American Samoa at the 2016 Summer Olympics explained

Noc:ASA
Nocname:American Samoa National Olympic Committee
Games:Summer Olympics
Year:2016
Location:Rio de Janeiro
Competitors:4
Sports:3
Flagbearer:Tanumafili Jungblut[1]
Gold:0
Silver:0
Bronze:0
Appearances:auto
App Begin Year:1988

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

Four American Samoan athletes, three men and one woman, were selected for the Games, competing only in athletics, judo, and weightlifting; all of them made their Olympic debut in Rio de Janeiro through wild card entries and universality places, without having qualified. Among the nation's athletes were American-born sprinters Isaac Silafau and Jordan Mageo (the lone female of the team), lightweight judoka Benjamin Waterhouse (men's 73 kg), and weightlifter Tanumafili Jungblut, who led the delegation as American Samoa's flag bearer in the opening ceremony.[1] [2] American Samoa, however, has yet to win its first ever Olympic medal.

Athletics

See main article: Athletics at the 2016 Summer Olympics and Athletics at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Qualification. American Samoa has received universality slots from IAAF to send two athletes (one male and one female) to the Olympics.[3] [4]

Track & road events
AthleteEventHeatQuarterfinalSemifinalFinal
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Isaac SilafauMen's 100 m11.515Did not advance
Jordan MageoWomen's 100 m13.726Did not advance

Judo

See main article: Judo at the 2016 Summer Olympics and Judo at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Qualification. American Samoa has qualified one judoka for the men's lightweight category (73 kg) at the Games. Benjamin Waterhouse earned a continental quota spot from the Oceania region as the nation's lone judoka outside of direct qualifying position in the IJF World Ranking List of May 30, 2016.[5]

Weightlifting

See main article: Weightlifting at the 2016 Summer Olympics and Weightlifting at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Qualification. American Samoa has received an invitation from the Tripartite Commission to send Tanumafili Jungblut in the men's middle-heavyweight category (94 kg) to the Olympics, signifying the nation's Olympic return to the sport for the first time since 2004.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: The Flagbearers for the Rio 2016 Opening Ceremony. International Olympic Committee. 5 August 2016.
  2. News: Dan. Jones. American (Samoa) dream. Mail Tribune. 30 July 2016. 3 October 2016.
  3. Web site: iaaf.org – Top Lists. IAAF. 18 April 2015.
  4. Web site: IAAF Games of the XXX Olympiad – Rio 2016 Entry Standards. IAAF. 18 April 2015.
  5. News: IJF Officially Announces Qualified Athletes for Rio 2016 Olympic Games. 23 June 2016. International Judo Federation. 24 June 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160707205937/http://www.intjudo.eu/News/cikk3913. 7 July 2016. dead. dmy-all.