Vietnam at the 2016 Summer Olympics

Vietnam at the
2016 Summer Olympics

IOC code

VIE

NOC

Vietnam Olympic Committee

Website

www.voc.org.vn (Vietnamese) (English)

in Rio de Janeiro

Competitors

23 in 10 sports

Flag bearer

Vũ Thành An (opening)^[1]

Medals
Ranked 48th

Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	1	0	2

Summer Olympics appearances (overview)

Vietnam competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 5 to 21 August 2016. This was the nation's ninth appearance at the Olympics, with the exception of the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, because of its partial support to the Soviet boycott.

The Vietnam Olympic Committee (VOC) fielded a squad of 23 athletes, 9 men and 14 women, to compete in 10 sports at the Games.^[2] It was the nation's largest delegation sent to the Olympics in a non-boycotting edition, and the second-largest overall in history, beating the record of 18 athletes who attended the London Games in 2012. This was also the youngest delegation in Vietnam's Olympic history, with about half under the age of 25. For the second time in history, the Vietnamese team featured more female athletes than males.

Eight athletes on the Vietnamese roster previously competed in London, with the rest of the field making their Olympic debut in Rio de Janeiro. Among the nation's athletes were pistol shooter and London 2012 fourth-place finalist Hoàng Xuân Vinh, world-ranked swimmer and 2014 Youth Olympic champion Nguyễn Thị Ánh Viên, weightlifter Trần Lê Quốc Toàn, and sabre fencer and two-time Southeast Asian Games titleholder Vũ Thành An, who was selected by the committee to carry the Vietnamese flag at the opening ceremony.^[1]

Vietnam left Rio de Janeiro with two medals, signifying its most successful Olympic showing at a single edition and also achieving the medal target set by VOC.^[3]^[4] Hoàng Xuân Vinh claimed his nation's first ever gold medal in the men's 10 m air pistol on the opening day of the Games, and then followed it up with a silver in the 50 m pistol four days later, emerging himself as the most decorated Vietnamese athlete in history.^[5]^[6]

Medalists

Further information: 2016 Summer Olympics medal table and List of 2016 Summer Olympics medal winners

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
01 ! Gold	Hoàng Xuân Vinh	Shooting	Men's 10 m air pistol	000000002016-08-06-00006 August
02 ! Silver	Hoàng Xuân Vinh	Shooting	Men's 50 m pistol	000000002016-08-10-000010 August

Athletics

Main articles: Athletics at the 2016 Summer Olympics and Athletics at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Vietnamese achieved three qualifying standards in the athletics events (up to a maximum of 3 athletes in each event):^[7]^[8]

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		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Nguyễn Thành Ngưng	Men's 20 km walk	N/A				1:30:01	60
Nguyễn Thị Huyền	Women's 400 m	52:97	6	Did not advance
Nguyễn Thị Huyền	Women's 400 m hurdles	57.87	7	Did not advance

Badminton

Main articles: Badminton at the 2016 Summer Olympics and Badminton at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Vietnam qualified two badminton players for each of the following events into the Olympic tournament. Two-time Olympian Nguyễn Tiến Minh and Vũ Thị Trang were selected among the top 34 individual shuttlers each in the men's and women's singles based on the BWF World Rankings as of 5 May 2016.^[9]^[10]

Athlete	Event	Group Stage				Elimination	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Nguyễn Tiến Minh	Men's singles	Malkov (RUS) W (15–21, 21–9, 21–13)	Obernosterer (AUT) W (21–18, 21–14)	Lin D (CHN) L (7–21, 12–21)	2	Did not advance
Vũ Thị Trang	Women's singles	Okuhara (JPN) L (10–21, 8–21)	Fanetri (INA) W (21–12, 21–11)	N/A	2	Did not advance

Fencing

Main articles: Fencing at the 2016 Summer Olympics and Fencing at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Vietnam entered four fencers into the Olympic competition. Vũ Thành An, Nguyễn Thị Như Hoa, and Nguyễn Thị Lệ Dung had claimed their Olympic spots with a top finish at the Asian Zonal Qualifier in Wuxi, China. Meanwhile, Đỗ Thị Anh received a spare berth freed up by New Zealand's Yuan Ping, who was ruled ineligible to compete because she played under the Chinese jersey. Anh, as the next highest-ranked fencer not yet qualified, was selected to replace her in the foil event.^[11]

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Vũ Thành An	Men's sabre	N/A	Occhiuzzi (ITA) W 15–12	Anstett (FRA) L 8–15	Did not advance
Nguyễn Thị Như Hoa	Women's épée	Mallo (FRA) L 7–15	Did not advance
Đỗ Thị Anh	Women's foil	Kontochristopoulou (GRE) W 15–13	Errigo (ITA) L 9–15	Did not advance
Nguyễn Thị Lệ Dung	Women's sabre	Bye	Kim J-y (KOR) L 3–15	Did not advance

Gymnastics

Main articles: Gymnastics at the 2016 Summer Olympics and Gymnastics at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Artistic

Vietnam entered two artistic gymnasts into the Olympic competition. London 2012 Olympian Phạm Phước Hưng and Phan Thị Hà Thanh had claimed their Olympic spots each in the men's and women's apparatus and all-around events, respectively, at the Olympic Test Event in Rio de Janeiro.^[12]^[13]

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification								Final
		Apparatus						Total	Rank	Apparatus						Total	Rank
		F	PH	R	V	PB	HB	Total	Rank	F	PH	R	V	PB	HB	Total	Rank
Phạm Phước Hưng	Parallel bars	N/A				14.966	N/A	14.966	12	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualification						Final
		Apparatus				Total	Rank	Apparatus				Total	Rank
		V	UB	BB	F	Total	Rank	V	UB	BB	F	Total	Rank
Phan Thị Hà Thanh	Vault	14.233	N/A			14.233	17	Did not advance
Phan Thị Hà Thanh	Balance beam	N/A		13.800	N/A	13.800	36	Did not advance

Judo

Main articles: Judo at the 2016 Summer Olympics and Judo at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Vietnam qualified one judoka for the women's extra-lightweight category (48 kg) at the Games. Văn Ngọc Tú earned a continental quota spot from the Asian region, as the highest-ranked Vietnamese judoka outside of direct qualifying position in the IJF World Ranking List of May 30, 2016.^[14]^[15]

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Văn Ngọc Tú	Women's −48 kg	Moscatt (ITA) W 000–000 S	Jeong B-k (KOR) L 000–102	Did not advance

Rowing

Main articles: Rowing at the 2016 Summer Olympics and Rowing at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Vietnam has qualified one boat each in the women's lightweight double sculls for the Olympics at the 2016 Asia & Oceania Continental Qualification Regatta in Chungju, South Korea.

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechage		Semifinals		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Hồ Thị Lý Tạ Thanh Huyền	Women's lightweight double sculls	7:29.91	5 R	8:19.79	4 SC/D	8:18.47	3 FC	DNS	18

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

Hoàng Xuân Vinh with the gold medal

Main articles: Shooting at the 2016 Summer Olympics and Shooting at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Vietnamese shooters achieved quota places for two events by virtue of their best finishes at the 2014 ISSF World Shooting Championships, the 2015 ISSF World Cup series, and Asian Championships, as long as they obtained a minimum qualifying score (MQS) by March 31, 2016.^[16]

Hoàng Xuân Vinh became the first Vietnamese athlete to win a gold medal at the Summer Olympics, beating Brazil's Felipe Almeida Wu in the final round of the men's 10 m air pistol with a score of 202.5, which also set an Olympic record based on the new ISSF rule changed at the start of 2013. He also added a silver to his Olympic treasury in the men's 50 m pistol, making him the first Vietnamese athlete to earn multiple Olympic medals.

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Hoàng Xuân Vinh	Men's 10 m air pistol	581	4 Q	202.5 OR	01 !
Hoàng Xuân Vinh	Men's 50 m pistol	556	6 Q	191.3	02 !
Trần Quốc Cường	Men's 10 m air pistol	575	26	Did not advance
Trần Quốc Cường	Men's 50 m pistol	542	31	Did not advance

Qualification Legend: Q = Qualify for the next round; q = Qualify for the bronze medal (shotgun)

Swimming

Main articles: Swimming at the 2016 Summer Olympics and Swimming at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Vietnamese swimmers achieved qualifying standards in four events (up to a maximum of 2 swimmers in each event at the Olympic Qualifying Time (OQT), and potentially 1 at the Olympic Selection Time (OST)):^[17]^[18]

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Hoàng Quý Phước	Men's 200 m freestyle	1:50.39	41	Did not advance
Nguyễn Thị Ánh Viên	Women's 400 m freestyle	4:16.32	26	N/A		Did not advance
	Women's 200 m individual medley	2:16.20	33	Did not advance
	Women's 400 m individual medley	4:36.85	9	N/A		Did not advance

Weightlifting

Main articles: Weightlifting at the 2016 Summer Olympics and Weightlifting at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Vietnamese weightlifters qualified three men's quota places for the Rio Olympics based on their combined team standing by points at the 2014 and 2015 IWF World Championships. A single women's Olympic spot had been added to the Vietnamese roster by virtue of a top six national finish at the 2016 Asian Championships.^[19] The team must allocate these places to individual athletes by June 20, 2016.

Athlete	Event	Snatch		Clean & Jerk		Total	Rank
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Total	Rank
Thạch Kim Tuấn	Men's −56 kg	130	4	~~160~~	DNF	130	DNF
Trần Lê Quốc Toàn	Men's −56 kg	121	6	154	4	275	5
Hoàng Tuấn Tài	Men's −85 kg	145	17	180	17	325	17
Vương Thị Huyền	Women's −48 kg	84	DNF	—	—	—	DNF

Wrestling

Main articles: Wrestling at the 2016 Summer Olympics and Wrestling at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Vietnam qualified two wrestlers for each of the following weight classes into the Olympic competition, as a result of their semifinal triumphs at the 2016 Asian Qualification Tournament.^[20]

Key:

VT – Victory by Fall.
PP – Decision by Points – the loser with technical points.
PO – Decision by Points – the loser without technical points.
ST – Technical superiority – the loser without technical points and a margin of victory of at least 8 (Greco-Roman) or 10 (freestyle) points.

Women's freestyle

Athlete	Event	Qualification	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Vũ Thị Hằng	−48 kg	Withdrew due to injury
Nguyễn Thị Lụa	−53 kg	Bye	Sambou (SEN) L 0–5 ^VT	Did not advance					15

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Nations at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

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Oceania	American Samoa Australia Cook Islands Fiji Guam Kiribati Marshall Islands Federated States of Micronesia Nauru New Zealand Palau Papua New Guinea Samoa Solomon Islands Tonga Tuvalu Vanuatu

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