Guyana at the 2016 Summer Olympics

Guyana competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 5 to 21 August 2016. This was the nation's seventeenth appearance at the Summer Olympics as an independent state, although it had previously represented in five other editions (1948 to 1964) under the name British Guiana. Guyana joined the African-led boycott of the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal.

Guyana at the 2016 Summer Olympics
IOC code	GUY
NOC	Guyana Olympic Association
in Rio de Janeiro
Competitors	6 in 2 sports
Flag bearer	Hannibal Gaskin[1]
Medals	Gold 0 Silver 0 Bronze 0 Total 0
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
1948 1952 1956 1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016 2020 2024

Guyana Olympic Association sent a team of six athletes, three per gender, to compete only in track and field and swimming at the Games, matching its roster size (one sport less) with London 2012.^[2] Track sprinter Winston George was the only Guyanese athlete to have represented at the previous Games, with the rest of the field making their Olympic debut in Rio de Janeiro. Other notable athletes also featured world-ranked triple jumper Troy Doris and 19-year-old butterfly swimmer Hannibal Gaskin, who eventually led the team by carrying the Guyanese flag at the opening ceremony.^[1]

Guyana, however, failed to win its first Olympic medal, since the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, where Michael Anthony took the bronze in men's bantamweight boxing. Unable to end his nation's 36-year drought on the podium, Doris produced a best result for Guyana at these Games, finishing seventh in the men's triple jump final.^[3]

Athletics (track and field)

Main articles: Athletics at the 2016 Summer Olympics and Athletics at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Guyanese 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

• Note–Ranks given for track events are within the athlete's heat only
• Q = Qualified for the next round
• q = Qualified for the next round as a fastest loser or, in field events, by position without achieving the qualifying target
• NR = National record
• N/A = Round not applicable for the event
• Bye = Athlete not required to compete in round

Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Winston George	Men's 400 m	45.77	5	—		Did not advance
Brenessa Thompson	Women's 100 m	Bye		11.72	7	Did not advance
	Women's 200 m	23.65	7	—		Did not advance
Aliyah Abrams	Women's 400 m	52.79	5	—		Did not advance

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Troy Doris	Men's triple jump	16.81	4 q	16.90	7

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 2016 Summer Olympics

Guyana has received a Universality invitation from FINA to send two swimmers (one male and one female) to the Olympics.^[6][7][8]

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Hannibal Gaskin	Men's 100 m butterfly	58.57	42	Did not advance
Jamila Sanmoogan	Women's 50 m freestyle	28.88	63	Did not advance

See also

• Guyana at the 2015 Pan American Games