Malta 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.
Competitors The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games. SportMenWomenTotalAthletics 0 1 1Badminton 1 0 1Shooting 0 1 1Swimming 1 1 2Weightlifting 0 1 1 Total 2 4 6
Athletics
Malta received a universality slot from the World Athletics to send a female track and field athlete to the Olympics.
Track & road events AthleteEventHeatQuarterfinalSemifinalFinalResultRankResultRankResultRankResultRankCarla SciclunaWomen's 100 m12.114 q12.168Did not advance
Badminton
For the first time in history, Malta entered one badminton player into the Olympic tournament. Matthew Abela accepted the invitation from the Tripartite Commission and the Badminton World Federation to compete in the men's singles.
AthleteEventGroup stageEliminationQuarterfinalSemifinalFinal / OppositionScoreOppositionScoreRankOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreRankMatthew AbelaMen's singlesL (9–21, 8–21)W ()2Did not advance
Shooting
Malta received an invitation from the Tripartite Commission to send a women's pistol shooter to the Olympics, based on her minimum qualifying score (MQS) attained on or before June 6, 2021.
AthleteEventQualificationFinalPointsRankPointsRankEleanor BezzinaWomen's 10 m air pistol57026Did not advanceWomen's 25 m pistol56541Did not advance
Swimming
Malta received a universality invitation from FINA to send two top-ranked swimmers (one per gender) in their respective individual events to the Olympics, based on the FINA Points System of June 28, 2021.
AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankAndrew ChetcutiMen's 100 m freestyle51.4749Did not advanceSasha GattWomen's 400 m freestyle4:19.7522colspan=2 Did not advanceWomen's 1500 m freestyle16:57.4733colspan=2 Did not advance
Weightlifting
Malta receiving one tripartite invitation quotas from International Weightlifting Federation.IWF Absolute Ranking List (25 June 2021)
AthleteEventSnatchClean & JerkTotalRankResultRankResultRankYasmin Zammit StevensWomen's –64 kg84141051318913
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