| Noc: | MOZ |
| Nocname: | Comité Olímpico Nacional de Moçambique |
| Games: | Summer Olympics |
| Year: | 2020 |
| Location: | Tokyo, Japan |
| Competitors: | 10 |
| Sports: | 6 |
| Flagbearer Open: | Rady Gramane Kevin Loforte |
| Flagbearer Close: | N/A |
| Gold: | 0 |
| Silver: | 0 |
| Bronze: | 0 |
| Appearances: | auto |
| App Begin Year: | 1980 |
Mozambique 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] It was the nation's tenth consecutive appearance at the Summer Olympics.
The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.
| width=180 | Sport | width=55 | Men | width=55 | Women | width=55 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Athletics | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Boxing | 0 | 2 | 2 | ||||
| Canoeing | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Judo | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Sailing | 0 | 3 | 3 | ||||
| Swimming | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||
| Total | 4 | 6 | 10 |
See main article: Athletics at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Athletics at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification. Mozambique received a universality slot from the World Athletics to send a male track and field athlete to the Olympics.[2]
See main article: Boxing at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Boxing at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification. Mozambique entered two female boxers into the Olympic tournament for the first time in history. Alcinda Panguana (women's welterweight) and Rady Gramane (women's middleweight) secured their spots by advancing to the final match of their respective weight divisions at the 2020 African Qualification Tournament in Diamniadio, Senegal.[3]
| Athlete | Event | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank | |||
| Alcinda Panguana | Women's welterweight | W | L 0–5 | Did not advance | ||||
| Rady Gramane | Women's middleweight | W 4–1 | L 0–4 | Did not advance | ||||
See main article: Canoeing at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Canoeing at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification.
Mozambique received an invitation from the Tripartite Commission to send a canoeist in the men's C-1 1000 m.[4]
Qualification Legend: FA = Qualify to final (medal); FB = Qualify to final B (non-medal)See main article: Judo at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Judo at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification. Mozambique qualified one judoka for the men's half-lightweight category (66 kg) at the Games. Kevin Loforte received a continental berth as the nation's top-ranked judoka outside of direct qualifying position in the IJF World Ranking List of June 28, 2021.[5]
See main article: Sailing at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Sailing at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification. Mozambican sailors qualified two boats in each of the following classes through the class-associated World Championships, and the continental regattas, marking the country's debut in the sport at the Games.[6]
| Athlete | Event | Race | Net points | Final rank | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | M* | |||||
| Deisy Nhaquile | Women's Laser Radial | 30 | 41 | 39 | 44 | 41 | 35 | 44 | 29 | 37 | EL | 340 | 40 | ||
| Maria Machava Denise Parruque | Women's 470 | 22 | 18 | 21 | 20 | 21 | 21 | 20 | 18 | 21 | EL | 182 | 21 | ||
See main article: article, Swimming at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Swimming at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification. Mozambique 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.[7]
| Athlete | Event | Heat | Semifinal | Final | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | |||
| Igor Mogne | Men's 400 m freestyle | 3:56.56 | 31 | Did not advance | ||||
| Alicia Mateus | Women's 50 m freestyle | 29.63 | 66 | Did not advance | ||||