Tunisia at the 2020 Summer Olympics

Tunisia at the; 2020 Summer Olympics
IOC code	TUN
NOC	Tunisian Olympic Committee
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in Tokyo, Japan
Competitors	63 in 16 sports
Flag bearer (opening)	Inès Boubakri; Mehdi Ben Cheikh
Flag bearer (closing)	Ghailene Khattali
Summer Olympics appearances
	1960; 1964; 1968; 1972; 1976; 1980; 1984; 1988; 1992; 1996; 2000; 2004; 2008; 2012; 2016;

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

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

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
Athlete	Event	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	N/A		Did not advance

Athletics

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
Athlete	Event	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	N/A	Did not advance

Boxing

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
Athlete	Event	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

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
Athlete	Event	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

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
Athlete	Event	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
Athlete	Event	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	N/A	Japan (JPN) L 29–45	Did not advance

Judo

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
Athlete	Event	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

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
Athlete	Event	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

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
Athlete	Event	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	M*	Net points	Final rank
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

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 1		Qualification 2		Final
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Ala Al-Othmani	Men's 10 m air pistol	563	34	N/A		Did not advance
Olfa Charni	Women's 10 m air pistol	570	25			Did not advance
Olfa Charni	Women's 25 m pistol	569	39			Did not advance
Ala Al-Othmani Olfa Charni	10 m air pistol team	561	19	Did not advance

Swimming

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

Table tennis

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
Athlete	Event	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

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
Athlete	Event	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

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
Athlete	Event	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

Indoor

Summary

Team	Event	Group Stage						Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
Team	Event	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

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

Volleyball at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Men's team rosters

Group play

Weightlifting

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
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Total	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

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.^[17]^[18]^[19]

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.

Men's freestyle

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Repechage	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Haithem Dakhlaoui	−65 kg	Ghiasi (IRI) L 1–3 ^PP	Did not advance				13
Mohamed Saadaoui	−97 kg	Nurov (MKD) L 0–3 ^PO	Did not advance				15

Men's Greco-Roman

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

Women's freestyle

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Repechage	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Sarra Hamdi	−50 kg	Bisla (IND) W 3–1 ^PP	Stadnik (AZE) L 0–4 ^ST	Did not advance			9
Siwar Bousetta	−57 kg	Kit (UKR) L 0–5 ^VT	Did not advance				15
Marwa Amri	−62 kg	Johansson (SWE) L 1–3 ^PP	Did not advance				15
Zaineb Sghaier	−76 kg	Gray (USA) L 0–5 ^VT	Did not advance		Adar (TUR) L 0–2	Did not advance	16

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