United Arab Emirates at the 2016 Summer Olympics

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United Arab Emirates at the
2016 Summer Olympics
Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg
IOC code UAE
NOC United Arab Emirates National Olympic Committee
Website olympic.ae  (in Arabic)
in Rio de Janeiro
Competitors13 in 6 sports
Flag bearer Nada Al-Bedwawi [1]
Medals
Ranked 78th
Gold
0
Silver
0
Bronze
1
Total
1
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)

United Arab Emirates competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, from 5 to 21 August 2016. This was the nation's ninth consecutive appearance at the Summer Olympics.

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The United Arab Emirates National Olympic Committee selected a team of 13 athletes, 9 men and 4 women, to compete in six different sports at the Games. [2] The nation's full roster in Rio de Janeiro was half the size of the delegation sent to London (26 athletes), and had the largest share of female athletes in its Summer Olympic history.

The Emirati roster featured five naturalized athletes: three Moldovan-born judokas Victor Scvortov, Sergiu Toma, and Ivan Remarenco, and two Ethiopian-born runners Alia Saeed Mohammed and Betlhem Desalegn. [3] Other notable athletes on the Emirati team included skeet shooter Saeed Al-Maktoum, who competed at his fifth consecutive Games as the most experienced member, and freestyle swimmer Nada Al-Bedwawi, who was selected by the committee, as the youngest member (aged 19), to carry the Emirati flag in the opening ceremony. [1] [2]

United Arab Emirates left Rio de Janeiro with its first Olympic medal since double trap shooter Ahmed Al Maktoum topped the podium in Athens 2004. It was awarded to three-time judoka Toma, who took the bronze in men's half-middleweight category (81 kg). [4]

Medalists

MedalNameSportEventDate
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Sergiu Toma Judo Men's 81 kg 9 August

Athletics

Emirati 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
  • Note–Ranks given for track events are within the athlete's heat only
  • Q = Qualified for the next round
  • q = Qualified for the next round as a fastest loser or, in field events, by position without achieving the qualifying target
  • NR = National record
  • N/A = Round not applicable for the event
  • Bye = Athlete not required to compete in round

Track & road events
AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinal
ResultRankResultRankResultRank
Saud Al-Zaabi Men's 1500 m 4:02.3513Did not advance
Betlhem Desalegn Women's 1500 m DNSDid not advance
Alia Saeed Mohammed Women's 10000 m N/A31:56.7423

Cycling

Road

United Arab Emirates has qualified one rider in the men's Olympic road race by virtue of his top two individual ranking at the 2015 Asian Championships, signifying the nation's Olympic comeback to the sport for the first time since 1996. [7] [8]

AthleteEventTimeRank
Yousif Mirza Men's road race Did not finish

Judo

United Arab Emirates has qualified three judokas for each of the following weight classes at the Games. Moldovan-born Victor Scvortov and London 2012 Olympian Sergiu Toma were ranked among the top 22 eligible judokas for men in the IJF World Ranking List of May 30, 2016, while Ivan Remarenco at men's half-heavyweight (100 kg) earned a continental quota spot from the Asian region, as the highest-ranked Emirati judoka outside of direct qualifying position. [9] [10]

AthleteEventRound of 64Round of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsRepechageFinal / BM
Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Rank
Victor Scvortov Men's −73 kg ByeFlag of Yemen.svg  Mater  (YEM)
W 101–000		Flag of Japan.svg  Ono  (JPN)
L 000–100		Did not advance
Sergiu Toma Men's −81 kg ByeFlag of Germany.svg  Maresch  (GER)
W 101–000		Flag of Brazil.svg  Penalber  (BRA)
W 101–001		Flag of Japan.svg  Nagase  (JPN)
W 001–000		Flag of Russia.svg  Khalmurzaev  (RUS)
L 100–000		ByeFlag of Italy.svg  Marconcini  (ITA)
W 100–000		Bronze medal icon.svg
Ivan Remarenco Men's −100 kg ByeFlag of Algeria.svg  Bouyacoub  (ALG)
L 000–010		Did not advance

Shooting

Emirati shooters have achieved quota places for the following events by virtue of their best finishes at the 2014 and 2015 ISSF World Championships, the 2015 ISSF World Cup series, and Asian Championships, as long as they obtained a minimum qualifying score (MQS) as of March 31, 2016. [11]

AthleteEventQualificationSemifinalFinal
PointsRankPointsRankPointsRank
Khaled Al-Kaabi Men's double trap 1349Did not advance
Saeed Al-Maktoum Men's skeet 11817Did not advance
Saif bin Futtais 11429Did not advance

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

Swimming

United Arab Emirates has received a Universality invitation from FINA to send two swimmers (one male and one female) to the Olympics. [12] [13] [14]

AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinal
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Yaaqoub Al-Saadi Men's 100 m backstroke 59.5837Did not advance
Nada Al-Bedwawi Women's 50 m freestyle 33.4278Did not advance

Weightlifting

United Arab Emirates has received an unused quota place from IWF to send a female weightlifter to the Olympics. [15] [16]

AthleteEventSnatchClean & JerkTotalRank
ResultRankResultRank
Ayesha Al-Balooshi Women's −58 kg 7216901616216

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