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{{useUse dmy dates|date=May 2016}}
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{{Infobox Olympics Burundi
| NOC = BDI
|games=2016 Summer▼
| NOCname = Comité National Olympique du Burundi
|competitors=9▼
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|sports=3▼
| year = 2016
|flagbearer=[[Olivier Irabaruta]]<ref>{{cite web|title=The Flagbearers for the Rio 2016 Opening Ceremony|url=https://www.olympic.org/news/the-flagbearers-for-the-rio-2016-opening-ceremony|publisher=International Olympic Committee|accessdate=5 August 2016}}</ref>▼
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[[File:2016 Summer Olympics opening ceremony - Parade of Nations - Burundi.jpg|thumb|During280px|Burundi opening ceremony ofat the 2016 Summer Olympics opening ceremony.]]
'''[[Burundi]]''' is scheduled to compete at the '''[[2016 Summer Olympics]]''' in [[Rio de Janeiro]], Brazil, from 5 to 21 August 2016.▼
 
▲'''[[Burundi]]''' is scheduled to competecompeted at the '''[[2016 Summer Olympics]]''' in [[Rio de Janeiro]], Brazil, from 5 to 21 August 2016. This was the nation's sixth consecutive appearance at the Summer Olympics.
[[Francine Niyonsaba]] won Burundi's first Olympic medal since the country's Olympic debut in [[Burundi at the 1996 Summer Olympics|1996]].
 
The Burundi Olympic Committee ({{lang-fr|Comité National Olympique du Burundi}}) sent the nation's largest delegation to the Games. Nine athletes, five men and four women, were selected to the Burundian team across three different sports, with nearly half of them having previously competed at London 2012.<ref>{{cite news |title=Burundi : Une 1ère – 9 athlètes burundais qualifiés Jeux Olympiques de Rio |trans-title=Burundi: 9 Burundian athletes qualified for the Rio Olympics |language=fr |url=http://burundi-agnews.org/sport/burundi-une-1ere-9-athletes-burundais-qualifies-jeux-olympiques-de-rio/ |publisher=Burundi Africa Generation |date=19 July 2016 |access-date=13 September 2016}}</ref> Among the Burundian athletes on the team were world indoor champion [[Francine Niyonsaba]], second-place finalist in the women's 800 metres, marathoner [[Diane Nukuri]], and long-distance runner [[Olivier Irabaruta]], who became the nation's flag bearer in the opening ceremony.<ref name="flag-bearer"/>
 
Burundi left Rio de Janeiro with its first Olympic medal since the nation's debut in [[Burundi at the 1996 Summer Olympics|1996]]. It was awarded to Niyonsaba, who rebounded from an out-of-podium feat back in London to end Burundi's 20-year drought with a silver in her pet event.<ref>{{cite news |title=Rio Olympics 2016: Caster Semenya clinches 800m gold, but easy win stokes complex gender debate |url=http://www.firstpost.com/sports/rio-olympics-2016-caster-semenya-clinches-800m-gold-but-easy-win-stokes-complex-gender-debate-2968262.html |publisher=[[Firstpost]] |date=21 August 2016 |access-date=13 September 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |first=Eric |last=Goodman |title=Caster Semenya wins 800m in convincing fashion |url=http://www.nbcolympics.com/news/caster-semenya-wins-800m-convincing-fashion |publisher=[[NBC Olympics]] |date=20 August 2016 |access-date=13 September 2016}}</ref>
 
==Medalists==
{{further|2016 Summer Olympics medal table|List of 2016 Summer Olympics medal winners}}
 
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==Athletics (track and field)==
{{main|Athletics at the 2016 Summer Olympics}}
Burundian athletes have so far achieved qualifying standards in the following athletics events (up to a maximum of 3 athletes in each event):<ref>{{cite web |title=iaaf.org – Top Lists |url=http://www.iaaf.org/statistics/toplists/index.html |publisher=IAAF |accessdateaccess-date=18 April 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=IAAF Games of the XXX Olympiad – Rio 2016 Entry Standards |url=http://www.insidethegames.biz/media/file/559/IAAF%20Rio%202016%20standards.pdf |publisher=[[IAAF]] |accessdateaccess-date=18 April 2015}}</ref>
 
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*'''Note'''–Ranks given for track events are within the athlete's heat only
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*'''NR''' = National record
*N/A = Round not applicable for the event
*Bye = Athlete not required to compete in round}}
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;Track & road events
;Men
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%"
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|-align=center
|align=left|[[Antoine Gakeme]]
|align=left|[[Athletics at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's 800 metres|Men's 800 m]]
|1:47.46
|6
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|-align=center
|align=left rowspan=2|[[Olivier Irabaruta]]
|align=left|[[Athletics at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's 5000 metres|5000Men's 5,000 m]]
|13:44.08
|17
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|colspan=2|Did not advance
|-align=center
|align=left|[[Athletics at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's 10,000 metres|10000Men's 10,000 m]]
|colspan=4 {{n/a}}
|28:32.75
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|-align=center
|align=left|[[Pierre-Célestin Nihorimbere]]
|align=left rowspan=2|[[Athletics at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's marathon|MarathonMen's marathon]]
|colspan=4 {{n/a}}
|2:29:38
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|colspan=4 {{n/a}}
|colspan=2|{{abbr|DNF|Did not finish}}
|}
 
;Women
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|-
!rowspan="2"|Athlete
!rowspan="2"|Event
!colspan="2"|Heat
!colspan="2"|Semifinal
!colspan="2"|Final
|-style="font-size:95%"
!Result
!Rank
!Result
!Rank
!Result
!Rank
|-align=center
|align=left|'''[[Francine Niyonsaba]]'''
|align=left|[[Athletics at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's 800 metres|Women's 800 m]]
|1:59.84
|1 '''Q'''
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|-align=center
|align=left |[[Diane Nukuri]]
|align=left|[[Athletics at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's 10,000 metres|10000Women's 10,000 m]]
|colspan=4 {{n/a}}
|31:28.69 '''[[Burundian records in athletics|NR]]'''
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==Judo==
{{main|Judo at the 2016 Summer Olympics}}
Burundi has received an invitation from the Tripartite Commission to send a judoka competing in the women's half-lightweight category (52  kg) to the Olympics.
 
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%"
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|align=left|[[Antoinette Gasongo]]
|align=left|[[Judo at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's 52 kg|Women's −52 kg]]
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Joana Ramos|Ramos]]|POR|2016 Summer}}<br/>'''L''' 000–102
|colspan=6|Did not advance
|}
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==Swimming==
{{main|Swimming at the 2016 Summer Olympics}}
Burundi has received a Universality invitation from [[FINA]] to send two swimmers (one male and one female) to the Olympics.<ref>{{cite web |title=Swimming World Rankings |url=http://www.fina.org/H2O/index.php?option=com_wrapper&view=wrapper&Itemid=805 |publisher=[[FINA]] |accessdateaccess-date=14 March 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110106131744/http://www.fina.org/H2O/index.php?option=com_wrapper&view=wrapper&Itemid=805 |archive-date=6 January 2011 |df=dmy}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Men's Final Entry List |url=http://www.fina.org/sites/default/files/men_final.pdf |publisher=[[FINA]] |accessdateaccess-date=20 July 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Women's Final Entry List |url=http://www.fina.org/sites/default/files/women_final_0.pdf |publisher=[[FINA]] |accessdateaccess-date=20 July 2016}}</ref>
 
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==References==
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==External links==
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* {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160824205427/https://www.rio2016.com/en/burundi |date=dmy |title=Burundi at the 2016 Summer Olympics. ''Rio2016.com''.}}
* {{SR/Olympics country at games|archive=20180720203523}}
 
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