Malawi competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. Originally scheduled to take place from July 24 to August 9, 2020, the Games were postponed to 23 July to 8 August 2021, because of the COVID-19 pandemic. It was the nation's eleventh appearance at the Summer Olympics. Malawi did not attend the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal and the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, because of its support to the African and United States-led boycott.
Competitors The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games. SportMenWomenTotalArchery 1 0 1Athletics 0 1 1Judo 0 1 1Swimming 1 1 2 Total 2 3 5
Archery
Malawi received an invitation from the Tripartite Commission to send a male archer for the second consecutive time to the Olympic tournament.
AthleteEventRanking roundRound of 64Round of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal / ScoreSeedOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreRankAreneo DavidMen's individual56264 L 0–6Did not advance
Athletics
Malawi received a universality slot from World Athletics to send a female track and field athlete to the Olympics.
Track & road events AthleteEventPreliminariesHeat SemifinalFinalResultRankResultRankResultRankResultRankAsimenye SimwakaWomen's 100 m11.76 NR2 Q11.68 NR8 Did not advance
Judo
For the first time in history, Malawi received an invitation from the Tripartite Commission and the International Judo Federation to send Harriet Boniface in the women's extra-lightweight category (48 kg) to the Olympics.
AthleteEventRound of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsRepechageFinal / OppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRankHarriet BonifaceWomen's –48 kgL 00–10Did not advance
Swimming
Malawi 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.
AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankFilipe GomesMen's 50 m freestyle24.0047Did not advanceJessica MakwendaWomen's 50 m freestyle28.9661Did not advance
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