| Invictus Games – The Hague 2020 | |
| Next: | 2023 Düsseldorf |
| Previous: | 2018 Sydney |
| Stadium: | Sportcampus Zuiderpark |
| Opened By: | Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex |
| Athletes: | ~500 |
| Debuting Countries: | 2 |
| Nations: | 17 |
| Host City: | The Hague, Netherlands |
The 2020 Invictus Games was an adaptive multi-sport event for wounded, injured and ill veteran and active defence personnel, that took place in The Hague, Netherlands in April 2022, after having been postponed twice. It was the fifth edition of the Invictus Games.[1] [2]
The games were to be held on 9–16 May 2020 at the Zuiderpark,[3] but were postponed to 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. They were then postponed again to the spring of 2022.[4] The opening ceremony on 16 April 2022 was attended by the event's founding patron Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex, and his wife Meghan, Duchess of Sussex.[5] Also in attendance were Princess Margriet of the Netherlands, who is the Honorary Chair of the committee of recommendation of the 2020 Invictus Games and who christened the official Invictus Games Tulip in June 2021, and her son Prince Pieter-Christiaan.[6] [7] Representatives of participating nations were also present.[6] King Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands attended the closing ceremony on 22 April 2022.[8]
The Royal Dutch Mint was announced as the sponsor and designer of the medals and other special sporty issues for the games.[9]
The 18 participating countries of the 2018 Invictus Games were invited back, along with new invitations to Belgium and South Korea.[10]
Due to COVID measures, Jordan, Afghanistan and New Zealand could not attend.[11] The 17 participating countries were:
Australia
Belgium
Canada
Denmark
Estonia
France
Georgia
Germany
Iraq
Italy
Netherlands (host)
Poland
Romania
United Kingdom
United StatesAnother team titled "Unconquered" also participated in certain events consisting of competitors from multiple nations.
There are 9 adaptive sports contested at the Games as well as the Land Rover Driving Challenge.[12]
| Team | nowrap | Christophe Collot Franck Poirot | nowrap | Mihai Ion Toma Iulian Constantin Capatina | nowrap | Murtazi Osepaishvili Onise Jugeli |
| Men's recurve | Novice | nowrap | |||
| Open | |||||
| Women's recurve | Novice | ||||
| Team recurve | Novice | Uffe Christensen Bubby Jacobsen Jesper Smollerup | nowrap | Krzysztof Gozdzik Rafal Lis Waldemar Skoneczny | Jean-François Lavergne Christopher Moores Wade Stach |
| Open | nowrap | Iulian Constantin Capatina Emil Florin Cojocaru Eduard Vlad Romila | Dmytro Afanasiev Serhii Kalytiuk Vasyl Stuzhenko | Anthony Booth Chaze Melluish Daniel O'Connor | |
| Men's compound | Open | ||||
| Women's compound | Open | ||||
| Team compound | Open | Brett Campfield Richard Devericks Douglas Godfrey, Jr. | Florin Bolovan Marcel Neagu Mihai Ion Toma | Massimo Addio Giuseppe Erriquez Andrea Preite | |
| 100 m | IT1 | |||
| 200 m | ||||
| 400 m | ||||
| 1500 m | ||||
| 100 m | IT2 | not awarded | not awarded | |
| 100 m | IT3 | |||
| 200 m | not awarded | not awarded | ||
| 400 m | not awarded | |||
| 1500 m | ||||
| 100 m | IT4 | |||
| 200 m | ||||
| 400 m | ||||
| 1500 m | ||||
| 100 m | IT5 | not awarded | ||
| 200 m | not awarded | |||
| 400 m | not awarded | |||
| 100 m | IT6 | not awarded | ||
| 200 m | not awarded | |||
| 400 m | not awarded | |||
| 1500 m | not awarded | |||
| 100 m | IT7 | |||
| 200 m | ||||
| 400 m | ||||
| 1500 m | ||||
| 100 m | IT8 | |||
| 200 m | ||||
| 400 m | ||||
| 1500 m | ||||
| Long jump | IJ5 | |||
| Shot put | IF1 | |||
| Discus throw | ||||
| Shot put | IF2 | |||
| Discus throw | not awarded | |||
| Shot put | IF3 | not awarded | not awarded | |
| Discus throw | not awarded | not awarded | ||
| Shot put | IF4 | |||
| Discus throw | ||||
| Shot put | IF5 | |||
| Discus throw | ||||
| Shot put | IF6 | |||
| Shot put | IF7 | |||
| Discus throw | not awarded | not awarded | ||
| Shot put | IF8 | |||
| Discus throw |
| 100 m | IT7 | ||||
| 200 m | |||||
| 400 m | |||||
| 1500 m | |||||
| Long jump | IJ5 | ||||
| Shot put | IF1 | not awarded | |||
| Discus throw | IF2 | not awarded | not awarded | ||
| Shot put | IF4 | ||||
| Discus throw | |||||
| Shot put | IF5 | not awarded | |||
| Discus throw | not awarded | not awarded | |||
| Discus throw | IF 8 | not awarded |
| 4 × 100 m relay | nowrap | Kionte Storey Andrew Holliday Ross Alewine Matthew Cable | nowrap | Rock Ferland Garrett Powers Jessica Garneau David Malenfant | nowrap | Patrice Lombet Wolf Wolput Thierry Dutrieux Peter Caubergh |
| Sprint | IR1 | not awarded | not awarded | |
| Endurance | not awarded | not awarded | ||
| Sprint | IR2 | |||
| Endurance | ||||
| Sprint | IR3 | |||
| Endurance | ||||
| Sprint | IR4 | |||
| Endurance | ||||
| Sprint | IR5 | |||
| Endurance | ||||
| Sprint | IR6 | |||
| Endurance |
| Sprint | IR3 | not awarded | not awarded | |
| Endurance | not awarded | not awarded | ||
| Sprint | IR5 | |||
| Endurance | ||||
| Sprint | IR6 | |||
| Endurance | ||||
| Men's lightweight | IP4 | ||||
| Men's middleweight | IP5 | ||||
| Men's heavyweight | IP6 | ||||
| Women's lightweight | IP1 | ||||
| Women's middleweight | IP2 | ||||
| Women's heavyweight | IP3 |
| Time trial | IHB1 | |||
| Road race | ||||
| Time trial | IHB2 | |||
| Road race | ||||
| Time trial | IReB1 | |||
| Road race | ||||
| Time trial | IRB1 | |||
| Road race | not awarded | |||
| Time trial | IRB2 | |||
| Road race | ||||
| Time trial | IRB3 | |||
| Road race | ||||
| Time trial | ITB1 | not awarded | ||
| Road race | not awarded |
| Time trial | IHB2 | not awarded | ||
| Road race | not awarded | |||
| Time trial | IReB1 | |||
| Road race | ||||
| Time trial | IRB2 | not awarded | ||
| Road race | not awarded | |||
| Time trial | IRB3 | |||
| Road race |
| 50 m freestyle | ISA | not awarded | ||
| 50 m backstroke | ||||
| 50 m breaststroke | not awarded | not awarded | ||
| 50 m freestyle | ISB | |||
| 100 m freestyle | ||||
| 50 m backstroke | ||||
| 50 m breaststroke | ||||
| 50 m freestyle | ISC | |||
| 100 m freestyle | not awarded | |||
| 50 m backstroke | not awarded | not awarded | ||
| 50 m breaststroke | ||||
| 50 m freestyle | ISD | |||
| 100 m freestyle | ||||
| 50 m backstroke | ||||
| 50 m breaststroke | ||||
| 50 m freestyle | ISE | |||
| 100 m freestyle | ||||
| 50 m backstroke | ||||
| 50 m breaststroke |
| 50 m freestyle | ISC | not awarded | ||
| 50 m backstroke | not awarded | |||
| 50 m breaststroke | not awarded | |||
| 50 m freestyle | ISD | |||
| 100 m freestyle | ||||
| 50 m backstroke | ||||
| 50 m breaststroke | ||||
| 50 m freestyle | ISE | |||
| 100 m freestyle | ||||
| 50 m backstroke | ||||
| 50 m breaststroke |
| 4 × 50 m freestyle relay | nowrap | Andrew Wilkinson James Saville Peter Brown Christopher O'Brien | nowrap | Sean Walsh Robert Dominguez August O'Niell Ross Alewine | nowrap | Brett Campfield Daniel Clarke Andrew Blackburn Garrett Kuwada |
| Sitting volleyball | ||||
| nowrap | Wheelchair basketball | |||
| Wheelchair rugby |
The games were documented in a Netflix documentary called Heart of Invictus.[13] Alex Jones and JJ Chalmers covered the event in a 6 episode nightly recap programme on BBC One from 17 to 22 April 2022.[14] On 8 April 2022, the British embassy in The Netherlands announced the podcast series Invictus Voices, which features interviews with the competitors.[15]
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