São Tomé and Príncipe competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. Originally scheduled to take place from 24 July to 9 August 2020, the Games have been postponed to 23 July to 8 August 2021, because of the COVID-19 pandemic. It was the nation's seventh consecutive appearance at the Summer Olympics.
Background The São Tomé and Príncipe Olympic Committee was formed in 1979 but was not fully recognised by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) until 1993. São Tomé and Príncipe made their Olympic debut at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia, United States. They established themselves as regular entrants to the Olympics and have not missed a games since their debut. A record delegation of three athletes was sent to both the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China and the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan marked their seventh consecutive appearance at the Olympics.
Competitors In total, three athletes represented São Tomé and Príncipe at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan across two different sports. SportMenWomenTotalAthletics 0 1 1Canoeing 2 0 2 Total 2 1 3
Athletics
São Tomé and Príncipe had received a universality slot from the World Athletics to send a female track and field athlete to the Olympics. In total, one São Toméan athlete participated in the athletics events – D'Jamila Tavares in the Women's 800 m.
Track & road events AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinalResultRankResultRankResultRankD'Jamila TavaresWomen's 800 m2:16.72 PB8Did not advance
Canoeing
São Tomé and Príncipe qualified a single boat for the Games by winning the gold medal at the 2019 African Games in Rabat, Morocco. In total, two São Toméan athletes participated in the canoeing events – Roque Ramos and Buly Triste in the men's C-1 1,000 m and men's C-2 1,000 m.
AthleteEventHeatsQuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankRoque RamosMen's C-1 1,000 m5:00.9777 QF5:10.5068Did not advanceBuly Triste4:57.6596 QF4:55.5277Did not advanceRoque RamosBuly TristeMen's C-2 1,000 m4:34.8807 QF4:44.0555 FBcolspan=2 4:12.07514 Qualification Legend: FA = Qualify to final (medal); FB = Qualify to final B (non-medal)
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