Republic of the Congo at the 2016 Summer Olympics

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Republic of the Congo at the
2016 Summer Olympics
Flag of the Republic of the Congo.svg
Flag of the Republic of the Congo
IOC code CGO
NOC Comité National Olympique et Sportif Congolais
in Rio de Janeiro
Competitors10 in 5 sports
Flag bearer Franck Elemba [1]
Medals
Gold
0
Silver
0
Bronze
0
Total
0
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)

Congo, officially Republic of the Congo, competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, from August 5 to 21, 2016. This was the nation's twelfth appearance at the Summer Olympics, since its debut in 1964. Congolese athletes did not attend the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, and the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal because of the African boycott.

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Congolese Olympics & Sports Committee (French : Comité National Olympique et Sportif Congolais) sent the nation's largest delegation to the Games in a non-boycotting edition. A total of ten athletes, seven men and three women, were selected to the team across five different sports, with two of them returning from London 2012. [2] Table tennis player Suraju Saka, who competed at his third Games, was the oldest (aged 40) and most experienced member of the squad. Meanwhile, shot putter and reigning All-African Games champion Franck Elemba served as the nation's flag bearer in the opening ceremony. [1] [3]

Congo narrowly missed out on its first ever Olympic medal in Rio de Janeiro, as Franck Elemba placed fourth in the men's shot put. [4]

Athletics (track and field)

Congolese 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
AthleteEventHeatQuarterfinalSemifinalFinal
ResultRankResultRankResultRankResultRank
Cecilia Bouele Women's 100 m 11.982 Q12.188Did not advance
Field events
AthleteEventQualificationFinal
DistancePositionDistancePosition
Franck Elemba Men's shot put 20.4511 q21.20 NR 4

Boxing

Congo entered two boxers to compete in each of the following weight classes into the Olympic competition, signifying the nation's return to the sport for the first time since 1980. Dival Malonga and Anauel Ngamissengue received spare berths freed up by Morocco as the next highest-ranked boxers, not yet qualified, at the 2016 African Qualification Tournament. [7]

AthleteEventRound of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Rank
Dival Malonga Men's light welterweight Flag of Uzbekistan (3-2).svg  Gaibnazarov  (UZB)
LTKO		Did not advance
Anauel Ngamissengue Men's middleweight Flag of Algeria.svg  Abbadi  (ALG)
L 0–3		Did not advance

Judo

Congo qualified one judoka for the men's heavyweight category (+100 kg) at the Games, signifying the nation's Olympic return to the sport for the first time since 2004. Deo Gracia Ngokaba earned a continental quota spot from the African region as Congo's top-ranked judoka outside of direct qualifying position in the IJF World Ranking List of May 30, 2016.

AthleteEventRound of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsRepechageFinal / BM
Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Rank
Deo Gracia Ngokaba Men's +100 kg Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Meyer  (NED)
L 000–100		Did not advance

Swimming

Congo received a Universality invitations from FINA to send two swimmers (one male and one female) to the Olympics. [8] [9] [10]

AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinal
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Dienov Andres Koka Men's 50 m freestyle 28:0082Did not advance
Bellore Sangala Women's 50 m freestyle 33.7181Did not advance

Table tennis

Congo entered three athletes into the table tennis competition at the Games. Chinese-born players Wang Jianan and Han Xing secured places each in the men's and women's singles by virtue of a top four finish at the 2015 All-Africa Games. [11] They were eventually joined by three-time Olympian Suraju Saka, who finished in the top two at the African Qualification Tournament in Khartoum, Sudan. [12]

AthleteEventPreliminaryRound 1Round 2Round 3Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal / BM
Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Rank
Suraju Saka Men's singles Flag of Puerto Rico.svg  Afanador  (PUR)
L 3–4		Did not advance
Wang Jianan Flag of Egypt.svg  K Assar  (EGY)
W 4–3		Flag of Brazil.svg  Tsuboi  (BRA)
W 4–0		Flag of Sweden.svg  Karlsson  (SWE)
L 1–4		Did not advance
Han Xing Women's singles Flag of the Philippines.svg  Lariba  (PHI)
W 4–0		Flag of Thailand.svg  Sawettabut  (THA)
L 3–4		Did not advance

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  2. ↑ "Rio 2016 : dix athlètes congolais, cinq disciplines et une chance de médaille" [Rio 2016: Ten Congolese athletes, five disciplines, and a chance for the medal] (in French). Agence d'information d'Afrique centrale. 5 August 2016. Retrieved 13 September 2016.
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  4. ↑ "Franck Elemba finit haut aux JO, même sans médaille !" [Franck Elemba exits the Games without a medal!] (in French). Vox. 19 August 2016. Archived from the original on 18 September 2016. Retrieved 14 September 2016.
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