Vietnam at the 2020 Summer Olympics

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Vietnam at the
2020 Summer Olympics
Flag of Vietnam.svg
IOC code VIE
NOC Vietnam Olympic Committee
Website www.voc.org.vn  (in Vietnamese and English)
in Tokyo, Japan
July 23, 2021 (2021-07-23) – August 8, 2021 (2021-08-08)
Competitors18 in 11 sports
Flag bearers (opening) Quách Thị Lan
Nguyễn Huy Hoàng
Flag bearer (closing) volunteer
Medals
Gold
0
Silver
0
Bronze
0
Total
0
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)

Vietnam 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. [1] It was the nation's tenth appearance at the Olympics as a reunified republic, six of which under the banner of the State of Vietnam or South Vietnam. The delegation finished without a medal for the first time since 2004 Summer Olympics.

Contents

Competitors

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

SportMenWomenTotal
Archery 112
Athletics 011
Badminton 112
Boxing 112
Gymnastics 202
Judo 011
Rowing 022
Shooting 101
Swimming 112
Taekwondo 011
Weightlifting 112
Total81018

Archery

Two Vietnamese archers qualified for the men's and women's individual recurve, respectively, at the Games, by reaching the semifinal stage and obtaining one of three available spots each at the 2019 Asian Championships in Bangkok, Thailand. [2]

AthleteEventRanking roundRound of 64Round of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal / BM
ScoreSeedOpposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank
Nguyễn Hoàng Phi Vũ Men's individual 64753Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Tang C-c  (TPE)
L 1–7
Did not advance
Đỗ Thị Ánh Nguyệt Women's individual 62849Flag of Japan.svg  Hayakawa  (JPN)
L 5–6
Did not advance
Nguyễn Hoàng Phi Vũ
Đỗ Thị Ánh Nguyệt
Mixed team 127523did not advance

Athletics

Vietnam received a universality slot from the World Athletics to send a female track and field athlete to the Olympics. [3]

Key
Track & road events
AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinal
ResultRankResultRankResultRank
Quách Thị Lan Women's 400 m hurdles 55.714 Q56.786Did not advance

Badminton

Vietnam entered two badminton players for each of the following events into the Olympic tournament based on the BWF Race to Tokyo Rankings. [4]

AthleteEventGroup stageEliminationQuarterfinalSemifinalFinal / BM
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
RankOpposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank
Nguyễn Tiến Minh Men's singles Flag of Denmark.svg  Antonsen  (DEN)
L (13–21, 13–21)
Flag of Azerbaijan.svg  Dwicahyo  (AZE)
L (14–21, 18–21)
3Did not advance
Nguyễn Thùy Linh Women's singles Flag of France.svg  Qi  (FRA)
W (21–11, 21–11)
Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Tai T-y  (TPE)
L (16–21, 11–21)
Flag of Switzerland.svg  Jaquet  (SUI)
W (21–8, 21–17)
2Did not advance

Boxing

Vietnam entered two boxer into the Olympic tournament for the first time since Seoul 1988. 2019 Southeast Asian Games silver medalist Nguyễn Văn Đương scored an outright quarterfinal victory to secure a spot in the men's featherweight division at the 2020 Asia & Oceania Qualification Tournament in Amman, Jordan, [5] while Nguyễn Thị Tâm replacing the North Korean slots after withdrawn from the Olympics. [6]

AthleteEventRound of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Nguyễn Văn Đương Men's featherweight Flag of Azerbaijan.svg  Aliyev  (AZE)
W 3–2
Flag of Mongolia.svg  Erdenebat  (MGL)
L 0–5
Did not advance
Nguyễn Thị Tâm Women's flyweight Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Krasteva  (BUL)
L 2–3
Did not advance

Gymnastics

Artistic

Vietnam entered one artistic gymnast into the Olympic competition. Lê Thanh Tùng secured one of the three spots available for individual-based gymnasts, neither part of the team nor qualified through the all-around, in the vault exercise at the 2019 World Championships in Stuttgart, Germany.

2021 Asian Championships in Hangzhou, China did not take place, so Đinh Phương Thành is the next highest ranked eligible All-Around athlete based on the All-Around results from Qualifications of the 2019 World Championships, will be earned 1 quota place. [7]

Men
AthleteEventQualificationFinal
ApparatusTotalRankApparatusTotalRank
F PH R V PB HB F PH R V PB HB
Lê Thanh Tùng Vault 13.48313.48319Did not advance
Horizontal bar 13.16613.16639Did not advance
Đinh Phương Thành Parallel bars 11.83311.83343Did not advance

Judo

Vietnam entered one female judoka into the Olympic tournament with reallocated continental quota.

AthleteEventRound of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsRepechageFinal / BM
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Nguyễn Thị Thanh Thủy Women's –52 kg Flag of Romania.svg  Chițu  (ROU)
L 00–10
Did not advance

Rowing

Vietnam qualified one boat in the women's lightweight double sculls for the Games by winning the silver medal and securing the second of three berths available at the 2021 FISA Asia & Oceania Olympic Qualification Regatta in Tokyo, Japan.

AthleteEventHeatsRepechageSemifinalsFinal
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Đinh Thị Hảo
Lường Thị Thảo
Women's lightweight double sculls 7:36.214 R7:53.695 FCBye7:19.0515

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 entered one shooter at the games, after getting the allocation quotas. [8]

AthleteEventQualificationFinal
PointsRankPointsRank
Hoàng Xuân Vinh Men's 10 m air pistol 57322Did not advance

Swimming

Vietnamese swimmers further achieved qualifying standards in the following events (up to a maximum of 2 swimmers in each event at the Olympic Qualifying Time (OQT), and potentially 1 at the Olympic Selection Time (OST)): [9] [10]

AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinal
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Nguyễn Huy Hoàng Men's 800 m freestyle 7:54.1620Did not advance
Men's 1500 m freestyle 15:00.2412Did not advance
Nguyễn Thị Ánh Viên Women's 200 m freestyle 2:05.3026Did not advance
Women's 800 m freestyle 9:03.5630Did not advance

Taekwondo

Vietnam entered one athlete into the taekwondo competition at the Games. Trương Thị Kim Tuyến secured a spot in the women's flyweight category (49 kg) with a top two finish at the 2021 Asian Qualification Tournament in Amman, Jordan. [11]

AthleteEventRound of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsRepechageFinal / BM
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Trương Thị Kim Tuyền Women's −49 kg Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Yong  (CAN)
W 19–5
Flag of Thailand.svg  Wongpattanakit  (THA)
L 11–20
Did not advanceFlag of Israel.svg  Avishag  (ISR)
L 1–22 PTG
Did not advance7

Weightlifting

Vietnamese weightlifters qualified for three quota places at the games, based on the Tokyo 2020 Rankings Qualification List of 11 June 2021. They lost one of its three berths at the coming Olympics due to previous doping violations. The International Testing Agency has forced the country to remove one female berth as punishment after four of the country’s athletes tested positive for banned drugs in 2019 and 2020. [12]

AthleteEventSnatchClean & jerkTotalRank
ResultRankResultRank
Thạch Kim Tuấn Men's −61 kg 1268153DNF126DNF
Hoàng Thị Duyên Women's –59 kg 95511352085

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