Myanmar at the 2020 Summer Olympics explained

Noc:MYA
Nocname:Myanmar Olympic Committee
Games:Summer Olympics
Year:2020
Flagcaption:Flag of Myanmar
Website: 
Location:Tokyo, Japan
Competitors:2
Sports:2
Flagbearer Open:N/A
Flagbearer Close:N/A
Gold:0
Silver:0
Bronze:0
Appearances:auto
See also: (1948-1988)

Myanmar 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, due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[1] This was the nation's seventeenth appearance at the Olympics, although it had previous competed in most editions under the name Burma. Myanmar did not attend the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal for political reasons.

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.[2] [3]

width=180Sportwidth=55Menwidth=55Womenwidth=55Total
Badminton0 1 1
Shooting1 0 1
Total 1 1 2

Badminton

See main article: Badminton at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Badminton at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification. Myanmar entered one badminton player into the Olympic tournament. Thet Htar Thuzar was selected to compete in the women's singles at the Games based on the BWF World Race to Tokyo Rankings, marking the country's debut in the sport.[4] [5]

Shooting

See main article: Shooting at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Shooting at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification. Myanmar received an invitation from the Tripartite Commission to send a men's air pistol shooter to the Olympics, based on his minimum qualifying score (MQS) attained on or before June 5, 2021.[6]

See also

Notes and References

  1. News: Joint Statement from the International Olympic Committee and the Tokyo 2020 Organising Committee. 28 March 2020. Olympics. 24 March 2020.
  2. Web site: Three Myanmar athletes qualify for Tokyo Olympics.
  3. Web site: ကပ်ရောဂါကြား ကျင်းပတဲ့ တိုကျိုအိုလံပစ်ရဲ့ ထူးခြားချက်များ. my.
  4. Web site: Race to Tokyo – BWF Olympic Qualification. 28 May 2021.
  5. Web site: Thet Htar Thuzar qualified for badminton event of Tokyo Olympic . Myanmar Digital News . 7 July 2021 . 15 July 2021 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20210715170009/https://www.mdn.gov.mm/en/thet-htar-thuzar-qualified-badminton-event-tokyo-olympic . 15 July 2021.
  6. Web site: Quota Places by Nation and Number. 31 May 2021. www.issf-sports.org/. ISSF. 31 May 2021. 28 June 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210628174326/https://www.issf-sports.org/competitions/ogqualification/quota_places/quota_places_by_nation_and_name.ashx. dead.