United Arab Emirates at the 2016 Summer Olympics

United Arab Emirates competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, from 5 to 21 August 2016. This was the nation's ninth consecutive appearance at the Summer Olympics.

United Arab Emirates at the 2016 Summer Olympics
Flag of the United Arab Emirates
IOC code	UAE
NOC	United Arab Emirates National Olympic Committee
Website	olympic.ae (in Arabic)
in Rio de Janeiro
Competitors	13 in 6 sports
Flag bearer	Nada Al-Bedwawi[1]
Medals Ranked 78th	Gold 0 Silver 0 Bronze 1 Total 1
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The United Arab Emirates National Olympic Committee selected a team of 13 athletes, 9 men and 4 women, to compete in six different sports at the Games.^[2] The nation's full roster in Rio de Janeiro was half the size of the delegation sent to London (26 athletes), and had the largest share of female athletes in its Summer Olympic history.

The Emirati roster featured five naturalized athletes: three Moldovan-born judokas Victor Scvortov, Sergiu Toma, and Ivan Remarenco, and two Ethiopian-born runners Alia Saeed Mohammed and Betlhem Desalegn.^[3] Other notable athletes on the Emirati team included skeet shooter Saeed Al-Maktoum, who competed at his fifth consecutive Games as the most experienced member, and freestyle swimmer Nada Al-Bedwawi, who was selected by the committee, as the youngest member (aged 19), to carry the Emirati flag in the opening ceremony.^[1][2]

United Arab Emirates left Rio de Janeiro with its first Olympic medal since double trap shooter Ahmed Al Maktoum topped the podium in Athens 2004. It was awarded to three-time judoka Toma, who took the bronze in men's half-middleweight category (81 kg).^[4]

Medalists

Further information: 2016 Summer Olympics medal table and List of 2016 Summer Olympics medal winners

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Bronze	Sergiu Toma	Judo	Men's 81 kg	9 August

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 2016 Summer Olympics

Emirati athletes have so far achieved qualifying standards in the following athletics events (up to a maximum of 3 athletes in each event):^[5][6]

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		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Saud Al-Zaabi	Men's 1500 m	4:02.35	13	Did not advance
Betlhem Desalegn	Women's 1500 m	DNS		Did not advance
Alia Saeed Mohammed	Women's 10000 m	—				31:56.74	23

Cycling

Main article: Cycling at the 2016 Summer Olympics

Road

United Arab Emirates has qualified one rider in the men's Olympic road race by virtue of his top two individual ranking at the 2015 Asian Championships, signifying the nation's Olympic comeback to the sport for the first time since 1996.^[7][8]

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Yousif Mirza	Men's road race	Did not finish

Judo

Main article: Judo at the 2016 Summer Olympics

United Arab Emirates has qualified three judokas for each of the following weight classes at the Games. Moldovan-born Victor Scvortov and London 2012 Olympian Sergiu Toma were ranked among the top 22 eligible judokas for men in the IJF World Ranking List of May 30, 2016, while Ivan Remarenco at men's half-heavyweight (100 kg) earned a continental quota spot from the Asian region, as the highest-ranked Emirati judoka outside of direct qualifying position.^[9][10]

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Victor Scvortov	Men's −73 kg	Bye	Mater (YEM) W 101–000	Ono (JPN) L 000–100	Did not advance
Sergiu Toma	Men's −81 kg	Bye	Maresch (GER) W 101–000	Penalber (BRA) W 101–001	Nagase (JPN) W 001–000	Khalmurzaev (RUS) L 100–000	Bye	Marconcini (ITA) W 100–000
Ivan Remarenco	Men's −100 kg	Bye	Bouyacoub (ALG) L 000–010	Did not advance

Shooting

Main article: Shooting at the 2016 Summer Olympics

Emirati shooters have achieved quota places for the following events by virtue of their best finishes at the 2014 and 2015 ISSF World Championships, the 2015 ISSF World Cup series, and Asian Championships, as long as they obtained a minimum qualifying score (MQS) as of March 31, 2016.^[11]

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Semifinal		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Khaled Al-Kaabi	Men's double trap	134	9	Did not advance
Saeed Al-Maktoum	Men's skeet	118	17	Did not advance
Saif bin Futtais		114	29	Did not advance

Qualification Legend: Q = Qualify for the next round; q = Qualify for the bronze medal (shotgun)

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 2016 Summer Olympics

United Arab Emirates has received a Universality invitation from FINA to send two swimmers (one male and one female) to the Olympics.^[12][13][14]

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Yaaqoub Al-Saadi	Men's 100 m backstroke	59.58	37	Did not advance
Nada Al-Bedwawi	Women's 50 m freestyle	33.42	78	Did not advance

Weightlifting

Main article: Weightlifting at the 2016 Summer Olympics

United Arab Emirates has received an unused quota place from IWF to send a female weightlifter to the Olympics.^[15][16]

Athlete	Event	Snatch		Clean & Jerk		Total	Rank
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Ayesha Al-Balooshi	Women's −58 kg	72	16	90	16	162	16

See also

• United Arab Emirates at the 2016 Summer Paralympics