Panama at the 2016 Summer Olympics

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Panama at the
2016 Summer Olympics
Flag of Panama.svg
IOC code PAN
NOC Comité Olímpico de Panamá
Website www.copanama.com  (in Spanish)
in Rio de Janeiro
Competitors10 in 7 sports
Flag bearer Alonso Edward [1]
Medals
Gold
0
Silver
0
Bronze
0
Total
0
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)

Panama competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 5 to 21 August 2016. This was the nation's seventeenth appearance at the Summer Olympics, since its debut in 1928.

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Panama Olympic Committee (Spanish: Comité Olímpico de Panamá) sent the nation's largest delegation to the Games since 1968, with the women outnumbering the men for the first time in its history. A total of 10 athletes, 4 men and 6 women, were selected to the Panamanian squad across seven sports. [2] Artistic gymnastics and women's boxing were the only sporting events in which Panama had its debut in Rio de Janeiro.

Among the nation's athletes on the roster, three of them returned from London 2012, including taekwondo fighter Carolena Carstens (women's 57 kg), breaststroke swimmer Édgar Crespo, who attended his third straight Games as the most experienced competitor, and sprinter Alonso Edward, who was nominated by the committee to carry the Panamanian flag at the opening ceremony. [1] [3]

Panama, however, failed to win a single Olympic medal, since the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, where Irving Saladino became the nation's first ever champion in the long jump. At the Games, Edward improved upon his false start disaster from London 2012 to produce Panama's most substantial result with a seventh-place finish in the final of the men's 200 metres. [4]

Athletics (track and field)

Panamanian athletes have so far achieved qualifying standards in the following athletics events (up to a maximum of 3 athletes in each event): [5] [6]

Key
Track & road events
AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinal
ResultRankResultRankResultRank
Alonso Edward Men's 200 m 20.191 Q20.071 Q20.237
Jorge Castelblanco Men's marathon —2:39:25135
Yvette Lewis Women's 100 m hurdles 13.358Did not advance

Boxing

Panama has received an invitation from the Tripartite Commission to send a female boxer competing in the middleweight division to the Games. [7] [8]

AthleteEventRound of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Rank
Atheyna Bylon Women's middleweight Flag of Brazil.svg  Bandeira  (BRA)
L 1–2		Did not advance

Fencing

Panama has entered one fencer into the Olympic competition, signifying the country's return to the sport after an eight-year hiatus. Eileen Grench received a spare Olympic berth freed up by Dominican Republic's Rossy Félix, who was ordered a two-month suspension from FIE for her acts of disobedience, as the next highest-ranked fencer, not yet qualified, in the women's sabre at the Pan American Zonal Qualifier in San José, Costa Rica. [9]

AthleteEventRound of 64Round of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalSemifinalFinal / BM
Opposition
Score		Opposition
Score		Opposition
Score		Opposition
Score		Opposition
Score		Opposition
Score		Rank
Eileen Grench Women's sabre Flag of Japan.svg  Aoki  (JPN)
W 15–5		Flag of the United States.svg  Zagunis  (USA)
L 4–15		Did not advance

Gymnastics

Artistic

Panama has received an invitation from the Tripartite Commission to send a female gymnast to the Games, signifying the nation's Olympic debut in the sport. [10]

Women
AthleteEventQualificationFinal
ApparatusTotalRankApparatusTotalRank
V UB BB F V UB BB F
Isabella Amado Medrano All-around 13.90012.73313.33312.86652.83244Did not advance

Shooting

Panama has received an invitation from the Tripartite Commission to send a men's pistol shooter to the Olympics, signifying the nation's comeback to the sport for the first time since 2000. [11] [12]

AthleteEventQualificationFinal
PointsRankPointsRank
David Muñoz Men's 10 m air pistol 56346Did not advance
Men's 50 m pistol 52840Did not advance

Qualification Legend: Q = Qualify for the next round; q = Qualify for the bronze medal (shotgun)

Swimming

Panama has received a Universality invitation from FINA to send two swimmers (one male and one female) to the Olympics. [13] [14]

AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinal
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Édgar Crespo Men's 100 m breaststroke 1:02.7841Did not advance
María Far Núñez Women's 200 m butterfly 2:23.8927Did not advance

Taekwondo

Panama entered one athlete into the taekwondo competition at the Olympics. 2012 Olympian Carolena Carstens secured a spot in the women's lightweight category (57 kg) by virtue of her top two finish at the 2016 Pan American Qualification Tournament in Aguascalientes, Mexico. [15]

AthleteEventRound of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsRepechageFinal / BM
Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Rank
Carolena Carstens Women's −57 kg Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Asemani  (BEL)
L 1–13 PTG		Did not advance

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  2. ↑ "Delegación con diez atletas a Río, 2016" [Delegation of ten athletes in Rio 2016] (in Spanish). La Estrella de Panamá. 14 July 2016. Retrieved 28 September 2016.
  3. ↑ Rodríguez, Tomás (16 July 2016). "Alonso Edward abanderado de Panamá para los Juegos Olímpicos de Río" [Alonso Edward will be Panama's flag bearer for the Rio Olympics] (in Spanish). Panama: TVN . Retrieved 28 September 2016.
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