Mauritania at the 2016 Summer Olympics
| Mauritania at the 2016 Summer Olympics | ||
|---|---|---|
Flag bearer Jidou El Moctar[1] | | |
| Medals |
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| Summer Olympics appearances ( overview) | ||
Mauritania competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, which was held from 5 to 21 August 2016. The country's participation at Rio de Janeiro marked its ninth appearance in the Summer Olympics since its debut at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles.
The Mauritanian delegation featured only two athletes, resulting the country to have one of the smallest delegations at the Games. Among them were
closing ceremony.[1]
Ultimately, neither Moctar nor Ba progressed beyond the heats of their events, leaving the Games without a single medal for the Mauritanians at these Games.
Athletics (track and field)
Mauritania has received universality slots from IAAF to send two athletes (one male and one female) to the Olympics.[2][3][4]
- 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
- NM = No mark
- Track & road events
| Athlete | Event | Heat | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | ||
| Jidou El Moctar | Men's 100 m | 11.44 | 7 | did not advance | |||||
Houleye Ba
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Women's 800 m | 2:43.52 | 8 | — | did not advance | ||||
References
- ^ a b "JO 2016: les porte-drapeaux africains à Rio" [2016 Olympics: African flag bearers for Rio] (in French). Radio France Internationale. 4 August 2016. Retrieved 5 August 2016.
- ^ "iaaf.org – Top Lists". IAAF. Retrieved 18 April 2015.
- IAAF. Retrieved 18 April 2015.
- Rio 2016. Archived from the originalon 29 July 2016. Retrieved 28 July 2016.
External links
- Mauritania at the 2016 Summer Olympics. Rio2016.com. at the Wayback Machine (archived 26 August 2016)
- Mauritania at the 2016 Summer Olympics at SR/Olympics (archived)
