| Noc: | RWA |
| Nocname: | Comité National Olympique et Sportif du Rwanda |
| Games: | Summer Olympics |
| Year: | 2016 |
| Location: | Rio de Janeiro |
| Competitors: | 7 |
| Sports: | 3 |
| Flagbearer: | Adrien Niyonshuti[1] |
| Gold: | 0 |
| Silver: | 0 |
| Bronze: | 0 |
| Appearances: | auto |
| App Begin Year: | 1984 |
Rwanda competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 5 to 21 August 2016. This was the nation's ninth consecutive appearance at the Summer Olympics.
The Rwandan National Olympic and Sports Committee (French: Comité National Olympique et Sportif du Rwanda) selected a team of seven athletes, four men and three women, to compete only in athletics, road cycling, mountain biking, and swimming at the Olympics, matching the nation's roster size with London 2012.[2] The Rwandan delegation featured two returning Olympians from the previous Games, including marathon runner Claudette Mukasakindi, and road cyclist Adrien Niyonshuti, who reprised his role of carrying the nation's flag for the second time in the opening ceremony.[1]
See main article: article, Athletics at the 2016 Summer Olympics and Athletics at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Qualification. Rwandan athletes have so far achieved qualifying standards in the following athletics events (up to a maximum of 3 athletes in each event):[3] [4]
| Athlete | Event | Final | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Result | Rank | |||
| Ambroise Uwiragiye | Men's marathon | 2:25:57 | 99 | |
| Claudette Mukasakindi | Women's marathon | 3:05:57 | 126 | |
| Salome Nyirarukundo | Women's 10000 m | 32:07.80 | 27 | |
See main article: article, Cycling at the 2016 Summer Olympics and Cycling at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Qualification.
Rwanda has qualified one rider in the men's Olympic road race by virtue of his top 10 individual ranking in the 2015 UCI Africa Tour.[5]
Rwanda has qualified one mountain biker for the men's Olympic cross-country race, by virtue of a top two national finish, not yet qualified, at the 2015 African Championships.
See main article: article and Swimming at the 2016 Summer Olympics. Rwanda has received a Universality invitation from FINA to send two swimmers (one male and one female) to the Olympics.[6] [7]
| Athlete | Event | Heat | Semifinal | Final | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | |||
| Eloi Imaniraguha | Men's 50 m freestyle | 26.43 | 68 | Did not advance | ||||
| Johanna Umurungi | Women's 100 m butterfly | 1:11.92 | 44 | Did not advance | ||||