Togo at the 2016 Summer Olympics

Togo competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 5 to 21 August 2016. This was the nation's tenth appearance at the Summer Olympics.

Togo at the
2016 Summer Olympics
IOC codeTOG
NOCComité National Olympique Togolais
in Rio de Janeiro
Competitors5 in 3 sports
Flag bearer Adzo Kpossi[1]
Medals
Gold
0
Silver
0
Bronze
0
Total
0
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)

The Togo National Olympic Committee (French: Comité National Olympique Togolais, CNOT) sent a team of five athletes, two men and three women, to compete only in athletics, swimming, and rowing at the Games.[2] All of them made their Olympic debut in Rio de Janeiro, except for freestyle swimmer Adzo Kpossi, who established history for Togo by becoming the youngest athlete of the Games four years earlier. The lone returning Olympian from London 2012, Kpossi led the delegation as Togo's flag bearer in the opening ceremony.[1]

Togo, however, left Rio de Janeiro without a single medal for the second consecutive time, failing to reproduce it from the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, where slalom kayaker Benjamin Boukpeti bagged the bronze.

Athletics
Main articles: Athletics at the 2016 Summer Olympics and Athletics at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Togo has received universality slots from IAAF to send two athletes (one male and one female) to the Olympics.[3][4][5]

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
Track & road events
Athlete Event Heat Quarterfinal Semifinal Final
Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank
Fabrice Dabla Men's 200 m 21.36 7 — Did not advance
Prénam Pesse Women's 100 m 12.38 4 Did not advance

Rowing
Main articles: Rowing at the 2016 Summer Olympics and Rowing at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Togo has received an invitation from the Tripartite Commission to send a rower in the women's single sculls to the Rio regatta, signifying the nation's Olympic debut in the sport.

Athlete Event Heats Repechage Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Claire Akossiwa Women's single sculls 9:56.43 5 R 9:04.76 4 SE/F Bye 9:25.60 4 FF 9:54.54 32

Qualification Legend: FA=Final A (medal); FB=Final B (non-medal); FC=Final C (non-medal); FD=Final D (non-medal); FE=Final E (non-medal); FF=Final F (non-medal); SA/B=Semifinals A/B; SC/D=Semifinals C/D; SE/F=Semifinals E/F; QF=Quarterfinals; R=Repechage

Swimming
Main article: Swimming at the 2016 Summer Olympics

Togo has received a Universality invitation from FINA to send two swimmers (one male and one female) to the Olympics.[5][6][7]

Athlete Event Heat Semifinal Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Eméric Kpegba Men's 50 m freestyle 27.67 80 Did not advance
Adzo Kpossi Women's 50 m freestyle 33.44 79 Did not advance

References
  1. "Remise de drapeau aux athlètes togolais pour les J.O de Rio 2016" [Flag bearer named, as Togolese athletes are heading to Rio 2016] (in French). iciLome.com. 27 July 2016. Retrieved 27 July 2016.
  2. "Au moins 5 athlètes togolais seront présents à Rio" [At least 5 Togolese athletes will be present in Rio] (in French). République Togolaise. 1 August 2016. Retrieved 4 October 2016.
  3. "iaaf.org – Top Lists". IAAF. Retrieved 18 April 2015.
  4. "IAAF Games of the XXX Olympiad – Rio 2016 Entry Standards" (PDF). IAAF. Retrieved 18 April 2015.
  5. "JO Rio 2016 : Cinq Togolais déjà qualifiés pour les Jeux" [2016 Olympics: Five Togolese athletes qualified for the Games] (in French). Africa Top Sports. 7 July 2016. Retrieved 19 July 2016.
  6. "Swimming World Rankings". FINA. Retrieved 14 March 2015.
  7. "Rio 2016 – FINA Swimming Qualification System" (PDF). Rio 2016. FINA. Retrieved 23 January 2015.
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