Noc: | COM |
Nocname: | Comité Olympique et Sportif des Iles Comores |
Games: | Summer Olympics |
Year: | 2020 |
Location: | Tokyo |
Competitors: | 3 |
Sports: | 2 |
Flagbearer Open: | Amed Elna Fadane Hamadi |
Flagbearer Close: | Fadane Hamadi |
Gold: | 0 |
Silver: | 0 |
Bronze: | 0 |
Appearances: | auto |
App Begin Year: | 1996 |
Comoros 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, due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[1] It was the nation's seventh consecutive appearance at the Summer Olympics.
The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.
width=180 | Sport | width=55 | Men | width=55 | Women | width=55 | Total |
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Athletics | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||
Judo | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||
Total | 2 | 1 | 3 |
See main article: Athletics at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Athletics at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification. Comoros received the universality slots from the World Athletics to send two athletes (one male and one female) to the Olympics.[2] Amed Elna, who studied law at Sorbonne University, Paris,[3] was flag bearer for her nation in the opening ceremony.[4] She competed in the 100 metres in which she finished eighth in the first preliminary heat running a time of 14.30, which was a new personal best.[5] [6]
Athlete | Event | Heat | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final | |||||
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Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | |||
Fadane Hamadi | Men's 110 m hurdles | 14.99 | 8 | Did not advance | ||||||
Amed Elna | Women's 100 m | 14.30 | 9 | Did not advance |
See main article: Judo at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Judo at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification. Comoros received an invitation from the Tripartite Commission and the International Judo Federation to send Housni Thaobani in the men's half-middleweight category (81 kg), marking the country's Olympic debut in the sport.[7]