# Turkmenistan at the 2020 Summer Olympics

Turkmenistan 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, due to the COVID-19 pandemic. This was the nation's seventh consecutive appearance at the Summer Olympics in the post-Soviet era.
Polina Guryeva won the country's first ever medal by placing second in the women's 59 kg in weightlifting. With that achievement Turkmenistan became the last post-Soviet country to win a medal at the Olympics.

## Medallist

| Medal | Name | Sport | Event | Date |
| Silver | Polina Guryeva | Weightlifting | Women's 59 kg | 27 July |

## Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.
| Sport | Men | Women | Total |
| Athletics | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Judo | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Swimming | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Weightlifting | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| Total | 5 | 4 | 9 |

## Athletics

Turkmenistan received a universality slot from IAAF to send a male track and field athlete to the Olympics.

### 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

### Field events

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Distance | Position | Distance | Position |
| Mergen Mämmedow | Men's hammer throw | 67.53 | 30 | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Judo

Turkmenistan entered one female judoka into the Olympic tournament based on the International Judo Federation Olympics Individual Ranking.
| 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 |
| Gulbadam Babamuratova | Women's −52 kg | Cohen (ISR) L 00–10 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Swimming

Turkmenistan received a universality invitation from FINA to send two top-ranked swimmers (one per gender) in their respective individual events to the Olympics, based on the FINA Points System of June 28, 2021.
| Athlete | Event | Heat | Heat | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Merdan Ataýew | Men's 100 m backstroke | 55.24 | 34 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Merdan Ataýew | Men's 200 m backstroke | 2:03.68 | 29 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Darya Semyonova | Women's 100 m breaststroke | 1:16.37 | 39 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Weightlifting

Turkmen weightlifters qualified for five quota places at the games, based on the Tokyo 2020 Rankings Qualification List of 11 June 2021.
| Athlete | Event | Snatch | Snatch | Clean & Jerk | Clean & Jerk | Total | Rank |
| Athlete | Event | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Total | Rank |
| Rejepbaý Rejepow | Men's −81 kg | 164 | 3 | 198 | DNF | 164 | DNF |
| Öwez Öwezow | Men's −109 kg | 171 | 11 | 200 | 10 | 371 | 10 |
| Hojamuhammet Toýçyýew | Men's +109 kg | 184 | 4 | 230 | 6 | 414 | 4 |
| Kristina Şermetowa | Women's −55 kg | 90 | 5 | 115 | 5 | 205 | 6 |
| Polina Guryeva | Women's −59 kg | 96 | 3 | 121 | 2 | 217 | |