Mauritius at the 2012 Summer Olympics

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Mauritius at the
2012 Summer Olympics
Flag of Mauritius.svg
IOC code MRI
NOC Mauritius Olympic Committee
in London
Competitors11 in 7 sports
Flag bearer Natacha Rigobert [1]
Medals
Gold
0
Silver
0
Bronze
0
Total
0
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)

Mauritius competed its eighth consecutive Olympiad at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, from 27 July to 12 August 2012.

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This Olympiad had a contingent of 11 athletes, 4 men and 7 women, to represent the nation in 7 different sports. Mauritius distinctions of this Olympiad were : the repeat of sending more female than male athletes, the nation's debut at Olympic triathlon and beach volleyball, and breaking its medals streak started at the 2004 Summer Olympics. Beach volleyballer Natacha Rigobert was the eldest team member at 32 and was honored as their inaugural female flag bearer at an opening ceremony.

Athletics

Key
Men
AthleteEventHeatQuarterfinalSemifinalFinal
ResultRankResultRankResultRankResultRank
Fabrice Coiffic 100 m 10.621 Q10.597Did not advance
Women
AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinal
ResultRankResultRankResultRank
Annabelle Lascar 800 m 2:05.455Did not advance

Boxing

Mauritius has qualified boxers for the following events. [2]

Men
AthleteEventRound of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Oliver Lavigilante Flyweight Flag of Ghana.svg  Micah  (GHA)
L 14–18
Did not advance
Richarno Colin Light welterweight Flag of Morocco.svg  Aatakni  (MAR)
W 16–10
Flag of Mongolia.svg  Mönkh-Erdene  (MGL)
L 12–15
Did not advance

Cycling

Road

AthleteEventTimeRank
Aurelie Halbwachs Women's road race Did not finish

Judo

AthleteEventRound of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsRepechageFinal / BM
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Christiane Legentil Women's −52 kg ByeFlag of Albania.svg  Kelmendi  (ALB)
W 1001–0101
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Heylen  (BEL)
L 0002–0020
Did not advanceFlag of Luxembourg.svg  Müller  (LUX)
L 0002–0101
Did not advance7

Swimming

Mauritius has gained two "Universality places" from the FINA. [3]

Men
AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinal
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Mathieu Marquet 200 m freestyle 1:58.9139Did not advance
Women
AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinal
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Heather Arseth 200 m freestyle 2:07.8134Did not advance

Triathlon

Mauritius has qualified the following athletes.

AthleteEventSwim (1.5 km)Trans 1Bike (40 km)Trans 2Run (10 km)Total TimeRank
Fabienne St. Louis Women's 19:510:391:06:540:3539:382:07:3742

Volleyball

Beach

AthleteEventPreliminary roundStandingRound of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal / BM
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank
Elodie Li Yuk Lo
Natacha Rigobert
Women's Pool A
Flag of Brazil.svg  Juliana Larissa  (BRA)
L 0 – 2 (5–21, 10–21)
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Háječková Klapalová  (CZE)
L 0 – 2 (10–21, 11–21)
Flag of Germany.svg  Holtwick Semmler  (GER)
L 0 – 2 (11–21, 10–21)
4Did not advance19

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References

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