Noc: | PLE |
Nocname: | Palestine Olympic Committee |
Games: | Summer Olympics |
Year: | 2020 |
Flagcaption: | Flag of Palestine |
Website: | |
Location: | Tokyo |
Competitors: | 5 |
Sports: | 4 |
Flagbearer Close: | N/A |
Gold: | 0 |
Silver: | 0 |
Bronze: | 0 |
Appearances: | auto |
App Begin Year: | 1996 |
Palestine 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] It is the nation's seventh 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 |
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Athletics | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||||
Judo | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||
Swimming | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||
Weightlifting | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||
Total | 3 | 2 | 5 |
See main article: Athletics at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Athletics at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification. Palestine received a universality slot from the World Athletics to send a female 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. Palestine entered one male judoka into the Olympic tournament after International Judo Federation awarded them a tripartite invitation quota.
See main article: article, Swimming at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Swimming at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification. Palestine 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.
Athlete | Event | Heat | Semifinal | Final | ||||
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Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | |||
Yazan Al-Bawwab | Men's 100 m freestyle | 54.51 | 66 | Did not advance | ||||
Dania Nour | Women's 50 m freestyle | 30.43 | 71 | Did not advance |
See main article: Weightlifting at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Weightlifting at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification. Palestine received an invitation from the Tripartite Commission and the IWF to send Mohammed Hamada in the men's 96-kg category to the Olympics.