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. 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.
Competitors The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games. SportMenWomenTotal Archery 1 1 2 Athletics 0 1 1 Badminton 1 1 2 Boxing 1 1 2 Gymnastics 2 0 2 Judo 0 1 1 Rowing 0 2 2 Shooting 1 0 1 Swimming 1 1 2 Taekwondo 0 1 1 Weightlifting 1 1 2 Total 8 10 18
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.
AthleteEventRanking roundRound of 64Round of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal / ScoreSeedOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreRankNguyễn Hoàng Phi VũMen's individual64753L 1–7Did not advanceĐỗ Thị Ánh NguyệtWomen's individual62849L 5–6Did not advanceNguyễn Hoàng Phi VũĐỗ Thị Ánh NguyệtMixed team127523colspan=2 did not advance
Athletics
Vietnam received a universality slot from the World Athletics to send a female track and field athlete to the Olympics.
Track & road events AthleteEventHeat SemifinalFinalResultRankResultRankResultRankQuách Thị LanWomen's 400 m hurdles55.714 Q56.78 6Did 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.
AthleteEventGroup stageEliminationQuarterfinalSemifinalFinal / OppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreRankOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreRankNguyễn Tiến MinhMen's singlesL (13–21, 13–21)L (14–21, 18–21)3Did not advanceNguyễn Thùy LinhWomen's singlesW (21–11, 21–11)L (16–21, 11–21)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, while Nguyễn Thị Tâm replacing the North Korean slots after withdrawn from the Olympics.
AthleteEventRound of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinalOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRankNguyễn Văn ĐươngMen's featherweightW 3–2L 0–5Did not advanceNguyễn Thị TâmWomen's flyweightL 2–3Did 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.
Men AthleteEventQualificationFinalApparatusTotalRankApparatusTotalRank Lê Thanh TùngVaultcolspan=3 13.483colspan=2 13.48319Did not advanceHorizontal barcolspan=5 13.16613.16639Did not advanceĐinh Phương ThànhParallel barscolspan=4 11.83311.83343Did not advance
Judo
Vietnam entered one female judoka into the Olympic tournament with reallocated continental quota.
AthleteEventRound of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsRepechageFinal / OppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRankNguyễn Thị Thanh ThủyWomen's –52 kgL 00–10Did 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.
AthleteEventHeatsRepechageSemifinalsFinalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankĐinh Thị HảoLường Thị ThảoWomen's lightweight double sculls7:36.214 R7:53.695 FCcolspan=2 7:19.0515 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.
AthleteEventQualificationFinalPointsRankPointsRankHoàng Xuân VinhMen's 10 m air pistol57322Did 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)):
AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankNguyễn Huy HoàngMen's 800 m freestyle7:54.1620colspan=2 Did not advanceMen's 1500 m freestyle15:00.2412colspan=2 Did not advanceNguyễn Thị Ánh ViênWomen's 200 m freestyle2:05.3026Did not advanceWomen's 800 m freestyle9:03.5630colspan=2 Did 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.
AthleteEventRound of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsRepechageFinal / OppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRankTrương Thị Kim TuyềnWomen's −49 kgW 19–5L 11–20Did not advanceL 1–22 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.Tokyo 2020 Qualification (Weightlifting)
AthleteEventSnatchClean & jerkTotalRankResultRankResultRankThạch Kim TuấnMen's −61 kg126 8126Hoàng Thị DuyênWomen's –59 kg95511372085
See also Vietnam at the 2020 Summer Paralympics
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