Template:Infobox Olympics Burundi
Burundi competed 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.
Burundi Olympic Committee {French: Comité National Olympique du Burundi) sent the nation's largest delegation to the Games. A total of 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.[1] Among the Burundian athletes on the team were world indoor champion Francine Niyonsaba, seventh-place finalist in the women's 800 metres, marathoner Diane Nukuri, and long-distance runner Olivier Irabaruta, who led the team as the nation's flag bearer in the opening ceremony.[2]
Burundi left Rio de Janeiro with its first Olympic medal since the nation's debut in 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.[3][4]
Medalists
Medal | Name | Sport | Event | Date |
---|---|---|---|---|
Silver | Francine Niyonsaba | Athletics | Women's 800 metres | 20 August |
Athletics (track and field)
Burundian 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
- Men
Athlete | Event | Heat | Semifinal | Final | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | ||
Antoine Gakeme | 800 m | 1:47.46 | 6 | Did not advance | |||
Olivier Irabaruta | 5000 m | 13:44.08 | 17 | — | Did not advance | ||
10000 m | — | 28:32.75 | 27 | ||||
Pierre-Célestin Nihorimbere | Marathon | — | 2:29:38 | 115 | |||
Abraham Niyonkuru | — | DNF |
- Women
Athlete | Event | Heat | Semifinal | Final | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | ||
Francine Niyonsaba | 800 m | 1:59.84 | 1 Q | 1:59.59 | 2 Q | 1:56.49 | |
Diane Nukuri | 10000 m | — | 31:28.69 NR | 13 |
Judo
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.
Athlete | Event | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Repechage | Final / BM | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Rank | ||
Antoinette Gasongo | Women's −52 kg | Ramos (POR) L 000–102 |
Did not advance |
Swimming
Burundi has received a Universality invitation from FINA to send two swimmers (one male and one female) to the Olympics.[7][8][9]
Athlete | Event | Heat | Semifinal | Final | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Zeit | Rank | Zeit | Rank | Zeit | Rank | ||
Billy-Scott Irakose | Men's 50 m freestyle | 26.36 | 66 | Did not advance | |||
Elsie Uwamahoro | Women's 50 m freestyle | 33.70 | 80 | Did not advance |
References
- ^ "Burundi : Une 1ère – 9 athlètes burundais qualifiés Jeux Olympiques de Rio" (in French). Burundi Africa Generation. 19 July 2016. Retrieved 13 September 2016.
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- ^ "iaaf.org – Top Lists". IAAF. Retrieved 18 April 2015.
- ^ "IAAF Games of the XXX Olympiad – Rio 2016 Entry Standards" (PDF). IAAF. Retrieved 18 April 2015.
- ^ "Swimming World Rankings". FINA. Retrieved 14 March 2015.
- ^ "Men's Final Entry List" (PDF). FINA. Retrieved 20 July 2016.
- ^ "Women's Final Entry List" (PDF). FINA. Retrieved 20 July 2016.