Togo at the 2016 Summer Olympics explained

Noc:TOG
Nocname:Comité National Olympique Togolais
Games:Summer Olympics
Year:2016
Location:Rio de Janeiro
Competitors:5
Sports:3
Flagbearer:Adzo Kpossi[1]
Gold:0
Silver:0
Bronze:0
Appearances:auto

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.

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

See main article: article, 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]

Track & road events
AthleteEventHeatQuarterfinalSemifinalFinal
ResultRankResultRankResultRankResultRank
Fabrice DablaMen's 200 m21.367Did not advance
Prénam PesseWomen's 100 m12.384Did not advance

Rowing

See main article: article, 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.

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

See main article: article and 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]

AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinal
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Eméric KpegbaMen's 50 m freestyle27.6780Did not advance
Adzo KpossiWomen's 50 m freestyle33.4479Did not advance

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Remise de drapeau aux athlètes togolais pour les J.O de Rio 2016. Flag bearer named, as Togolese athletes are heading to Rio 2016. iciLome.com. 27 July 2016. fr. 27 July 2016.
  2. News: Au moins 5 athlètes togolais seront présents à Rio. At least 5 Togolese athletes will be present in Rio. République Togolaise. 4 October 2016. fr. 1 August 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: JO Rio 2016 : Cinq Togolais déjà qualifiés pour les Jeux. 2016 Olympics: Five Togolese athletes qualified for the Games. fr. Africa Top Sports. 7 July 2016. 19 July 2016.
  6. Web site: Swimming World Rankings. FINA. 14 March 2015.
  7. News: Rio 2016 – FINA Swimming Qualification System. PDF. Rio 2016. FINA. 23 January 2015.