Vietnam at the 2012 Summer Olympics

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Vietnam at the
2012 Summer Olympics
Flag of Vietnam.svg
IOC code VIE
NOC Vietnam Olympic Committee
Website www.voc.org.vn  (in Vietnamese and English)
in London
Competitors18 in 11 sports
Flag bearers Nguyễn Tiến Nhật (opening) [1]
Lê Huỳnh Châu (closing)
Medals
Gold
0
Silver
0
Bronze
1
Total
1
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)

Vietnam competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, from July 27 to August 12, 2012. This was the nation's eighth appearance at the Olympics, having missed the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, because of the Soviet boycott.

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The Vietnam Olympic Committee (VOC) sent the nation's largest delegation to the Games since 1980. A total of 18 athletes, 6 men and 12 women, competed in 11 sports. For the first time in its Olympic history, Vietnam was represented by more female than male athletes. This was also the youngest delegation in Vietnam's Olympic history, with half under the age of 24, and many of them were expected to reach their peak in time for the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. Sixteen athletes competed in their first Olympics, including épée fencer Nguyễn Tiến Nhật, who was the nation's flag bearer at the opening ceremony.

Despite fielding its largest delegation to these games, Vietnam, however, failed to win a single medal. Pistol shooter Hoàng Xuân Vinh and weightlifter Trần Lê Quốc Toàn narrowly missed out on Olympic medals in London, after finishing fourth in their respective sporting events.

In 2020, after the disqualification one athlete in a weightlifting men's 56 kg event, the bronze medal in this event was redistributed to Trần Lê Quốc Toàn.

Medalists

MedalNameSportEventDate
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Trần Lê Quốc Toàn Weightlifting Men's 56 kg 29 July

Competitors

SportMenWomenTotal
Athletics 022
Badminton 101
Fencing 101
Gymnastics 123
Judo 011
Rowing 022
Shooting 112
Swimming 011
Taekwondo 112
Weightlifting 112
Wrestling 011
Total61218

Athletics

Vietnamese athletes who have so far achieved qualifying standards.

Key
Women
Track & road events
AthleteEventFinal
ResultRank
Nguyễn Thị Thanh Phúc 20 km walk 1:33:36 NR 36
Field events
AthleteEventQualificationFinal
DistancePositionDistancePosition
Dương Thị Việt Anh High jump 1.80=29Did not advance

Badminton

Vietnam has just qualified one athlete

AthleteEventGroup StageEliminationQuarterfinalSemifinalFinal / BM
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
RankOpposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank
Nguyễn Tiến Minh Men's singles Flag of India.svg  Kashyap  (IND)
L 9–21, 14–21
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Y Tan  (BEL)
W 17–21, 21–14, 21–10
2Did not advance

Fencing

Vietnam has qualified one fencer.

Men
AthleteEventRound of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalSemifinalFinal / BM
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank
Nguyễn Tiến Nhật Individual épée Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Alimzhanov  (KAZ)
L 9–15
Did not advance

Gymnastics

Vietnam has qualified three athletes

Men
AthleteEventQualificationFinal
ApparatusTotalRankApparatusTotalRank
F PH R V PB HB F PH R V PB HB
Phạm Phước Hưng Rings 14.43314.43340Did not advance
Parallel bars 15.13315.13319Did not advance
Women
AthleteEventQualificationFinal
ApparatusTotalRankApparatusTotalRank
F V UB BB F V UB BB
Phan Thị Hà Thanh Floor 12.46612.46671Did not advance
Vault 13.53313.53312 RDid not advance
Đỗ Thị Ngân Thương Uneven bars 11.46611.46673Did not advance
Balance beam 11.96611.96670Did not advance

Judo

AthleteEventRound of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsRepechageFinal / BM
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Văn Ngọc Tú Women's −48 kg Flag of Brazil.svg  Menezes  (BRA)
L 0002–0021
Did not advance

Rowing

Vietnam has qualified one boat.

Women
AthleteEventHeatsRepechageSemifinalsFinal
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Phạm Thị Hài
Phạm Thị Thảo
Lightweight double sculls 7:50.065 R7:37.645 FCBye7:51.8216

Qualification Legend: FA=Final A (medal); FB=Final B (non-medal); FC=Final C (non-medal); FD=Final D (non-medal); FE=Final E (non-medal); FF=Final F (non-medal); SA/B=Semifinals A/B; SC/D=Semifinals C/D; SE/F=Semifinals E/F; QF=Quarterfinals; R=Repechage

Shooting

Vietnam has qualified two athletes [2]

Men
AthleteEventQualificationFinal
PointsRankPointsRank
Hoàng Xuân Vinh 10 m air pistol 5829Did not advance
50 m pistol 5634 Q658.54
Women
AthleteEventQualificationFinal
PointsRankPointsRank
Lê Thị Hoàng Ngọc 25 m pistol 57432Did not advance
10 m air pistol 37921Did not advance

Swimming

Women
AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinal
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Nguyễn Thị Ánh Viên 200 m backstroke 2:13.3526Did not advance
400 m individual medley 4:50.3228Did not advance

Taekwondo

Vietnam has qualified two athletes.

AthleteEventRound of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsRepechageBronze MedalFinal
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Lê Huỳnh Châu Men's −58 kg Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Wei C-Y  (TPE)
L 1–5
Did not advance
Chu Hoàng Diệu Linh Women's −67 kg Flag of Germany.svg  Fromm  (GER)
L 1–13 PTG
Did not advance

Weightlifting

Vietnam has qualified two athletes

AthleteEventSnatchClean & JerkTotalRank
ResultRankResultRank
Trần Lê Quốc Toàn Men's −56 kg 12561592284Bronze medal icon.svg
Nguyễn Thị Thuý Women's −53 kg 85811071958

Wrestling

Vietnam has qualified one athlete.

Key:

Women's freestyle
AthleteEventQualificationRound of 16QuarterfinalSemifinalRepechage 1Repechage 2Final / BM
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Nguyễn Thị Lụa −48 kg ByeFlag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Huynh  (CAN)
L 0–5 VT
Did not advance16

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References

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