Suriname at the 2016 Summer Olympics | |
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IOC code | SUR |
NOC | Suriname Olympic Committee |
in Rio de Janeiro | |
Competitors | 6 in 4 sports |
Flag bearer | Soren Opti [1] |
Medals |
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Summer Olympics appearances (overview) | |
Suriname competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 5 to 21 August 2016. This was the nation's thirteenth appearance at the Summer Olympics.
The Suriname Olympic Committee sent a team of six athletes, four men and two women, to compete in four different sports at the Games, matching the nation's roster size with Seoul 1988 and Barcelona 1992. [2] All of them were awarded universality places to compete in their respective sporting events, except for sprinter Jurgen Themen, the lone returning Olympian from London 2012, who qualified directly for the Games on merit. Apart from Thumen, notable athletes on the nation's roster featured swimming stalwart Renzo Tjon A Joe (men's 50 m freestyle) and badminton player Soren Opti, who was selected to carry the Surinamese flag in the opening ceremony. [1]
Suriname, however, failed to win a single Olympic medal since the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, where Anthony Nesty became the nation's first ever champion in the men's 100 m butterfly.
Surinamese athletes have so far achieved qualifying standards in the following athletics events (up to a maximum of 3 athletes in each event): [3] [4]
Athlete | Event | Heat | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final | ||||
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Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
Jurgen Themen | Men's 100 m | Bye | 10.47 | 8 | Did not advance | ||||
Sunayna Wahi | Women's 100 m | 12.09 | 1 Q | 12.25 | 8 | Did not advance |
Suriname has received an invitation from the Tripartite Commission to send a badminton player in the men's singles event. [5]
Athlete | Event | Group Stage | Elimination | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final / BM | |||
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Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank | ||
Soren Opti | Men's singles | Lee C W (MAS) L (2–21, 3–21) | Wong (SIN) L (5–21, 6–21) | 3 | Did not advance |
Suriname has received an invitation from the Tripartite Commission to send a judoka competing in the men's half-lightweight category (66 kg) to the Olympics, signifying the nation's Olympic return to the sport for the first time since 1988.
Athlete | Event | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Repechage | Final / BM | |
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Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank | ||
Yigal Kopinsky | Men's −66 kg | Bye | Zourdani (ALG) L 000–100 | Did not advance |
Suriname has received a Universality invitation from FINA to send two swimmers (one male and one female) to the Olympics. [6] [7] [8]
Athlete | Event | Heat | Semifinal | Final | |||
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Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
Renzo Tjon A Joe | Men's 50 m freestyle | 22.23 NR | =21 | Did not advance | |||
Evita Leter | Women's 100 m breaststroke | 1:14.96 | 37 | Did not advance |
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Myanmar competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 5 to 21 August 2016. This was the nation's sixteenth appearance at the Olympics, although it had previous competed in most editions under the name Burma. Myanmar did not attend the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal for political reasons.
Sri Lanka competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 5 to 21 August 2016. This was the nation's seventeenth appearance at the Summer Olympics, with the exception of the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal. Six of the nation's Olympic editions were previously designated as Ceylon.
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