| Noc: | TKM |
| Nocname: | National Olympic Committee of Turkmenistan |
| Games: | Summer Olympics |
| Year: | 2020 |
| Website: | https://olympic.tm/en |
| Location: | Tokyo, Japan |
| Competitors: | 9 |
| Sports: | 4[1] |
| Flagbearer Open: | Gulbadam Babamuratova Merdan Ataýew |
| Flagbearer Close: | N/A |
| Rank: | 77 |
| Gold: | 0 |
| Silver: | 1 |
| Bronze: | 0 |
| Appearances: | auto |
| App Begin Year: | 2020 |
| See also: | (1900–1912) (1952–1988) (1992) |
Turkmenistan 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.[2] This was the nation's seventh consecutive appearance at the Summer Olympics in the post-Soviet era.
Polina Guryeva won the country's first ever medal by placing second in the women's 59 kg in weightlifting. With that achievement Turkmenistan became the last post-Soviet country to win a medal at the 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 | ||||
| Judo | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Swimming | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||
| Weightlifting | 3 | 2 | 5 | ||||
| Total | 5 | 4 | 9 |
See main article: Athletics at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Athletics at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification. Turkmenistan received a universality slot from IAAF to send a male track and field athlete to the Olympics.[3]
See main article: Judo at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Judo at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification. Turkmenistan entered one female judoka into the Olympic tournament based on the International Judo Federation Olympics Individual Ranking.[4]
See main article: article, Swimming at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Swimming at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification. Turkmenistan 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.[5]
| Athlete | Event | Heat | Semifinal | Final | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | |||
| align=left rowspan=2 | Merdan Ataýew | Men's 100 m backstroke | 55.24 | 34 | Did not advance | |||
| Men's 200 m backstroke | 2:03.68 | 29 | Did not advance | |||||
| Darya Semyonova | Women's 100 m breaststroke | 1:16.37 | 39 | Did not advance | ||||
See main article: Weightlifting at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Weightlifting at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification. Turkmen weightlifters qualified for five quota places at the games, based on the Tokyo 2020 Rankings Qualification List of 11 June 2021.[6]
| Athlete | Event | Snatch | Clean & Jerk | Total | Rank | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Result | Rank | Result | Rank | |||||
| Rejepbaý Rejepow | Men's −81 kg | 164 | 3 | 164 | ||||
| Öwez Öwezow | Men's −109 kg | 171 | 11 | 200 | 10 | 371 | 10 | |
| Hojamuhammet Toýçyýew | Men's +109 kg | 184 | 4 | 230 | 6 | 414 | 4 | |
| Kristina Şermetowa | Women's −55 kg | 90 | 5 | 115 | 5 | 205 | 6 | |
| Polina Guryeva | Women's −59 kg | 96 | 3 | 121 | 2 | 217 | ||