Gabon at the 2016 Summer Olympics

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Gabon at the
2016 Summer Olympics
Flag of Gabon.svg
IOC code GAB
NOC Comité Olympique Gabonais
in Rio de Janeiro
Competitors6 in 4 sports
Flag bearer Anthony Obame [1]
Medals
Gold
0
Silver
0
Bronze
0
Total
0
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)

Gabon 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 Olympics.

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Gabon Olympic Committee (French : Comité Olympique Gabonais) sent a total of six athletes, four men and two women, to compete in four different sports at these Games. [2] The nation's roster was relatively smaller by nearly three quarters of its size from London 2012, where Gabon registered a team of 26 athletes. Among the sports represented by the athletes, Gabon made its Olympic debut in swimming.

Among the Gabonese athletes on the team were sprinters Wilfried Bingangoye and Ruddy Zang Milama, and taekwondo fighter Anthony Obame, who established history as the nation's first ever Olympic medalist, earning the silver in the men's heavyweight category (+80 kg) four years earlier. The most successful athlete of the Games, Obame led the team as Gabon's first male flag bearer in the opening ceremony since 1996. [1]

Gabon, however, left Rio de Janeiro without a single Olympic medal, failing to reproduce it from the previous Games. Silver medalist Anthony Obame was eliminated by Mahama Cho of Great Britain in taekwondo, failing to achieve his successful performance from his appearance in the 2012 Summer Olympics.

Athletics (track and field)

Gabonese athletes have so far achieved qualifying standards in the following athletics events (up to a maximum of 3 athletes in each event): [3] [4]

Key
Track & road events
AthleteEventHeatQuarterfinalSemifinalFinal
ResultRankResultRankResultRankResultRank
Wilfried Bingangoye Men's 100 m 11.035Did not advance
Ruddy Zang Milama Women's 100 m Bye11.677Did not advance

Judo

Gabon has qualified two judokas for each of the following weight classes at the Games. Sarah Myriam Mazouz was ranked among the top 14 eligible judokas for women in the IJF World Ranking List of May 30, 2016, while Paul Kibikai at men's half-middleweight (81 kg) earned a continental quota spot from the African region as Gabon's top-ranked judoka outside of direct qualifying position. [5]

AthleteEventRound of 64Round of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsRepechageFinal / BM
Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Rank
Paul Kibikai Men's −81 kg ByeFlag of Iraq.svg  Al-Aameri  (IRQ)
W 000–000 S		Flag of Japan.svg  Nagase  (JPN)
L 000–100		Did not advance
Sarah Myriam Mazouz Women's −78 kg —ByeFlag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Powell  (GBR)
L 000–100		Did not advance

Swimming

Gabon has received a Universality invitation from FINA to send a male swimmer for the first time to the Olympics. [6] [7] [8]

AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinal
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Maël Ambonguilat Men's 50 m freestyle 27.2175Did not advance

Taekwondo

Gabon entered one athlete into the taekwondo competition at the Olympics. 2012 Olympic silver medalist Anthony Obame qualified automatically for the men's heavyweight category (+80 kg) by finishing in the top 6 WTF Olympic rankings. [9]

AthleteEventRound of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsRepechageFinal / BM
Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Rank
Anthony Obame Men's +80 kg Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Cho  (GBR)
L 6–12		Did not advance

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