| Noc: | ECU |
| Nocname: | Ecuadorian National Olympic Committee |
| Games: | Summer Olympics |
| Year: | 2020 |
| Website: | |
| Location: | Tokyo, Japan |
| Competitors: | 48 |
| Sports: | 15 |
| Flagbearer Open: | Alexandra Escobar[1] Julio Castillo[2] |
| Flagbearer Close: | Glenda Morejón[3] |
| Rank: | 38 |
| Gold: | 2 |
| Silver: | 1 |
| Bronze: | 0 |
| Appearances: | auto |
Ecuador 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.[4] It was the nation's fifteenth appearance at the Summer Olympics, and its most successful to date. The country won its third, fourth, and fifth ever medals (and its second and third ever gold medals), two golds and one silver, respectively, during the games.
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| width="22%" align="left" valign="top"|| Medals by sport | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sport | bgcolor=#f7f6a8 | bgcolor=#dce5e5 | bgcolor=#ffdab9 | Total | |||
| Weightlifting | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |||
| Cycling | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Total | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | |||
| Medals by gender | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gender | Total | |||||||
| Male | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Female | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| Mixed | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Total | style=background:gold | 2 | style=background:silver | 1 | style=background:#c96 | 0 | 3 | |
| Medals by date | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Date | bgcolor=#f7f6a8 | bgcolor=#dce5e5 | bgcolor=#ffdab9 | Total | |||
| 24 July | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
| 1 August | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
| 2 August | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Total | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | |||
The following is the list of number of competitors participating in the Games:
| width=150 | Sport | width=55 | Men | width=55 | Women | width=55 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Archery | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Athletics | 8 | 10 | 18 | ||||
| Boxing | 2 | 2 | 4 | ||||
| Cycling | 3 | 1 | 4 | ||||
| Equestrian | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Golf | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Judo | 1 | 2 | 3 | ||||
| Modern pentathlon | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Shooting | 0 | 2 | 2 | ||||
| Surfing | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Swimming | 2 | 2 | 4 | ||||
| Table tennis | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Triathlon | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Weightlifting | 0 | 4 | 4 | ||||
| Wrestling | 0 | 2 | 2 | ||||
| Total | 18 | 30 | 48 |
See main article: article, Archery at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Archery at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification. One Ecuadorian archer qualified for the women's individual recurve at the Games by securing the last of three available spots as the next highest-ranked eligible placer at the 2021 Pan American Championships in Monterrey, Mexico, signifying the country's debut in the sport.[5]
Women
See main article: Athletics at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Athletics at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification. Ecuadorian athletes further 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):[6] [7]
| Athlete | Event | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Result | Rank | ||
| David Hurtado | 20 km walk | 1:24:31 | 19 |
| Jordy Jiménez | 1:27:52 | 35 | |
| Brian Pintado | 1:22:54 | 12 | |
| Jhonatan Amores | 50 km walk | 4:05:47 | 27 |
| Andrés Chocho | 3:59:03 SB | 19 | |
| Claudio Villanueva | 4:53:09 | 47 | |
| Athlete | Event | Heat | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | ||
| Ángela Tenorio | 100 m | 11.59 | 6 | Did not advance | |||||
| Yuliana Angulo Marizol Landázuri Gabriela Anahí Suárez Ángela Tenorio | 4 × 100 m relay | 43.69 NR | 8 | Did not advance | |||||
| Andrea Bonilla | align=left rowspan=2 | Marathon | 2:43:30 | 60 | |||||
| Rosa Chacha | 2:36:44 | 41 | |||||||
| Karla Jaramillo | align=left rowspan=3 | 20 km walk | 1:36:32 | 28 | |||||
| Glenda Morejón | |||||||||
| Paola Pérez | 1:31:26 | 9 | |||||||
See main article: article, Boxing at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Boxing at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification. Ecuador entered four boxers (two per gender) to compete in each of the following weight classes into the Olympic tournament. With the cancellation of the 2021 Pan American Qualification Tournament in Buenos Aires, Jean Carlos Caicedo (men's featherweight) and two-time Olympian Julio Castillo (men's heavyweight) finished among the top five of their respective weight divisions to secure their places on the Ecuadorian squad based on the IOC's Boxing Task Force Rankings for the Americas.[8] On the women's side, María José Palacios (lightweight) and Erika Pachito (middleweight) completed the nation's boxing lineup by topping the list of eligible boxers from the Americas in their respective weight divisions of the IOC's Boxing Task Force Rankings.[9]
Men
| Athlete | Event | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank | ||
| Jean Carlos Caicedo | Featherweight | W 3–2 | L 0–5 | colspan=4 | |||
| Julio Castillo | Heavyweight | L 0–4 | |||||
Women
| Athlete | Event | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank | ||
| María José Palacios | Lightweight | L 0–5 | colspan=5 | ||||
| Érika Pachito | Middleweight | L 1–4 | |||||
See main article: Cycling at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Cycling at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification.
Ecuador entered two riders to compete in the men's Olympic road race, by virtue of their top 50 national finish (for men) in the UCI World Ranking.[10]
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Richard Carapaz | align=left rowspan=2 | Men's road race | 6:05.26 | |
| Jhonatan Narváez | 6:15.38 | 47 |
Ecuador received one men's and one women's quota spot each for BMX at the Olympics, as a result of the nation's ninth-place finish for men in the UCI BMX Olympic Qualification List and a top three eligible placement for women in the UCI BMX Individual Ranking List of June 1, 2021.[11] [12]
| Athlete | Event | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Points | Rank | Points | Rank | Result | Rank | |||
| Men's race | 12 | 4 Q | 8 | 4 Q | 40.705 | 5 | ||
| Doménica Azuero | Women's race | 13 | 5 | Did not advance | ||||
See main article: Equestrian at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Equestrian at the 2020 Summer Olympics - Qualification. With Chile failing to comply with the minimum eligibility requirements, Ecuador received an invitation from FEI to send an eventing rider to the Games, as the next highest-ranked eligible nation within the individual FEI Olympic Rankings for Group E (Central and South America).[13] [14]
See main article: Golf at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Golf at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification. Ecuador entered one female golfer into the Olympic tournament. Daniela Darquea (world no. 349) qualified directly among the top 60 eligible players for their respective events based on the IGF World Rankings.[15]
See main article: Judo at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Judo at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification. Ecuador entered three judoka (one man and two women) for each of the following weight classes at the Games. Rio 2016 Olympian Lenin Preciado (men's extra-lightweight, 60 kg) and rookie Vanessa Chalá (women's half-heavyweight, 78 kg) were selected among the top 18 judoka of their respective weight classes based on the IJF World Ranking List of June 28, 2021, while two-time Olympian Estefania García (women's half-middleweight, 63 kg) accepted a continental berth from the Americas as the nation's top-ranked judoka outside of direct qualifying position.[16]
Men
Women
| Athlete | Event | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Repechage | Final / | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank | ||
| Estefania García | −63 kg | L 00–10 | colspan=6 | ||||||
| Vanessa Chalá | −78 kg | L 00–10 | |||||||
See main article: Modern pentathlon at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Modern pentathlon at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification. Ecuador qualified one modern pentathlete for the women's event, signifying the country's Olympic debut in the sport. Marcela Cuaspud secured a selection by finishing among the top two for Latin America and thirteen overall at the 2019 Pan American Games in Lima.[17]
See main article: Shooting at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Shooting at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification. Ecuadorian shooters achieved quota places for the following events by virtue of their best finishes at the 2018 ISSF World Championships, the 2019 ISSF World Cup series, the 2019 Pan American Games, and Championships of the Americas, as long as they obtained a minimum qualifying score (MQS) by May 31, 2020.[18]
Women
| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Final | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Points | Rank | Points | Rank | ||
| align=left rowspan=2 | Andrea Pérez Peña | 10 m air pistol | 565-11x | 36 | colspan=2 |
| 25 m pistol | 582-18x | 13 | colspan=2 | ||
| align=left rowspan=2 | Diana Durango | 10 m air pistol | 559-8x | 45 | colspan=2 |
| 25 m pistol | 569-15x | 38 | |||
See main article: Surfing at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Surfing at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification. Ecuador sent one surfer to compete in the women's shortboard race at the Games. Mimi Barona secured a spot previously allocated by the defending champion Daniella Rosas, as the next highest-ranked surfer vying for qualification, following her silver-medal finish at the 2019 Pan American Games in Lima, Peru.[19]
Women
See main article: article, Swimming at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Swimming at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification. Ecuador 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.[20]
Men
| Athlete | Event | Heat | Semifinal | Final | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
| align=left rowspan=2 | Tomas Peribonio | 200 m medley | 2:00.62 | 36 | colspan=4 | ||
| 400 m medley | 4:18.73 | 24 | colspan=2 | ||||
| David Farinango | 10 km open water | 1:53:09.8 | 15 | ||||
Women
| Athlete | Event | Heat | Semifinal | Final | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
| align=left rowspan=2 | Anicka Delgado | 50 m freestyle | 25.36 | =25 | colspan=4 | ||
| 100 m freestyle | 55.56 | 31 | colspan=4 | ||||
| Samantha Arévalo | 10 km open water | 2:01:30.6 | 11 | ||||
See main article: Table tennis at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Table tennis at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification. For the first time since Barcelona 1992, Ecuador entered one athlete into the table tennis competition at the Games. Alberto Miño scored a second-stage final triumph to earn one of the remaining two tickets in the men's singles at the 2021 Latin American Qualification Tournament in Rosario, Argentina.[21]
Men
See main article: Triathlon at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Triathlon at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification. Ecuador has entered one triathlete to compete at the Games.
See main article: Weightlifting at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Weightlifting at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification. Ecuador entered four female weightlifters into the Olympic competition. Rio 2016 Olympian Neisi Dajomes (women's 76 kg), rookies Angie Palacios (women's 64 kg) and Tamara Salazar (women's 87 kg), with Alexandra Escobar leading the squad at her fifth straight Games, secured one of the top eight slots each in their respective weight divisions based on the IWF Absolute World Ranking.[22]
| Athlete | Event | Snatch | Clean & Jerk | Total | Rank | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Result | Rank | Result | Rank | |||||
| Alexandra Escobar | Women's −59 kg | — | — | — | ||||
| Angie Palacios | Women's −64 kg | 104 | 2 | 122 | 7 | 226 | 6 | |
| Neisi Dajomes | Women's −76 kg | 118 | 1 | 145 | 1 | 263 | ||
| Tamara Salazar | Women's −87 kg | 113 | 3 | 150 | 2 | 263 | ||
See main article: Wrestling at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Wrestling at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification. Ecuador qualified two wrestlers for each of the following classes into the Olympic competition. One of them secured a place in the women's freestyle 50 kg by progressing to the top two finals at the 2021 World Qualification Tournament in Sofia, Bulgaria.[23]
On June 15, 2021, United World Wrestling awarded an additional Olympic license to Luisa Valverde in the women's freestyle 53 kg, as the next highest-ranked wrestler vying for qualification at the 2019 Worlds, citing North Korea's withdrawal from the Games.[24]
Women
| Athlete | Event | Round of 16 | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Repechage | Final / | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank | ||
| Lucía Yépez | 50 kg | W 3–1 PP | L 0–4 ST | L 0–5 VB | 8 | ||
| Luisa Valverde | 53 kg | W 3–1 PP | L 1–4 SP | 8 | |||