North Macedonia at the 2020 Summer Olympics

North Macedonia 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 seventh consecutive appearance at the Summer Olympics and the first under the country's new name.^[2] North Macedonia won their first ever silver medal, won by Dejan Georgievski in the Men's +80 kg event in Taekwondo, with the nation having previously only received a bronze medal.^[3]

North Macedonia at the 2020 Summer Olympics
IOC code	MKD
NOC	Olympic Committee of North Macedonia
Website	www.mok.org.mk (in Macedonian)
in Tokyo, Japan 23 July 2021 (2021-07-23) – 8 August 2021 (2021-08-08)
Competitors	8 in 7 sports
Flag bearers (opening)	Arbresha Rexhepi Dejan Georgievski
Flag bearer (closing)	Magomedgadji Nurov
Medals Ranked 77th	Gold 0 Silver 1 Bronze 0 Total 1
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016 2020 2024
Other related appearances
Yugoslavia (1920–1988)  Independent Olympic Participants (1992)

Medalists

Further information: 2020 Summer Olympics medal table and List of 2020 Summer Olympics medal winners

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Silver	Dejan Georgievski	Taekwondo	Men's +80 kg	27 July

Competitors

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

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Athletics	1	0	1
Judo	0	1	1
Karate	0	1	1
Shooting	1	0	1
Swimming	1	1	2
Taekwondo	1	0	1
Wrestling	1	0	1
Total	5	3	8

Athletics

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

North Macedonia received a universality slot from the World Athletics to send a male track athlete.^[4]

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	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Jovan Stojoski	Men's 400 m	46.81	7	Did not advance

Judo

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

North Macedonia entered one female judoka after International Judo Federation awarded them a tripartite invitation quota.

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
Arbresha Rexhepi	Women's −52 kg	Giles (GBR) L 00–11	Did not advance

Karate

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

North Macedonia received an invitation from the Tripartite Commission to send Puleksenija Jovanoska in the women's kata event.^[5]

Kata

Athlete	Event	Elimination round		Ranking round		Final / BM
		Score	Rank	Score	Rank	Opposition Result	Rank
Puleksenija Jovanoska	Women's kata	23.90	5	Did not advance

Shooting

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

North Macedonia received an invitation from the Tripartite Commission to send a men's air pistol shooter.

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Borjan Brankovski	Men's 10 m air pistol	573	21	Did not advance

Swimming

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

North Macedonia received universality invitations from FINA to send two top-ranked swimmers (one per gender) in their respective individual events, based on the FINA Points System of June 28, 2021.^[6]

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Filip Derkoski	Men's 400 m freestyle	4:03.34	36	—		Did not advance
Mia Blaževska Eminova	Women's 100 m freestyle	57.19	40	Did not advance

Taekwondo

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

North Macedonia entered one athlete into the taekwondo competition at the Games for the first time in history. Dejan Georgievski secured a spot in the men's heavyweight category (+80 kg) with a top two finish at the 2021 European Qualification Tournament in Sofia, Bulgaria.^[7]

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Dejan Georgievski	Men's +80 kg	Alba (CUB) W 11–8	Gbané (CIV) W 9–4	In K-d (KOR) W 12–6	Bye	Larin (ROC) L 9–15

Wrestling

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

For the first time since Beijing 2008, North Macedonia qualified one wrestler for the men's freestyle 97 kg, as a result of a top six finish at the 2019 World Championships.^[8]

Key:

• VT (ranking points: 5–0 or 0–5) – Victory by fall.
• VB (ranking points: 5–0 or 0–5) – Victory by injury (VF for forfeit, VA for withdrawal or disqualification)
• PP (ranking points: 3–1 or 1–3) – Decision by points – the loser with technical points.
• PO (ranking points: 3–0 or 0–3) – Decision by points – the loser without technical points.
• ST (ranking points: 4–0 or 0–4) – Great superiority – the loser without technical points and a margin of victory of at least 8 (Greco-Roman) or 10 (freestyle) points.
• SP (ranking points: 4–1 or 1–4) – Technical superiority – the loser with technical points and a margin of victory of at least 8 (Greco-Roman) or 10 (freestyle) points.

Freestyle

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Repechage	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Magomedgadzhi Nurov	Men's −97 kg	Saadaoui (TUN) W 3–0 PO	Salas (CUB) L 1–3 PO	Did not advance			9