Samoa 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. It was the nation's tenth consecutive appearance at the Summer Olympic Games, for four of which it competed under the name Western Samoa.
The Samoan government in July 2021 released an order which barred athletes based in Samoa to compete in the Olympics due to rising COVID-19 infections in Japan. This meant that only Samoan athletes based overseas could compete in the games. For the first time since its debuted in 1984, none of the Samoan weightlifters had been qualified.
Competitors The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games. SportMenWomenTotalAthletics 1 0 1Boxing 2 0 2Canoeing 2 1 3Judo 1 0 1Sailing 1 0 1 Total 7 1 8
Athletics
Samoan athletes further achieved the entry standards, either by qualifying time or by world ranking, in the following track and field events (up to a maximum of 3 athletes in each event):
Field events AthleteEventQualificationFinalDistancePositionDistancePositionAlex RoseMen's discus throw61.7218Did not advance
Boxing
Samoa entered two male boxers into the Olympic tournament for the first time since Beijing 2008. Marion Faustino Ah Tong (men's welterweight) and the reigning Pacific Games champion Ato Plodzicki-Faoagali (men's heavyweight) topped the list of eligible boxers from Asia and Oceania in their respective weight divisions to secure places on the Samoan team based on the IOC's Boxing Task Force Rankings.
AthleteEventRound of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinalOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRankMarion Faustino Ah TongMen's welterweightL 0–5Did not advanceAto Plodzicki-FaoagaliMen's heavyweightL 1–4Did not advance
Canoeing
Sprint Samoan canoeists qualified boats in each of the following distances for the Games through the 2020 Oceania Championships in Penrith, New South Wales.
AthleteEventHeatsQuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankRudolph Berking-WilliamsMen's K-1 200 m42.0835 QF41.9505Did not advanceMen's C-1 1000 m5:19.5388 QFDid not advanceClifton Tuva'aMen's K-1 200 m38.3634 QF38.2874Did not advanceMen's K-1 1000 m4:11.0294 QF4:21.3014Did not advanceRudolph Berking-WilliamsClifton Tuva'aMen's K-2 1000 m3:55.6175 QF3:46.5235 FB colspan="2" 3:56.17116Anne CairnsWomen's K-1 200 m46.7957 QF47.1418Did not advanceWomen's K-1 500 m2:03.6676 QF2:02.5254Did not advance Qualification Legend: FA = Qualify to final A (medal); FB = Qualify to final B (non-medal)
Judo
Samoa qualified one judoka for the men's half-middleweight category (81 kg) at the Games. Peniamina Percival accepted a continental berth from Oceania as the nation's top-ranked judoka outside of direct qualifying position in the IJF World Ranking List of June 28, 2021.
AthleteEventRound of 64Round of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsRepechageFinal / OppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRankPeniamina PercivalMen's −81 kgL 00–01Did not advance
Sailing
Samoan sailors qualified one boat in each of the following classes through the class-associated World Championships, and the continental regattas, marking the country's debut in the sport.
AthleteEventRaceNet pointsFinal rank12345678910M*Eroni LeiluaMen's Laser312730323227303128EL26832 M = Medal race; EL = Eliminated – did not advance into the medal race
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