Samoa at the 2020 Summer Olympics

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Samoa at the
2020 Summer Olympics
Flag of Samoa.svg
IOC code SAM
NOC Samoa Association of Sports and National Olympic Committee Inc.
Website www.sasnoc.com
in Tokyo, Japan
July 23, 2021 (2021-07-23) – August 8, 2021 (2021-08-08)
Competitors8 in 5 sports
Flag bearer (opening) Alex Rose
Flag bearer (closing) Anne Cairns
Medals
Gold
0
Silver
0
Bronze
0
Total
0
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)

Samoa 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 tenth consecutive appearance at the Summer Olympic Games, for four of which it competed under the name Western Samoa.

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The Samoan government in July 2021 released an order which barred athletes based in Samoa to compete in the Olympics due to rising COVID-19 infections in Japan. This meant that only Samoan athletes based overseas could compete in the games. [2] [3]

Competitors

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

SportMenWomenTotal
Athletics 101
Boxing 202
Canoeing 213
Judo 101
Sailing 101
Total718

Athletics

Samoan athletes further achieved the entry standards, either by qualifying time or by world ranking, in the following track and field events (up to a maximum of 3 athletes in each event): [4] [5]

Key
Field events
AthleteEventQualificationFinal
DistancePositionDistancePosition
Alex Rose Men's discus throw 61.7218Did not advance

Boxing

Samoa entered two male boxers into the Olympic tournament for the first time since Beijing 2008. Marion Faustino Ah Tong (men's welterweight) and the reigning Pacific Games champion Ato Plodzicki-Faoagali (men's heavyweight) topped the list of eligible boxers from Asia and Oceania in their respective weight divisions to secure places on the Samoan team based on the IOC's Boxing Task Force Rankings. [6]

AthleteEventRound of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Marion Faustino Ah Tong Men's welterweight Flag of Zambia.svg  Zimba  (ZAM)
L 0–5
Did not advance
Ato Plodzicki-Faoagali Men's heavyweight ByeFlag of Belarus.svg  Smiahlikau  (BLR)
L 1–4
Did not advance

Canoeing

Sprint

Samoan canoeists qualified boats in each of the following distances for the Games through the 2020 Oceania Championships in Penrith, New South Wales. [7]

AthleteEventHeatsQuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Rudolph Berking-Williams Men's K-1 200 m 42.0835 QF41.9505Did not advance
Men's C-1 1000 m 5:19.5388 QFDNSDid not advance
Clifton Tuva'a Men's K-1 200 m 38.3634 QF38.2874Did not advance
Men's K-1 1000 m 4:11.0294 QF4:21.3014Did not advance
Rudolph Berking-Williams
Clifton Tuva'a
Men's K-2 1000 m 3:55.6175 QF3:46.5235 FBBye3:56.17116
Anne Cairns Women's K-1 200 m 46.7957 QF47.1418Did not advance
Women's K-1 500 m 2:03.6676 QF2:02.5254Did not advance

Qualification Legend: FA = Qualify to final A (medal); FB = Qualify to final B (non-medal)

Judo

Samoa qualified one judoka for the men's half-middleweight category (81 kg) at the Games. Peniamina Percival accepted a continental berth from Oceania as the nation's top-ranked judoka outside of direct qualifying position in the IJF World Ranking List of June 28, 2021. [8]

AthleteEventRound of 64Round of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsRepechageFinal / BM
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Peniamina Percival Men's −81 kg ByeFlag of the Netherlands.svg  de Wit  (NED)
L 00–01
Did not advance

Sailing

Samoan sailors qualified one boat in each of the following classes through the class-associated World Championships, and the continental regattas, marking the country's debut in the sport.

AthleteEventRaceNet pointsFinal rank
12345678910M*
Eroni Leilua Men's Laser 31273032322730313528EL26832

M = Medal race; EL = Eliminated – did not advance into the medal race

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