Hong Kong at the 2020 Summer Olympics

Hong Kong is expected to compete at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. Originally scheduled to take place from 24 July to 9 August 2020, the Games have been postponed to 23 July to 8 August 2021, because of the COVID-19 pandemic.[1] It will be the territory's seventeenth appearance at the Summer Olympics, since its debut as a British colony in 1952.

Hong Kong at the 2021 Summer Olympics
IOC code	HKG
NOC	Sports Federation and Olympic Committee of Hong Kong, China
Website	www.hkolympic.org (in Chinese and English)
in Tokyo, Japan
Competitors	28 in 8 sports
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
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Cycling

Road

Hong Kong received a spare berth freed up by host nation Japan to send one rider competing in the men's Olympic road race, as the highest-ranked nation for men, not yet qualified, in the UCI World Ranking.[2][3]

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
	Men's road race

Track

Following the completion of the 2020 UCI Track Cycling World Championships, Hong Kong riders accumulated spots in the women's omnium and women's madison, as well as the women's sprint and keirin, based on their country's results in the final UCI Olympic rankings.[4]

Sprint

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Round 1	Repechage 1	Round 2	Repechage 2	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Time Speed (km/h)	Rank	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Rank
Lee Hoi Yan	Women's sprint
Lee Wai Sze

Keirin

Athlete	Event	1st Round	Repechage	2nd Round	3rd Round	Final
		Rank	Rank	Rank	Rank	Rank
Lee Hoi Yan	Women's keirin
Lee Wai Sze

Omnium

Athlete	Event	Scratch race		Tempo race			Elimination race		Points race		Total points	Rank
		Rank	Points	Time	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Points	Rank
	Women's omnium

Madison

Athlete	Event	Points	Laps	Rank
Leung Bo Yee Pang Yao	Women's madison

Equestrian

Hong Kong entered one eventing rider into the Olympic equestrian competition for the first time in twelve years, by finishing in the top two, outside the group selection, of the individual FEI Olympic Rankings for Group G (Southeast Asia and Oceania).[5]

Eventing

Athlete	Horse	Event	Dressage		Cross-country			Jumping						Total
								Qualifier			Final
			Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Rank
Thomas Heffernan Ho	Tayberry	Individual

Jumping

Athlete	Horse	Event	Qualification		Final		Total
			Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Rank
Kenneth Cheng	Can Do	Individual

Fencing

Hong Kong fencers qualified a full squad in the men's team foil for the first time since Seoul 1988, as the highest-ranked nation from Asia outside the world's top four in the FIE Olympic Team Rankings.[6]

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
	Men's foil
	Men's team foil	N/A

Gymnastics

Artistic

Hong Kong entered one artistic gymnast into the Olympic competition. London 2012 Olympian Shek Wai Hung secured one of the three spots available for individual-based gymnasts, neither part of the team nor qualified through the all-around, in the vault exercise at the 2019 World Championships in Stuttgart, Germany.[7]

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification								Final
		Apparatus						Total	Rank	Apparatus						Total	Rank
		F	PH	R	V	PB	HB			F	PH	R	V	PB	HB
Shek Wai Hung	Vault	N/A				N/A				N/A				N/A

Karate

Hong Kong entered one karateka into the inaugural Olympic tournament. 2018 world bronze medalist Grace Lau qualified directly for the women's kata category by finishing among the top four karateka at the end of the combined WKF Olympic Rankings.[8]

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Grace Lau	Women's kata

Sailing

Hong Kong sailors qualified one boat in each of the following classes through the class-associated World Championships and the continental regattas.[9]

Athlete	Event	Race													Net points	Final rank
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	M*
	Men's RS:X
	Women's RS:X

M = Medal race; EL = Eliminated – did not advance into the medal race

Swimming

Hong Kong swimmers further achieved qualifying standards in the following events (up to a maximum of 2 swimmers in each event at the Olympic Qualifying Time (OQT), and potentially 1 at the Olympic Selection Time (OST)):[10][11]

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Stephanie Au	Women's 100 m backstroke
Siobhan Haughey	Women's 100 m freestyle
	Women's 200 m freestyle
Siobhan Haughey	Women's 4 × 100 m freestyle relay			N/A
Siobhan Haughey	Women's 4 × 200 m freestyle relay			N/A

Table tennis

Hong Kong entered six athletes into the table tennis competition at the Games. The men's and women's teams secured one of nine available places, respectively, at the 2020 World Olympic Qualification Event in Gondomar, Portugal, permitting a maximum of two starters to compete each in the men's and women's singles tournament.[12][13] Moreover, an additional berth was awarded to the Hong Kong table tennis players competing in the inaugural mixed doubles by advancing to the semifinal stage of the 2019 ITTF World Tour Grand Finals in Zhengzhou, China.[14]

Men

Athlete	Event	Preliminary	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
	Singles
	Team	N/A

Women

Athlete	Event	Preliminary	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
	Singles
	Team	N/A

Mixed

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
	Doubles

References

1. "Joint Statement from the International Olympic Committee and the Tokyo 2020 Organising Committee". Olympics. 24 March 2020. Retrieved 28 March 2020.
2. Chan, Kin-wa (29 October 2019). "Hong Kong gets boost for 2020 Olympic men's road cycling race with 'unexpected' qualifying spot". South China Morning Post. Retrieved 30 October 2019.
3. "Athletes' quotas for Road Cycling events at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games". UCI. 18 November 2019. Retrieved 23 November 2019.
4. Chan, Kin-wa (10 March 2020). "Tokyo 2020: agony for Hong Kong's cyclists as their Olympic spot is snatched away". South China Morning Post. Retrieved 10 March 2020.
5. "Tokyo 2020 team and individual quota places confirmed by FEI". FEI. 17 February 2020. Retrieved 1 March 2020.
6. Chan, Kin-wa (24 February 2020). "Hong Kong fencers book historic appearance at Tokyo Olympics after brilliant performance in Cairo World Cup". South China Morning Post. Retrieved 25 February 2020.
7. "Artistic Gymnastics World Championships 2019: Day 4 - as it happened". Olympic Channel. 7 October 2019. Retrieved 12 October 2019.
8. "WKF announces first qualified athletes for Tokyo 2020". World Karate Federation. 18 March 2020. Retrieved 19 March 2020.
9. "Friends win medals at the 2019 RS:X World Championship". World Sailing. 29 September 2019. Retrieved 30 September 2019.
10. "Swimming World Rankings". FINA. Retrieved 23 March 2019.
11. "Tokyo 2020 – FINA Swimming Qualification System" (PDF). Tokyo 2020. FINA. Retrieved 23 March 2019.
12. Marshall, Ian (24 January 2020). "2020 ITTF World Team Qualification Tournament: Day Three". ITTF. Retrieved 24 January 2020.
13. Marshall, Ian (26 January 2020). "Nervous moments, Hong Kong China and Korea Republic complete list". ITTF. Retrieved 30 January 2020.
14. "Zhengzhou review: Olympic champion falls, Olympic places reserved". ITTF. 18 September 2019. Retrieved 19 September 2019.