Noc: | ISV |
Nocname: | Virgin Islands Olympic Committee |
Games: | Summer Olympics |
Year: | 2020 |
Flagcaption: | Flag of the United States Virgin Islands |
Location: | Tokyo, Japan |
Competitors: | 4 |
Sports: | 3 |
Flagbearer Open: | Natalia Kuipers Adriel Sanes |
Flagbearer Close: | Eddie Lovett |
Gold: | 0 |
Silver: | 0 |
Bronze: | 0 |
Appearances: | auto |
The United States Virgin Islands, also known as the Virgin Islands and officially as the Virgin Islands of the United States, 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 territory's thirteenth 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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Archery | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||
Athletics | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||
Swimming | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||
Total | 3 | 1 | 4 |
See main article: Archery at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Archery at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification. Virgin Islands has received one tripartite invitation quotas from World Archery.[2]
See main article: Athletics at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Athletics at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification. Virgin Islands received a universality slot from the World Athletics to send a male track and field athlete to the Olympics.[3]
See main article: Swimming at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Swimming at the 2020 Summer Olympics - Qualification. Virgin Islands 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.[4] [5]
Athlete | Event | Heat | Semifinal | Final | ||||
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Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | |||
align=left rowspan=2 | Adriel Sanes | Men's 100 m breaststroke | 1:02.43 | 42 | Did not advance | |||
Men's 200 m breaststroke | 2:16.87 | 33 | Did not advance | |||||
Natalia Kuipers | Women's 400 m freestyle | 4:39.42 | 26 | Did not advance |