San Marino at the 2020 Summer Olympics

San Marino 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 fifteenth appearance at the Summer Olympics.

San Marino at the 2020 Summer Olympics
IOC code	SMR
NOC	Comitato Olimpico Nazionale Sammarinese
Website	www.cons.sm (in Italian)
in Tokyo, Japan 23 July 2021 (2021-07-23) – 8 August 2021 (2021-08-08)
Competitors	5 in 4 sports
Flag bearers (opening)	Arianna Valloni Myles Amine
Flag bearer (closing)	Myles Amine
Medals Ranked 72nd	Gold 0 Silver 1 Bronze 2 Total 3
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016 2020 2024

A bronze medal, the nation's first Olympic medal, was won by female trap shooter Alessandra Perilli. With this San Marino became the smallest country, by population, ever to have won any Olympic medal.^[2] Just two days later, on 31 July, Perilli and Gian Marco Berti won the country's second medal, a silver in the mixed trap shooting event. San Marino then took home its third medal on 5 August, with Myles Amine winning bronze in the 86 kg freestyle wrestling event. With 5 competitors in 4 sports, San Marino won the most overall medals per population.^[3]

Medalists

On 29 July, Alessandra Perilli won bronze in the women's trap shooting; this was San Marino's first ever Olympic medal.^[4]

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Silver	Gian Marco Berti Alessandra Perilli	Shooting	Mixed trap	31 July
Bronze	Alessandra Perilli	Shooting	Women's trap	29 July
Bronze	Myles Amine	Wrestling	Men's freestyle 86 kg	5 August

Competitors

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

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Judo	1	0	1
Shooting	1	1	2
Swimming	0	1	1
Wrestling	1	0	1
Total	3	2	5

Judo

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

San Marino received an invitation from the Tripartite Commission and the International Judo Federation to send Paolo Persoglia in the men's middleweight category (90 kg) to the Olympics, marking the nation's return to the sport for the first time since Atlanta 1996.^[5][6]

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
Paolo Persoglia	Men's −90 kg	Bye	van 't End (NED) L 00–10	Did not advance

Shooting

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

Sammarinese 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, European Championships or Games, and European Qualifying Tournament, as long as they obtained a minimum qualifying score (MQS) by 31 May 2020.^[7] On 29 July Alessandra Perilli won bronze in the women's trap shooting, this was San Marino's first ever Olympic medal; Perilli had previously finished joint second but missed out on a medal in a shoot-off during the 2012 Summer Olympics.^[4]

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Gian Marco Berti	Men's trap	121	18	Did not advance
Alessandra Perilli	Women's trap	122	2 Q	29
Gian Marco Berti Alessandra Perilli	Mixed trap team	148	2 Q	40

Swimming

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

San Marino received a universality invitation from FINA to send a top-ranked female swimmer in the women's long-distance freestyle events to the Olympics, based on the FINA Points System of 28 June 2021.^[6]

Athlete	Event	Heat		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Arianna Valloni	Women's 800 m freestyle	8:54.78	29	Did not advance
	Women's 1500 m freestyle	16:54.64	32	Did not advance

Wrestling

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

For the first time since Rome 1960, San Marino qualified one wrestler for the men's freestyle 86 kg into the Olympic competition, as a result of his 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
Myles Amine	Men's −86 kg	Izquierdo (COL) W 4–1 SP	Taylor (USA) L 1–4 SP	Did not advance	Shabanau (BLR) W 3–0 PO	Punia (IND) W 3–1 PP

References

1. "Joint Statement from the International Olympic Committee and the Tokyo 2020 Organising Committee". Olympics. 24 March 2020. Retrieved 28 March 2020.
2. Mackenzie, Alasdair (29 July 2021). "Shooting-Tears of joy as San Marino becomes smallest Olympic medal-winning nation". Reuters. Retrieved 29 July 2021.
3. Kong, Dimsumdaily Hong (8 August 2021). "San Marino and Bermuda won the most overall medals per population in Tokyo Olympics". Dimsum Daily. Retrieved 13 August 2021.
4. Baer, Jack (29 July 2021). "San Marino's Alessandra Perilli wins first Olympic medal in microstate's history". Yahoo Sports. Retrieved 29 July 2021.
5. Messner, Nicolas (22 June 2021). "Tokyo 2020: Official Olympic Qualification List". International Judo Federation. Retrieved 2 July 2021.
6. "A Tokio anche la nuotatrice Arianna Valloni e il judoka Paolo Persoglia" [Swimmer Arianna Valloni and judoka Paolo Persoglia will go to Tokyo] (in Italian). Newsrimini.it. 6 July 2021. Retrieved 7 July 2021.
7. "Quota Places by Nation and Number". www.issf-sports.org/. ISSF. 1 January 2018. Retrieved 2 September 2018.
8. Marantz, Ken (21 September 2019). "Amine Makes History by Qualifying San Marino for Tokyo 2020 by Making 86kg Semis". United World Wrestling. Retrieved 21 September 2019.