Vanuatu competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. Originally scheduled to take place from 24 July to 9 August 2020, the 2020 Games were postponed to 23 July to 8 August 2021, because of the COVID-19 pandemic.[1] This was the nation's ninth consecutive appearance at the Summer Olympics.

Competitors

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

Sport Men Women Total
Judo 1 0 1
Rowing 1 0 1
Table tennis 1 0 1
Total 3 0 3

Judo

Main articles: Judo at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Judo at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Vanuatu entered one male judoka into the Olympic tournament based on the International Judo Federation Olympics Individual Ranking.[2]

Athlete Event Round of 64 Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Repechage Final / BM
Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Rank
Hugo Cumbo Men's –81 kg Bye  Boltaboev (UZB)
L00–10 		Did not advance

Rowing

Main articles: Rowing at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Rowing at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Vanuatu entered one boat in the men's single sculls for the games, after receiving the tripartite invitation quotas.

Athlete Event Heats Repechage Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Rio Rii Men's single sculls 8:00.98 6 R 8:17.00 3 SE/F Bye 8:19.99 3 FF 7:49.82 30

Qualification Legend: FA=Final A (medal); FB=Final B (non-medal); FC=Final C (non-medal); FD=Final D (non-medal); FE=Final E (non-medal); FF=Final F (non-medal); SA/B=Semifinals A/B; SC/D=Semifinals C/D; SE/F=Semifinals E/F; QF=Quarterfinals; R=Repechage

Table tennis

Main articles: Table tennis at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Table tennis at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Vanuatu entered one athlete into the table tennis competition at the Games. Yoshua Shing received an invitation to compete, based on the rankings, following the cancellation of the 2021 Oceanian Olympics Qualification Tournament.[3]

Athlete Event Preliminary Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final / BM
Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Rank
Yoshua Shing Men's singles Bye  Cifuentes (ARG)
L 0–4 		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. ^ International Judo Federation Olympics Ranking
  3. ^ "Shing qualifies for Tokyo Olympics". Daily Post. 25 May 2021. Archived from the original on 29 May 2021. Retrieved 29 May 2021.