Indonesia at the 2020 Summer Olympics

Indonesia competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. Originally scheduled to take place from 24 July to 9 August 2020, the Games were rescheduled for 23 July to 8 August 2021, due to the COVID-19 pandemic.^[5] It was the nation's sixteenth appearance at the Summer Olympics.

Indonesia at the 2020 Summer Olympics
IOC code	INA
NOC	Indonesian Olympic Committee
Website	www.nocindonesia.id (in Indonesian)
in Tokyo, Japan July 23, 2021 (2021-07-23) – August 8, 2021 (2021-08-08)
Competitors	28 in 8 sports
Flag bearer (opening)	Rio Waida[a]
Flag bearer (closing)	Games Volunteer – TOCOG[3][4]
Medals Ranked 55th	Gold 1 Silver 1 Bronze 3 Total 5
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
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At the Games, Indonesia sent 28 athletes; the similar total with 2016 Summer Olympics. It consisted of 16 men and 12 women, competing in 8 sports. Twenty-five Indonesians had qualified to compete, while two swimmers and one female sprinter obtained their spots through wild card entries.^[6][7] In this edition, surfing made its Olympic debut (as new sport) by Rio Waida, who became the nation's de facto flag bearer at the opening ceremony.^[8][9]

The Indonesian roster featured seven returning Olympians, with three of them headed to their third Games: badminton shuttler Greysia Polii in the women's doubles badminton, 2008 Olympic gold medalist Hendra Setiawan in men's doubles badminton together with his partner Mohammad Ahsan, two-time Olympian Praveen Jordan in mixed doubles badminton,^[10] three-time Olympic bronze and silver medalists Eko Yuli Irawan in weightlifting,^[11] three-time Olympian Deni in weightlifting,^[11] and two-time Olympian Riau Ega Agatha in archery.^[12][13]

Indonesia left Tokyo with five medals (one gold, one silver and three bronzes), improving its total medal tally from the previous Olympics. Greysia Polii and Apriyani Rahayu, who won the women's doubles event of badminton,^[14] are the country's only gold medalists. Their victory made Indonesia the second country after China to have won gold medals in all five disciplines of badminton at the Olympics.^[14][15] At 33 years and 356 days of age, Polii also became the oldest female badminton player to win an Olympic gold medal.^[16]

Medalists

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

Medal Name Sport Event Date  Gold Greysia Polii Apriyani Rahayu Badminton Women's doubles 2 August  Silver Eko Yuli Irawan Weightlifting Men's 61 kg 25 July  Bronze Windy Cantika Aisah Weightlifting Women's 49 kg 24 July  Bronze Rahmat Erwin Abdullah Weightlifting Men's 73 kg 28 July  Bronze Anthony Sinisuka Ginting Badminton Men's singles 2 August

Medals by sport Sport Total Badminton 1 0 1 2 Weightlifting 0 1 2 3 Total 1 1 3 5

Medals by gender Gender Total Female 1 0 1 2 Male 0 1 2 3 Mixed 0 0 0 0 Total 1 1 3 5

Medals by date Date Total 24 July 0 0 1 1 25 July 0 1 0 1 28 July 0 0 1 1 2 August 1 0 1 2 Total 1 1 3 5

Background

Administration

On 31 December 2019, Roslan Roeslani was officially appointed as the Chef de Mission of the Indonesian Team for Tokyo 2020 Summer Olympics by the President of the Indonesian Olympic Committee, Raja Sapta Oktohari.^[17]

Opening ceremony

During the Parade of Nations, flag bearer Rio Waida wore a Balinese traditional attire - Payas Madya to represent his current home town and a pair of Tatami sandals to represent Japan as his second home and the host of the Olympics.^[18]

Broadcasters

Main article: List of 2020 Summer Olympics broadcasters

Name	Type	Ref
Emtek	Free-to-air, Pay and over-the-top	[19][20]
TVRI	Free-to-air

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.^[21]

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Archery	3	1	4
Athletics	1	1	2
Badminton	7	4	11
Rowing	0	2	2
Shooting	0	1	1
Surfing	1	0	1
Swimming	1	1	2
Weightlifting	3	2	5
Total	16	12	28

Archery

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

Three Indonesian archers qualified for the men's events by securing the last of three quota places available in the team recurve at the 2021 WA Final Qualification Tournament in Paris, France.^[12] Another Indonesian archer captured a silver medal in the women's individual recurve to book an outright berth available at the 2018 Asian Games in Jakarta.^[13]

Athlete	Event	Ranking round		Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarter-finals	Semi-finals	GM / BM
		Score	Seed	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Riau Ega Agatha	Men's individual	666	15	Barnes (AUS) W 7–1	Wukie (USA) L 5–6	Did not advance
Alviyanto Prastyadi		658	26	Worth (AUS) L 0–6	Did not advance
Arif Dwi Pangestu		655	32	Unruh (GER) L 2–6	Did not advance
Riau Ega Agatha Arif Dwi Pangestu Alviyanto Prastyadi	Men's team	1979	7	—		Great Britain (GBR) L 0–6	Did not advance
Diananda Choirunisa	Women's individual	631	40	Jager (DEN) L 2–6	Did not advance
Riau Ega Agatha Diananda Choirunisa	Mixed team	1297	15 Q	—		United States (USA) W 5–4	Turkey (TUR) L 2–6	Did not advance

Athletics

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

Indonesian 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):^[22][23]

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		Quarter-final		Semi-final		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Lalu Muhammad Zohri	Men's 100 m	Bye		10.26	5	Did not advance
Alvin Tehupeiory	Women's 100 m	11.89	3 Q	11.92	8	Did not advance

Badminton

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

Indonesia entered eleven badminton players (seven men and four women) for each of the following events into the Olympic tournament based on the BWF World Race to Tokyo Rankings; two entries each in the men's singles and doubles and one each in the women's singles, women's doubles, and mixed doubles.^[24]

Men

Athlete	Event	Group stage				Elimination	Quarter-final	Semi-final	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Jonatan Christie	Singles	Mahmoud (EOR) W (21–8, 21–14)	Loh K Y (SGP) W (22–20, 13–21, 21–18)	—	1 Q	Shi Yq (CHN) L (11–21, 9–21)	Did not advance
Anthony Ginting		Krausz (HUN) W (21–13, 21–8)	Sirant (ROC) W (21–12, 21–10)	—	1 Q	Tsuneyama (JPN) W (21–18, 21–14)	Antonsen (DEN) W (21–18, 15–21, 21–18)	Chen L (CHN) L (16–21, 11–21)	Cordón (GUA) W (21–11, 21–13)
Mohammad Ahsan Hendra Setiawan	Doubles	Ho-shue / Yakura (CAN) W (21–12, 21–11)	Chia / Soh W Y (MAS) W (21–16, 21–19)	Choi S-g / Seo S-j (KOR) W (21–12, 19–21, 21–18)	1 Q	—	Kamura / Sonoda (JPN) W (21–14, 16–21, 21–9)	Lee Y / Wang C-l (TPE) L (11–21, 10–21)	Chia / Soh W Y (MAS) L (21–17, 17–21, 14–21)	4
Marcus Fernaldi Gideon Kevin Sukamuljo		Lane / Vendy (GBR) W (21–15, 21–11)	Rankireddy / Shetty (IND) W (21–13, 21–12)	Lee Y / Wang C-l (TPE) L (18–21, 21–15, 17–21)	1 Q	—	Chia / Soh (MAS) L (14–21, 17–21)	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Group stage				Elimination	Quarter-final	Semi-final	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Gregoria Mariska Tunjung	Singles	Thet Htar (MYA) W (21–11, 21–8)	Tan (BEL) W (21–11, 21–17)	—	1 Q	Intanon (THA) L (12–21, 19–21)	Did not advance
Greysia Polii Apriyani Rahayu	Doubles	Chow M K / Lee M Y (MAS) W (21–14, 21–17)	Birch / Smith (GBR) W (21–11, 21–13)	Fukushima / Hirota (JPN) W (24–22, 13–21, 21–8)	1 Q	—	Du Y / Li Yh (CHN) W (21–15, 20–22, 21–17)	Lee S-h / Shin S-c (KOR) W (21–19, 21–17)	Chen Qc / Jia Yf (CHN) W (21–19, 21–15)

Mixed

Athlete	Event	Group stage				Quarter-finals	Semi-finals	GM / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Praveen Jordan Melati Daeva Oktavianti	Doubles	Leung / Somerville (AUS) W (20–22, 21–17, 21–13)	Christiansen / Bøje (DEN) W (24–22, 21–19 )	Watanabe / Higashino (JPN) L (13–21, 10–21)	2 Q	Zheng Sw / Huang Yq (CHN) L (17–21, 15–21)	Did not advance

Rowing

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

Indonesia qualified one boat in the women's lightweight double sculls for the Games by finishing fourth in the A-final and securing the last of three berths available at the 2021 FISA Asia & Oceania Olympic Qualification Regatta in Tokyo, Japan.^[25]

Athlete	Event	Heat		Repechage		Semi-final		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Melani Putri Mutiara Rahma Putri	Women's lightweight double sculls	7:52.57	6 R	8:03.19	6 FC	Bye		7:25.06	17

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=Semi-finals A/B; SC/D=Semi-finals C/D; SE/F=Semi-finals E/F; QF=Quarter-finals; R=Repechage

Shooting

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

For the first time since 2012, Indonesia entered one shooter after 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 Asian Championships, as long as they obtained a minimum qualifying score (MQS) by May 31, 2020.^[26]

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Vidya Rafika Toyyiba	Women's 10 m air rifle	622.0	35	Did not advance
	Women's 50 m rifle 3 positions	1137	37	Did not advance

Surfing

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

Indonesia sent one surfer to compete in the men's shortboard at the Games. Rio Waida accepted a spare berth previously allocated by Japan's Shun Murakami, as a runner-up in the provisional rankings from the Asian zone at the 2019 ISA World Surfing Games.^[27]

Athlete	Event	Round 1		Round 2		Elimination	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Rio Waida	Men's shortboard	9.96	3 q	11.53	2 Q	Igarashi (JPN) L 12.00–14.00	Did not advance

Qualification Legend: Q= Qualified directly for the third round; q = Qualified for the second round

Swimming

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

Indonesia received a universality invitation from FINA to send two top-ranked swimmers (one per gender) in their respective individual events to the Olympics, based on the FINA Points System of June 28, 2021.

Athlete	Event	Heat		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Aflah Fadlan Prawira	Men's 400 m freestyle	3:55.08	29	Did not advance
	Men's 1500 m freestyle	15:29.94	27	Did not advance
Azzahra Permatahani	Women's 400 m individual medley	4:54.54	16	Did not advance

Weightlifting

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

Indonesia entered five weightlifters into the Olympic competition. 2018 world champion, three-time Olympian, and triple medalist Eko Yuli Irawan (men's 61 kg), 2019 Southeast Asian Games champion and two-time Olympian, Deni (men's 67 kg), 2020 world junior champion Windy Cantika Aisah (women's 49 kg), and Nurul Akmal (women's +87 kg) secured one of the top eight slots each in their respective weight divisions based on the IWF Absolute World Rankings, with 2019 Asian junior champion Rahmat Erwin Abdullah topping the field of weightlifters from the Asian zone in the men's 73 kg category based on the IWF Absolute Continental Rankings.^[28][29][11]

Windy Cantika Aisah claimed the first medal for Indonesia contingent after winning the bronze medal in the women's 49 kg event with 194 kg lift in total.^[30]

Athlete	Event	Snatch		Clean & Jerk		Total	Rank
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Eko Yuli Irawan	Men's −61 kg	137	2	165	2	302
Deni	Men's −67 kg	135	10	166	9	301	9
Rahmat Erwin Abdullah	Men's −73 kg	152	6	190	2	342
Windy Cantika Aisah	Women's −49 kg	84	4	110	3	194
Nurul Akmal	Women's +87 kg	115	5	141	5	256	5

See also

• Indonesia at the Olympics
• Indonesia at the Paralympics
• Indonesia at the 2020 Summer Paralympics

Notes

1. Originally, surfer Rio Waida and weightlifter Nurul Akmal were named as co-flagbearers for the parade of nations during the opening ceremony.^[1] In fact, Rio eventually became the sole flagbearer.^[2]