Vietnam at the 2012 Summer Olympics

Vietnam at the 2012 Summer Olympics
IOC code	VIE
NOC	Vietnam Olympic Committee
Website	www.voc.org.vn (in Vietnamese and English)
in London
Competitors	18 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)
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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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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
		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

• Vietnam at the 2012 Summer Paralympics

References

External links

• Vietnam at the 2012 Summer Olympics on Vietnam Olympic Committee's website (in Vietnamese)
• Vietnam at the 2012 Summer Olympics Archived 2013-01-03 at archive.today