# Vietnam at the 2012 Summer Olympics

Vietnam competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, from July 27 to August 12, 2012. This was the nation's eighth appearance at the Olympics, having missed the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, because of the Soviet boycott.
The Vietnam Olympic Committee (VOC) sent the nation's largest delegation to the Games since 1980. A total of 18 athletes, 6 men and 12 women, competed in 11 sports. For the first time in its Olympic history, Vietnam was represented by more female than male athletes. This was also the youngest delegation in Vietnam's Olympic history, with half under the age of 24, and many of them were expected to reach their peak in time for the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. Sixteen athletes competed in their first Olympics, including épée fencer Nguyễn Tiến Nhật, who was the nation's flag bearer at the opening ceremony.
Despite fielding its largest delegation to these games, Vietnam, however, failed to win a single medal. Pistol shooter Hoàng Xuân Vinh and weightlifter Trần Lê Quốc Toàn narrowly missed out on Olympic medals in London, after finishing fourth in their respective sporting events.
In 2020, after the disqualification one athlete in a weightlifting men's 56 kg event, the bronze medal in this event was redistributed to Trần Lê Quốc Toàn.

## Medalists

| Medal | Name | Sport | Event | Date |
| Bronze | Trần Lê Quốc Toàn | Weightlifting | Men's 56 kg | 29 July |

## Competitors

| Sport | Men | Women | Total |
| Athletics | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Badminton | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Fencing | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Gymnastics | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Judo | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Rowing | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Shooting | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Swimming | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Taekwondo | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Weightlifting | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Wrestling | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Total | 6 | 12 | 18 |

## Athletics

Vietnamese athletes who have so far achieved qualifying standards.

### 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 | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Result | Rank |
| Nguyễn Thị Thanh Phúc | 20 km walk | 1:33:36 NR | 36 |

### Field events

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Distance | Position | Distance | Position |
| Dương Thị Việt Anh | High jump | 1.80 | =29 | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Badminton

Vietnam has just qualified one athlete
| Athlete | Event | Group Stage | Group Stage | Group Stage | Elimination | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank |
| Nguyễn Tiến Minh | Men's singles | Kashyap (IND) L 9–21, 14–21 | Y Tan (BEL) W 17–21, 21–14, 21–10 | 2 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Fencing

Vietnam has qualified one fencer.

### Men

| Athlete | Event | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank |
| Nguyễn Tiến Nhật | Individual épée | Alimzhanov (KAZ) L 9–15 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Gymnastics

Vietnam has qualified three athletes

### Men

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Apparatus | Apparatus | Apparatus | Apparatus | Apparatus | Apparatus | Total | Rank | Apparatus | Apparatus | Apparatus | Apparatus | Apparatus | Apparatus | Total | Rank |
| Athlete | Event | F | PH | R | V | PB | HB | Total | Rank | F | PH | R | V | PB | HB | Total | Rank |
| Phạm Phước Hưng | Rings | — | — | 14.433 | — | — | — | 14.433 | 40 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Phạm Phước Hưng | Parallel bars | — | — | — | — | 15.133 | — | 15.133 | 19 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

### Women

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Apparatus | Apparatus | Apparatus | Apparatus | Total | Rank | Apparatus | Apparatus | Apparatus | Apparatus | Total | Rank |
| Athlete | Event | F | V | UB | BB | Total | Rank | F | V | UB | BB | Total | Rank |
| Phan Thị Hà Thanh | Floor | 12.466 | — | — | — | 12.466 | 71 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Phan Thị Hà Thanh | Vault | — | 13.533 | — | — | 13.533 | 12 R | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Đỗ Thị Ngân Thương | Uneven bars | — | — | 11.466 | — | 11.466 | 73 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Đỗ Thị Ngân Thương | Balance beam | — | — | — | 11.966 | 11.966 | 70 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Judo

| Athlete | Event | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Repechage | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Văn Ngọc Tú | Women's −48 kg | Menezes (BRA) L 0002–0021 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Rowing

Vietnam has qualified one boat.

### Women

| Athlete | Event | Heats | Heats | Repechage | Repechage | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Phạm Thị Hài Phạm Thị Thảo | Lightweight double sculls | 7:50.06 | 5 R | 7:37.64 | 5 FC | Bye | Bye | 7:51.82 | 16 |
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

Vietnam has qualified two athletes

### Men

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Points | Rank | Points | Rank |
| Hoàng Xuân Vinh | 10 m air pistol | 582 | 9 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Hoàng Xuân Vinh | 50 m pistol | 563 | 4 Q | 658.5 | 4 |

### Women

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Points | Rank | Points | Rank |
| Lê Thị Hoàng Ngọc | 25 m pistol | 574 | 32 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Lê Thị Hoàng Ngọc | 10 m air pistol | 379 | 21 | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Swimming
### Women

| Athlete | Event | Heat | Heat | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Nguyễn Thị Ánh Viên | 200 m backstroke | 2:13.35 | 26 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Nguyễn Thị Ánh Viên | 400 m individual medley | 4:50.32 | 28 | — | — | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Taekwondo

Vietnam has qualified two athletes.
| Athlete | Event | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Repechage | Bronze Medal | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Lê Huỳnh Châu | Men's −58 kg | Wei C-Y (TPE) L 1–5 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Chu Hoàng Diệu Linh | Women's −67 kg | Fromm (GER) L 1–13 PTG | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Weightlifting

Vietnam has qualified two athletes
| Athlete | Event | Snatch | Snatch | Clean & Jerk | Clean & Jerk | Total | Rank |
| Athlete | Event | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Total | Rank |
| Trần Lê Quốc Toàn | Men's −56 kg | 125 | 6 | 159 | 2 | 284 | |
| Nguyễn Thị Thuý | Women's −53 kg | 85 | 8 | 110 | 7 | 195 | 8 |

## Wrestling

Vietnam has qualified one athlete.
Key:
* VT – Victory by Fall.
* PP – Decision by Points – the loser with technical points.
* PO – Decision by Points – the loser without technical points.

### Women's freestyle

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Round of 16 | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Repechage 1 | Repechage 2 | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Nguyễn Thị Lụa | −48 kg | Bye | Huynh (CAN) L 0–5 $^{VT}$ | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | 16 |