Ivory Coast, also known as Côte d'Ivoire and officially as the Republic of Côte d'Ivoire, 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. It was the nation's fourteenth appearance at the Summer Olympics.
Medalists
Medal Name Sport Event Date Ruth Gbagbi Taekwondo Women's 67 kg
Competitors The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games. Note that reserves in football are not counted: SportMenWomenTotalAthletics 1 2 3Football 21 0 21Judo 0 1 1Rowing 1 0 1Swimming 0 1 1Taekwondo 2 2 4 Total 25 6 31
Athletics
Ivorian athletes achieved the entry standards, either by qualifying time or by world ranking, in the following track and field events (up to a maximum of 3 athletes in each event):
Track & road events AthleteEventHeatQuarterfinalSemifinalFinalResultRankResultRankResultRankResultRankArthur CisséMen's 100 mcolspan=2 10.152 Q10.187Did not advanceMurielle AhouréWomen's 100 mcolspan=2 11.16 SB3 Q11.287Did not advanceMarie-Josée Ta LouWomen's 100 mcolspan=2 10.78 1 Q10.791 Q10.914Women's 200 m22.301 Qcolspan=2 22.11 SB1 Q22.275
Football
Summary
TeamEventGroup stageQuarterfinalSemifinalFinal / OppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreRankOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreRankIvory Coast men'sMen's tournamentW 2–1D 0–0D 1–12 QL 2–5Did not advance
Men's tournament
Ivory Coast men's football team qualified for the Games by advancing to the final match of the 2019 Africa U-23 Cup of Nations, signifying the country's recurrence to the Olympic tournament after a twelve-year absence.
Team roster
Group play
Quarter final
Judo
Ivory Coast qualified one judoka for the women's lightweight category (57 kg) at the Games. Rio 2016 Olympian Zouleiha Abzetta Dabonne accepted a continental berth from Africa as the nation's top-ranked judoka outside of direct qualifying position in the IJF World Ranking List of June 28, 2021.
AthleteEventRound of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsRepechageFinal / OppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRankZouleiha Abzetta DabonneWomen's −57 kgL 00–10Did not advance
Rowing
Ivory Coast qualified one boat in the men's single sculls for the Games by finishing sixth in the A-final and securing the fourth of five berths available at the 2019 FISA African Olympic Qualification Regatta in Tunis, Tunisia, marking the country's debut in the sport.
AthleteEventHeatsRepechageQuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankFranck N'DriMen's single sculls7:49.195 R8:03.255 SE/Fcolspan=2 7:55.122 FE7:42.5528 Qualification Legend: FA=Final A (medal); FB=Final B (non-medal); FC=Final C (non-medal); FD=Final D (non-medal); FE=Final E (non-medal); FF=Final F (non-medal); SA/B=Semifinals A/B; SC/D=Semifinals C/D; SE/F=Semifinals E/F; QF=Quarterfinals; R=Repechage
Swimming
Ivory Coast received a universality invitation from FINA to send a top-ranked female swimmer in her respective individual events to the Olympics, based on the FINA Points System of June 28, 2021.
AthleteEventHeatFinalTimeRankTimeRankTalita Te FlanWomen's 400 m freestyle4:38.9225Did not advance
Taekwondo
Ivory Coast entered four athletes into the taekwondo competition at the Games. Defending Olympic champion Cheick Sallah Cissé (men's 80 kg) and Rio 2016 bronze medalist Ruth Gbagbi (women's 67 kg) qualified directly for their respective weight classes by finishing among the top five taekwondo practitioners at the end of the WT Olympic Rankings. Meanwhile, reigning African Games champion Seydou Gbané and twenty-year-old rookie Aminata Traoré secured the remaining spots on the Ivorian taekwondo squad with a top two finish each in the men's (+80 kg) and women's heavyweight category (+67 kg), respectively at the 2020 African Qualification Tournament in Rabat, Morocco.
AthleteEventRound of 16QuarterfinalSemifinalRepechageFinal / OppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRankCheick Sallah CisséMen's −80 kgL 11–21Did not advanceSeydou GbanéMen's +80 kgW 15–9L 4–9Did not advanceL 2–8Did not advanceRuth GbagbiWomen's −67 kgW W 21–9L 18–24W 12–8Aminata TraoréWomen's +67 kgL 13–17Did not advanceW 11–9L 8–175
References
External links Côte d'Ivoire at the 2020 Summer Olympics at Olympedia