Virgin Islands at the 2020 Summer Olympics | |
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IOC code | ISV |
NOC | Virgin Islands Olympic Committee |
Website | www |
in Tokyo, Japan July 23, 2021 – August 8, 2021 | |
Competitors | 4 in 3 sports |
Flag bearers (opening) | Natalia Kuipers Adriel Sanes |
Flag bearer (closing) | Eddie Lovett |
Medals |
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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.
The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.
Sport | Men | Women | Total |
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Archery | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Athletics | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Swimming | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Total | 3 | 1 | 4 |
Virgin Islands has received one tripartite invitation quotas from World Archery. [2]
Athlete | Event | Ranking round | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final / BM | ||
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Score | Seed | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank | ||
Nicholas D'Amour | Men's individual | 660 | 23 | Tyack (AUS) L 5–6 | Did not advance |
Virgin Islands received a universality slot from the World Athletics to send a male track and field athlete to the Olympics. [3]
Athlete | Event | Heat | Semifinal | Final | |||
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Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | ||
Eddie Lovett | Men's 110 m hurdles | 14.17 SB | 7 | Did not advance |
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]
Athlete | Event | Heat | Semifinal | Final | |||
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Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
Adriel Sanes | Men's 100 m breaststroke | 1:02.43 | 42 | Did not advance | |||
Men's 200 m breaststroke | 2:16.87 | 33 | Did not advance | ||||
Natalia Kuipers | Women's 400 m freestyle | 4:39.42 | 26 | — | Did not advance |
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