Honduras At The 2020 Summer Olympics
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Honduras competed at the
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. 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
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. It was the nation's twelfth appearance at the Summer Olympics.


Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors participating in the Games. Note that reserves in football are not counted:


Athletics

Honduras received a universality slot from the 
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 to send a male athlete to the Olympics. ;Track & road events


Football

;Summary


Men's tournament

Honduras men's football team qualified for the Olympics by advancing to the final match of the
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Judo

Honduras received an invitation from the Tripartite Commission and the
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to send Cergia David Güity in the women's half-middleweight category (63 kg) to the Olympics.


Swimming

Honduras received a universality invitation from
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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.


Taekwondo

Honduras received an invitation from the Tripartite Commission and the
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to send Keila Avila in the women's heavyweight category (+67 kg) to the Olympics.


See also

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Honduras at the 2019 Pan American Games Honduras competed in the 2019 Pan American Games in Lima, Peru from July 26 to August 11, 2019. In July 2019, the Honduran Olympic Committee released a full list of 44 athletes (32 men and 12 women) competing in 14 sports. During the opening c ...


References


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