Luxembourg at the 2020 Summer Olympics
| Luxembourg at the 2020 Summer Olympics | |
|---|---|
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| IOC code | LUX |
| NOC | Luxembourg Olympic and Sporting Committee |
| Website | www |
| in Tokyo, Japan 23 July 2021 – 8 August 2021 | |
| Competitors | 12 in 7 sports |
| Flag bearers (opening) | Christine Majerus Raphaël Stacchiotti |
| Flag bearer (closing) | Bob Bertemes |
| Medals |
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| Summer Olympics appearances (overview) | |
Luxembourg 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] Since the nation's official debut in 1900, Luxembourg athletes have appeared in every edition of the Summer Olympic Games, with the exception of the 1904 and 1908 Summer Olympics, and the 1932 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles at the period of the worldwide Great Depression.
Competitors
[edit]The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.
| Sport | Men | Women | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| Archery | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Athletics | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Cycling | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| Equestrian | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Swimming | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Table tennis | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Triathlon | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | 8 | 4 | 12 |
Archery
[edit]Luxembourg archers booked Olympic places in the men's individual recurve based on the world ranking.
| Athlete | Event | Ranking round | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final / BM | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | Seed | Opposition Score |
Opposition Score |
Opposition Score |
Opposition Score |
Opposition Score |
Opposition Score |
Rank | ||
| Jeff Henckels | Men's individual | 646 | 55 |  Gazoz (TUR)L 0–6 |
Did not advance | |||||
Athletics
[edit]Luxembourgian 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
- Note–Ranks given for track events are within the athlete's heat only
- Q = Qualified for the next round
- q = Qualified for the next round as a fastest loser or, in field events, by position without achieving the qualifying target
- NR = National record
- N/A = Round not applicable for the event
- Bye = Athlete not required to compete in round
- Track & road events
| Athlete | Event | Heat | Semifinal | Final | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | ||
| Charles Grethen | Men's 1500 m | 3:41.90 | 6 Q | 3:32.86 NR | 6 q | 3:36.80 | 12 |
- Field events
| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Final | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Distance | Position | Distance | Position | ||
| Bob Bertemes | Men's shot put | 20.16 | 21 | Did not advance | |
Cycling
[edit]Road
[edit]Luxembourg entered a squad of three riders (two men and one woman) to compete in their respective Olympic road races, by virtue of their top 50 national finish (for men) and top 22 (for women) in the UCI World Ranking.[4]
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kevin Geniets | Men's road race | 6:15:38 | 37 |
| Michel Ries | 6:21:46 | 73 | |
| Christine Majerus | Women's road race | 3:55:13 | 20 |
| Women's time trial | 34:34.13 | 21 |
Equestrian
[edit]Luxembourg entered one dressage rider into the Olympic equestrian competition, by finishing in the top two, outside the group selection, of the individual FEI Olympic Rankings for Group B (South Western Europe), marking the country's debut in the sport.[5]
Dressage
[edit]| Athlete | Horse | Event | Grand Prix | Grand Prix Freestyle | Overall | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | Rank | Technical | Artistic | Score | Rank | |||
| Nicolas Wagner | Quater Back Junior | Individual | 70.512 | 25 | Did not advance | |||
Qualification Legend: Q = Qualified for the final; q = Qualified for the final as a lucky loser
Swimming
[edit]Luxembourgian swimmers further achieved qualifying standards in the following events (up to a maximum of 2 swimmers in each event at the Olympic Qualifying Time (OQT), and potentially 1 at the Olympic Selection Time (OST)):[6][7]
| Athlete | Event | Heat | Semifinal | Final | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
| Raphaël Stacchiotti | Men's 200 m individual medley | 2:03.17 | 42 | Did not advance | |||
| Julie Meynen | Women's 50 m freestyle | 25.36 | =25 | Did not advance | |||
| Women's 100 m freestyle | 55.69 | 32 | Did not advance | ||||
Table tennis
[edit]Luxembourg entered two athletes into the table tennis competition at the Games. Going to her sixth straight Olympics, Ni Xialian secured one of three available spots in the women's singles with a bronze medal victory at the 2019 European Games in Minsk, Belarus.[8] Meanwhile, Sarah de Nutte was automatically selected among the top ten table tennis players vying for qualification to join Ni Xialian in the same event based on the ITTF Olympic Rankings of June 1, 2021.[9]
| Athlete | Event | Preliminary | Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 3 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final / BM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Rank | ||
| Sarah de Nutte | Women's singles | Bye |  Trifonova (BUL)L 3–4 |
Did not advance | ||||||
| Ni Xialian | Bye |  Shin Y-b (KOR)L 3–4 |
Did not advance | |||||||
Triathlon
[edit]Luxembourg qualified a single triathlete via the Individual World Rankings, signifying the nation's Olympic return to the sport for the first time since Beijing 2008.
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Swim (1.5 km) | Trans 1 | Bike (40 km) | Trans 2 | Run (10 km) | Total | |||
| Stefan Zachäus | Men's | 17:56 | 0:39 | 56:29 | 0:32 | 36:45 | 1:52:21 | 44 |
References
[edit]
- ^ "Joint Statement from the International Olympic Committee and the Tokyo 2020 Organising Committee". Olympics. 24 March 2020. Retrieved 28 March 2020.
- ^ "iaaf.org – Top Lists". IAAF. Retrieved 8 April 2019.
- ^ "IAAF Games of the XXXII Olympiad – Tokyo 2020 Entry Standards" (PDF). IAAF. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 April 2019. Retrieved 8 April 2019.
- ^ "Athletes' quotas for Road Cycling events at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games". UCI. 18 November 2019. Retrieved 23 November 2019.
- ^ "Tokyo 2020 team and individual quota places confirmed by FEI". FEI. 17 February 2020. Retrieved 1 March 2020.
- ^ "FINA – Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 Qualification". FINA. Retrieved 23 March 2019.
- ^ "Tokyo 2020 – FINA Swimming Qualification System" (PDF). Tokyo 2020. FINA. Retrieved 6 March 2021.
- ^ "Timo Boll and Fu Yu clinch European Games titles". ITTF. 26 June 2019. Retrieved 27 June 2019.
- ^ "Singles and Mixed Doubles contenders confirmed for Tokyo". International Table Tennis Federation. 7 June 2021. Retrieved 12 June 2021.