Virgin Islands at the 2020 Summer Olympics

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Virgin Islands at the
2020 Summer Olympics
Flag of the United States Virgin Islands.svg
IOC code ISV
NOC Virgin Islands Olympic Committee
Website www.virginislandsolympics.com
in Tokyo, Japan
July 23, 2021 (2021-07-23) – August 8, 2021 (2021-08-08)
Competitors4 in 3 sports
Flag bearers (opening) Natalia Kuipers
Adriel Sanes
Flag bearer (closing) Eddie Lovett
Medals
Gold
0
Silver
0
Bronze
0
Total
0
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)

The United States Virgin Islands, also known as the Virgin Islands and officially as the Virgin Islands of the United States, 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 territory's thirteenth appearance at the Summer Olympics.

Contents

Competitors

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

SportMenWomenTotal
Archery 101
Athletics 101
Swimming 112
Total314

Archery

Virgin Islands has received one tripartite invitation quotas from World Archery. [2]

AthleteEventRanking roundRound of 64Round of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal / BM
ScoreSeedOpposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank
Nicholas D'Amour Men's individual 66023Flag of Australia.svg  Tyack  (AUS)
L 5–6
Did not advance

Athletics

Virgin Islands received a universality slot from the World Athletics to send a male track and field athlete to the Olympics. [3]

Key
Track & road events
AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinal
ResultRankResultRankResultRank
Eddie Lovett Men's 110 m hurdles 14.17 SB7Did not advance

Swimming

Virgin Islands 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] [5]

AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinal
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Adriel Sanes Men's 100 m breaststroke 1:02.4342Did not advance
Men's 200 m breaststroke 2:16.8733Did not advance
Natalia Kuipers Women's 400 m freestyle 4:39.4226Did not advance

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References

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