North Macedonia 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 seventh consecutive appearance at the Summer Olympics and the first under the country's new name. North Macedonia won their first ever silver medal, won by Dejan Georgievski in the Men's +80 kg event in Taekwondo, with the nation having previously only received a bronze medal.
Medalists
Medal Name Sport Event Date Dejan Georgievski Taekwondo Men's +80 kg
Competitors The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games. SportMenWomenTotalAthletics 1 0 1Judo 0 1 1Karate 0 1 1Shooting 1 0 1Swimming 1 1 2Taekwondo 1 0 1Wrestling 1 0 1 Total 5 3 8
Athletics
North Macedonia received a universality slot from the World Athletics to send a male track athlete.
Track & road events AthleteEventHeat SemifinalFinalResultRankResultRankResultRankJovan StojoskiMen's 400 m46.817Did not advance
Judo
North Macedonia entered one female judoka after International Judo Federation awarded them a tripartite invitation quota.
AthleteEventRound of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsRepechageFinal / OppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRankArbresha RexhepiWomen's −52 kgL 00–11Did not advance
Karate
North Macedonia received an invitation from the Tripartite Commission to send Puleksenija Jovanoska in the women's kata event.
Kata AthleteEventElimination roundRanking roundFinal / ScoreRankScoreRankOppositionResultRankPuleksenija JovanoskaWomen's kata 23.90 5Did not advance
Shooting
North Macedonia received an invitation from the Tripartite Commission to send a men's air pistol shooter.
AthleteEventQualificationFinalPointsRankPointsRankBorjan BrankovskiMen's 10 m air pistol57321Did not advance
Swimming
North Macedonia received universality invitations from FINA to send two top-ranked swimmers (one per gender) in their respective individual events, based on the FINA Points System of June 28, 2021.
AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankFilip DerkoskiMen's 400 m freestyle4:03.3436colspan=2 Did not advanceMia Blaževska EminovaWomen's 100 m freestyle57.1940Did not advance
Taekwondo
North Macedonia entered one athlete into the taekwondo competition at the Games for the first time in history. Dejan Georgievski secured a spot in the men's heavyweight category (+80 kg) with a top two finish at the 2021 European Qualification Tournament in Sofia, Bulgaria.
AthleteEventRound of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsRepechageFinal / OppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRankDejan GeorgievskiMen's +80 kgW 11–8 W 9–4 W 12–6 L 9–15
Wrestling
For the first time since Beijing 2008, North Macedonia qualified one wrestler for the men's freestyle 97 kg, as a result of a top six finish at the 2019 World Championships.
Freestyle AthleteEventRound of 16QuarterfinalSemifinalRepechageFinal / OppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRankMagomedgadzhi NurovMen's −97 kgW 3–0 POL 1–3 PODid not advance9
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