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Fiji is scheduled to compete at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 5 to 21 August 2016. This will be the nation's fourteenth appearance, having taken part in every summer games since 1956 except the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, and the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow due to the American-led boycott.

Archery

One Fijian archer has qualified for the men's individual recurve at the Olympics with a top two finish at the Oceania Qualification Tournament in Nuku'alofa.^[1]

Athlete	Event	Ranking round		Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Score	Seed	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Rob Elder	Men's individual

Athletics

Fijian athletes have received universiality places from IAAF to compete in the following events:^[2]^[3]

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

Men
Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Leslie Copeland	Javelin throw

Women
Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Sisilia Seavula	100 m

Boxing

Fiji has received an invitation from the Tripartite Commission to send a male boxer competing in the welterweight division to the Games, signifying the nation's return to the sport for the first time since 1988.^[4]^[5]

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Winston Hill	Welterweight

Football

Men's tournament

Fiji men's football team qualified for the Olympics by winning the Olympic qualifying final at the 2015 Pacific Games Football Tournament in Papua New Guinea.^[6]^[7]

Team roster

Men's team event – 1 team of 18 players

Group play

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Golf

Vijay Singh, a three times major winner and former world number one, announced in April 2016 that he would not compete in Rio due to concerns over the Zika virus.^[8]

Judo

Fiji has qualified one judoka for the men's light-middleweight category (81 kg) at the Games. London 2012 Olympian Josateki Naulu earned a continental quota spot from the Oceania region as the highest-ranked Fijian judoka outside of direct qualifying position in the IJF World Ranking List of May 30, 2016.^[9]

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Josateki Naulu	Men's −81 kg

Rugby sevens

Men's tournament

The Fijian men's rugby sevens team qualified for the Olympics by having achieved one of the top four places at the 2014–15 Sevens World Series.^[10]^[11]

Team roster

Men's team event – 1 team of 12 players

Group play

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Women's tournament

The Fijian women's rugby sevens team qualified for the Olympics by winning the 2015 FORU Women's Sevens Championships.^[12]

Team roster

Women's team event – 1 team of 12 players

Group play

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Shooting

Fiji has qualified one shooter in the men's trap by securing one of the available Olympic berths at the 2015 Oceania Continental Championships in Sydney, Australia.^[13]^[14]

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Glenn Kable	Men's trap

Swimming

Fiji has received a Universality invitation from FINA to send two swimmers (one male and one female) to the Olympics.^[15]^[16]^[17]

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Zeit	Rank	Zeit	Rank	Zeit	Rank
Meli Malani	50 m freestyle

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Zeit	Rank	Zeit	Rank	Zeit	Rank
Matelita Buadromo	200 m freestyle

Table tennis

Fiji has entered one athlete into the table tennis competition at the Games for the first time in the nation's Olympic history. Sally Yee secured a spot in the women's singles by virtue of her top three finish at the 2016 Oceania Qualification Tournament in Bendigo, Australia.^[18]

Athlete	Event	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Sally Yee	Women's singles

Weightlifting

Fiji has qualified one male and one female weightlifter for the Rio Olympics by virtue of a top five national finish (for men) and top four (for women), respectively, at the 2016 Oceania Championships.^[19] The team must allocate these places to individual athletes by June 20, 2016.

Athlete	Event	Snatch		Clean & Jerk		Total	Rank
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Total	Rank
Manueli Tulo	Men's −56 kg
Apolonia Vaivai	Women's −69 kg

References

^ "Tonga and Fiji archers qualify for Olympics". Nuku'alofa Times. 14 April 2016. Retrieved 14 April 2016.
^ "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.
^ "Olympic Games Tripartite Commission confirms its five Invitation Places for the men's Rio 2016 boxing competition". AIBA. 12 July 2016. Retrieved 12 July 2016.
^ "Hill Books Olympic Spot". Fiji Sun. 10 July 2016. Retrieved 11 July 2016.
^ "Fiji win penalty shoot-out to qualify for men's football tournament at Rio 2016 Games". Rio 2016. 13 July 2015. Retrieved 15 July 2015.
^ "Fiji fairytale continues with Rio ticket". FIFA. 12 July 2015. Retrieved 15 July 2015.
^ "Vijay Singh to bypass Olympics in Rio due to Zika virus". Sky Sports. Reuters. 13 April 2016. Retrieved 20 April 2016.
^ Seru, Maikeli (5 June 2016). "Rio bound". Fiji Times. Retrieved 9 June 2016.
^ "SA and Fiji qualify for Rio Olympics". SuperSport. 9 May 2015. Retrieved 10 May 2015.
^ "South Africa and Fiji seal Rugby Sevens berths at Rio 2016 Olympics". ESPN. Retrieved 10 May 2015.
^ Pavitt, Michael (15 November 2015). "Australia and Fiji earn Rio 2016 rugby sevens berths by clinching Oceania Rugby Sevens Championship titles". Inside The Games. Retrieved 16 November 2015.
^ "Quota Places by Nation and Number". www.issf-sports.org/. ISSF. 30 May 2016. Retrieved 30 May 2016.
^ "Aussies dominate Championship with four more quotas". Australian Olympic Committee. 29 November 2015. Retrieved 29 November 2015.
^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Date_validation at line 986: bad argument #3 to 'format' (string expected, got nil).
^ "Rio 2016 – FINA Swimming Qualification System" (PDF). Rio 2016. FINA. Retrieved 23 January 2015.
^ Malo, Maciu (10 July 2016). "Buadromo ready to face the worlds best swimmers". The Fiji Times. Retrieved 11 July 2016.
^ Marshall, Ian (25 March 2016). "Names Decided for Final Stage of Oceania Olympic Games Qualifier". ITTF. Retrieved 25 March 2016.
^ "Oceania event concluded in Fiji". International Weightlifting Federation. 28 May 2016. Retrieved 29 May 2016.

[1] "Tonga and Fiji archers qualify for Olympics". Nuku'alofa Times. 14 April 2016. Retrieved 14 April 2016.

[2] "iaaf.org – Top Lists". IAAF. Retrieved 18 April 2015.

[3] "IAAF Games of the XXX Olympiad – Rio 2016 Entry Standards" (PDF). IAAF. Retrieved 18 April 2015.

[4] "Olympic Games Tripartite Commission confirms its five Invitation Places for the men's Rio 2016 boxing competition". AIBA. 12 July 2016. Retrieved 12 July 2016.

[5] "Hill Books Olympic Spot". Fiji Sun. 10 July 2016. Retrieved 11 July 2016.

[6] "Fiji win penalty shoot-out to qualify for men's football tournament at Rio 2016 Games". Rio 2016. 13 July 2015. Retrieved 15 July 2015.

[7] "Fiji fairytale continues with Rio ticket". FIFA. 12 July 2015. Retrieved 15 July 2015.

[8] "Vijay Singh to bypass Olympics in Rio due to Zika virus". Sky Sports. Reuters. 13 April 2016. Retrieved 20 April 2016.

[9] Seru, Maikeli (5 June 2016). "Rio bound". Fiji Times. Retrieved 9 June 2016.

[10] "SA and Fiji qualify for Rio Olympics". SuperSport. 9 May 2015. Retrieved 10 May 2015.

[11] "South Africa and Fiji seal Rugby Sevens berths at Rio 2016 Olympics". ESPN. Retrieved 10 May 2015.

[12] Pavitt, Michael (15 November 2015). "Australia and Fiji earn Rio 2016 rugby sevens berths by clinching Oceania Rugby Sevens Championship titles". Inside The Games. Retrieved 16 November 2015.

[13] "Quota Places by Nation and Number". www.issf-sports.org/. ISSF. 30 May 2016. Retrieved 30 May 2016.

[14] "Aussies dominate Championship with four more quotas". Australian Olympic Committee. 29 November 2015. Retrieved 29 November 2015.

[15] Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Date_validation at line 986: bad argument #3 to 'format' (string expected, got nil).

[16] "Rio 2016 – FINA Swimming Qualification System" (PDF). Rio 2016. FINA. Retrieved 23 January 2015.

[17] Malo, Maciu (10 July 2016). "Buadromo ready to face the worlds best swimmers". The Fiji Times. Retrieved 11 July 2016.

[18] Marshall, Ian (25 March 2016). "Names Decided for Final Stage of Oceania Olympic Games Qualifier". ITTF. Retrieved 25 March 2016.

[19] "Oceania event concluded in Fiji". International Weightlifting Federation. 28 May 2016. Retrieved 29 May 2016.

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