Sierra Leone at the 2020 Summer Olympics

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Sierra Leone at the
2020 Summer Olympics
Flag of Sierra Leone.svg
IOC code SLE
NOC National Olympic Committee of Sierra Leone
Website www.nocsl.org
in Tokyo
July 23, 2021 (2021-07-23) – August 8, 2021 (2021-08-08)
Competitors4 in 3 sports
Flag bearers (opening) Maggie Barrie
Frederick Harris
Flag bearer (closing) N/A
Medals
Gold
0
Silver
0
Bronze
0
Total
0
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)

Sierra Leone competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. Originally scheduled to for 24 July to 9 August 2020, the Games were postponed to 23 July to 8 August 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. It was the nation's twelfth appearance at the Summer Olympics, having appeared at all but two Games since its debut in 1968; Sierra Leone failed to register any athletes at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich and also joined the rest of the African nations to boycott the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal. [1]

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Competitors

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

SportMenWomenTotal
Athletics 011
Judo 101
Swimming 112
Total224

Athletics

Sierra Leone received a universality slot from the World Athletics to send a female track and field athlete to the Olympics. [1]

Key
Track & road events
AthleteEventHeatQuarterfinalSemifinalFinal
ResultRankResultRankResultRankResultRank
Maggie Barrie Women's 100 m 11.53 SB2 Q11.45 SB7Did not advance

Judo

Sierra Leone received an invitation from the Tripartite Commission and the International Judo Federation to send Frederick Harris in the men's half-middleweight category (81 kg) to the Olympics, marking the nation's debut in the sport. However, Harris got disqualified after being overweight. [2] [3]

AthleteEventRound of 64Round of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsRepechageFinal / BM
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Frederick Harris Men's –81 kg ByeFlag of Azerbaijan.svg  Faityev  (AZE)
LWO
Did not advance

Swimming

Sierra Leone 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. [4]

AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinal
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Joshua Wyse Men's 50 m freestyle 27.9071Did not advance
Tity Dumbuya Women's 50 m freestyle 31.5674Did not advance

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References

  1. 1 2 "Road to Olympic Games 2020". World Athletics . Retrieved 11 June 2021.
  2. Messner, Nicolas (22 June 2021). "Tokyo 2020: Official Olympic Qualification List". International Judo Federation . Retrieved 2 July 2021.
  3. Barrie, Lamrana (27 July 2021). "Sierra Leone's Frederick Harris Disqualified From Tokyo Olympic Games". www.sierraloaded.sl. Sierra Loaded. Retrieved 2 June 2022.
  4. "Tokyo Olympics Entry Lists Released, Swimming Begins July 24". Swimming World Magazine . Retrieved 16 July 2021.