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Senegal at the 2020 Summer Olympics

Senegal 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 fifteenth consecutive appearance at the Summer Olympics.

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.

Athletics

Senegal received a universality quota from the World Athletics to send a male track and field athlete.

Track & road events

Canoeing

Slalom

Senegalese canoeists qualified one boat through the 2021 African Canoe Slalom Championship in La Seu d'Urgell, Spain.

Fencing

Senegal entered one female fencer. Ndèye Binta Diongue earned a spot in the women's épée by winning the African Zonal Qualifier in Cairo, Egypt.

Judo

Senegal qualified one judoka for the men's heavyweight event (+100 kg). 2019 African Games champion Mbagnick Ndiaye received a continental berth from Africa as the nation's top-ranked judoka, outside of a direct qualifying position in the IJF World Ranking List as of June 28, 2021.

Shooting

For the first time since Los Angeles 1984, Senegal received an invitation from ISSF to send Italian-born Chiara Costa in the women's skeet, if the minimum qualifying score (MQS) was fulfilled by June 6, 2021.

Swimming

Senegal received universality invitations from FINA to send two top-ranked swimmers (one per gender) in their respective individual events.

Table tennis

Senegal qualified one male athlete. This marked the country's return to the sport for the first time in 16 years. Ibrahima Diaw claimed one of the four available spots at the 2020 African Olympic Qualification Tournament in Tunis, Tunisia.

Wrestling

Senegal qualified one wrestler for the men's freestyle 65 kg event, by progressing to the final at the 2021 African & Oceania Qualification Tournament in Hammamet, Tunisia.

Freestyle

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