San Marino at the 2020 Summer Olympics

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San Marino at the
2020 Summer Olympics
Flag of San Marino.svg
IOC code SMR
NOC Comitato Olimpico Nazionale Sammarinese
Website www.cons.sm (in Italian)
in Tokyo, Japan
July 23, 2021 (2021-07-23) – August 8, 2021 (2021-08-08)
Competitors5 in 4 sports
Flag bearers (opening) Arianna Valloni
Myles Amine
Flag bearer (closing) Myles Amine
Medals
Ranked 72nd
Gold
0
Silver
1
Bronze
2
Total
3
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)

San Marino 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 fifteenth appearance at the Summer Olympics.

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A bronze medal, the nation's first Olympic medal, was won by female trap shooter Alessandra Perilli. With this San Marino became the smallest country, by population, ever to have won any Olympic medal. [2] Just two days later, on 31 July, Perilli and Gian Marco Berti won the country's second medal, a silver in the mixed trap shooting event. San Marino then took home its third medal on August 5, with Myles Amine winning bronze in the 86 kg freestyle wrestling event. With 5 competitors in 4 sports, San Marino won the most overall medals per population. [3]

Medalists

On 29 July, Alessandra Perilli won bronze in the women's trap shooting; this was San Marino's first ever Olympic medal. [4]

MedalNameSportEventDate
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Gian Marco Berti
Alessandra Perilli
Shooting Mixed trap 31 July
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Alessandra Perilli Shooting Women's trap 29 July
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Myles Amine Wrestling Men's freestyle 86 kg 5 August

Competitors

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

SportMenWomenTotal
Judo 101
Shooting 112
Swimming 011
Wrestling 101
Total325

Judo

San Marino received an invitation from the Tripartite Commission and the International Judo Federation to send Paolo Persoglia in the men's middleweight category (90 kg) to the Olympics, marking the nation's return to the sport for the first time since Atlanta 1996. [5] [6]

AthleteEventRound of 64Round of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsRepechageFinal / BM
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Paolo Persoglia Men's −90 kg ByeFlag of the Netherlands.svg  van 't End  (NED)
L 00–10
Did not advance

Shooting

Sammarinese shooters achieved quota places for the following events by virtue of their best finishes at the 2018 ISSF World Championships, the 2019 ISSF World Cup series, European Championships or Games, and European Qualifying Tournament, as long as they obtained a minimum qualifying score (MQS) by 31 May 2020. [7] On 29 July Alessandra Perilli won bronze in the women's trap shooting, this was San Marino's first ever Olympic medal; Perilli had previously finished joint second but missed out on a medal in a shoot-off during the 2012 Summer Olympics. [4]

AthleteEventQualificationFinal
PointsRankPointsRank
Gian Marco Berti Men's trap 12118Did not advance
Alessandra Perilli Women's trap 1222 Q29Bronze medal icon.svg
Gian Marco Berti
Alessandra Perilli
Mixed trap team 1482 Q40Silver medal icon.svg

Swimming

San Marino received a universality invitation from FINA to send a top-ranked female swimmer in the women's long-distance freestyle events to the Olympics, based on the FINA Points System of 28 June 2021. [6]

AthleteEventHeatFinal
TimeRankTimeRank
Arianna Valloni Women's 800 m freestyle 8:54.7829Did not advance
Women's 1500 m freestyle 16:54.6432Did not advance

Wrestling

For the first time since Rome 1960, San Marino qualified one wrestler for the men's freestyle 86 kg into the Olympic competition, as a result of his 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
Myles Amine Men's −86 kg Flag of Colombia.svg  Izquierdo  (COL)
W 4–1 SP
Flag of the United States.svg  Taylor  (USA)
L 1–4 SP
Did not advanceFlag of Belarus.svg  Shabanau  (BLR)
W 3–0 PO
Flag of India.svg  Punia  (IND)
W 3–1 PP
Bronze medal icon.svg

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