San Marino at the
2020 Summer Olympics
IOC codeSMR
NOCComitato Olimpico Nazionale Sammarinese
Websitewww.cons.sm (in Italian)
in Tokyo, Japan
July 23, 2021 (2021-07-23) – August 8, 2021 (2021-08-08)
Competitors5 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)

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.

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 August 5, 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 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Gian Marco Berti
Alessandra Perilli 		Mixed trap team 148 2 Q 40 2nd place, silver medalist(s)

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:

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 		3rd place, bronze medalist(s)

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. ^ a b 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 b "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.


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