Malawi at the
2020 Summer Olympics
IOC codeMAW
NOCOlympic and Commonwealth Games Association of Malawi
in Tokyo, Japan
July 23, 2021 (2021-07-23) – August 8, 2021 (2021-08-08)
Competitors5 in 4 sports
Flag bearers (opening)Jessica Makwenda
Areneo David
Flag bearer (closing)N/A
Medals
Gold
0
Silver
0
Bronze
0
Total
0
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
Other related appearances
 Rhodesia (1960)

Malawi 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 eleventh appearance at the Summer Olympics. Malawi did not attend the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal and the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, because of its support to the African and United States-led boycott.

Competitors

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

Sport Men Women Total
Archery 101
Athletics 011
Judo 011
Swimming 112
Total235

Archery

Malawi received an invitation from the Tripartite Commission to send a male archer for the second consecutive time to the Olympic tournament.[2]

Athlete Event Ranking round Round of 64 Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final / BM
Score Seed Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Rank
Areneo David Men's individual 562 64  Kim (KOR)
L 0–6		 Did not advance

Athletics

Malawi received a universality slot from World Athletics to send a female track and field athlete to the Olympics.[3]

Key
  • Note–Ranks given for track events are within the athlete's heat only
  • Q = Qualified for the next round
  • q = Qualified for the next round as a fastest loser or, in field events, by position without achieving the qualifying target
  • NR = National record
  • N/A = Round not applicable for the event
  • Bye = Athlete not required to compete in round
Track & road events
Athlete Event Preliminaries Heat Semifinal Final
Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank
Asimenye Simwaka Women's 100 m 11.76 NR 2 Q 11.68 NR 8 Did not advance

Judo

For the first time in history, Malawi received an invitation from the Tripartite Commission and the International Judo Federation to send Harriet Boniface in the women's extra-lightweight category (48 kg) to the Olympics.[4]

Athlete Event Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Repechage Final / BM
Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Rank
Harriet Boniface Women's –48 kg  Chibana (BRA)
L 00–10		 Did not advance

Swimming

Malawi 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
Filipe Gomes Men's 50 m freestyle 24.00 47 Did not advance
Jessica Makwenda Women's 50 m freestyle 28.96 61 Did not advance

References

  1. ↑ "Joint Statement from the International Olympic Committee and the Tokyo 2020 Organising Committee". Olympics. 24 March 2020. Retrieved 28 March 2020.
  2. ↑ "D'Amour makes four-athlete list for universality tickets to Tokyo 2020". World Archery. 21 June 2021. Retrieved 22 June 2021.
  3. ↑ "Road to Olympic Games 2020". World Athletics. Retrieved 11 June 2021.
  4. ↑ Messner, Nicolas (22 June 2021). "Tokyo 2020: Official Olympic Qualification List". International Judo Federation. Retrieved 2 July 2021.
  5. ↑ "Tokyo Olympics Entry Lists Released, Swimming Begins July 24". Swimming World Magazine. Retrieved 16 July 2021.


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