Mozambique at the 2016 Summer Olympics

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Mozambique at the
2016 Summer Olympics
Flag of Mozambique.svg
IOC code MOZ
NOC Comité Olímpico Nacional de Moçambique
in Rio de Janeiro
Competitors6 in 4 sports
Flag bearer Joaquim Lobo [1]
Medals
Gold
0
Silver
0
Bronze
0
Total
0
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)

Mozambique competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 5 to 21 August 2016. This was the nation's tenth consecutive appearance at the Summer Olympics.

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The Mozambique National Olympic Committee (Portuguese : Comité Olímpico Nacional de Moçambique) sent a team of six athletes, five men and one woman, to compete in four different sports at the Games. [2] Among the sports represented by the athletes, Mozambique marked its Olympic debut in flatwater canoeing.

The majority of the Mozambican roster made their Olympic debut in Rio de Janeiro, except for hurdler Kurt Couto, who attended his fourth straight Games as the most experienced competitor. Other notable athletes included Dutch-born butterfly swimmer and 2014 Youth Olympian Jannah Sonnenschein, the lone female of the team, and the canoeing tandem of Mussa Chamaune and Joaquim Lobo, who acted as the nation's flag bearer in the opening ceremony. [1]

Mozambique, however, failed to win a single Olympic medal since the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, where middle-distance runner Maria Mutola became the nation's first ever champion in the women's 800 metres.

Athletics (track and field)

Mozambican athletes have so far achieved qualifying standards in the following athletics events (up to a maximum of 3 athletes in each event): [3] [4]

Key
Track & road events
AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinal
ResultRankResultRankResultRank
Kurt Couto Men's 400 m hurdles 49.74 SB6did not advance

Canoeing

Sprint

Mozambique qualified one boat for the men's C-2 1000 m into the Olympic canoeing regatta through the 2016 African Sprint Qualifying Tournament, signifying the nation's Olympic debut in the sport.

AthleteEventHeatsSemifinalsFinal
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Mussa Chamaune Men's C-1 1000 m 5:00.4547 Q5:07.2818did not advance
Joaquim Lobo Men's C-1 200 m 44.9496did not advance
Mussa Chamaune
Joaquim Lobo
Men's C-2 1000 m 4:14.0025 Q4:23.9654 FB4:38.73211

Qualification Legend: FA = Qualify to final (medal); FB = Qualify to final B (non-medal)

Judo

Marlon Acacio (right) vs Victor Penalber Rio 2016 Judo 1036125-090816judo01772.jpg
Marlon Acácio (right) vs Victor Penalber

Mozambique qualified one judoka for the men's half-middleweight category (81 kg) at the Games. Marlon Acácio earned a continental quota spot from the African region as Mozambique's top-ranked judoka outside of direct qualifying position in the IJF World Ranking List of May 30, 2016. [5] [6]

AthleteEventRound of 64Round of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsRepechageFinal / BM
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Marlon Acácio Men's −81 kg ByeFlag of Brazil.svg  Penalber  (BRA)
L 000–100
did not advance

Swimming

Mozambique received a Universality invitation from FINA to send two swimmers (one male and one female) to the Olympics. [7] [8] [9]

AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinal
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Igor Mogne Men's 100 m freestyle 50.6545did not advance
Jannah Sonnenschein Women's 100 m butterfly 1:04.2139did not advance

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