| Noc: | SEN |
| Nocname: | Comité National Olympique et Sportif Sénégalais |
| Games: | Summer Olympics |
| Year: | 2020 |
| Location: | Tokyo, Japan |
| Competitors: | 9 |
| Sports: | 8 |
| Flagbearer Open: | Jeanne Boutbien Mbagnick Ndiaye |
| Flagbearer Close: | Adama Diatta |
| Gold: | 0 |
| Silver: | 0 |
| Bronze: | 0 |
| Appearances: | auto |
| App Begin Year: | 1964 |
Senegal 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 nation's fifteenth 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Athletics | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Canoeing | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Fencing | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Judo | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Shooting | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Swimming | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||
| Table tennis | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Wrestling | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Total | 6 | 3 | 9 |
See main article: Athletics at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Athletics at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification. Senegal received a universality quota from the World Athletics to send a male track and field athlete.[2]
See main article: Canoeing at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Canoeing at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification.
Senegalese canoeists qualified one boat through the 2021 African Canoe Slalom Championship in La Seu d'Urgell, Spain.[3]
See main article: Fencing at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Fencing at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification. Senegal entered one female fencer. Ndèye Binta Diongue earned a spot in the women's épée by winning the African Zonal Qualifier in Cairo, Egypt.[4]
See main article: Judo at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Judo at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification. Senegal qualified one judoka for the men's heavyweight event (+100 kg). 2019 African Games champion Mbagnick Ndiaye received a continental berth from Africa as the nation's top-ranked judoka, outside of a direct qualifying position in the IJF World Ranking List as of June 28, 2021.[5] [6]
See main article: Shooting at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Shooting at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification. For the first time since Los Angeles 1984, Senegal received an invitation from ISSF to send Italian-born Chiara Costa in the women's skeet, if the minimum qualifying score (MQS) was fulfilled by June 6, 2021.[7]
See main article: article, Swimming at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Swimming at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification. Senegal received universality invitations from FINA to send two top-ranked swimmers (one per gender) in their respective individual events.[8] [6]
| Athlete | Event | Heat | Semifinal | Final | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | |||
| Steven Aimable | Men's 100 m butterfly | 53.64 | 49 | Did not advance | ||||
| Jeanne Boutbien | Women's 100 m freestyle | 59.27 | 46 | Did not advance | ||||
See main article: Table tennis at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Table tennis at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification. Senegal qualified one male athlete. This marked the country's return to the sport for the first time in 16 years. Ibrahima Diaw claimed one of the four available spots at the 2020 African Olympic Qualification Tournament in Tunis, Tunisia.[9]
See main article: article, Wrestling at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Wrestling at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification. Senegal qualified one wrestler for the men's freestyle 65 kg event, by progressing to the final at the 2021 African & Oceania Qualification Tournament in Hammamet, Tunisia.[10]