Palestine at the 2020 Summer Olympics explained

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.

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.

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Athletics0 1 1
Judo1 0 1
Swimming1 1 2
Weightlifting1 0 1
Total 3 2 5

Athletics

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]

Track & road events

Judo

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.

Swimming

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.

AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinal
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Yazan Al-BawwabMen's 100 m freestyle54.5166Did not advance
Dania NourWomen's 50 m freestyle30.4371Did not advance

Weightlifting

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.

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: Road to Olympic Games 2020 . World Athletics. 11 June 2021.