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.

Vietnam at the
2012 Summer Olympics
IOC codeVIE
NOCVietnam Olympic Committee
Websitewww.voc.org.vn (in Vietnamese and English)
in London
Competitors18 in 11 sports
Flag bearers Nguyễn Tiến Nhật (opening)[1]
Lê Huỳnh Châu (closing)
Medals
Gold
0
Silver
0
Bronze
1
Total
1
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)

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

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

Competitors

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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

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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
Women
Track & road events
Athlete Event Final
Result Rank
Nguyễn Thị Thanh Phúc 20 km walk 1:33:36 NR 36
Field events
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Distance Position Distance Position
Dương Thị Việt Anh High jump 1.80 =29 Did not advance

Badminton

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Vietnam has just qualified one athlete

Athlete Event Group Stage Elimination Quarterfinal Semifinal Final / BM
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

Fencing

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Vietnam has qualified one fencer.

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

Gymnastics

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Vietnam has qualified three athletes

Men
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Apparatus Total Rank Apparatus Total Rank
F PH R V PB HB F PH R V PB HB
Phạm Phước Hưng Rings 14.433 14.433 40 Did not advance
Parallel bars 15.133 15.133 19 Did not advance
Women
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Apparatus Total Rank Apparatus Total Rank
F V UB BB F V UB BB
Phan Thị Hà Thanh Floor 12.466 12.466 71 Did not advance
Vault 13.533 13.533 12 R Did not advance
Đỗ Thị Ngân Thương Uneven bars 11.466 11.466 73 Did not advance
Balance beam 11.966 11.966 70 Did not advance

Judo

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Athlete Event Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Repechage Final / BM
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

Rowing

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Vietnam has qualified one boat.

Women
Athlete Event Heats Repechage Semifinals Final
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 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

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Vietnam has qualified two athletes [2]

Men
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Points Rank Points Rank
Hoàng Xuân Vinh 10 m air pistol 582 9 Did not advance
50 m pistol 563 4 Q 658.5 4
Women
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Points Rank Points Rank
Lê Thị Hoàng Ngọc 25 m pistol 574 32 Did not advance
10 m air pistol 379 21 Did not advance

Swimming

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

Taekwondo

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Vietnam has qualified two athletes.

Athlete Event Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Repechage Bronze Medal Final
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
Chu Hoàng Diệu Linh Women's −67 kg   Fromm (GER)
L 1–13 PTG
Did not advance

Weightlifting

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Vietnam has qualified two athletes

Athlete Event Snatch Clean & Jerk Total Rank
Result Rank Result 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

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Vietnam has qualified one athlete.

Key:

  • VTVictory 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
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 16

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Staff (16 June 2012). "Kiếm thủ 9x Nguyễn Tiến Nhật cầm cờ Olympic" [Fencer Nguyễn Tiến Nhật takes the flag at the Olympics] (in Vietnamese). tin247.com. Retrieved 17 July 2012.
  2. ^ "Entry List". Retrieved 14 May 2012.
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