Luxembourg at the 2016 Summer Olympics

Luxembourg at the 2016 Summer Olympics
IOC code	LUX
NOC	Luxembourg Olympic and Sporting Committee
Website	www.teamletzebuerg.lu  (in French)
in Rio de Janeiro
Competitors	10 in 5 sports
Flag bearer	Gilles Müller [1]
Medals	Gold 0 Silver 0 Bronze 0 Total 0
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
1900 1904–1908 1912 1920 1924 1928 1932 1936 1948 1952 1956 1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016 2020

Luxembourg competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 5 to 21 August 2016. Since the nation's official debut in 1900, Luxembourgish athletes have appeared in every edition of the Summer Olympic Games throughout the modern era, with the exception of the sparsely attended 1904 and 1908 Summer Olympics, and the 1932 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles at the period of the worldwide Great Depression.

Luxembourg Olympic and Sporting Committee selected a team of 10 athletes to compete in five sports at the Games. ^[2] The nation's roster in Rio de Janeiro was also a replication to those sent to Athens 2004, but had an equal share between men and women with five each. Among the sports represented by the athletes, Luxembourg staged its Olympic comeback in track and field from a 12-year absence.

The Luxembourg team featured six returning Olympians. Five of them competed at London 2012, with the exception of professional road cyclist Fränk Schleck, who staged an eight-year comeback to his third and final Olympic circuit in Rio de Janeiro before retiring from the sport. ^[3] Other notable Luxembourgian athletes were swimmers Raphaël Stacchiotti and Laurent Carnol, table tennis player and four-time Olympian Ni Xialian, and world no. 44 tennis player Gilles Müller, who led the team as the nation's flag bearer in the opening ceremony. ^[1]

Luxembourg, however, failed to win its first Olympic medal, since the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, where middle-distance runner Josy Barthel took home the men's 1500 m title.

Athletics

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

Luxembourgish athletes have so far achieved qualifying standards in the following athletics events (up to a maximum of 3 athletes in each event), signifying the nation's Olympic return to the sport for the first time since 2004: ^{[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
Charles Grethen	Men's 800 m	1:48.93	5	Did not advance
Charline Mathias	Women's 800 m	2:09.30	8	Did not advance

Cycling

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

Road

Luxembourgish riders qualified for the following quota places in the men's and women's Olympic road race by virtue of their best individual ranking in the 2015 UCI World Tour (for men) and top 22 national finish in the 2016 UCI World Ranking (for women). ^{[6] [7]}

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Fränk Schleck	Men's road race	6:13:36	20
Chantal Hoffmann	Women's road race	Did not finish
Christine Majerus	Women's road race	3:56:34	18
	Women's time trial	48:16.17	22

Swimming

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

Luxembourgish swimmers have so far achieved qualifying standards in the following events (up to a maximum of 2 swimmers in each event at the Olympic Qualifying Time (OQT), and potentially 1 at the Olympic Selection Time (OST)): ^{[8] [9]}

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Laurent Carnol	Men's 100 m breaststroke	1:00.88	=27	Did not advance
	Men's 200 m breaststroke	2:11.94	21	Did not advance
Raphaël Stacchiotti	Men's 100 m freestyle	50.79	47	Did not advance
	Men's 200 m individual medley	2:00.21	21	Did not advance
	Men's 400 m individual medley	4:20.37	23	N/A		Did not advance
Julie Meynen	Women's 50 m freestyle	25.12	26	Did not advance
	Women's 100 m freestyle	55.09	25	Did not advance

Table tennis

Main articles: Table tennis at the 2016 Summer Olympics and Table tennis at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Luxembourg has entered one athlete into the table tennis competition at the Games. Remarkably going to her fifth Olympics, Ni Xialian granted an invitation from ITTF to compete in the women's singles as one of the next seven highest-ranked eligible players, not yet qualified, on the Olympic Ranking List. ^[10]

Athlete	Event	Preliminary	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Ni Xialian	Women's singles	Bye	Kumahara  (BRA) W 4–3	Shen Yf  (ESP) W 4–3	Feng Tw  (SIN) L 2–4	Did not advance

Tennis

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

Luxembourg has entered one tennis player into the Olympic tournament. London 2012 Olympian Gilles Müller (world no. 44) qualified directly for the men's singles as one of the top 56 eligible players in the ATP World Rankings as of June 6, 2016. ^{[11] [12]}

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Gilles Müller	Men's singles	Janowicz  (POL) W 7–5, 1–6, 7–6(12–10)	Tsonga  (FRA) W 6–4, 6–3	Bautista Agut  (ESP) L 4–6, 6–7(4–7)	Did not advance

References

1. "Gilles Muller porte-drapeau du Luxembourg" [Gilles Müller will be Luxembourg's flag bearer] (in French). Luxemburger Wort. 5 August 2016. Retrieved 5 August 2016.
2. "Who is going to Rio from Luxembourg?". Luxemburger Wort. 5 August 2016. Retrieved 25 September 2016.^{[ permanent dead link ]}
3. "Luxembourg's Fränk Schleck to hang up his helmet". Luxemburger Wort. 5 August 2016. Archived from the original on 27 September 2016. Retrieved 25 September 2016.
4. "iaaf.org – Top Lists". IAAF. Retrieved 18 April 2015.
5. "IAAF Games of the XXX Olympiad – Rio 2016 Entry Standards" (PDF). IAAF . Retrieved 18 April 2015.
6. "UCI announces men's road Olympic quotas". Cyclingnews.com. 18 January 2016. Retrieved 20 January 2016.
7. "UCI announce women's road cycling quotas for Rio Olympics". Cyclingnews.com. 1 June 2016. Retrieved 2 June 2016.
8. "Swimming World Rankings". FINA. Archived from the original on 6 January 2011. Retrieved 14 March 2015.
9. "Rio 2016 – FINA Swimming Qualification System" (PDF). Rio 2016 . FINA. Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 February 2015. Retrieved 23 January 2015.
10. "Ni Xia Lian qualifiée pour les JO à Rio" [Ni Xialian qualified for the Rio Olympics] (in French). L'essentiel. 22 May 2016. Retrieved 25 May 2016.
11. "ITF announces entries for Rio 2016 Olympics". International Tennis Federation. 30 June 2016. Retrieved 1 July 2016.
12. "Luxembourg's Gilles Muller directly qualifies for Rio". Luxemburger Wort. 6 June 2016. Archived from the original on 7 April 2017. Retrieved 8 June 2016.

External links

• Luxembourg at the 2016 Summer Olympics at SR/Olympics