Trinidad and Tobago at the 2016 Summer Olympics

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Trinidad and Tobago at the
2016 Summer Olympics
Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg
IOC code TTO
NOC Trinidad and Tobago Olympic Committee
Website www.ttoc.org
in Rio de Janeiro
Competitors32 in 8 sports
Flag bearer Keshorn Walcott [1]
Medals
Ranked 78th
Gold
0
Silver
0
Bronze
1
Total
1
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
Other related appearances
Flag of the West Indies Federation.svg  British West Indies (1960 S)

Trinidad and Tobago competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, from August 5 to 21, 2016. This was the nation's seventeenth appearance at the Summer Olympics, although it previously competed in four other editions as a British colony, and as part of the West Indies Federation.

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Trinidad and Tobago Olympic Committee fielded a team of 32 athletes, 21 men and 11 women, to compete in eight different sports at these Games. It was the nation's largest ever delegation sent to the Olympics, eclipsing the record of 30 athletes who attended the London Games four years earlier. [2] [3] For the first time in Olympic history, Trinidad and Tobago registered its athletes in artistic gymnastics, judo and rowing. As usual, athletics had the largest team by sport with 24 competitors, roughly three quarters of the nation's full roster size.

The Trinidad and Tobago team featured five Olympic medalists from London, including sprinter Lalonde Gordon in the 400 metres, and javelin thrower Keshorn Walcott, who won the nation's first ever gold after nearly four decades. Looking to defend his title in Rio de Janeiro, Walcott was selected to lead the Trinidad and Tobago contingent as the flag bearer in the opening ceremony. [1] Athens 2004 bronze medalist George Bovell joined the elite club of world-ranked swimmers who have participated in five Olympic Games, while shot putter and reigning Pan American Games champion Cleopatra Borel made history for Trinidad and Tobago as the first female athlete to compete in four Olympics. Other notable athletes on the Trinidad and Tobago roster also included Laser sailor Andrew Lewis, London 2012 semifinalist Njisane Phillip in track cycling, Canadian-born gymnast Marisa Dick, and 39-year-old single sculls rower Felice Chow (the oldest competitor of the team). [2]

Trinidad and Tobago left Rio de Janeiro with only a bronze medal won by Walcott, following up on the gold he had earned in London and narrowly sparing from an out-of-medal feat for the first time since 1992. Several athletes on the Trinidad and Tobago team missed the opportunity to join Walcott on the podium, including Borel (seventh, women's shot put), Cedenio (fourth, men's 400 m), and sprinter Michelle-Lee Ahye, the first woman from her country to appear in three finals at a single edition. [4]

Medalists

MedalNameSportEventDate
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Keshorn Walcott Athletics Men's javelin throw 20 August

Athletics (track and field)

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

A total of 24 athletes (15 men and 9 women) were selected to the nation's track and field team for the Games, based on their results achieved at the Olympic Trials and T&T Open Championships. Among them were reigning Olympic champion Keshorn Walcott (men's javelin throw) and bronze medalists Lalonde Gordon, Machel Cedenio, Jarrin Solomon, and Renny Quow. [2]

Key
Track & road events
Men
AthleteEventHeatQuarterfinalSemifinalFinal
ResultRankResultRankResultRankResultRank
Keston Bledman 100 m Bye10.205Did not advance
Rondel Sorrillo Bye10.233Did not advance
Richard Thompson Bye10.296Did not advance
Kyle Greaux 200 m 20.614—Did not advance
Rondel Sorrillo 20.27 SB3 q—20.335Did not advance
Machel Cedenio 400 m 44.981 Q—44.391 Q44.01 NR 4
Lalonde Gordon 45.241 Q—45.138Did not advance
Deon Lendore 46.156—Did not advance
Mikel Thomas 110 m hurdles 13.686—Did not advance
Jehue Gordon 400 m hurdles 49.90 SB8—Did not advance
Keston Bledman
Emmanuel Callender
Marcus Duncan
Kyle Greaux
Rondel Sorrillo
Richard Thompson 		4 × 100 m relay 37.963 Q—DSQ
Machel Cedenio
Lalonde Gordon
Deon Lendore
Renny Quow
Jereem Richards
Jarrin Solomon 		4 × 400 m relay DSQ—Did not advance
Women
AthleteEventHeatQuarterfinalSemifinalFinal
ResultRankResultRankResultRankResultRank
Michelle-Lee Ahye 100 m Bye11.001 Q10.902 Q10.926
Kelly-Ann Baptiste Bye11.424Did not advance
Semoy Hackett Bye11.353 q11.205Did not advance
Michelle-Lee Ahye 200 m 22.501 Q—22.252 Q22.346
Semoy Hackett 22.782 Q—22.946Did not advance
Reyare Thomas 22.975—Did not advance
Janeil Bellille 400 m hurdles 56.255 q—56.066Did not advance
Sparkle McKnight 56.805—Did not advance
Michelle-Lee Ahye
Kelly-Ann Baptiste
Semoy Hackett
Khalifa St. Fort
Kai Selvon
Reyare Thomas 		4 × 100 m relay 42.623 Q—42.125
Field events
AthleteEventQualificationFinal
DistancePositionDistancePosition
Keshorn Walcott Men's javelin throw 88.681 Q85.38Bronze medal icon.svg
Cleopatra Borel Women's shot put 18.208 q18.377

Boxing

Trinidad and Tobago entered one boxer to compete in the men's super heavyweight division into the Olympic boxing tournament. Nigel Paul had claimed his Olympic spot with a semifinal victory at the 2016 American Qualification Tournament in Buenos Aires, Argentina. [7]

AthleteEventRound of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Rank
Nigel Paul Men's super heavyweight ByeFlag of Nigeria.svg  Ajagba  (NGR)
LKO		Did not advance

Cycling

Track

Following the completion of the 2016 UCI Track Cycling World Championships, Trinidad and Tobago entered one rider to compete only in the men's sprint at the Olympics, by virtue of his final individual UCI Olympic rankings in that event. [8]

Sprint
AthleteEventQualificationRound 1Repechage 1Round 2Repechage 2QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
Time
Speed (km/h)		RankOpposition
Time
Speed (km/h)		Opposition
Time
Speed (km/h)		Opposition
Time
Speed (km/h)		Opposition
Time
Speed (km/h)		Opposition
Time
Speed (km/h)		Opposition
Time
Speed (km/h)		Opposition
Time
Speed (km/h)		Rank
Njisane Phillip Men's sprint 9.813
73.372		6 QFlag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Xu C  (CHN)
L		Flag of Germany.svg  Levy  (GER)
Flag of New Zealand.svg  Dawkins  (NZL)
L		Did not advance

Gymnastics

Artistic

Trinidad and Tobago entered one artistic gymnast for the first time into the Olympic competition. Originally, the spot was earned by Trinidad born gymnast Thema Williams in the Scotland qualifier. She was later replaced due to controversy* and apparent lack of support by officials on the local gymnastics body the TTGF. Marisa Dick a Canadian born of a Trinidadian mother had claimed her (William's) Olympic spot in the women's apparatus and all-around events at the Olympic Test Event in Rio de Janeiro. [9]

Women
AthleteEventQualificationFinal
ApparatusTotalRankApparatusTotalRank
V UB BB F V UB BB F
Marisa Dick Uneven bars —11.333—11.33379Did not advance
Balance beam —13.066—13.06658Did not advance
Floor —12.53312.53370Did not advance

Judo

Trinidad and Tobago has qualified one judoka for the men's half-heavyweight category (100 kg) at the Games, signifying the nation's Olympic debut in the sport. Christopher George earned a continental quota spot from the Pan American region, as Trinidad and Tobago's sole judoka in the IJF World Ranking List of May 30, 2016. [10] [11]

AthleteEventRound of 64Round of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsRepechageFinal / BM
Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Rank
Christopher George Men's −100 kg ByeFlag of Myanmar.svg  Soe  (MYA)
L 000–002		Did not advance

Rowing

For the first time in Olympic history, Trinidad and Tobago has qualified one boat in the women's single sculls for the Games at the 2016 Latin American Continental Qualification Regatta in Valparaiso, Chile. [12]

AthleteEventHeatsRepechageQuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Felice Chow Women's single sculls 8:31.835 R8:04.912 QF8:02.535 SC/D8:20.074 FD7:50.2322

Qualification Legend: FA=Final A (medal); FB=Final B (non-medal); FC=Final C (non-medal); FD=Final D (non-medal); FE=Final E (non-medal); FF=Final F (non-medal); SA/B=Semifinals A/B; SC/D=Semifinals C/D; SE/F=Semifinals E/F; QF=Quarterfinals; R=Repechage

Sailing

Trinidad & Tobago has qualified a boat in men's Laser class by virtue of a top finish for North America at the 2015 Pan American Games. [13]

AthleteEventRaceNet pointsFinal rank
12345678910M*
Andrew Lewis Men's Laser 42343936413431BFD3632EL32439

M = Medal race; EL = Eliminated – did not advance into the medal race

Swimming

Swimmers from Trinidad & Tobago 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)): [14] [15]

Men
AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinal
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
George Bovell 50 m freestyle 22.3027Did not advance
Dylan Carter 100 m freestyle 48.80 NR 23Did not advance

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