Honduras at the 2016 Summer Olympics

Honduras at the 2016 Summer Olympics
IOC code	HON
NOC	Comité Olímpico Hondureño
Website	cohonduras.com  (in Spanish)
in Rio de Janeiro
Competitors	25 in 7 sports
Flag bearer	Rolando Palacios [1]
Medals	Gold 0 Silver 0 Bronze 0 Total 0
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Honduras competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 5 to 21 August 2016. This was the nation's eleventh appearance at the Summer Olympics.

Honduran Olympic Committee (Spanish : Comité Olímpico Hondureño) sent the nation's second-largest delegation to the Games, matching its roster size with Beijing 2008. A total of 26 athletes, 25 men and 1 woman, were selected to the Honduran team across eight sports, with the men's football squad returning for its third consecutive appearance at these Games. ^[2] Among the Honduran athletes were weightlifter Cristopher Pavón, butterfly swimmer Allan Gutiérrez, taekwondo fighter Miguel Ferrera, and track sprinter Rolando Palacios, who led the squad as the nation's flag bearer in the opening ceremony. ^[1]

Honduras narrowly missed out on its first ever Olympic medal in Rio de Janeiro, as the men's football team, led by captain Bryan Acosta, suffered a 2–3 defeat to the Nigerians for the bronze. ^[3]

Athletics

Main articles: Athletics at the 2016 Summer Olympics and Athletics at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Honduras received a universality slot from IAAF to send a male athlete to the Olympics.: ^{[4] [5]}

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

Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Rolando Palacios	Men's 200 m	21.32	7	Did not advance

Boxing

Main articles: Boxing at the 2016 Summer Olympics and Boxing at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Honduras entered one boxer to compete only in the men's lightweight division into the Olympic boxing tournament. Teofimo Lopéz had claimed his Olympic spot with a semifinal victory at the 2016 American Qualification Tournament in Buenos Aires, Argentina. ^[6]

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Teofimo Lopéz	Men's lightweight	Oumiha  (FRA) L 0–3	Did not advance

Football

Main article: Football at the 2016 Summer Olympics

Men's tournament

Main articles: Football at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament and Football at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's qualification

Honduras men's football team qualified for the Olympics by attaining a top two finish at the 2015 CONCACAF Men's Olympic Qualifying Championship in the United States. ^[7]

Team roster

The following is the Honduras final squad in the men's football tournament of the 2016 Summer Olympics. ^[8] On 28 July, Kevin López left the squad due to injury and was replaced by Marcelo Espinal. ^[9]

Head coach: Jorge Luis Pinto

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	2016 club
1	1 GK	Luis López	(1993-09-13)13 September 1993 (aged 22)	0	0	Real España
2	2 DF	Jonathan Paz	(1995-06-18)18 June 1995 (aged 21)	0	0	Deportivo Real Sociedad
3	2 DF	Marcelo Pereira	(1995-05-27)27 May 1995 (aged 21)	0	0	Motagua
4	2 DF	Kevin Álvarez	(1996-08-03)3 August 1996 (aged 20)	0	0	Olimpia
5	2 DF	Allans Vargas	(1993-09-25)25 September 1993 (aged 22)	0	0	Real España
6	3 MF	Bryan Acosta (c)	(1993-11-24)24 November 1993 (aged 22)	0	0	Real España
7	3 MF	Brayan Ramírez	(1994-06-16)16 June 1994 (aged 22)	0	0	Juticalpa
8	2 DF	Johnny Palacios*	(1986-12-20)20 December 1986 (aged 29)	0	0	Olimpia
9	4 FW	Anthony Lozano	(1993-04-25)25 April 1993 (aged 23)	0	0	Tenerife
10	3 MF	Óscar Salas	(1993-12-08)8 December 1993 (aged 22)	0	0	Olimpia
11	3 MF	Marcelo Espinal	(1993-02-24)24 February 1993 (aged 23)	0	0	Unattached
12	4 FW	Romell Quioto*	(1991-08-09)9 August 1991 (aged 24)	0	0	Olimpia
13	3 MF	Jhow Benavídez	(1995-12-26)26 December 1995 (aged 20)	0	0	Real España
14	3 MF	Elder Torres	(1995-04-14)14 April 1995 (aged 21)	0	0	Real Monarchs
15	3 MF	Allan Banegas	(1993-10-04)4 October 1993 (aged 22)	0	0	Marathón
16	2 DF	Brayan García	(1993-05-26)26 May 1993 (aged 23)	0	0	Vida
17	4 FW	Alberth Elis	(1996-02-12)12 February 1996 (aged 20)	0	0	Olimpia
18	1 GK	Harold Fonseca	(1993-10-08)8 October 1993 (aged 22)	0	0	Juticalpa

* Over-aged player.

Group play

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Portugal	3	2	1	0	5	2	+3	7	Quarter-finals
2	Honduras	3	1	1	1	5	5	0	4
3	Argentina	3	1	1	1	3	4	−1	4
4	Algeria	3	0	1	2	4	6	−2	1

Source: Rio2016 & FIFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

4 August 2016 (2016-08-04)

15:00

Honduras	3–2	Algeria
Quioto 13' Pereira 33' Lozano 79'	Report (Rio2016) Report (FIFA)	Bendebka 68' Bounedjah 85'

Estádio Olímpico João Havelange, Rio de Janeiro

Attendance: 20,000 ^[10]

Referee: Sandro Ricci (Brazil)

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7 August 2016 (2016-08-07)

15:00

Honduras	1–2	Portugal
Elis 1'	Report (Rio2016) Report (FIFA)	Figueiredo 21' Paciência 36'

Estádio Olímpico João Havelange, Rio de Janeiro

Attendance: 32,928 ^[11]

Referee: Roddy Zambrano (Ecuador)

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10 August 2016 (2016-08-10)

13:00

Argentina	1–1	Honduras
Martínez 90+3'	Report (Rio2016) Report (FIFA)	Lozano 75' (pen.)

Estádio Nacional Mané Garrincha, Brasília

Attendance: 16,029 ^[12]

Referee: Antonio Mateu Lahoz (Spain)

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Quarterfinal

13 August 2016 (2016-08-13)

19:00

South Korea	0–1	Honduras
	Report (Rio2016) Report (FIFA)	Elis 59'

Mineirão, Belo Horizonte

Attendance: 36,704 ^[13]

Referee: Gehad Grisha (Egypt)

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Semifinal

17 August 2016 (2016-08-17)

13:00

Brazil	6–0	Honduras
Neymar 1', 90+1' (pen.) Gabriel Jesus 26', 35' Marquinhos 51' Luan Vieira 79'	Report (Rio2016) Report (FIFA)

Maracanã Stadium, Rio de Janeiro

Attendance: 52,457 ^[14]

Referee: Ovidiu Hațegan (Romania)

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Bronze medal match

20 August 2016 (2016-08-20)

13:00

Honduras	2–3	Nigeria
Lozano 71' Pereira 86'	Report (Rio2016) Report (FIFA)	Sadiq 34', 56' Umar 49'

Mineirão, Belo Horizonte

Attendance: 9,091 ^[15]

Referee: Sandro Ricci (Brazil)

Judo

Main articles: Judo at the 2016 Summer Olympics and Judo at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Honduras qualified one judoka for the men's heavyweight category (+100 kg) at the Games. Cuban-born Ramón Pileta earned a continental quota spot from the Pan American region as Honduras' top-ranked judoka outside of direct qualifying position in the IJF World Ranking List of May 30, 2016. ^{[16] [17]}

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
Ramón Pileta	Men's +100 kg	R Silva  (BRA) L 000–110	Did not advance

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 2016 Summer Olympics

Honduras received a Universality invitation from FINA to send two swimmers (one male and one female) to the Olympics. ^{[18] [19]}

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Allan Gutiérrez Castro	Men's 100 m butterfly	55.20	39	Did not advance
Sara Pastrana	Women's 200 m freestyle	2:03.19	38	Did not advance

Taekwondo

Main articles: Taekwondo at the 2016 Summer Olympics and Taekwondo at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Honduras received an invitation from the Tripartite Commission to send Beijing 2008 Olympian Miguel Ferrera in the men's welterweight category (80 kg) into the Olympic taekwondo competition. ^[20]

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Miguel Ferrera	Men's −80 kg	Khodabakhshi  (IRI) L 1–13 PTG	Did not advance

Weightlifting

Main articles: Weightlifting at the 2016 Summer Olympics and Weightlifting at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Honduras received an invitation from the Tripartite Commission to send London 2012 Olympian Cristopher Pavón in the men's middle-heavyweight category (94 kg) to the Olympics. ^[21]

Athlete	Event	Snatch		Clean & Jerk		Total	Rank
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Cristopher Pavón	Men's −94 kg	145	15	180	15	325	15

See also

• Honduras at the 2015 Pan American Games

References

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External links

• Honduras at the 2016 Summer Olympics at SR/Olympics (archived)