Vietnam at the 2024 Summer Olympics

Vietnam competed at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris from 26 July to 11 August 2024. It was the nation's eleventh appearance at the Olympics as a reunified republic, although the Vietnamese athletes previously attended six other editions under the banner of the State of Vietnam or South Vietnam, except on two occasions: in 1976, as the result of an impact areas in the nation's warzones during the Vietnam War, and in 1984 due to the nation's support for the Soviet-led boycott. It was the second consecutive time Vietnam had failed to win any medals since the 2016 Summer Olympics. Like in 2020, Vietnam finished the Summer Olympics without a single medal earned.

Vietnam at the
2024 Summer Olympics
IOC codeVIE
NOCVietnam Olympic Committee
Websitewww.voc.org.vn (in English)
in Paris, France
26 July 2024 (2024-07-26) – 11 August 2024 (2024-08-11)
Competitors16 in 11 sports
Flag bearer Lê Đức Phát & Nguyễn Thị Thật
Medals
Gold
0
Silver
0
Bronze
0
Total
0
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)

Competitors

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

Sport Men Women Total
Archery 1 1 2
Athletics 0 1 1
Badminton 1 1 2
Boxing 0 2 2
Canoeing 0 1 1
Cycling 0 1 1
Judo 0 1 1
Rowing 0 1 1
Shooting 0 2 2
Swimming 1 1 2
Weightlifting 1 0 1
Total 4 12 16

Archery

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Two Vietnamese archer qualified for the 2024 Summer Olympics men's and individual recurve competition by virtue of their result at the 2024 Final Qualification Tournament in Antalya, Turkey; and world ranking performances.

Athlete Event Ranking round Round of 64 Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final / BM
Score Seed Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank
Lê Quốc Phong Men's individual 652 47   Olaru (MDA)
L 0–6
Did not advance
Đỗ Thị Ánh Nguyệt Women's individual 648 37   Fallah (IRI)
L 5–6
Did not advance
Lê Quốc Phong
Đỗ Thị Ánh Nguyệt
Mixed team 1300 24 Did not advance

Athletics

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Vietnam sent one sprinter to compete at the 2024 Summer Olympics.[1]

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 events
Athlete Event Preliminary Heat Repechage Semifinal Final
Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank
Trần Thị Nhi Yến Women's 100 m 11.81 1 11.79 7 Did not advance

Badminton

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Vietnam entered two badminton players into the Olympic tournament based on the BWF Race to Paris Rankings.

Athlete Event Group stage Elimination Quarter-final Semi-final Final / BM
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank
Lê Đức Phát Men's singles   Roth (GER)
W (21–10, 21–10)
  Prannoy (IND)
L (21–16, 11–21, 12–21)
2 Did not advance
Nguyễn Thùy Linh Women's singles   Ho (AUS)
W (21–6, 21–3)
  Zhang (USA)
L (20–22, 20–22)
2 Did not advance

Boxing

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Vietnam entered two boxers. Võ Thị Kim Ánh (women's bantamweight) secured a quota by finishing in the top four at the 2024 World Boxing Olympic Qualification Tournament 1 in Busto Arsizio, Italy.[2] Hà Thị Linh (women's lightweight) secured her spots following the triumph in quota bouts round, at the 2024 World Olympic Qualification Tournament 2 in Bangkok, Thailand.

Athlete Event Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Võ Thị Kim Ánh Women's bantamweight   Pawar (IND)
L 0–5
Did not advance
Hà Thị Linh Women's lightweight   Epenisa (TGA)
W 5–0
  Yang Wenlu (CHN)
L 0–5
Did not advance

Canoeing

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Sprint

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For the first time since 2004, Vietnam canoeists qualified one boat for the Games through the result of highest rank eligible nation's in the following events, through the 2024 Asian Sprint Canoeing Championships in Tokyo, Japan.

Athlete Event Heats Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Nguyễn Thị Hương Women's C-1 200 m 49.74 6 QF 49.09 6 Did not advance

Qualification Legend: FA = Qualify to final (medal); FB = Qualify to final B (non-medal)

Cycling

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Road

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For the first time since 1988, Vietnam entered one female rider to compete in the road race events at the Olympic, through the re-allocation of unused quota places via the establishment of UCI Nation Ranking.[3]

Athlete Event Time Rank
Nguyễn Thị Thật Women's road race 4:10:47 73

Judo

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Vietnam qualified one judoka for the following weight class at the Games. Hoàng Thị Tình (women's extra-lightweight, 48 kg) got qualified via continental quota based on Olympic point rankings.

Athlete Event Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Repechage Final / BM
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Hoàng Thị Tình Women's –48 kg   Bedioui (TUN)
L 00–01
Did not advance

Rowing

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Vietnam rowers qualified one boats in the women's single sculls for the Games, through the 2024 Asian & Oceania Continental Qualification Regatta in Chungju, South Korea.

Athlete Event Heats Repechage Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Phạm Thị Huệ Women's single sculls 8:03.84 4 R 8:00.97 2 QF 7:56.96 6 SC/D 8:22.85 6 FD 7:47.84 23

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

Shooting

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Vietnamese shooters achieved quota places for the following events based on their results at the 2022 and 2023 ISSF World Championships, 2023 and 2024 Asian Championships, and 2024 ISSF World Olympic Qualification Tournament.[4]

Athlete Event Qualification Final
Points Rank Points Rank
Trịnh Thu Vinh Women's 10 m air pistol 578 4 Q 198.6 4
Women's 25 m pistol 587 4 Q 16 7
Lê Thị Mộng Tuyền Women's 10 m air rifle 621.1 40 Did not advance

Swimming

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Vietnamese swimmers achieved the entry standards in the following events for Paris 2024 (a maximum of two swimmers under the Olympic Qualifying Time (OST) and potentially at the Olympic Consideration Time (OCT)):[5]

Athlete Event Heat Semifinal Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Nguyễn Huy Hoàng Men's 800 m freestyle 8:08.39 28 Did not advance
Men's 1500 m freestyle 15:18.63 21 Did not advance
Võ Thị Mỹ Tiên Women's 200 m medley 2:17.18 27 Did not advance

Weightlifting

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Vietnam entered one weightlifter into the Olympic competition. Trịnh Văn Vinh (men's 61 kg) secured one of the top ten slots in their respective weight divisions based on the IWF Olympic Qualification Rankings.

Athlete Event Snatch Clean & Jerk Total Rank
Result Rank Result Rank
Trịnh Văn Vinh Men's −61 kg 128 DNF DNF

References

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  1. ^ "Athletics Paris 2024 Final Entries". World Athletics. Retrieved 12 July 2024.
  2. ^ "Boxing 1st World Qualification Tournament - Busto Arsizio: Which boxers have obtained quotas for Paris 2024?". Olympics. 11 March 2024. Retrieved 12 March 2024.
  3. ^ "Đánh bại tay đua Trung Quốc, Nguyễn Thị Thật bảo vệ HCV xe đạp châu Á" [Defeating Chinese rider Nguyễn Thị Thật defends Asian cycling gold medal] (in Vietnamese). Thanh Niên. 12 June 2023. Retrieved 12 June 2023.
  4. ^ "Quota Places by Nation and Number". issf-sports.org/. ISSF. 1 January 2018. Retrieved 18 September 2022.
  5. ^ "Paris 2024 – Swimming Qualification". World Aquatics. Retrieved 4 June 2023.