| Noc: | MKD |
| Nocname: | Olympic Committee of North Macedonia |
| Games: | Summer Olympics |
| Year: | 2020 |
| Website: | |
| Location: | Tokyo, Japan |
| Competitors: | 8 |
| Sports: | 7 |
| Flagbearer Close: | Magomedgadji Nurov |
| Rank: | 77 |
| Gold: | 0 |
| Silver: | 1 |
| Bronze: | 0 |
| Appearances: | auto |
| See also: | (1920–1992W) (1992) |
North Macedonia 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 seventh consecutive appearance at the Summer Olympics and the first under the country's new name.[2] North Macedonia won their first ever silver medal, won by Dejan Georgievski in the Men's +80 kg event in Taekwondo, with the nation having previously only received a bronze medal.[3]
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 | ||||
| Judo | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Karate | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Shooting | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Swimming | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||
| Taekwondo | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Wrestling | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Total | 5 | 3 | 8 |
See main article: Athletics at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Athletics at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification. North Macedonia received a universality slot from the World Athletics to send a male track athlete.[4]
See main article: Judo at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Judo at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification. North Macedonia entered one female judoka after International Judo Federation awarded them a tripartite invitation quota.
See main article: Karate at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Karate at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification. North Macedonia received an invitation from the Tripartite Commission to send Puleksenija Jovanoska in the women's kata event.[5]
See main article: Shooting at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Shooting at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification. North Macedonia received an invitation from the Tripartite Commission to send a men's air pistol shooter.
See main article: article, Swimming at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Swimming at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification. North Macedonia received universality invitations from FINA to send two top-ranked swimmers (one per gender) in their respective individual events, based on the FINA Points System of June 28, 2021.[6]
| Athlete | Event | Heat | Semifinal | Final | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | |||
| Filip Derkoski | Men's 400 m freestyle | 4:03.34 | 36 | Did not advance | ||||
| Mia Blaževska Eminova | Women's 100 m freestyle | 57.19 | 40 | Did not advance | ||||
See main article: Taekwondo at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Taekwondo at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification. North Macedonia entered one athlete into the taekwondo competition at the Games for the first time in history. Dejan Georgievski secured a spot in the men's heavyweight category (+80 kg) with a top two finish at the 2021 European Qualification Tournament in Sofia, Bulgaria.[7]
See main article: article, Wrestling at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Wrestling at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification. For the first time since Beijing 2008, North Macedonia qualified one wrestler for the men's freestyle 97 kg, as a result of a top six finish at the 2019 World Championships.[8]