Fiji at the 2016 Summer Olympics
| Fiji at the 2016 Summer Olympics | |
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| IOC code | FIJ |
| NOC | Fiji Association of Sports and National Olympic Committee |
| Website | www |
| in Rio de Janeiro | |
| Competitors | 54 in 10 sports |
| Flag bearer | Osea Kolinisau[1] |
| Medals Ranked 54th |
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| Summer Olympics appearances (overview) | |
Fiji competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 5 to 21 August 2016. Since the nation's debut in 1956, Fijian athletes had taken part in every edition of the Summer Olympic Games, except for two occasions. Fiji failed to register any athletes at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, and joined the American-led boycott when Moscow hosted the 1980 Summer Olympics.
Fiji Association of Sports and National Olympic Committee sent the nation's largest delegation to the Games, due to the attendance of the men's football and rugby sevens teams. A total of 54 athletes, 37 men and 17 women, and 35 officials were registered to the Fijian squad across ten different sports.[2] There was only a single competitor in archery, boxing, judo, shooting, and table tennis, the country's sporting debut apart from the rugby sevens.
The Fijian team featured a number of returning Olympians, including archer Rob Elder, javelin thrower Leslie Copeland, swimmer Matelita Buadromo (women's 200 m freestyle), weightlifter Manueli Tulo (men's 56 kg), and judoka Josateki Naulu (men's 81 kg). 53-year-old trap shooter Glenn Kable, who had competed in every edition since 2004, was the oldest and most experienced member of the team, with 17-year-old table tennis player Sally Yee rounding out the field as the youngest member.[3] Rugby sevens team captain Osea Kolinisau was selected as Fiji's flag bearer for the opening ceremony.[1]
Fiji earned its first ever Olympic medal at these Games, with a gold from the men's rugby sevens team (led by Kolinisau).[4]
Medalists
| Medal | Name | Sport | Event | Date |
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 Gold |
Fiji national rugby sevens team |
Rugby sevens | Men's tournament | 11 August |
Archery
One Fijian archer qualified for the men's individual recurve at the Olympics with a top two finish at the Oceania Qualification Tournament in Nuku'alofa.[5][6]
Three-time Olympian Rob Elder scored a personal best of 635 during the qualification round to obtain a fifty-sixth position, before he was beaten three straight set by world no. 9 archer Wei Chun-heng of Chinese Taipei in his opening match.[7][8]
| Athlete | Event | Ranking round | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final / BM | ||
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| Score | Seed | Opposition Score |
Opposition Score |
Opposition Score |
Opposition Score |
Opposition Score |
Opposition Score |
Rank | ||
| Rob Elder | Men's individual | 635 | 56 |  Wei C-h (TPE)L 0–6 |
Did not advance | |||||
Athletics
Fiji received two universality places from IAAF to compete in the Olympics.[9][10] These places were awarded to London 2012 javelin thrower and 2015 Pacific Games gold medalist Leslie Copeland, and sprinter Sisilia Seavula in the women's 100 metres.[11][12]
Seavula was among the fastest sprinters to progress beyond the prelims, but she finished eighth in the heats, resulting to her elimination.[13] Meanwhile, Copeland threw a best of 76.04 m to obtain the thirty-second position in the qualifying round of the men's javelin throw, unable to improve upon his thirteenth-place feat four years earlier in London.[14]
- 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 | ||||
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| Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | ||
| Sisilia Seavula | Women's 100 m | 12.34 | 2 Q | 12.48 | 8 | Did not advance | |||
- Field events
| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Final | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Distance | Position | Distance | Position | ||
| Leslie Copeland | Men's javelin throw | 76.04 | 32 | Did not advance | |
Boxing
Fiji 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.[15][16] 2015 Pacific Games silver medalist Winston Hill lost his opening round bout to Armenia's Vladimir Margaryan through a unanimous decision, with the judges scored 3–0, in favor of the latter boxer.[17][18]
| Athlete | Event | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | |
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| Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Rank | ||
| Winston Hill | Men's welterweight |  Margaryan (ARM)L 0–3 |
Did not advance | ||||
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.[19][20]
- Team roster
Template:2016 Summer Olympics Fiji men's football team roster
- Group play
Group C of the men's football tournament at the 2016 Summer Olympics was played from 4 to 10 August 2016, and included Fiji, Germany, Mexico and South Korea. The top two teams advanced to the knockout stage.[21]
All times are BRT (UTC−3).[22]
Teams
| Draw position | Team | Confederation | Method of qualification |
Date of qualification |
Olympic appearance |
Last appearance |
Previous best performance |
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| C1 |  Fidschi |
OFC | Pacific Games 1st place | 12 July 2015 | 1st | — | — |
| C2 |  Südkorea |
AFC | AFC U-23 Championship 2nd place | 26 January 2016 | 10th | 2012 | Bronze medal (2012) |
| C3 |  Mexiko |
CONCACAF | CONCACAF Qualifying 1st place | 10 October 2015 | 11th | 2012 | Gold medal (2012) |
| C4 |  Deutschland |
UEFA | UEFA Under-21 Championship semi-finalists | 23 June 2015 | 9th | 1988 | Bronze medal (1988) |
Standings
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 1 | Südkorea
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3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 3 | +9 | 7 | Quarter-finals |
| 2 | Deutschland
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3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 5 | +10 | 5 | |
| 3 | Mexiko
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3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | +3 | 4 | |
| 4 | Fidschi
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3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 23 | −22 | 0 |
Matches
Mexico vs Germany
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References
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- ^ a b c "Match Report: FIJ vs KOR" (PDF). Rio 2016 Official Website. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 August 2016. Retrieved 4 August 2016.
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- ^ a b c "Match Report: KOR vs MEX" (PDF). Rio 2016 Official Website. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 August 2016. Retrieved 10 August 2016.
External links
- Football – Men, Rio2016.com
- Men's Olympic Football Tournament, Rio 2016, FIFA.com
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Judo
Fiji 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 30 May 2016.[1] Naulu received a bye in the opening round, before facing Uzbekistan's Shakhzodbek Sabirov for his first match of the meet. He seized an early lead by scoring a yuko, until Sabirov clutched him on the tatami with a soto makikomi (outer wraparound) to score an ippon for a victory at one minute and thirty-one seconds, resulting to Naulu's defeat.
| 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 | ||
| Josateki Naulu | Men's −81 kg | Bye |  Sabirov (UZB)L 001–100 |
Did not advance | |||||
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.[2][3]
- Team roster
Template:2016 Summer Olympics Fiji men's rugby sevens team roster
- Group play
Template:2016 Summer Olympics men's rugby sevens group A standings Template:2016 Summer Olympics men's rugby sevens game A2
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- Quarterfinal
Template:2016 Summer Olympics men's rugby sevens game D1
- Semifinal
Template:2016 Summer Olympics men's rugby sevens game G1
- Gold medal match
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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.[4]
- Team roster
Template:2016 Summer Olympics Fiji women's rugby sevens team roster
- Group play
Template:2016 Summer Olympics women's rugby sevens group A standings Template:2016 Summer Olympics women's rugby sevens game A1
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- Quarterfinal
Template:2016 Summer Olympics women's rugby sevens game D3
- Classification semifinal (5–8)
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- Seventh place match
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Shooting
Fiji 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.[5][6]
| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Semifinal | Final | |||
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| Points | Rank | Points | Rank | Points | Rank | ||
| Glenn Kable | Men's trap | 112 | 23 | Did not advance | |||
Swimming
Fiji 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 | |||
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| Zeit | Rank | Zeit | Rank | Zeit | Rank | ||
| Meli Malani | Men's 50 m freestyle | 23.88 | 51 | Did not advance | |||
| Matelita Buadromo | Women's 200 m freestyle | 2:05.49 | 40 | Did not advance | |||
Table tennis
Fiji 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.[10]
| Athlete | Event | Preliminary | Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 3 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final / BM | |
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| Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Rank | ||
| Sally Yee | Women's singles |  Edem (NGR)L 0–4 |
Did not advance | |||||||
Weightlifting
Fiji 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.[11] The team must allocate these places to individual athletes by 20 June 2016.
| Athlete | Event | Snatch | Clean & Jerk | Total | Rank | ||
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| Result | Rank | Result | Rank | ||||
| Manueli Tulo | Men's −56 kg | 106 | 16 | 136 | 13 | 242 | 13 |
| Apolonia Vaivai | Women's −69 kg | 88 | 15 | 113 | 11 | 201 | 11 |
References
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- ^ "Oceania event concluded in Fiji". International Weightlifting Federation. 28 May 2016. Retrieved 29 May 2016.
External links
- Fiji at the 2016 Summer Olympics at SR/Olympics (archived)
