North Macedonia at the 2020 Summer Olympics

North Macedonia at the 2020 Summer Olympics
IOC code	MKD
NOC	Olympic Committee of North Macedonia
Website	www.mok.org.mk  (in Macedonian)
in Tokyo, Japan 23 July 2021 (2021-07-23) – 8 August 2021 (2021-08-08)
Competitors	8 in 7 sports
Flag bearers (opening)	Arbresha Rexhepi Dejan Georgievski
Flag bearer (closing)	Magomedgadji Nurov
Medals Ranked 77th	Gold 0 Silver 1 Bronze 0 Total 1
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016 2020 2024
Other related appearances
Yugoslavia (1920–1988)   Independent Olympic Participants (1992)

North Macedonia 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. ^[1] It was the nation's seventh consecutive appearance at the Summer Olympics and the first under the country's new name. ^[2] North Macedonia won their first ever silver medal, won by Dejan Georgievski in the Men's +80 kg event in Taekwondo, with the nation having previously only received a bronze medal. ^[3]

Medalists

Further information: 2020 Summer Olympics medal table and List of 2020 Summer Olympics medal winners

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Silver	Dejan Georgievski	Taekwondo	Men's +80 kg	27 July

Competitors

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

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Athletics	1	0	1
Judo	0	1	1
Karate	0	1	1
Shooting	1	0	1
Swimming	1	1	2
Taekwondo	1	0	1
Wrestling	1	0	1
Total	5	3	8

Athletics

Main articles: Athletics at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Athletics at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification

North Macedonia received a universality slot from the World Athletics to send a male track athlete. ^[4]

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

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Jovan Stojoski	Men's 400 m	46.81	7	Did not advance

Judo

Main articles: Judo at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Judo at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification

North Macedonia entered one female judoka after International Judo Federation awarded them a tripartite invitation quota.

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
Arbresha Rexhepi	Women's −52 kg	Giles  (GBR) L 00–11	Did not advance

Karate

Main articles: Karate at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Karate at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification

North Macedonia received an invitation from the Tripartite Commission to send Puleksenija Jovanoska in the women's kata event. ^[5]

Kata

Athlete	Event	Elimination round		Ranking round		Final / BM
		Score	Rank	Score	Rank	Opposition Result	Rank
Puleksenija Jovanoska	Women's kata	23.90	5	Did not advance

Shooting

Main articles: Shooting at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Shooting at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification

North Macedonia received an invitation from the Tripartite Commission to send a men's air pistol shooter.

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Borjan Brankovski	Men's 10 m air pistol	573	21	Did not advance

Swimming

Main articles: Swimming at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Swimming at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification

North Macedonia received universality invitations from FINA to send two top-ranked swimmers (one per gender) in their respective individual events, based on the FINA Points System of June 28, 2021. ^[6]

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Filip Derkoski	Men's 400 m freestyle	4:03.34	36	—		Did not advance
Mia Blaževska Eminova	Women's 100 m freestyle	57.19	40	Did not advance

Taekwondo

Main articles: Taekwondo at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Taekwondo at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification

North Macedonia entered one athlete into the taekwondo competition at the Games for the first time in history. Dejan Georgievski secured a spot in the men's heavyweight category (+80 kg) with a top two finish at the 2021 European Qualification Tournament in Sofia, Bulgaria. ^[7]

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Dejan Georgievski	Men's +80 kg	Alba  (CUB) W 11–8	Gbané  (CIV) W 9–4	In K-d  (KOR) W 12–6	Bye	Larin  (ROC) L 9–15

Wrestling

Main articles: Wrestling at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Wrestling at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification

For the first time since Beijing 2008, North Macedonia qualified one wrestler for the men's freestyle 97 kg, as a result of a top six finish at the 2019 World Championships. ^[8]

Key:

• VT (ranking points: 5–0 or 0–5) – Victory by fall.
• VB (ranking points: 5–0 or 0–5) – Victory by injury (VF for forfeit, VA for withdrawal or disqualification)
• PP (ranking points: 3–1 or 1–3) – Decision by points – the loser with technical points.
• PO (ranking points: 3–0 or 0–3) – Decision by points – the loser without technical points.
• ST (ranking points: 4–0 or 0–4) – Great superiority – the loser without technical points and a margin of victory of at least 8 (Greco-Roman) or 10 (freestyle) points.
• SP (ranking points: 4–1 or 1–4) – Technical superiority – the loser with technical points and a margin of victory of at least 8 (Greco-Roman) or 10 (freestyle) points.

Freestyle

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Repechage	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Magomedgadzhi Nurov	Men's −97 kg	Saadaoui  (TUN) W 3–0 PO	Salas  (CUB) L 1–3 PO	Did not advance			9

References

1. "Joint Statement from the International Olympic Committee and the Tokyo 2020 Organising Committee". Olympics. 24 March 2020. Retrieved 28 March 2020.
2. "Olympedia – North Macedonia (MKD)". www.olympedia.org. Retrieved 27 May 2021.
3. "Tokyo 2020 Medal Table". olympics.org. International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 31 October 2023.
4. "Road to Olympic Games 2020". World Athletics . Retrieved 11 June 2021.
5. "Last Olympians for Karate Olympic debut at Tokyo 2020 confirmed". World Karate Federation. 21 June 2021. Retrieved 24 June 2021.
6. "Tokyo Olympics Entry Lists Released, Swimming Begins July 24". Swimming World Magazine . Retrieved 16 July 2021.
7. "European Qualification Tournament for Tokyo 2020 concludes". World Taekwondo. 8 May 2021. Retrieved 9 May 2021.
8. Marantz, Ken (15 September 2019). "Olympic Champ Borrero Survives 'Bracket of Death' to Make 67kg Semis, Secure Tokyo 2020 Spot". United World Wrestling . Retrieved 15 September 2019.