Refugee Olympic Team at the 2020 Summer Olympics explained

The IOC Refugee Olympic Team competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan, as independent Olympic participants.^[1]

The IOC code is the French acronym "EOR", which stands for French: Équipe olympique des réfugiés. This was the second appearance of a refugee team in the summer Olympics, following the 2016 Games.

For the 2020 Games, the team included 29 athletes, up from 10 in the 2016 team. The team comprised athletes originating from 11 nations who currently reside and train across 13 host nations, supported by the IOC's Olympic Scholarships for Refugee Athletes program.^[2]

At the parade of nations, the IOC Team, according to the Japanese script traditional order and English pronunciation Japanese: Ai Ō Shī of IOC in Japanese, was the second to parade after Greece who traditionally parade first.

Team selection

The team was selected on 8 June 2021,^[3] represented in the following list, together with each competitor's country of origin and their host National Olympic Committee (NOC).

Athlete	Country of origin	Host NOC	Sport	Event
			Athletics	Men's 100 m
			Athletics	Women's 800 m
			Athletics	Men's 800 m
			Athletics	Women's 1500 m
			Athletics	Men's 1500 m
			Athletics	Men's 5000 m
			Athletics	Men's marathon
			Badminton	Men's singles
			Boxing	Men's light welterweight
			Boxing	Men's middleweight
			Canoeing	Men's K-1 1000 m
			Cycling	Women's time trial
			Cycling	Men's time trial
			Judo	Mixed team
			Judo	Mixed team
			Judo	Mixed team
			Judo	Mixed team
			Judo	Mixed team
			Judo	Mixed team
			Karate	Men's kata
			Karate	Men's kumite
			Shooting	Women's 10 m air rifle
			Swimming	Men's 50 m freestyle
			Swimming	Women's 100 m butterfly
			Taekwondo	Women's –49 kg
			Taekwondo	Women's –57 kg
			Taekwondo	Men's –68 kg
			Weightlifting	Men's –96 kg
			Wrestling	Men's freestyle –67 kg

Competitors

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

width=180	Sport	width=55	Men	width=55	Women	width=55	Total
Athletics	5	2	7
Badminton	1	0	1
Boxing	2	0	2
Canoeing	1	0	1
Cycling	1	1	2
Judo	3	3	6
Karate	2	0	2
Shooting	0	1	1
Swimming	1	1	2
Taekwondo	1	2	3
Weightlifting	1	0	1
Wrestling	1	0	1
Total	19	10	29

Athletics

See main article: Athletics at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Athletics at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification.

Track & road events

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Dorian Keletela	100 m	10.33	1 Q	10.41	8	Did not advance
James Nyang Chiengjiek	800 m	2:02.04	8	Did not advance
Paulo Amotun Lokoro	1500 m	3:51.78	13	Did not advance
Jamal Abdelmaji Eisa Mohammed	5000 m	13.42.98	13	Did not advance
Tachlowini Gabriyesos	Marathon	2:14:02	16

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Rose Lokonyen	800 m	2:11.87 PB	8	Did not advance
Anjelina Lohalith	1500 m	4:31.65 PB	14	Did not advance

Badminton

See main article: Badminton at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Badminton at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification. Refugee Olympic Team entered one male player to compete at the Games. Aram Mahmoud competed in the men's singles event after he received an invitation from the IOC.^[4]

Boxing

See main article: Boxing at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Boxing at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification.

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Wessam Salamana	Men's lightweight	L 0–5	Did not advance
Eldric Sella	Men's middleweight	L	Did not advance

Canoeing

See main article: Canoeing at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Canoeing at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification.

Sprint

Cycling

See main article: Cycling at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Cycling at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification.

Road

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Ahmad Wais	Men's time trial	1:08:40.46	38
Masomah Ali Zada	Women's time trial	44:04.31	25

Judo

See main article: Judo at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Judo at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification.

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
Ahmad Alikaj	Men's −73 kg	L 00–10	Did not advance
Popole Misenga	Men's −90 kg		L 00–10	Did not advance
Javad Mahjoub	Men's +100 kg		W 01–00	L 00–11	Did not advance
Sanda Aldass	Women's −57 kg		L 00–10	Did not advance
Muna Dahouk	Women's −63 kg		L 00–10	Did not advance
Nigara Shaheen	Women's −70 kg		L 00–10	Did not advance

Mixed

Karate

See main article: Karate at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Karate at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification.

Kumite

Kata

Shooting

See main article: article, Shooting at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Shooting at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification.

Swimming

See main article: Swimming at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Swimming at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification.

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Alaa Maso	Men's 50 m freestyle	23.30	44	Did not advance
Yusra Mardini	Women's 100 m butterfly	1:06.78	33	Did not advance

Taekwondo

See main article: Taekwondo at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Taekwondo at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification.

Athlete	Event	Qualification	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Final /
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Abdullah Sediqi	Men's −68 kg		L 20–22	Did not advance
Dina Pouryounes	Women's −49 kg		L 3–26	Did not advance
Kimia Alizadeh	Women's −57 kg	W 18–9	W 16–12	W 9–8	L 3–10		L 6–8	5

Weightlifting

See main article: Weightlifting at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Weightlifting at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification.

Wrestling

See main article: article, Wrestling at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Wrestling at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification.

Greco-Roman

See also

• Refugee Olympic Team at the 2016 Summer Olympics
• Refugee Paralympic Team at the 2020 Summer Paralympics

Notes and References

1. Web site: 29 refugee athletes to send a message of solidarity and hope to the world at the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 . 8 June 2021.
2. Web site: Why is there a Refugee Olympic Team? . . 24 July 2021.
3. Web site: IOC Refugee Olympic Team Tokyo 2020 . 8 June 2021.
4. Web site: Aram Mahmoud Makes the Cut for Tokyo 2020 . Badminton World Federation . 8 June 2021 . 10 June 2021 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20210608120504/https://olympics.bwfbadminton.com/news-single/2021/06/08/aram-mahmoud-makes-the-cut-for-tokyo-2020/ . 8 June 2021.