Cayman Islands at the 2016 Summer Olympics

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Cayman Islands at the
2016 Summer Olympics
Flag of the Cayman Islands (pre-1999).svg
Flag of the Cayman Islands
IOC code CAY
NOC Cayman Islands Olympic Committee
Website www.caymanolympic.org.ky
in Rio de Janeiro
Competitors5 in 3 sports
Flag bearer Ronald Forbes [1]
Medals
Gold
0
Silver
0
Bronze
0
Total
0
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)

Cayman Islands competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 5 to 21 August 2016. This was the nation's tenth appearance at the Summer Olympics.

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Cayman Islands Olympic Committee selected a total of five athletes, three men and two women, for the Games across three different sports (athletics, sailing, and swimming), matching its roster size from London 2012. [2] Among the sports represented by the athletes, Cayman Islands marked its Olympic return in sailing after a sixteen-year absence.

The Caymanian team featured swimming siblings Geoffrey and Lara Butler, Laser Radial sailor Florence Allan, track sprinter Kemar Hyman, and hurdler Ronald Forbes, who joined Kareem Streete-Thompson as the only athletes to compete in three editions of the Games. [2] The most experienced member of the team, Forbes was chosen by the committee to lead the delegation for the second time as Cayman Islands' flag bearer in the opening ceremony. [1] [3] Cayman Islands, however, has yet to win its first Olympic medal.

Cayman Islands entering stadium at 2016 Summer Olympics Opening Ceremony Cayman-islands-olympic-ceremony-island-company.jpg
Cayman Islands entering stadium at 2016 Summer Olympics Opening Ceremony

Athletics (track and field)

Caymanian athletes achieved qualifying standards in the following athletics events (up to a maximum of 3 athletes in each event): [4] [5]

Key
Track & road events
AthleteEventHeatQuarterfinalSemifinalFinal
ResultRankResultRankResultRankResultRank
Ronald Forbes Men's 110 m hurdles 14.676—did not advance
Kemar Hyman Men's 100 m Bye10.347did not advance

Sailing

Cayman Islands received an invitation from the Tripartite Commission to send a sailor competing in the Laser Radial class to the Olympics, signifying the nation's comeback to the sport for the first time since 2000.

AthleteEventRaceNet pointsFinal rank
12345678910M*
Florence Allan Women's Laser Radial 35343136DNFDNF32343336EL30836

M = Medal race; EL = Eliminated – did not advance into the medal race

Swimming

Cayman Islands received a Universality invitation from FINA to send two swimmers (one male and one female) to the Olympics. [6] [7] [8]

AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinal
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Geoffrey Butler Men's 400 m freestyle 4:07.8748—did not advance
Lara Butler Women's 100 m backstroke 1:04.9829did not advance

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  2. 1 2 Whittaker, James (19 July 2016). "Five Cayman athletes ready for Rio". Cayman Compass. Retrieved 13 September 2016.
  3. ↑ "Ronald Forbes named Cayman Islands flag bearer". The Cayman Reporter. 5 August 2016. Archived from the original on 4 January 2017. Retrieved 13 September 2016.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
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