Uganda at the 2016 Summer Olympics

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Uganda at the
2016 Summer Olympics
Flag of Uganda.svg
IOC code UGA
NOC Uganda Olympic Committee
Website www.nocuganda.com
in Rio de Janeiro
Competitors21 in 3 sports
Flag bearer Joshua Tibatemwa [1]
Medals
Gold
0
Silver
0
Bronze
0
Total
0
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)

Uganda competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 5 to 21 August 2016. Since the nation's official debut in 1956, Ugandan athletes have appeared in every edition of the Summer Olympic Games, with the exception of the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal because of its partial support of the African boycott.

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The Uganda Olympic Committee fielded a team of 21 athletes, 14 men and 7 women, to compete only in athletics, boxing, and swimming at the games. [2] [3] It was the nation's largest delegation sent to the Olympics since 1988, eclipsing the record of 15 athletes who attended the London games four years earlier. About 80 percent of Uganda's full roster competed in athletics, particularly those who specialized in long-distance running and the marathon.

The Ugandan roster featured six returning Olympians, although only four of them competed in London in 2012: defending marathon champion Stephen Kiprotich, swimmer Jamila Lunkuse, and the steeplechase tandem of Jacob Araptany and Benjamin Kiplagat, who headed to his third games as the most experienced member. Meanwhile, Sweden-based boxers Ronald Serugo (men's flyweight) and Kennedy Katende (men's light heavyweight) staged their Olympic comeback in Rio de Janeiro after eight years of absence. [4]

Other notable athletes on the Ugandan team were Solomon Mutai who won a bronze medal in the men's marathon at the 2015 World Championships in Beijing; 15-year-old distance runner Jacob Kiplimo (men's 5000 metres); and US-based freestyle swimmer Joshua Tibatemwa, who was the nation's flag bearer in the opening ceremony. [5]

Uganda, however, left Rio de Janeiro without a medal, in contrast to the previous Games. Distance runner Joshua Kiprui Cheptegei produced the most successful outcome for Uganda, finishing eighth in the men's 5,000 metres and sixth with a personal best in the men's 10,000 metres. [6] The nation's most celebrated athlete, Kiprotich, failed to retain his marathon title, slipping to a fourteenth-place finish in Rio de Janeiro. [7]

Athletics

Ugandan athletes achieved qualifying standards in the following athletics events (up to a maximum of 3 athletes in each event): [8] [9]

A total of 17 athletes (11 men and 6 women), highlighted by defending Olympic marathon champion Kiprotich, were named as part of Uganda's official team announcement for the Games on 15 July 2016. [2]

Key
Track & road events
Men
AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinal
ResultRankResultRankResultRank
Ronald Musagala 1500 m 3:38.454 Q3:40.375 Q3:51.6811
Joshua Kiprui Cheptegei 5000 m 13:25.704 QN/A13:09.178
Jacob Kiplimo 13:30.4011N/ADid not advance
Phillip Kipyego 13:24.66 SB11N/ADid not advance
Joshua Kiprui Cheptegei 10000 m N/A27:10.06 PB6
Moses Kurong N/A28:03.3822
Timothy Toroitich N/A28:04.8423
Jacob Araptany 3000 m steeplechase 8:21.532 QN/ADNF
Benjamin Kiplagat 8:30.766N/ADid not advance
Jackson Kiprop Marathon N/A2:22:0980
Stephen Kiprotich N/A2:13:3214
Solomon Mutai N/A2:11:498
Women
AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinal
ResultRankResultRankResultRank
Halimah Nakaayi 800 m 1:59.78 PB5 q2:00.636Did not advance
Winnie Nanyondo 2:02.776Did not advance
Juliet Chekwel 5000 m 15:29.079N/ADid not advance
Stella Chesang 15:49.8013N/ADid not advance
Juliet Chekwel 10000 m N/ADNF
Peruth Chemutai 3000 m steeplechase 9:31.03 PB7N/ADid not advance
Nyakisi Adero Marathon N/A2:42:3968

Boxing

Uganda entered two boxers to compete in each of the following weight classes in the Olympic boxing tournament. 2008 Olympians Ronald Serugo and Kennedy Katende, who previously competed for Sweden, had claimed Olympic spots as a result of their box-off triumphs at the 2016 African Qualification Tournament in Yaoundé, Cameroon. [10]

AthleteEventRound of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Ronald Serugo Men's flyweight Flag of Armenia.svg  Abgaryan  (ARM)
L 1–2
Did not advance
Kennedy Katende Men's light heavyweight Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Buatsi  (GBR)
LTKO
Did not advance

Swimming

Uganda received a Universality invitation from FINA to send two swimmers (one male and one female) to the Olympics. [2] [11] [12]

AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinal
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Joshua Tibatemwa Men's 50 m freestyle 25.9864Did not advance
Jamila Lunkuse Women's 100 m breaststroke 1:19.6440Did not advance

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