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. Competitors. The following  is the list of number of competitors in the Games. Athletics. Turkmenistan received universality slots from IAAF to send two athletes (one male and one female) to the Olympics. Judo. Turkmenistan entered one female judoka into the Olympic tournament based on the International Judo Federation Olympics Individual Ranking. Swimming. Turkmenistan has received a Universality invitation from FINA to send two swimmers (one male and one female) to the Olympics. Weightlifting. Turkmen weightlifters qualified for five quota places at the games, based on the Tokyo 2020 Rankings Qualification List of 11 June 2021.