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Bolivia at the 2016 Summer Olympics

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IOC code
  
BOL

Flag bearer
  
Ángela Castro

Competitors
  
12 in 5 sports

Bolivia at the 2016 Summer Olympics

NOC
  
Bolivian Olympic Committee

Website
  
www.cobol.org.bo (Spanish)

Medals
  
Gold Silver Bronze Total 0 0 0 0

Bolivia competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 5 to 21 August 2016. This was the nation's fourteenth appearance at the Summer Olympics, since its debut in 1936.

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Bolivian Olympic Committee (Spanish: Comité Olímpico Boliviano sent the nation's second-largest delegation in history to the Games, falling short of a roster size set in Barcelona 1992 by a single athlete. A total of 12 athletes, six per gender, were selected to the Bolivian team across five different sports; three of them returned for their second appearance, while the rest of the delegation attended the Games for the first time.

Notable Bolivian athletes featured pistol shooter Rudolf Knijnenburg, who staged his comeback in Rio de Janeiro after a twelve-year absence, freestyle swimmer Karen Torrez, and race walkers Claudia Balderrama and Ángela Castro, who was chosen to lead the team as the nation's flag bearer into the opening ceremony. Bolivia, however, has yet to win its first ever Olympic medal.

Athletics (track and field)

Bolivian athletes have so far achieved qualifying standards in the following athletics events (up to a maximum of 3 athletes in each event):

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
    • Men
    Women

    Road

    Bolivia has received an invitation from the Tripartite Commission to send a rider competing in the men's road race to the Olympics.

    Judo

    Bolivia has qualified one judoka for the men's middleweight category (90 kg) at the Games, signifying the nation's Olympic return to the sport for the first time since 2004. Martin Michel earned a continental quota spot from the Pan American region as the Bolivia's top-ranked judoka outside of direct qualifying position in the IJF World Ranking List of May 30, 2016.

    Shooting

    Bolivia has received two invitations from the Tripartite Commission to send shooters competing in the men's pistol and women's rifle events to the Olympics.

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

    Swimming

    Bolivia has received a Universality invitation from FINA to send two swimmers (one male and one female) to the Olympics.

    References

    Bolivia at the 2016 Summer Olympics Wikipedia
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