Guinea at the 2016 Summer Olympics explained

Guinea competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 5 to 21 August 2016. This was the nation's eleventh appearance at the Summer Olympics since its debut in 1968. Guinea failed to register any athletes at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, and eventually joined the rest of the African nations to boycott the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal.

Five Guinean athletes, two men and three women, were selected to the team, competing only in athletics, judo, and swimming; all of them received their spots through wild card entries. Half-middleweight judoka Mamadama Bangoura led the Guinean squad as the nation's flag bearer in the opening ceremony.^[1] Guinea, however, has yet to win its first ever Olympic medal.

Athletics

See main article: article, Athletics at the 2016 Summer Olympics and Athletics at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Qualification. Guinea has received universality slots from IAAF to send two athletes (one male and one female) to the Olympics.^{[2] [3]}

Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Mohamed Lamine Dansoko	Men's 100 m	11.05	6	did not advance
Makoura Keita	Women's 100 m	12.66	4	did not advance

Judo

See main article: article and Judo at the 2016 Summer Olympics. Guinea has received an invitation from the Tripartite Commission to send a judoka competing in the women's half-middleweight category (63 kg) to the Olympics.

Swimming

See main article: article and Swimming at the 2016 Summer Olympics. Guinea has received a Universality invitation from FINA to send two swimmers (one male and one female) to the Olympics.^{[4] [5] [6]}

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Amadou Camara	Men's 50 m freestyle	27.35	78	did not advance
Mariama Sow	Women's 50 m freestyle	39.85	87	did not advance

Notes and References

1. Web site: 30è édition JO Rio 2016: la Guinée avec 5 athlètes pour 3 disciplines ralliera les lieux de la compétition en retard . 30th edition of the Olympics – Rio 2016: 5 Guinean athletes competing in 3 sports will rally the tournament . Mediaguinee.org . 4 August 2016 . fr . 3 August 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160804145745/https://mediaguinee.org/2016/08/03/30e-edition-jo-rio-2016-guinee-5-athletes-3-disciplines-ralliera-lieux-de-competition-retard/ . 4 August 2016 . dead.
2. Web site: iaaf.org – Top Lists . IAAF . 18 April 2015.
3. Web site: IAAF Games of the XXX Olympiad – Rio 2016 Entry Standards . . 18 April 2015.
4. Web site: Swimming World Rankings . . 14 March 2015.
5. Web site: Men's Final Entry List . . 20 July 2016.
6. Web site: Women's Final Entry List . . 20 July 2016.