Malawi at the 2020 Summer Olympics

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Malawi at the
2020 Summer Olympics
Flag of Malawi.svg
IOC code MAW
NOC Olympic and Commonwealth Games Association of Malawi
in Tokyo, Japan
July 23, 2021 (2021-07-23) – August 8, 2021 (2021-08-08)
Competitors5 in 4 sports
Flag bearers (opening) Jessica Makwenda
Areneo David
Flag bearer (closing) N/A
Medals
Gold
0
Silver
0
Bronze
0
Total
0
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
Other related appearances
Flag of the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland.svg  Rhodesia (1960)

Malawi competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. Originally scheduled to take place from July 24 to August 9, 2020, the Games were postponed to 23 July to 8 August 2021, because of the COVID-19 pandemic. [1] It was the nation's eleventh appearance at the Summer Olympics. Malawi did not attend the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal and the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, because of its support to the African and United States-led boycott.

Contents

Competitors

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

SportMenWomenTotal
Archery 101
Athletics 011
Judo 011
Swimming 112
Total235

Archery

Malawi received an invitation from the Tripartite Commission to send a male archer for the second consecutive time to the Olympic tournament. [2]

AthleteEventRanking roundRound of 64Round of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal / BM
ScoreSeedOpposition
Score		Opposition
Score		Opposition
Score		Opposition
Score		Opposition
Score		Opposition
Score		Rank
Areneo David Men's individual 56264Flag of South Korea.svg  Kim  (KOR)
L 0–6		Did not advance

Athletics

Malawi received a universality slot from World Athletics to send a female track and field athlete to the Olympics. [3]

Key
Track & road events
AthleteEventPreliminariesHeatSemifinalFinal
ResultRankResultRankResultRankResultRank
Asimenye Simwaka Women's 100 m 11.76 NR 2 Q11.68 NR 8Did not advance

Judo

For the first time in history, Malawi received an invitation from the Tripartite Commission and the International Judo Federation to send Harriet Boniface in the women's extra-lightweight category (48 kg) to the Olympics. [4]

AthleteEventRound of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsRepechageFinal / BM
Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Rank
Harriet Boniface Women's –48 kg Flag of Brazil.svg  Chibana  (BRA)
L 00–10		Did not advance

Swimming

Malawi 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. [5]

AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinal
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Filipe Gomes Men's 50 m freestyle 24.0047Did not advance
Jessica Makwenda Women's 50 m freestyle 28.9661Did not advance

References

  1. ↑ "Joint Statement from the International Olympic Committee and the Tokyo 2020 Organising Committee". Olympics. 24 March 2020. Retrieved 28 March 2020.
  2. ↑ "D'Amour makes four-athlete list for universality tickets to Tokyo 2020". World Archery. 21 June 2021. Retrieved 22 June 2021.
  3. ↑ "Road to Olympic Games 2020". World Athletics . Retrieved 11 June 2021.
  4. ↑ Messner, Nicolas (22 June 2021). "Tokyo 2020: Official Olympic Qualification List". International Judo Federation . Retrieved 2 July 2021.
  5. ↑ "Tokyo Olympics Entry Lists Released, Swimming Begins July 24". Swimming World Magazine . Retrieved 16 July 2021.


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