shooting

For the first time since Los Angeles 1984, Senegal granted an invitation from ISSF to send the Italian-born Chiara Costa in the women's skeet shooting to the Olympics, if the minimum qualifying score (MQS) was fulfilled by June 6, 2021. [7]

AthleteEventQualificationFinal
PointsRankPointsRank
Chiara Costa Women's skeet 10828Did not advance

Swimming

Senegal 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. [8] [6]

AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinal
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Steven Aimable Men's 100 m butterfly 53.6449Did not advance
Jeanne Boutbien Women's 100 m freestyle 59.2746Did not advance

Table tennis

Senegal entered one athlete into the table tennis competition at the Games for the first time in 16 years. Ibrahima Diaw scored a semifinal victory to occupy one of the four available spots in the men's singles at the 2020 African Olympic Qualification Tournament in Tunis, Tunisia, marking the country's recurrence to the sport for the first time since 2004. [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
Ibrahima Diaw Men's singles ByeFlag of Singapore.svg  Chew  (SGP)
L 2–4
Did not advance

Wrestling

Senegal qualified one wrestler for the men's freestyle 65 kg into the Olympic competition, by progressing to the top two finals at the 2021 African & Oceania Qualification Tournament in Hammamet, Tunisia. [10]

Key:

Freestyle
AthleteEventRound of 16QuarterfinalSemifinalRepechageFinal / BM
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Adama Diatta Men's −65 kg Flag of Azerbaijan.svg  Aliyev  (AZE)
L 0–3 PO
Did not advanceFlag of Kazakhstan.svg  Niyazbekov  (KAZ)
L 0–4 ST
Did not advance16

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