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Tunisia at the 2020 Summer Olympics

Tunisia at the 2020 Summer Olympics
IOC code	TUN
NOC	Tunisian Olympic Committee
Website	www.cnot.org.tn (in French)
inTokyo, Japan July 23, 2021 (2021-07-23) – August 8, 2021 (2021-08-08)
Competitors	63 in 16 sports
Flag bearers (opening)	Inès Boubakri Mehdi Ben Cheikh
Flag bearer (closing)	Ghailene Khattali
Medals Ranked 58th	Gold 1 Silver 1 Bronze 0 Total 2
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
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Tunisia competed at the 2020 Summer OlympicsinTokyo. 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] Since the nation's official debut in 1960, Tunisian athletes have appeared in every edition of the Summer Olympic Games, except the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow because of the nation's partial support for the US-led boycott.

Medalists[edit]

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Gold	Ahmed Hafnaoui	Swimming	Men's 400 m freestyle	25 July
Silver	Mohamed Khalil Jendoubi	Taekwondo	Men's 58 kg	24 July

Competitors[edit]

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

Archery[edit]

Two Tunisian archers qualified for the men's and women's individual recurve, respectively, at the Games, by finishing in the top two, among those eligible for Olympic qualification, at the 2019 African GamesinRabat, Morocco.^[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
Mohamed Hammed	Men's individual	631	62	Oh J-h (KOR) L 0-6	Did not advance
Rihab Elwalid	Women's individual	609	59	Román (MEX) L 2–6	Did not advance
Mohamed Hammed Rihab Elwalid	Mixed team	1240	28	—		Did not advance

Athletics[edit]

Tunisian athletes further achieved the entry standards, either by qualifying time or by world ranking, in the following track and field events (up to a maximum of 3 athletes in each event):^[3][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

Boxing[edit]

Tunisia entered two female boxers into the Olympic tournament for the first time in history. Khouloud Hlimi (women's featherweight) and Mariem Homrani (women's lightweight) secured their spots by advancing to the final match of their respective weight divisions at the 2020 African Qualification TournamentinDiamniadio, Senegal.^[5]

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Khouloud Hlimi	Women's featherweight	Bye	Irie (JPN) L 0–5	Did not advance
Mariem Homrani	Women's lightweight	Bye	Khelif (ALG) L 0–5	Did not advance

Canoeing[edit]

Sprint[edit]

Tunisian canoeists qualified three boats in each of the following distances for the Games through the 2019 African GamesinRabat, Morocco.^[6]

Qualification Legend: FA = Qualify to final (medal); FB = Qualify to final B (non-medal)

Fencing[edit]

Tunisian fencers qualified a full squad each in the women's team sabre for the Games as the highest-ranked nation from Africa outside the world's top four in the FIE Olympic Team Rankings. Experienced Olympians Mohamed Samandi (men's foil), Farès Ferjani (men's sabre), Sarra Besbes (women's épée), and Rio 2016 bronze medalist Inès Boubakri scored additional places on the Tunisian team as the highest-ranked fencers vying for qualification from Africa in their respective individual events of the FIE Adjusted Official Rankings.

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Mohamed Samandi	Foil	Bye	Shikine (JPN) L 4–15	Did not advance
Farès Ferjani	Sabre	Bye	Berrè (ITA) L 10–15	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Sarra Besbes	Épée	Bye	Isola (ITA) L 12–14	Did not advance
Inès Boubakri	Foil	Bye	Korobeynikova (ROC) L 3–15	Did not advance
Nadia Ben Azizi	Sabre	Bhavani Devi (IND) L 3–15	Did not advance
Amira Ben Chaabane		Bye	Pusztai (HUN) L 12–15	Did not advance
Yasmine Daghfous		Katona (HUN) L 6–15	Did not advance
Nadia Ben Azizi Amira Ben Chaabane Yasmine Daghfous Olfa Hezami	Team sabre	—	Japan (JPN) L 29–45	Did not advance

Judo[edit]

Tunisia qualified three female judoka for each of the following weight classes at the Games. Nihel Landolsi (women's middleweight, 70 kg), with Nihal Chikhrouhou competing in the women's heavyweight category (+78 kg) at her fourth consecutive Olympics, was selected among the top 18 judoka of their respective weight categories based on the IJF World Ranking List of June 28, 2021, while Ghofran Khelifi (women's lightweight, 57 kg) accepted a continental berth from Africa as the nation's top-ranked judoka outside of direct qualifying position.^[7]

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
Ghofran Khelifi	Women's –57 kg	Ilieva (BUL) L 00–10	Did not advance
Nihel Landolsi	Women's –70 kg	Bernholm (SWE) L 00–10	Did not advance
Nihal Chikhrouhou	Women's +78 kg	Adlington (GBR) W 10–00	Xu Sy (CHN) L 00–10	Did not advance

Rowing[edit]

Tunisia qualified one boat in the women's lightweight double sculls for the Games by winning the gold medal and securing an outright berth at the 2019 FISA African Olympic Qualification Regatta in Tunis.^[8][9]

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

Sailing[edit]

Tunisian sailors qualified one boat in each of the following classes through the 2021 Lanzarote International Regatta and the 2021 Mussanah Open.

M = Medal race; EL = Eliminated – did not advance into the medal race

Shooting[edit]

Tunisian shooters achieved quota places for the following events by virtue of their best finishes at the 2018 ISSF World Championships, the 2019 ISSF World Cup series, and African Championships, as long as they obtained a minimum qualifying score (MQS) by May 31, 2020.^[10]

Swimming[edit]

Tunisian swimmers further achieved qualifying standards in the following events (up to a maximum of 2 swimmers in each event at the Olympic Qualifying Time (OQT), and potentially 1 at the Olympic Selection Time (OST)):^[11][12]

Athlete	Event	Heat		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Ahmed Hafnaoui	Men's 400 m freestyle	3:45.68	8Q	3:43.36
	Men's 800 m freestyle	7:49.14	=10	Did not advance
Oussama Mellouli	Men's 10 km open water	—		1:56:33.3	20

Table tennis[edit]

Tunisia entered two athletes into the table tennis competition at the Games. 2010 Youth Olympic bronze medalist Adem Hmam and Fadwa Garci scored their semifinal victories to occupy one of the four available spots each in the men's and women's singles, respectively, at the 2020 African Olympic Qualification Tournament in Tunis.^[13]

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
Adem Hmam	Men's singles	Bye	Kou (UKR) L 0–4	Did not advance
Fadwa Garci	Women's singles	Batmönkh (MGL) L 1–4	Did not advance

Taekwondo[edit]

Tunisia entered one athlete into the taekwondo competition at the Games. Mohamed Khalil Jendoubi secured a spot in the men's flyweight category (58 kg) with a top two finish at the 2020 African Qualification Tournament in Rabat, Morocco.^[14]

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Mohamed Khalil Jendoubi	Men's −58 kg	Artamonov (ROC) W 25–18	Demse (ETH) W 32–9	Jang J (KOR) W 25–19	Bye	Dell'Aquila (ITA) L 12–16

Tennis[edit]

Tunisia entered one tennis player into the Olympic tournament. Playing in the court at her third straight Games, Ons Jabeur (world no. 26) qualified directly as one of the top 56 official entrants in the women's singles based on the WTA World Rankings of June 13, 2021.^[15]

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Ons Jabeur	Women's singles	Suárez (ESP) L 4–6, 1–6	Did not advance

Volleyball[edit]

Indoor[edit]

Summary

Team	Event	Group Stage						Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Tunisia men's	Men's tournament	Brazil L 0–3	France L 0–3	United States L 1–3	Argentina L 2–3	ROC L 0–3	6	Did not advance

Men's tournament[edit]

Tunisia men's volleyball team qualified for the Olympics by winning the pool round with three match points and securing an outright berth at the African Olympic Qualification TournamentinCairo, Egypt, marking the country's recurrence to the sport after an eight-year absence.^[16]

Team roster

The following is the Tunisian roster.^[17]

Head coach: Antonio Giacobbe

Group play

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	ROC	5	4	1	12	13	5	2.600	427	397	1.076	Quarterfinals
2	Brazil	5	4	1	10	12	8	1.500	476	450	1.058
3	Argentina	5	3	2	8	12	10	1.200	476	464	1.026
4	France	5	2	3	8	10	10	1.000	449	442	1.016
5	United States	5	2	3	6	8	10	0.800	432	412	1.049
6	Tunisia	5	0	5	1	3	15	0.200	339	434	0.781

24 July 2021 (2021-07-24) 12:02 v	Brazil	3–0	Tunisia	Ariake Arena, Tokyo Referees: Hamid Al-Rousi (UAE), Fabrice Collados (FRA)
	(25–22, 25–20, 25–15) Results Statistics

26 July 2021 (2021-07-26) 16:25 v	France	3–0	Tunisia	Ariake Arena, Tokyo Referees: Vladimir Simonović (SRB), Kang Joo-hee (KOR)
	(25–21, 25–11, 25–21) Results Statistics

28 July 2021 (2021-07-28) 11:05 v	United States	3–1	Tunisia	Ariake Arena, Tokyo Referees: Evgeny Makshanov (RUS), Sumie Myoi (JPN)
	(25–14, 23–25, 25–14, 25–23) Results Statistics

30 July 2021 (2021-07-30) 16:30 v	Argentina	3–2	Tunisia	Ariake Arena, Tokyo Referees: Juraj Mokrý (SVK), Wojciech Maroszek (POL)
	(23–25, 23–25, 25–19, 25–18, 15–8) Results Statistics

1 August 2021 (2021-08-01) 14:25 v	ROC	3–0	Tunisia	Ariake Arena, Tokyo Referees: Luis Macias (MEX), Patricia Rolf (USA)
	(25–20, 25–22, 25–16) Results Statistics

Weightlifting[edit]

Tunisia entered five weightlifters (three men and two women) into the Olympic competition. Rio 2016 Olympian Karem Ben Hnia finished sixth of the eight highest-ranked weightlifters in the men's 73 kg category based on the IWF Absolute World Rankings, with rookies Ramzi Bahloul (men's 81 kg), Aymen Bacha (men's 109 kg), Chaima Rahmouni (women's 64 kg), and 2014 Youth Olympic bronze medalist Nouha Landoulsi (women's 55 kg) topping the field of weightlifters vying for qualification from Africa in their respective weight categories based on the IWF Absolute Continental Rankings.

Wrestling[edit]

Tunisia qualified ten wrestlers for each of the following classes into the Olympic competition; all of whom advanced to the top two finals to book Olympic spots in the men's freestyle (65 and 97 kg), men's Greco-Roman (67, 77, 97, and 130 kg) and women's freestyle wrestling (50, 57, 62, and 76 kg) at the 2021 African & Oceania Qualification TournamentinHammamet.^[18][19][20]

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
Haithem Dakhlaoui	Men's −65 kg	Ghiasi (IRI) L 1–3 PP	Did not advance				13
Mohamed Saadaoui	Men's −97 kg	Nurov (MKD) L 0–3 PO	Did not advance				15
Sarra Hamdi	Women's −50 kg	Bisla (IND) W 3–1 PP	Stadnik (AZE) L 0–4 ST	Did not advance			9
Siwar Bousetta	Women's −57 kg	Kit (UKR) L 0–5 VT	Did not advance				15
Marwa Amri	Women's −62 kg	Johansson (SWE) L 1–3 PP	Did not advance				15
Zaineb Sghaier	Women's −76 kg	Gray (USA) L 0–5 VT	Did not advance		Adar (TUR) L 0–3 PO	Did not advance	16

Greco-Roman

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Repechage	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Souleymen Nasr	Men's −67 kg	Al-Obaidi (EOR) L 0–4 ST	Did not advance				15
Lamjed Maafi	Men's −77 kg	Makhmudov (KGZ) L 0–4 ST	Did not advance				13
Haykel Achouri	Men's −97 kg	Michalik (POL) L 0–4 ST	Did not advance				16
Amine Guennichi	Men's −130 kg	Acosta (CHI) L 1–3 PP	Did not advance				11

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