# Sport climbing at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Men's combined

The men's combined event at the 2020 Summer Olympics was a climbing competition combining three disciplines (speed, bouldering, lead). It was held from August 3 to August 5, 2021 at the Aomi Urban Sports Park in Tokyo. A total of 20 athletes from 15 nations competed. Sport climbing was one of four new sports added to the Olympic program for 2020.
During the qualifying round, Bassa Mawem of France suffered an injury to his lower bicep tendon in his left arm and was forced to withdraw from the final.

## Competition format

In the qualification round each of the twenty competitors competed in speed climbing, bouldering and lead climbing. The scores were multiplied and the 8 competitors with the lowest total scores proceeded to the finals.
In speed climbing, climbers raced against each others in pairs on a standardized wall of 15m in height. In the qualification round, climbers had two runs on two different lanes; their best times were recorded and used for seeding placement in the Final rounds. In the final round, climbers raced head-to-head with the fastest to the top winning.
In bouldering, climbers needed to top boulder problems set on 4.5m-high wall within a certain amount of time. In the qualification round, climbers were faced with 4 boulder problems and given 5 minutes on each problem to top them. The final round had 3 boulder problems to top within a 4 minutes time limit.
In lead climbing, climbers were given a route set on 15m-high wall to top within 6 minutes. If there was a tie, the climber with the fastest elapsed time won.

### Route-setting

Speed climbing wall is standardized: 15 meters tall, 5 degrees overhanging. Bouldering and lead climbing have route-setting teams.
The bouldering route-setters were Percy Bishton (chief) from the United Kingdom, Manuel Hassler from Switzerland, Romain Cabessut from France and Garrett Gregor from the United States.
The lead route-setters were Adam Pustelnik (chief) from Poland, Jan Zbranek from Czech Republic, Hiroshi Okano and Akito Matsushima from Japan.

## Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.
Speed records :
| World record | Veddriq Leonardo (INA) | 5.208 | Salt Lake City, United States | 28 May 2021 |
| Olympic record | Not established | – | – | – |
The following records were established during the competition:
| Date | Round | Climber | Nation | Time | Record |
| August 3 | Speed Qualification | Bassa Mawem | France | 5.45 | OR |

## Schedule

All times are Japan Standard Time (UTC+9)
| Date | Time | Round |
| Tuesday, 3 August 2021 | 17:00 | Speed Qualification |
| Tuesday, 3 August 2021 | 18:00 | Bouldering Qualification |
| Tuesday, 3 August 2021 | 21:10 | Lead Qualification |
| Thursday, 5 August 2021 | 17:30 | Speed Final |
| Thursday, 5 August 2021 | 18:30 | Bouldering Final |
| Thursday, 5 August 2021 | 21:10 | Lead Final |

## Results
### Qualification

The top 8 climbers of 20 advanced to the Finals.
| Rank | Climber | Nation | Speed | Speed | Speed | Bouldering | Bouldering | Bouldering | Bouldering | Bouldering | Bouldering | Lead | Lead | Lead | Total | Notes |
| Rank | Climber | Nation | A | B | CP | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Results | CP | HR | TFT | CP | Total | Notes |
| 1 | Mickaël Mawem | France | 5.95 | 7.75 | 3 | T2z2 | T1z1 | T1z1 | z1 | 3T4z 4 5 | 1 | 28+ | 2:24 | 11 | 33.00 | Q |
| 2 | Tomoa Narasaki | Japan | DNS | 5.94 | 2 | T2z1 | T4z4 | z1 | z1 | 2T4z 6 7 | 2 | 26+ | 2:11 | 14 | 56.00 | Q |
| 3 | Colin Duffy | United States | 6.23 | 6.85 | 6 | T10z6 | – | T7z6 | – | 2T2z 17 12 | 5 | 42+ | 4:44 | 2 | 60.00 | Q |
| 4 | Jakob Schubert | Austria | 6.70 | 6.94 | 12 | z9 | – | z3 | T2z1 | 1T3z 2 13 | 7 | 42+ | 4:02 | 1 | 84.00 | Q |
| 5 | Adam Ondra | Czech Republic | 7.46 | 8.16 | 18 | T4z4 | – | z4 | T3z3 | 2T3z 7 11 | 3 | 39+ | | 4 | 216.00 | Q |
| 6 | Alberto Ginés López | Spain | 6.48 | 6.32 | 7 | – | – | T12z4 | – | 1T1z 12 4 | 14 | 41+ | | 3 | 294.00 | Q |
| 7 | Bassa Mawem | France | 5.45 OR | 5.67 | 1 | z4 | – | – | – | 0T1z 0 4 | 18 | 7 | | 20 | 360.00 | Q |
| 8 | Nathaniel Coleman | United States | 6.51 | 6.52 | 10 | z1 | – | T4z3 | z2 | 1T3z 4 6 | 11 | 39 | | 5 | 550.00 | Q |
| 9 | Alexander Megos | Germany | 9.89 | 7.47 | 19 | T2z1 | z6 | z7 | z1 | 1T4z 2 15 | 6 | 36+ | | 6 | 684.00 | |
| 10 | Chon Jong-won | South Korea | 6.21 | Fall | 5 | z4 | – | T3z3 | z3 | 1T3z 3 10 | 10 | 26+ | 2:34 | 16 | 800.00 | |
| 11 | Rishat Khaibullin | Kazakhstan | 6.90 | 6.19 | 4 | – | – | z3 | – | 0T1z 0 3 | 17 | 28+ | 3:09 | 13 | 884.00 | |
| 12 | Jan Hojer | Germany | 6.63 | Fall | 11 | z2 | – | T3z3 | z3 | 1T3z 3 8 | 9 | 29+ | | 9 | 891.00 | |
| 13 | Aleksey Rubtsov | ROC | 8.09 | 7.23 | 16 | T6z3 | – | – | T1z1 | 2T2z 7 4 | 4 | 26+ | 2:29 | 15 | 960.00 | |
| 14 | Pan Yufei | China | 8.63 | 7.59 | 20 | T2z2 | – | z12 | z1 | 1T3z 2 15 | 8 | 36 | | 7 | 1120.00 | |
| 15 | Michael Piccolruaz | Italy | 6.33 | 6.46 | 8 | T5z5 | – | z2 | – | 1T2z 5 7 | 13 | 28+ | 2:33 | 12 | 1248.00 | |
| 16 | Christopher Cosser | South Africa | 6.48 | 7.55 | 9 | z7 | – | z8 | – | 0T2z 0 15 | 16 | 29 | | 10 | 1440.00 | |
| 17 | Sean McColl | Canada | 9.18 | 6.93 | 14 | z2 | – | z1 | – | 0T2z 0 3 | 15 | 35+ | | 8 | 1680.00 | |
| 18 | Kai Harada | Japan | Fall | 7.08 | 15 | T4z1 | – | z7 | – | 1T2z 4 8 | 12 | 25+ | | 17 | 3060.00 | |
| 19 | Ludovico Fossali | Italy | 6.71 | 7.39 | 13 | – | – | – | – | 0T0z 0 0 | 19.5 | 25 | 2:48 | 18 | 4563.00 | |
| 20 | Tom O'Halloran | Australia | 7.34 | 12.20 | 17 | – | – | – | – | 0T0z 0 0 | 19.5 | 25 | 3:58 | 19 | 6298.50 | |

### Final

| Rank | Climber | Nation | Speed | Speed | Speed | Speed | Speed | Speed | Speed | Bouldering | Bouldering | Bouldering | Bouldering | Bouldering | Lead | Lead | Total |
| Rank | Climber | Nation | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Finals | Finals | CP | 1 | 2 | 3 | Results | CP | HR | CP | Total |
| Rank | Climber | Nation | R | T | R | T | R | T | CP | 1 | 2 | 3 | Results | CP | HR | CP | Total |
| | Alberto Ginés López | Spain | 2 | 7.44 | 7 | 6.56 | 12 | 6.42 | 1 | z1 | z7 | z1 | 0T3z 0 9 | 7 | 38+ | 4 | 28 |
| | Nathaniel Coleman | United States | 4 | 6.45 | 6 | 6.21 | 10 | Fall | 6 | T1z1 | T3z2 | z1 | 2T3z 4 4 | 1 | 34+ | 5 | 30 |
| | Jakob Schubert | Austria | 3 | 9.18 | 6 | 6.76 | 9 | W | 7 | T1z1 | z5 | z1 | 1T3z 1 7 | 5 | Top | 1 | 35 |
| 4 | Tomoa Narasaki | Japan | 3 | 6.11 | 8 | 6.02 | 12 | 7.82 | 2 | T1z1 | z3 | z1 | 1T3z 1 5 | 3 | 33+ | 6 | 36 |
| 5 | Mickaël Mawem | France | 4 | 6.36 | 8 | 7.05 | 11 | 6.47 | 3 | T1z1 | z1 | z1 | 1T3z 1 3 | 2 | 23+ | 7 | 42 |
| 6 | Adam Ondra | Czech Republic | 1 | W | 7 | 7.03 | 11 | 6.86 | 4 | T2z1 | – | z1 | 1T2z 2 2 | 6 | 42+ | 2 | 48 |
| 7 | Colin Duffy | United States | 2 | FS | 5 | W | 10 | 6.35 | 5 | T1z1 | z3 | z1 | 1T3z 1 5 | 4 | 40 | 3 | 60 |
| 8 | Bassa Mawem* | France | 1 | DNS | 5 | DNS | 9 | DNS | 8 | – | – | – | DNS | 8 | DNS | 8 | 512 |
* Injured and could not compete.