Palestine at the 2016 Summer Olympics

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Palestine at the
2016 Summer Olympics
Flag of Palestine.svg
Flag of Palestine
IOC code PLE
NOC Palestine Olympic Committee
Website www.poc.ps  (in Arabic)
in Rio de Janeiro
Competitors6 in 4 sports
Flag bearer Mayada Al-Sayad [1]
Medals
Gold
0
Silver
0
Bronze
0
Total
0
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)

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

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Palestine Olympic Committee sent the nation's largest ever delegation to the Games. A total of six athletes, four men and two women, were selected to the Palestinian team across four different sports. [2] Four of them were invited to compete in their respective sporting events, with the other two qualifying for the Games on merit. Among the sports represented by the athletes, Palestine marked its Olympic debut in equestrian.

The Palestinian roster featured middle-distance freestyle swimmer Ahmed Gebrel, the lone returning Olympian from London 2012, and three of its athletes being born and raised in Germany: judoka Simon Yacoub (men's 66 kg), Dressage horse rider and dual citizen Christian Zimmermann, and marathon runner Mayada Al-Sayad, who led the delegation as the nation's flag bearer in the opening ceremony, the second female in history since Sanna Abubkheet did so in 2004. [3] Palestine, whose athletes have been allowed to compete under its flag by the International Olympic Committee only since 1996, has yet to win its first Olympic medal.

Athletics

Mayada Al-Sayad Frankfurt-Marathon-2017-10-29-0011.jpg
Mayada Al-Sayad

Palestinian athletes have so far achieved qualifying standards in the following athletics events (up to a maximum of 3 athletes in each event): [4] [5]

Key
Track & road events
AthleteEventHeatQuarterfinalSemifinalFinal
ResultRankResultRankResultRankResultRank
Mohammed Abu Khoussa Men's 100 m 10.823 q11.899Did not advance
Mayada Al-Sayad Women's marathon —2:42:2867

Equestrian

Palestine entered one rider into the Olympic equestrian competition by virtue of a top finish from Africa and the Middle East in the individual FEI Olympic rankings, signifying the nation's Olympic debut in the sport. [6]

Individual Dressage

AthleteHorseEventGrand PrixOverall
ScoreRankTechnicalArtisticScoreRank
Christian Zimmermann Aramis 606 Dressage 62.27157Did Not AdvanceDid Not Advance63.27157

Judo

Palestine has received an invitation from the Tripartite Commission to send a judoka competing in the men's extra-lightweight category (60 kg) to the Olympics.

AthleteEventRound of 64Round of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsRepechageFinal / BM
Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Rank
Simon Yacoub Men's −60 kg Flag of France.svg  Khyar  (FRA)
L 000–100		Did not advance

Swimming

Palestine has received a Universality invitation from FINA to send two swimmers (one male and one female) to the Olympics. [7] [8] [9]

AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinal
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Ahmed Gebrel Men's 200 m freestyle 1:59:7147Did not advance
Mary Al-Atrash Women's 50 m freestyle 28.7662Did not advance

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References

  1. ↑ "The Flagbearers for the Rio 2016 Opening Ceremony". International Olympic Committee . Retrieved 5 August 2016.
  2. ↑ "Six Palestinian athletes participating in Rio Olympics". Palestine News Network. 2 August 2016. Archived from the original on 14 September 2016. Retrieved 28 September 2016.
  3. ↑ Lieber, Dov (2 August 2016). "Palestinians send 6 athletes to Rio — half of them Germans". The Times of Israel . Retrieved 28 September 2016.
  4. ↑ "iaaf.org – Top Lists". IAAF. Retrieved 18 April 2015.
  5. ↑ "IAAF Games of the XXX Olympiad – Rio 2016 Entry Standards" (PDF). IAAF . Retrieved 18 April 2015.
  6. ↑ "Six nations make Olympic and Paralympic débuts at Rio 2016 equestrian events". FEI. 24 March 2016. Retrieved 26 March 2016.
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