The IOC Refugee Olympic Team competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan as independent Olympic participants.
A total of 29 athletes including 19 men and 10 women from 11 different nations competed in 12 different sports including athletics, badminton, boxing, canoeing, cycling, judo, karate, shooting, swimming, taekwondo, weightlifting and wrestling. The team included refugees from Afghanistan, Cameroon, the Republic of the Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Eritrea, Iran, Iraq, South Sudan, Sudan, Syria and Venezuela.
Background The IOC code is the French acronym "EOR", which stands for . This was the second appearance of a refugee team in the summer Olympics, following the 2016 Summer Olympics.
For the 2020 Games, the team included 29 athletes, up from 10 in the 2016 team. The team comprised athletes originating from 11 nations who currently reside and train across 13 host nations, supported by the IOC's Olympic Scholarships for Refugee Athletes program.
At the parade of nations, the IOC Team, according to the Japanese script traditional order and English pronunciation of IOC in Japanese, was the second to parade after Greece who traditionally parade first.
Team selection The team was selected on 8 June 2021. Athlete Country of origin Host NOC Sport Event Athletics Men's 100 m Athletics Women's 800 m Athletics Men's 800 m Athletics Women's 1500 m Athletics Men's 1500 m Athletics Men's 5000 m Athletics Men's marathon Badminton Men's singles Boxing Men's light welterweight Boxing Men's middleweight Canoeing Men's K-1 1000 m Cycling Women's time trial Cycling Men's time trial Judo Mixed team Judo Mixed team Judo Mixed team Judo Mixed team Judo Mixed team Judo Mixed team Karate Men's kata Karate Men's kumite Shooting Women's 10 m air rifle Swimming Men's 50 m freestyle Swimming Women's 100 m butterfly Taekwondo Women's –49 kg Taekwondo Women's –57 kg Taekwondo Men's –68 kg Weightlifting Men's –96 kg Wrestling Men's freestyle –67 kg
Competitors In total, 29 refugee athletes competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. SportMenWomenTotalAthletics 5 2 7Badminton 1 0 1Boxing 2 0 2Canoeing 1 0 1Cycling 1 1 2Judo 3 3 6Karate 2 0 2Shooting 0 1 1Swimming 1 1 2Taekwondo 1 2 3Weightlifting 1 0 1Wrestling 1 0 1 Total 19 10 29
Athletics
In total seven refugee athletes took part in the athletics events.
Track & road events Men AthleteEventHeatQuarterfinalSemifinalFinalResultRankResultRankResultRankResultRankDorian Keletela100 m10.331 Q10.418Did not advanceJames Nyang Chiengjiek800 m2:02.048colspan=2 Did not advancePaulo Amotun Lokoro1500 m3:51.7813colspan=2 Did not advanceJamal Abdelmaji Eisa Mohammed5000 m13.42.9813colspan=4 Did not advanceTachlowini GabriyesosMarathoncolspan=6 2:14:0216
Women AthleteEventHeat SemifinalFinalResultRankResultRankResultRankRose Lokonyen800 m2:11.87 PB8Did not advanceAnjelina Lohalith1500 m4:31.65 PB14Did not advance
Badminton
In total one refugee athlete took part in the badminton events.
Aram Mahmoud competed in the men's singles event after he received an invitation from the IOC.
AthleteEventGroup stageEliminationQuarterfinalSemifinalFinal / OppositionScoreOppositionScoreRankOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreRankAram MahmoudMen's singlesL (8–21, 14–21)L (15–21, 12–21)3Did not advance
Boxing
In total two refugee athletes took part in the boxing events.
AthleteEventRound of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinalOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRankWessam SalamanaMen's lightweightL 0–5Did not advanceEldric SellaMen's middleweightL Did not advance
Canoeing
In total one refugee athlete took part in the canoeing events.
AthleteEventHeatsQuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankSaeid FazloulaMen's K-1 1000 m3:52.6314 QF3:52.6144Did not advance
Cycling
In total two refugee athletes took part in the cycling events.
AthleteEventTimeRankAhmad WaisMen's time trial1:08:40.4638Masomah Ali ZadaWomen's time trial44:04.3125
Judo
In total six refugee athletes took part in the judo events.
AthleteEventRound of 64Round of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsRepechageFinal / BMOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRankAhmad AlikajMen's −73 kgL 00–10Did not advancePopole MisengaMen's −90 kgL 00–10Did not advanceJavad MahjoubMen's +100 kgW 01–00L 00–11Did not advanceSanda AldassWomen's −57 kgL 00–10Did not advanceMuna DahoukWomen's −63 kgL 00–10Did not advanceNigara ShaheenWomen's −70 kgL 00–10Did not advance
Mixed AthleteEventRound of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsRepechageFinal / OppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRankSanda AldassAhmad AlikajMuna DahoukJavad MahjoubPopole MisengaNigara ShaheenTeam<br/ >L 0–4Did not advance
Karate
In total two refugee athletes took part in the karate events.
Kumite AthleteEventRound robinSemifinalsFinalOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRankOppositionResultOppositionResultRankHamoon DerafshipourMen's −67 kgL 0–4W 9–3L 0–3W 5–33Did not advance5
Kata AthleteEventElimination roundRanking roundFinal / ScoreRankScoreRankOppositionResultRankWael ShuebMen's kata23.306Did not advance
Shooting
In total one refugee athlete took part in the shooting events.
AthleteEventQualificationFinalPointsRankPointsRankLuna SolomonWomen's 10 m air rifle605.950Did not advance
Swimming
In total two refugee athletes took part in the swimming events.
AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankAlaa MasoMen's 50 m freestyle23.3044Did not advanceYusra MardiniWomen's 100 m butterfly1:06.7833Did not advance
Taekwondo
In total three refugee athletes took part in the taekwondo events.
AthleteEventQualificationRound of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsRepechageFinal / OppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRankAbdullah SediqiMen's −68 kgL 20–22Did not advanceDina PouryounesWomen's −49 kgL 3–26 Did not advanceKimia AlizadehWomen's −57 kgW 18–9W 16–12W 9–8L 3–10L 6–85
Weightlifting
In total one refugee athlete took part in the weightlifting events.
AthleteEventSnatchClean & jerkTotalRankResultRankResultRankCyrille Fagat Tchatchet IIMen's −96 kg 1551319510 35010
Wrestling
In total one refugee athlete took part in the wrestling events.
Greco-Roman AthleteEventRound of 16QuarterfinalSemifinalRepechageFinal / OppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRankAker Al-ObaidiMen's −67 kgW 4–0 STL 0–4 STDid not advance8
See also Refugee Olympic Team at the 2016 Summer Olympics Refugee Paralympic Team at the 2020 Summer Paralympics
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