Noc: | FIJ |
Nocname: | Fiji Association of Sports and National Olympic Committee |
Games: | Summer Olympics |
Year: | 2020 |
Location: | Tokyo |
Competitors: | 30 |
Sports: | 6 |
Flagbearer Open: | Rusila Nagasau Taichi Vakasama |
Flagbearer Close: | Rusila Nagasau |
Rank: | 59 |
Gold: | 1 |
Silver: | 0 |
Bronze: | 1 |
Appearances: | auto |
Fiji 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.[1] This was Fiji's Tokyo debut after it failed to register any athletes at the 1964 Summer Olympics, also held in Tokyo. Since the nation's debut in 1956, Fijian athletes have taken part in every edition of the Summer Olympic Games, except for two occasions. Fiji failed to register any athletes at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, and joined the American-led boycott when Moscow hosted the 1980 Summer Olympics.
Medal | Name | Sport | Event | Date | |
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Rugby sevens | Men's tournament | ||||
Rugby sevens | Women's tournament |
The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.
width=180 | Sport | width=55 | Men | width=55 | Women | width=55 | Total |
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Athletics | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||
Judo | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||
Rugby sevens | 12 | 12 | 24 | ||||
Sailing | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||||
Swimming | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||
Table tennis | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||||
Total | 15 | 15 | 30 |
See main article: Athletics at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Athletics at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification. Fiji received a universality slot from the World Athletics to send a male track and field athlete to the Olympics.[2]
See main article: Judo at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Judo at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification. Fiji entered one male judoka into the Olympic tournament based on the International Judo Federation Olympics Individual Ranking.[3]
See main article: Rugby sevens at the 2020 Summer Olympics.
Team | Event | Group stage | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final / | |||||
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Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank | |||
Fiji men's | Men's tournament | W 24–19 | W 28–14 | W 33–7 | 1 Q | W 19–0 | W 26–14 | W 27–12 | ||
Fiji women's | Women's tournament | L 5–12 | W 26–12 | W 41–5 | 2 Q | W 14–12 | L 17–22 | W 21–12 |
See main article: Rugby sevens at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament. The Fiji national rugby sevens team qualified for the Olympics by advancing to the quarterfinals in the 2019 London Sevens, securing a top four spot in the 2018–19 World Rugby Sevens Series.[4]
See main article: Rugby sevens at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament. The Fiji women's national rugby sevens team qualified for the Olympics by winning the gold medal and securing an outright berth at the 2019 Oceania Women's Sevens Championships in Suva.[5]
See main article: Sailing at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Sailing at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification. Fijian sailors qualified one boat in each of the following classes through the class-associated World Championships, and the continental regattas, marking the country's recurrence to the sport for the first time in two decades.
M = Medal race; EL = Eliminated – did not advance into the medal raceSee main article: Swimming at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Swimming at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification. Fiji qualified two swimmers in two events.
Athlete | Event | Heat | Semifinal | Final | ||||
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Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | |||
Taichi Vakasama | Men's 200 m breaststroke | 2:17.35 | 35 | Did not advance | ||||
Cheyenne Rova | Women's 50 m freestyle | 27.11 | 50 | Did not advance |
See main article: Table tennis at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Table tennis at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification. Fiji entered one athlete into the table tennis competition at the Games. With the cancellation of the 2021 Oceania Qualification Tournament, Rio 2016 Olympian Sally Yee accepted an invitation to compete in the women's singles for the second time, as the highest-ranked table tennis player vying for qualification from Oceania in the ITTF World Olympic Rankings of May 1, 2021.