| Noc: | SEY |
| Nocname: | Seychelles Olympic and Commonwealth Games Association |
| Games: | Summer Olympics |
| Year: | 2016 |
| Flagcaption: | Flag of Seychelles |
| Location: | Rio de Janeiro |
| Competitors: | 10 |
| Sports: | 6 |
| Flagbearer: | Rodney Govinden[1] |
| Gold: | 0 |
| Silver: | 0 |
| Bronze: | 0 |
| Appearances: | auto |
Seychelles competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 5 to 21 August 2016. This was the nation's eighth appearance at the Summer Olympics, with the exception of the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul because of its partial support to the North Korean boycott.
The Seychelles Olympic and Commonwealth Games Association (SOCGA) sent the nation's largest delegation to the Games since 1992. A total of ten athletes, eight men and two women, were selected to the Seychellois squad across six sports (athletics, boxing, judo, sailing, swimming, and weightlifting).[1]
Finn yachtsman Allan Julie etching his name into the history records as the oldest participant (aged 39) of the Seychellois squad and the first to compete in five Olympic Games. Apart from Julie, three other athletes were returning Olympians; all of them participated in their second Games, including high jumper Lissa Labiche, lightweight boxer Andrique Allisop, and half-heavyweight judoka Dominic Dugasse (men's 100 kg). Six Seychellois athletes made their Olympic debut in Rio de Janeiro, with Laser sailor Rodney Govinden acting as the nation's flag bearer in the opening ceremony.[1] The Seychelles, however, has yet to win its first Olympic medal.
See main article: article, Athletics at the 2016 Summer Olympics and Athletics at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Qualification. Seychelles received universality slots from IAAF to send two athletes (one male and one female) to the Olympics.[1] [2] [3]
See main article: article, Boxing at the 2016 Summer Olympics and Boxing at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Qualification. Seychelles entered one boxer who competed in the men's lightweight division into the Olympic boxing tournament. 2012 Olympian Andrique Allisop had claimed his Olympic spot with a box-off victory at the 2016 African Qualification Tournament in Yaoundé, Cameroon.[4]
See main article: article, Judo at the 2016 Summer Olympics and Judo at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Qualification. Seychelles qualified one judoka for the men's half-heavyweight category (100 kg) at the Games. London 2012 Olympian Dominic Dugasse earned a continental quota spot from the African region, as Seychelles' top-ranked judoka outside of direct qualifying position in the IJF World Ranking List of May 30, 2016.[5] [6]
See main article: article, Sailing at the 2016 Summer Olympics and Sailing at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Qualification. Seychellois sailors qualified one boat in each of the following classes through the individual fleet World Championships, and African qualifying regattas.[7] [8]
| Athlete | Event | Race | Net points | Final rank | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | M* | ||||
| Jean-Marc Gardette | Men's RS:X | 36 | 35 | 33 | 31 | 23 | 31 | 29 | 35 | DNF | 32 | 33 | EL | 355 | 33 | |
| Rodney Govinden | Men's Laser | 45 | 41 | 37 | 43 | 37 | 41 | 41 | 43 | 38 | EL | 365 | 45 | |||
| Allan Julie | Men's Finn | 17 | 23 | 21 | 17 | 18 | 23 | 23 | 22 | 23 | EL | 197 | 23 | |||
See main article: article and Swimming at the 2016 Summer Olympics. Seychelles received a Universality invitation from FINA to send two swimmers (one male and one female) to the Olympics.[1] [9] [10]
| Athlete | Event | Heat | Semifinal | Final | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | |||
| Adam Viktora | Men's 50 m freestyle | 24.32 | 56 | did not advance | ||||
| Alexus Laird | Women's 100 m backstroke | 1:03.33 | 27 | did not advance | ||||
See main article: article, Weightlifting at the 2016 Summer Olympics and Weightlifting at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Qualification. Seychelles received an invitation from the Tripartite Commission to send Rick Confiance in the men's featherweight category (62 kg) to the Olympics, which signified the nation's Olympic return to the sport after an eight-year hiatus.[1]