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Myanmar at the 2020 Summer Olympics

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| NOC = MYA

| NOCname = Myanmar Olympic Committee

| games = Summer Olympics

| year = 2020

| start_date = {{start date|2021|7|23}}

| end_date = {{end date|2021|8|8}}

| flagcaption = Flag of Myanmar

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| website = {{URL|www.myasoc.org }} {{in lang|my}}

| location = Tokyo, Japan

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| sports = 2

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| gold = 0

| silver = 0

| bronze = 0

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Myanmar 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.{{cite news|title=Joint Statement from the International Olympic Committee and the Tokyo 2020 Organising Committee|url=https://www.olympic.org/news/joint-statement-from-the-international-olympic-committee-and-the-tokyo-2020-organising-committee|access-date=28 March 2020|publisher=Olympics|date=24 March 2020}} This was the nation's seventeenth appearance at the Olympics, although it had previous competed in most editions under the name Burma. Myanmar did not attend the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal for political reasons.

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.{{Cite web|url=https://www.gnlm.com.mm/three-myanmar-athletes-qualify-for-tokyo-olympics/amp/|title=Three Myanmar athletes qualify for Tokyo Olympics}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/burmese/world-57904740|title=ကပ်ရောဂါကြား ကျင်းပတဲ့ တိုကျိုအိုလံပစ်ရဲ့ ထူးခြားချက်များ|language=my}}

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width=180|Sport

! width=55|Men

! width=55|Women

! width=55|Total

align=left|Badminton

| 0

11
align=left|Shooting

| 1

01
Total || 1 || 1 || 2

Badminton

{{main|Badminton at the 2020 Summer Olympics|Badminton at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification}}

Myanmar entered one badminton player into the Olympic tournament. Thet Htar Thuzar was selected to compete in the women's singles at the Games based on the BWF World Race to Tokyo Rankings, marking the country's debut in the sport.{{cite web|title=Race to Tokyo – BWF Olympic Qualification|url=https://bwfbadminton.com/rankings/13/race-to-tokyo-bwf-olympic-qualification/77/men-s-singles/2021/21/?rows=100&page_no=1|access-date=28 May 2021}}{{cite web |title=Thet Htar Thuzar qualified for badminton event of Tokyo Olympic |url=https://www.mdn.gov.mm/en/thet-htar-thuzar-qualified-badminton-event-tokyo-olympic |website=Myanmar Digital News |date=7 July 2021 |access-date=15 July 2021 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210715170009/https://www.mdn.gov.mm/en/thet-htar-thuzar-qualified-badminton-event-tokyo-olympic |archive-date=15 July 2021}}

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rowspan=2|Athlete

!rowspan=2|Event

!colspan=3|Group Stage

!Elimination

!Quarterfinal

!Semifinal

!colspan=2|Final / {{abbr|BM|Bronze medal match}}

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|align=left|Thet Htar Thuzar

|align=left|Women's singles

|{{flagIOCathlete|Tunjung|INA|2020 Summer}}
L (11–21, 8–21)

|{{flagIOCathlete|Tan|BEL|2020 Summer}}
L (6–21, 8–21)

|3

|colspan=5|Did not advance

Shooting

{{main|Shooting at the 2020 Summer Olympics|Shooting at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification}}

Myanmar received an invitation from the Tripartite Commission to send a men's air pistol shooter to the Olympics, based on his minimum qualifying score (MQS) attained on or before June 5, 2021.{{cite web|url=https://www.issf-sports.org/competitions/ogqualification/quota_places/quota_places_by_nation_and_name.ashx|title=Quota Places by Nation and Number|date=31 May 2021|website=www.issf-sports.org/|publisher=ISSF|access-date=31 May 2021|archive-date=28 June 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210628174326/https://www.issf-sports.org/competitions/ogqualification/quota_places/quota_places_by_nation_and_name.ashx|url-status=dead}}

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!rowspan="2"|Athlete

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!colspan=2|Qualification

!colspan=2|Final

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|align=left|Ye Tun Naung

|align=left|Men's 10 m air pistol

|576

|14

| colspan="2" |Did not advance

See also

References

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