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Tunisia at the
2020 Summer Olympics
IOC codeTUN
NOC Tunisian Olympic Committee
Website www.cnot.org.tn (in French)
in Tokyo, Japan
July 23, 2021 (2021-07-23) – August 8, 2021 (2021-08-08)
Competitors63 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)

Tunisia 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. [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

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

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

Sport Men Women Total
Archery 1 1 2
Athletics 2 1 3
Boxing 0 2 2
Canoeing 2 2 4
Fencing 2 6 8
Judo 0 3 3
Rowing 0 2 2
Sailing 1 3 4
Shooting 1 1 2
Swimming 2 0 2
Table tennis 1 1 2
Taekwondo 1 0 1
Tennis 0 1 1
Volleyball 12 0 12
Weightlifting 3 2 5
Wrestling 6 4 10
Total 34 29 63

Archery

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

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 Games in Rabat, 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

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

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
Athlete Event Heat Semifinal Final
Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank
Abdessalem Ayouni Men's 800 m 1:45.73 SB 3 Q 1:44.99 NR 6 Did not advance
Mohamed Amine Touati Men's 400 m hurdles 50.58 6 Did not advance
Marwa Bouzayani Women's 3000 m steeplechase 9:31.25 PB 6 — Did not advance

Boxing

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

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 Tournament in Diamniadio, 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

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

Sprint

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

Athlete Event Heats Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Ghailene Khattali Men's C-1 1000 m 4:39.791 6 QF 4:35.417 7 Did not advance
Mohamed Ali Mrabet Men's K-1 1000 m 4:02.148 5 3:56.325 5 Did not advance
Khaoula Sassi Women's K-1 200 m 45.101 5 45.809 6 Did not advance
Afef Ben Ismail
Khaoula Sassi 		Women's K-2 500 m 2:05.770 5 2:10.979 6 Did not advance

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

Fencing

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

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

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

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

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

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]

Athlete Event Heats Repechage Semifinals Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Nour El-Houda Ettaieb
Khadija Krimi 		Women's lightweight double sculls 7:39.61 5 R 7:54.95 5 FC Bye 7:22.25 16

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

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

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

Athlete Event Race Net points Final rank
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 M*
Eya Guezguez
Sarra Guezguez 		Women's 49erFX DNF DNC DNC DNC DNC DNC UFD 20 20 21 20 21 EL 234 21
Mehdi Gharbi
Rania Rahali 		Mixed Nacra 17 19 20 20 20 20 DNF 20 19 20 DNF 20 20 EL 219 20

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

Shooting

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

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]

Athlete Event Qualification Semifinal Final
Points Rank Points Rank Points Rank
Ala Al-Othmani Men's 10 m air pistol 563 34 — Did not advance
Olfa Charni Women's 10 m air pistol 570 25 Did not advance
Women's 25 m pistol 569 39 Did not advance
Ala Al-Othmani
Olfa Charni 		Mixed 10 m air pistol team 561 19 Did not advance

Swimming

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

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 8 Q 3:43.36 1st place, gold medalist(s)
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

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

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

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

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 		2nd place, silver medalist(s)

Tennis

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

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

Main article: Volleyball at the 2020 Summer Olympics

Indoor

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

Main article: Volleyball at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament

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 Tournament in Cairo, 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
 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
Source: Tokyo 2020 and FIVB
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers


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

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

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.

Athlete Event Snatch Clean & Jerk Total Rank
Result Rank Result Rank
Karem Ben Hnia Men's –73 kg 153 5 185 6 338 6
Ramzi Bahloul Men's –81 kg 136 14 164 12 300 12
Aymen Bacha Men's –109 kg 177 9 211 9 388 9
Nouha Landoulsi Women's –55 kg 88 8 108 8 196 8
Chaima Rahmouni Women's –64 kg 91 12 111 DNF 91 DNF

Wrestling

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

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 Tournament in Hammamet. [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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