Sierra Leone competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. Originally scheduled to for 24 July to 9 August 2020, the Games were postponed to 23 July to 8 August 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. It was the nation's twelfth appearance at the Summer Olympics, having appeared at all but two Games since its debut in 1968; Sierra Leone failed to register any athletes at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich and also joined the rest of the African nations to boycott the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal.
Competitors The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.
SportMenWomenTotalAthletics 0 1 1Judo 1 0 1Swimming 1 1 2 Total 2 2 4
Athletics
Sierra Leone received a universality slot from the World Athletics to send a female track and field athlete to the Olympics.
Track & road events AthleteEventHeatQuarterfinalSemifinalFinalResultRankResultRankResultRankResultRankMaggie BarrieWomen's 100 m11.53 SB2 Q11.45 SB7Did not advance
Judo
Sierra Leone received an invitation from the Tripartite Commission and the International Judo Federation to send Frederick Harris in the men's half-middleweight category (81 kg) to the Olympics, marking the nation's debut in the sport. However, Harris got disqualified after being overweight.
AthleteEventRound of 64Round of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsRepechageFinal / OppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRankFrederick HarrisMen's –81 kgL Did not advance
Swimming
Sierra Leone 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.
AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankJoshua WyseMen's 50 m freestyle27.9071Did not advanceTity DumbuyaWomen's 50 m freestyle31.5674Did not advance
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