Turkmenistan at the 2020 Summer Olympics | |
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IOC code | TKM |
NOC | National Olympic Committee of Turkmenistan |
Website | https://olympic.tm/en |
in Tokyo, Japan July 23, 2021 – August 8, 2021 | |
Competitors | 9 in 4 [1] sports |
Flag bearers (opening) | Gulbadam Babamuratova Merdan Ataýew |
Flag bearer (closing) | N/A |
Medals Ranked 77th |
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Summer Olympics appearances (overview) | |
Other related appearances | |
Russian Empire (1900–1912) Soviet Union (1952–1988) Unified Team (1992) |
Turkmenistan 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, due to the COVID-19 pandemic. [2] This was the nation's seventh consecutive appearance at the Summer Olympics in the post-Soviet era.
Polina Guryeva won the country's first ever medal by placing second in the women's 59 kg in weightlifting. With that achievement Turkmenistan became the last post-Soviet country to win a medal at the Olympics.
Medal | Name | Sport | Event | Date |
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Silver | Polina Guryeva | Weightlifting | Women's 59 kg | 27 July |
The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.
Sport | Men | Women | Total |
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Athletics | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Judo | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Swimming | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Weightlifting | 3 | 2 | 5 |
Total | 5 | 4 | 9 |
Turkmenistan received a universality slot from IAAF to send a male track and field athlete to the Olympics. [3]
Athlete | Event | Qualification | Final | ||
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Distance | Position | Distance | Position | ||
Mergen Mämmedow | Men's hammer throw | 67.53 | 30 | Did not advance |
Turkmenistan entered one female judoka into the Olympic tournament based on the International Judo Federation Olympics Individual Ranking. [4]
Athlete | Event | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Repechage | Final / BM | |
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Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank | ||
Gulbadam Babamuratova | Women's −52 kg | Cohen (ISR) L 00–10 | Did not advance |
Turkmenistan 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]
Athlete | Event | Heat | Semifinal | Final | |||
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Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
Merdan Ataýew | Men's 100 m backstroke | 55.24 | 34 | Did not advance | |||
Men's 200 m backstroke | 2:03.68 | 29 | Did not advance | ||||
Darya Semyonova | Women's 100 m breaststroke | 1:16.37 | 39 | Did not advance |
Turkmen weightlifters qualified for five quota places at the games, based on the Tokyo 2020 Rankings Qualification List of 11 June 2021. [6]
Athlete | Event | Snatch | Clean & Jerk | Total | Rank | ||
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Result | Rank | Result | Rank | ||||
Rejepbaý Rejepow | Men's −81 kg | 164 | 3 | DNF | 164 | DNF | |
Öwez Öwezow | Men's −109 kg | 171 | 11 | 200 | 10 | 371 | 10 |
Hojamuhammet Toýçyýew | Men's +109 kg | 184 | 4 | 230 | 6 | 414 | 4 |
Kristina Şermetowa | Women's −55 kg | 90 | 5 | 115 | 5 | 205 | 6 |
Polina Guryeva | Women's −59 kg | 96 | 3 | 121 | 2 | 217 |
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