| Noc: | CAY |
| Nocname: | Cayman Islands Olympic Committee |
| Games: | Summer Olympics |
| Year: | 2016 |
| Flagcaption: | Flag of the Cayman Islands |
| Location: | Rio de Janeiro |
| Competitors: | 5 |
| Sports: | 3 |
| Flagbearer: | Ronald Forbes[1] |
| Gold: | 0 |
| Silver: | 0 |
| Bronze: | 0 |
| Appearances: | auto |
Cayman Islands 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.
Cayman Islands Olympic Committee selected a total of five athletes, three men and two women, for the Games across three different sports (athletics, sailing, and swimming), matching its roster size from London 2012.[2] Among the sports represented by the athletes, Cayman Islands marked its Olympic return in sailing after a sixteen-year absence.
The Caymanian team featured swimming siblings Geoffrey and Lara Butler, Laser Radial sailor Florence Allan, track sprinter Kemar Hyman, and hurdler Ronald Forbes, who joined Kareem Streete-Thompson as the only athletes to compete in three editions of the Games.[2] The most experienced member of the team, Forbes was chosen by the committee to lead the delegation for the second time as Cayman Islands' flag bearer in the opening ceremony.[1] [3] Cayman Islands, however, has yet to win its first Olympic medal.
See main article: Athletics at the 2016 Summer Olympics and Athletics at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Qualification. Caymanian athletes achieved qualifying standards in the following athletics events (up to a maximum of 3 athletes in each event):[4] [5]
| Athlete | Event | Heat | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | ||
| Ronald Forbes | Men's 110 m hurdles | 14.67 | 6 | did not advance | |||||
| Kemar Hyman | Men's 100 m | 10.34 | 7 | did not advance | |||||
See main article: Sailing at the 2016 Summer Olympics and Sailing at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Qualification. Cayman Islands received an invitation from the Tripartite Commission to send a sailor competing in the Laser Radial class to the Olympics, signifying the nation's comeback to the sport for the first time since 2000.
M = Medal race; EL = Eliminated – did not advance into the medal raceSee main article: Swimming at the 2016 Summer Olympics. Cayman Islands received a Universality invitation from FINA to send two swimmers (one male and one female) to the Olympics.[6] [7] [8]
| Athlete | Event | Heat | Semifinal | Final | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | |||
| Geoffrey Butler | Men's 400 m freestyle | 4:07.87 | 48 | did not advance | ||||
| Lara Butler | Women's 100 m backstroke | 1:04.98 | 29 | did not advance | ||||