Equatorial Guinea at the 2016 Summer Olympics

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Equatorial Guinea at the
2016 Summer Olympics
IOC codeGEQ
NOCOlympic Committee of Equatorial Guinea
in Rio de Janeiro
Competitors2 in 1 sport
Flag bearer Reïna-Flor Okori
Medals
Gold
0
Silver
0
Bronze
0
Total
0
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)

Equatorial Guinea 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 marked its ninth appearance in the Summer Olympics since its début in the 1984 Summer Olympics. The delegation included two track and field athletes, Benjamin Enzema and Reïna-Flor Okori who both qualified for the Games through wildcard places since their fastest times did not meet the required qualification standards, Okori was selected as the flag bearer for the opening and closing ceremonies. Enzema did not advance beyond the qualification round for the men's 800 metres event and Okori was unable to start the women's 100 metre hurdles contest.

Background

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Equatorial Guinea participated in nine Summer Games between its début at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, and the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.[1] No Equatoguinean athlete has ever won a medal at the Olympic Games.[1] Equatorial Guinea participated in the Rio Summer Games from 5 to 21 August 2016.[2]

The two athletes that were selected to compete in the Rio Games were athletics competitors Benjamín Enzema and Reïna-Flor Okori.[2] Equatorial Guinea was one of several countries who sent a delegation of two athletes in 2016, with only Tuvalu sending a single competitor.[2] Meanwhile, the number of competitors of Equatoguinean descent representing other nations was even higher than the Equatoguinean itself – they were three, all of them with Spain: judoka María Bernabéu,[3] handball player Marta Mangué[4] and athlete Aauri Bokesa.[5]

Along with the two athletes, the country's delegation was led by the vice-president of Equatorial Guinea Teodoro Nguema Obiang Mangue.[6] The country's Olympic women's football team failed to qualify for the Games following a defeat to South Africa on aggregate in a two-leg playoff match in October 2015.[7] Okori was selected as the flag bearer for both the opening and closing ceremonies.[8][9]

Athletics (track and field)

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Main articles: Athletics at the 2016 Summer Olympics and Athletics at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Qualification
The Estádio Olímpico Nilton Santos, where Enzema competed in track and field events.

Benjamin Enzema was the sole male athlete representing Equatorial Guinea at the Rio Games at age 27. He had previously competed at the 2012 Summer Games.[2] Enzema qualified for the Games via a wildcard as his fastest time of 1 minute, 53.35 seconds, set at the 2015 African Games, was 7.55 seconds slower than the qualifying standard for his event, the men's 800 metres.[10][11] He was drawn in the third heat on 12 August, finishing eighth out of nine athletes, with a time of 1 minute, 52.14 seconds. Overall, Enzema finished 50th out of 54 runners,[a] and was unable to advance to the later rounds because he finished 7.15 seconds slower than the slowest competitor in his heat who progressed to the second round.[12]

Reïna-Flor Okori, at age 36, was the only Equatoguinean female competitor. She had previously competed at the previous three Summer Games but with the French Olympic team.[13] She was notable for being the flag bearer for the opening and closing ceremonies.[8][9] Okori qualified for the Games via a wildcard because she had not recorded a qualifying standard time for her event, the women's 100 metre hurdles.[14][13] She spent time training in Equatorial Guinea and France preparing for the Games.[13][15] In an interview before the Games Okori said she aimed to reach the final stage of her event and earn Equatorial Guinea's first Olympic gold medal.[15] She was due to compete in the contest's sixth heat on 16 August alongside seven other participants but was unable to start the event because of a ruptured popliteal cyst.[16][17]

Key
  • Note–Ranks given for track events are within the athlete's heat only
Track & road events
Athlete Event Heat Semifinal Final
Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank
Benjamín Enzema Men's 800 m 1:52.14 8 Did not advance[12]
Reïna-Flor Okori Women's 100 m hurdles DNS Did not advance[16][17]

Notes

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  1. ^ Two other athletes were disqualified, one did not finish and one was unable to start.[12]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Countries – Equatorial Guinea". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 5 August 2016. Retrieved 28 October 2016.
  2. ^ a b c d Stewart, Megan. "Table for one? Meet the 10 smallest delegations at Rio 2016". Rio 2016. Archived from the original on 29 July 2016. Retrieved 23 October 2016.
  3. ^ "Results – Women 70kg – Judo – Rio 2016 – Olympics". BBC Sport.
  4. ^ "Marta Mangue Gonzalez – Olympic Facts and Results". Olympian Database.
  5. ^ "Aauri Lorena Bokesa – Olympic Facts and Results". Olympian Database.
  6. ^ "Teodoro Nguema Obiang Mangue accompanies athletes to the Olympics in Rio". Guinea Equatorial Press. 8 August 2016. Archived from the original on 7 February 2017. Retrieved 6 February 2017.
  7. ^ Morgan, Liam (11 April 2016). "FIFA ban Equatorial Guinea women from qualifying for Tokyo 2020 over forged documents". Inside the Games. Archived from the original on 7 February 2017. Retrieved 6 February 2017.
  8. ^ a b "Porte-drapeau de la Guinée équatoriale!" [Flag bearer for Equatorial Guinea!]. L'Est Républicain (in French). 2 August 2016. Archived from the original on 4 August 2016. Retrieved 4 August 2016.
  9. ^ a b "Rio 2016 Closing Ceremony – Flag Bearers" (PDF). International Olympic Committee. 21 August 2016. Archived (PDF) from the original on 29 November 2016. Retrieved 5 February 2017.
  10. ^ "Benjamín Enzema – Athlete Profile – Progression". IAAF. Archived from the original on 28 October 2016. Retrieved 8 February 2017.
  11. ^ "IAAF Games of the XXX Olympiad – Rio 2016 Entry Standards" (PDF). IAAF. Archived (PDF) from the original on 18 April 2015. Retrieved 18 April 2015.
  12. ^ a b c "2016 Summer Olympics – Results – Athletics – Men's 800m". ESPN. Archived from the original on 7 February 2017. Retrieved 6 February 2017.
  13. ^ a b c Bouys, Gabriel (3 August 2016). "JO 2016: Reina-Flor Okori, quatre Jeux, deux pays" [OJ 2016: Reina-Flor Okori, four Games, two countries]. Radio France Internationale (in French). Agence France-Presse. Archived from the original on 7 February 2017. Retrieved 6 February 2017.
  14. ^ "Qualification System and Entry Standards" (PDF). International Association of Athletic Federations. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 October 2016. Retrieved 23 October 2016.
  15. ^ a b Mangue Alima, Soledad (9 May 2016). "The athlete Reina Okori home for training". Guinea Equatorial Press. Archived from the original on 7 August 2016. Retrieved 6 February 2017.
  16. ^ a b "Olympics-Athletics-Women's 100m hurdles round 1 results". Reuters. 16 August 2016. Archived from the original on 7 February 2017. Retrieved 6 February 2017.
  17. ^ a b Straboni, Julie (21 August 2016). "Ces ultra-marins qui ont vécu les JO de l'intérieur" [These ultra-mariners who lived the Olympics of the interior]. France Info (in French). Archived from the original on 18 February 2017. Retrieved 18 February 2017.
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