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Honduras at the 2020 Summer Olympics
IOC code	HON
NOC	Honduran Olympic Committee
Website	cohonduras.com (in Spanish)
in Tokyo, Japan July 23, 2021 (2021-07-23) – August 8, 2021 (2021-08-08)
Competitors	27 in 5 sports
Flag bearers (opening)	Keyla Ávila Julio Horrego
Flag bearer (closing)	Iván Zarco
Medals	Gold 0 Silver 0 Bronze 0 Total 0
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
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Honduras 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 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 World Athletics to send a male athlete to the Olympics.

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

Football

Summary

Key:

• A.E.T – After extra time.
• P – Match decided by penalty-shootout.

Team	Event	Group Stage				Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Honduras men's	Men's tournament	Romania L 0–1	New Zealand W 3–2	South Korea L 0–6	4	Did not advance

Men's tournament

Honduras men's football team qualified for the Olympics by advancing to the final match of the 2020 CONCACAF Men's Olympic Qualifying Championship in Mexico.

Team roster

Honduras' final squad was announced on 2 July 2021.

Head coach: Miguel Falero

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Club
1	1GK	Alex Güity	(1997-09-20)20 September 1997 (aged 23)	Olimpia
2	2DF	Denil Maldonado (captain)	(1998-05-26)26 May 1998 (aged 23)	Everton
3	2DF	Wesly Decas	(1999-08-11)11 August 1999 (aged 21)	Motagua
4	2DF	Carlos Meléndez	(1997-12-08)8 December 1997 (aged 23)	Vida
5	2DF	Cristopher Meléndez	(1997-11-25)25 November 1997 (aged 23)	Motagua
6	3MF	Jonathan Núñez	(2001-11-26)26 November 2001 (aged 19)	Motagua
7	3MF	José Alejandro Reyes	(1997-11-05)5 November 1997 (aged 23)	Real España
8	4FW	Edwin Rodríguez	(1999-09-25)25 September 1999 (aged 21)	Olimpia
9	4FW	Jorge Benguché*	(1996-05-21)21 May 1996 (aged 25)	Boavista
10	4FW	Rigoberto Rivas	(1998-07-31)31 July 1998 (aged 22)	Reggina
11	4FW	Samuel Elvir	(2001-04-25)25 April 2001 (aged 20)	UPNFM
12	1GK	Michael Perelló	(1998-07-11)11 July 1998 (aged 23)	Real España
13	3MF	Brayan Moya*	(1992-10-19)19 October 1992 (aged 28)	1º de Agosto
14	4FW	José Pinto	(1997-09-27)27 September 1997 (aged 23)	Olimpia
15	3MF	Carlos Pineda	(1997-09-23)23 September 1997 (aged 23)	Olimpia
16	2DF	José García	(1998-09-21)21 September 1998 (aged 22)	Olimpia
17	4FW	Luis Palma	(2000-01-17)17 January 2000 (aged 21)	Vida
18	4FW	Juan Obregón	(1997-10-29)29 October 1997 (aged 23)	Hartford Athletic
19	4FW	Douglas Martínez	(1997-06-05)5 June 1997 (aged 24)	Real Salt Lake
20	3MF	Jorge Álvarez	(1998-01-28)28 January 1998 (aged 23)	Olimpia
21	2DF	Elvin Oliva	(1997-10-24)24 October 1997 (aged 23)	Olimpia
22	1GK	Bryan Ramos	(2001-08-08)8 August 2001 (aged 19)	Real España

* Overage player.

Group play

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	South Korea	3	2	0	1	10	1	+9	6	Advance to knockout stage
2	New Zealand	3	1	1	1	3	3	0	4
3	Romania	3	1	1	1	1	4	−3	4
4	Honduras	3	1	0	2	3	9	−6	3

Honduras	0–1	Romania
	Report (TOCOG) Report (FIFA)	Oliva 45+1' (o.g.)

New Zealand	2–3	Honduras
Cacace 10' Wood 49'	Report (TOCOG) Report (FIFA)	Palma 45+1' Obregón 78' Rivas 87'

South Korea	6–0	Honduras
Hwang Ui-jo 12' (pen.), 45+5', 52' (pen.) Won Du-jae 19' (pen.) Kim Jin-ya 64' Lee Kang-in 82'	Report (TOCOG) Report (FIFA)

Judo

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

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Cergia David	Women's −63 kg	Quadros (BRA) L WO	Did not advance

1. Cergia David did not pass the official weigh-in and did not take part in the competition.

Swimming

Honduras 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 System of June 28, 2021.

Taekwondo

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

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Keyla Ávila	Women's +67 kg	Zheng Sy (CHN) L 1–20	Did not advance

See also

• Honduras at the 2019 Pan American Games

References

1. "Joint Statement from the International Olympic Committee and the Tokyo 2020 Organising Committee". Olympics. 24 March 2020. Retrieved 28 March 2020.
2. "Road to Olympic Games 2020". World Athletics. Retrieved 11 June 2021.
3. "Honduras, Mexico book ticket to Tokyo 2020". FIFA. 28 March 2021. Archived from the original on March 29, 2021. Retrieved 28 March 2021.
4. "Seleccionador de Honduras convoca 22 jugadores para Juegos Olímpicos de Tokio". swissinfo. Retrieved 7 July 2021.
5. Messner, Nicolas (22 June 2021). "Tokyo 2020: Official Olympic Qualification List". International Judo Federation. Retrieved 2 July 2021.
6. "Official Communication" (PDF). 2020 Summer Olympics. 26 July 2021. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 July 2021. Retrieved 28 July 2021.
7. "Tokyo Olympics Entry Lists Released, Swimming Begins July 24". Swimming World Magazine. Retrieved 16 July 2021.
8. "131 of world's best confirmed for Tokyo 2020". World Taekwondo. 14 July 2021. Retrieved 16 July 2021.

• Nations at the 2020 Summer Olympics
• Honduras at the Summer Olympics by year
• 2021 in Honduran sport