North Macedonia at the 2020 Summer Olympics

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North Macedonia at the
2020 Summer Olympics
Flag of North Macedonia.svg
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)
Competitors8 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)
Other related appearances
Flag of SFR Yugoslavia.svg  Yugoslavia (1920–1988)
Olympic flag.svg  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]

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Medalists

MedalNameSportEventDate
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Dejan Georgievski Taekwondo Men's +80 kg 27 July

Competitors

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

SportMenWomenTotal
Athletics 101
Judo 011
Karate 011
Shooting 101
Swimming 112
Taekwondo 101
Wrestling 101
Total538

Athletics

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

Key
Track & road events
AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinal
ResultRankResultRankResultRank
Jovan Stojoski Men's 400 m 46.817Did not advance

Judo

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

AthleteEventRound of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsRepechageFinal / BM
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Arbresha Rexhepi Women's −52 kg Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Giles  (GBR)
L 00–11
Did not advance

Karate

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

Kata
AthleteEventElimination roundRanking roundFinal / BM
ScoreRankScoreRankOpposition
Result
Rank
Puleksenija Jovanoska Women's kata 23.905Did not advance

Shooting

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

AthleteEventQualificationFinal
PointsRankPointsRank
Borjan Brankovski Men's 10 m air pistol 57321Did not advance

Swimming

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]

AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinal
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Filip Derkoski Men's 400 m freestyle 4:03.3436Did not advance
Mia Blaževska Eminova Women's 100 m freestyle 57.1940Did not advance

Taekwondo

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]

AthleteEventRound of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsRepechageFinal / BM
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Dejan Georgievski Men's +80 kg Flag of Cuba.svg  Alba  (CUB)
W 11–8
Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg  Gbané  (CIV)
W 9–4
Flag of South Korea.svg  In K-d  (KOR)
W 12–6
ByeRussian Olympic Committee flag.png  Larin  (ROC)
L 9–15
Silver medal icon.svg

Wrestling

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:

Freestyle
AthleteEventRound of 16QuarterfinalSemifinalRepechageFinal / BM
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Magomedgadzhi Nurov Men's −97 kg Flag of Tunisia.svg  Saadaoui  (TUN)
W 3–0 PO
Flag of Cuba.svg  Salas  (CUB)
L 1–3 PO
Did not advance9

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