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Grenada at the 2020 Summer Olympics

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Grenada at the
2020 Summer Olympics
Flag of Grenada
IOC codeGRN
NOCGrenada Olympic Committee
Websitewww.grenadaolympic.com
in Tokyo, Japan
July 23 – August 8, 2021
Competitors6 in 2 sports
Flag bearers (opening)Kimberly Ince
Delron Felix
Flag bearer (closing)Kirani James
Medals
Gold
0
Silver
0
Bronze
1
Total
1
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)

Grenada competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan, from 23 July to 8 August 2021. It was the nation's tenth consecutive appearance at the Summer Olympics, since its debut at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles. The Grenadian delegation consisted of six athletes competing in two sports. Kirani James won the lone bronze medal for the country at the Games.

Background

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The Grenada Olympic Committee was founded in 1982 and recognized by the International Olympic Committee on 25 July 1984 at the IOC session in Los Angeles, enabling Grenada to make its Olympic debut at the 1984 Summer Olympics. Grenada has competed at every subsequent Summer Olympics. 2020 Summer Olympics was the nation's tenth consecutive appearance at the Summer Olympics.[1]

The 2020 Summer Olympics was held in Tokyo, Japan, between 23 July and 8 August 2021. Originally scheduled to take place from 24 July to 9 August 2020, the Games were postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[2] For the first time, the International Olympic Committee invited each National Olympic Committee to select one female and one male athlete to jointly carry their flag during the opening ceremony.[3] Swimmers Kimberly Ince and Delron Felix jointly served as Grenada's flag-bearers at the opening ceremony.[4][5] Kirani James, who won a bronze medal, carried the flag at the closing ceremony.[6][7]

Medals

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Kirani James won the country's lone bronze medal in the Games, in the men's 400 metres event. He had won the nation's first Olympic medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, taking gold in the men's 400 metres, and followed it with silver at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.[1][8]

Medal Name Sport Event Date
 BronzeKirani JamesAthleticsMen's 400 metresAugust 5

Competitors

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The Grenadian delegation consisted of four track and field athletes — Kirani James, Meleni Rodney, Anderson Peters, and Lindon Victor — and two swimmers, Kimberly Ince and Delron Felix.[8][9]

SportMenWomenTotal
Athletics 314
Swimming 112
Total426

Athletics

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As per the governing body World Athletics (WA), a NOC was allowed to enter up to three qualified athletes in each individual event if the Olympic Qualifying Standards (OQS) for the respective events had been met during the qualifying period. The remaining places were allocated based on the World Athletics Rankings which were derived from the average of the best five results for an athlete over the designated qualifying period, weighted by the importance of the meet.[10][11][12][13] Four athletes represented Grenada in the athletics events at the Games.[8]

The athletics events were held at the Japan National Stadium in Tokyo.[14] Kirani James advanced through the heats of the men's 400 metres, and won his semifinal heat with a time of 43.88 seconds. He went on to win a bronze medal in the final with a time of 44.19 seconds, finishing behind gold medallist Steven Gardiner of the Bahamas (43.85) and silver medallist Anthony Zambrano of Colombia (44.08).[15] Competing in his third consecutive Olympics, this was James' third medal at the Summer Olympics, after his gold in the 2012 Summer Olympics and silver in the 2016 Summer Olympics. He has been Grenada's only medal winner at the Summer Olympics till the Games, and the first Olympic multi-medalist from the country.[8][16] He also became the first man to earn three Olympic medals in the 400 metres.[17][18]

Lindon Victor, who made his Olympic debut in the 2016 Summer Olympics, completed the men's decathlon with 8,414 points, finishing seventh overall amongst the 23 participants.[16][19][20] In the men's javelin throw, Anderson Peters, the reigning 2019 world champion, registered a best throw of 80.42 m in Group B of the qualification and did not advance to the final.[21][22] Meleni Rodney did not finish the heats of the women's 400 metres after withdrawing from the race with a hamstring injury.[23][24] This was the first and only participation for her in the Summer Olympics.[16]

Key
  • Note–Ranks given for track events are within the athlete's heat only
  • Q = Qualified for the next round
  • q = Qualified for the next round as a fastest loser or, in field events, by position without achieving the qualifying target
  • NR = National record
  • N/A = Round not applicable for the event
  • Bye = Athlete not required to compete in round
Track & road events
Athlete Event Heat Semifinal Final
Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank
Kirani James Men's 400 m 45.09 2 Q 43.88 1 Q 44.19 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Meleni Rodney Women's 400 m DNF Did not advance
Field events
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Distance Position Distance Position
Anderson Peters Men's javelin throw 80.42 15 Did not advance
Combined events – Men's decathlon
Athlete Event 100 m LJ SP HJ 400 m 110H DT PV JT 1500 m Final Rank
Lindon Victor Result 10.67 SB 7.24 15.39 2.02 49.21 14.83 SB 49.75 4.90 71.56 4:54.32 8414 7
Points 935 871 814 822 851 870 865 880 913 593

Swimming

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As per the Fédération internationale de natation (FINA) guidelines, a NOC was permitted to enter a maximum of two qualified athletes in each individual event, who have achieved the Olympic Qualifying Time (OQT). If the quota was not filled, one athlete per event was allowed to enter per NOC, provided they achieved the Olympic Selection Time (OST) in competitions approved by World Aquatics in the period between 1 March 2019 to 27 June 2021.[25] If the overeall quota was not met, FINA allowed NOCs to enter one swimmer per gender under a universality place even if they have not achieved the standard entry times (OQT/OST).[26] Grenada 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 as on 28 June 2021.[27]

The swimming events were held at the Tokyo Aquatics Centre.[28] Kimberly Ince competed in the women's 100 m backstroke, making her Olympic debut.[29] Delron Felix competed in the men's 100 m freestyle, also making his Olympic debut.[30] Neither advanced past the heats, were classified as 41st and 58th in their respective events.[8][31]

Athlete Event Heat Semifinal Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Delron Felix Men's 100 m freestyle 52.99 58 Did not advance
Kimberly Ince Women's 100 m backstroke 1:10.24 41 Did not advance

See also

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References

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  1. 1 2 "Grenada at the Olympics". Olympedia. Retrieved 1 June 2025.
  2. ↑ "Joint Statement from the International Olympic Committee and the Tokyo 2020 Organizing Committee". International Olympic Committee. 24 March 2020. Retrieved 28 March 2020.
  3. ↑ "The Flagbearers for the Tokyo 2020 Opening Ceremony". International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 23 July 2021.
  4. ↑ "Flag bearers, Grenada". Olympedia. Retrieved 1 April 2026.
  5. ↑ "Flag bearer list as of 23 July 2021 20:00 JST" (PDF). International Olympic Committee. 23 July 2021. Retrieved 23 July 2021.
  6. ↑ "Flag bearer list as of 08 August 2021 19:00 JST" (PDF). International Olympic Committee. 8 August 2021. Retrieved 8 August 2021.
  7. ↑ "Hassan and Warner among Tokyo 2020 Closing Ceremony flag bearers". World Athletics. 8 August 2021. Retrieved 8 August 2021.
  8. 1 2 3 4 5 "Grenada at the 2020 Summer Olympics". Olympedia. Retrieved 1 June 2025.
  9. ↑ "Team Grenada for Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games". NOW Grenada. 5 July 2021. Retrieved 1 June 2025.
  10. ↑ "IAAF to follow other sports with world ranking system for athletes". BBC Sport. 7 March 2018. Archived from the original on 15 March 2018. Retrieved 2 August 2018.
  11. ↑ "Qualification system for Tokyo 2020 Olympics published by the world governing body, IAAF". Inside the Games. Archived from the original on 9 June 2021. Retrieved 2 August 2018.
  12. ↑ "Qualification System – Games of the XXXI Olympiad – Athletics" (PDF). World Athletics. Archived (PDF) from the original on 31 March 2019. Retrieved 31 March 2019.
  13. ↑ "IAAF Council approves Olympic qualification system and entry standards". World Athletics. 10 March 2019. Archived from the original on 30 March 2019. Retrieved 11 March 2019.
  14. ↑ "Athletics, 2020 Summer Olympics". Olympedia. Retrieved 1 April 2026.
  15. ↑ "Men's 400 metres, 2020 Summer Olympics". Olympedia. Retrieved 1 April 2026.
  16. 1 2 3 "Grenada, Athletics at the Summer Olympics". Olympedia. Retrieved 1 April 2026.
  17. ↑ "Bahamian Steven Gardiner wins the men's 400m gold medal". International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 5 August 2021.
  18. ↑ "James Honored". Caribbean Life. Retrieved 1 June 2025.
  19. ↑ "Decathlon men, 2020 Summer Olympics". Olympedia. Retrieved 1 April 2026.
  20. ↑ "Prime Minister High in Praise for Grenada's Decathlon Finalist, Lindon Victor". Mikey Live. 5 August 2021. Retrieved 1 June 2025.
  21. ↑ "Javelin throw men, 2020 Summer Olympics". Olympedia. Retrieved 1 April 2026.
  22. ↑ "One big throw for Peters, one small step towards Oregon". World Athletics. Retrieved 1 June 2025.
  23. ↑ "Women's 400 meters, 2020 Summer Olympics". Olympedia. Retrieved 1 April 2026.
  24. ↑ "Caribbean women rock 400m, eight advance to semis". Loop Trinidad & Tobago. 3 August 2021. Retrieved 1 June 2025.
  25. ↑ "Tokyo 2020 – FINA Swimming Qualification System" (PDF). Tokyo 2020. FINA. Archived from the original (PDF) on 30 July 2020. Retrieved 17 July 2018.
  26. ↑ Anderson, Jared (17 July 2020). "After Tokyo Olympic Delay, Universality Places Won't Require 2019 Worlds Status". SwimSwam. Archived from the original on 19 July 2020. Retrieved 19 July 2020.
  27. ↑ "Tokyo Olympics Entry Lists Released, Swimming Begins July 24". Swimming World Magazine. Retrieved 16 July 2021.
  28. ↑ "Swimming, 2020 Summer Olympics". Olympedia. Retrieved 1 April 2026.
  29. ↑ "Grenada's Kimberly Ince balances exams & swimming to take on Olympics". Loop Caribbean News. 22 July 2021. Retrieved 1 June 2025.
  30. ↑ "Delron Felix departs for Tokyo 2020 Olympics". NOW Grenada. 12 July 2021. Retrieved 1 June 2025.
  31. ↑ "Grenada, Swimming at the Summer Olympics". Olympedia. Retrieved 1 April 2026.
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