Kosovo at the 2020 Summer Olympics
Kosovo (KOS) competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan, represented by the Olympic Committee of Kosovo (KOK/OKK). The nation had previously participated in the Summer Olympic Games on one occasion in 2016. A total of 11 athletes, five men and six women, were selected by the national committee to compete in six sports. Initially scheduled to take place during the summer of 2020, the games were postponed to 23 July to 8 August 2021 in relation to the pandemic of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19).
| Kosovo at the 2020 Summer Olympics | |
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| IOC code | KOS |
| NOC | Olympic Committee of Kosovo |
| Website | noc-kosovo.org (in Albanian and Serbian) |
| in Tokyo, Japan July 23, 2021 – August 8, 2021 | |
| Competitors | 11 in 6 sports |
| Flag bearers (opening) | Majlinda Kelmendi Akil Gjakova |
| Flag bearer (closing) | Egzon Shala |
| Medals Ranked 42nd |
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| Summer Olympics appearances (overview) | |
| Other related appearances | |
| Yugoslavia (1920–1992W) Independent Olympic Participants (1992S) Serbia and Montenegro (1996–2006) Serbia (2008–2012) | |
Kosovo won two gold medals, a further improvement on its 2016 performance where the country won one gold medal. Kosovo remains the only country to win more than two medals, all of which are gold. The gold medals were won by two female Judokas.
Distria Krasniqi who won Gold in the Women's 48 kg event and by Nora Gjakova who won Gold in the Women's 57 kg event. Majlinda Kelmendi the gold medalist from the 2016 Summer Olympics represented Kosovo for the second time in the Women's 52 kg category.