Bahrain at the 2016 Summer Olympics

Bahrain at the Olympic Games
Flag of Bahrain IOC code  BRN NOC Bahrain Olympic Committee
At the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro
Competitors	20 in 2 sports
Medals	Gold 0	Silver 0	Bronze 0	Total 0
Olympic history (summary)
Summer Games
1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016

Bahrain is scheduled to compete at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 5 to 21 August 2016.

Athletics

Bahraini athletes have so far achieved qualifying standards in the following athletics events (up to a maximum of 3 athletes in each event):^[1][2]

• Men's 400 m – 1 quota place (Abbas Abubakar Abbas)
• Men's 800 m – 1 quota place (Abraham Kipchirchir Rotich)
• Men's 1500 m – 1 quota place (Benson Kiplagat Seurei)
• Men's 5000 m – 2 quota places (Albert Kibichii Rop, Aweke Ayalew)
• Men's 10000 m – 1 quota place (El Hassan Elabbassi)
• Men's 3000 m steeplechase – 1 quota place (John Kibet Koech)
• Men's marathon – 2 quota places (Shumi Dechasa, Alemu Bekele)
• Women's 200 m – 1 quota place (Salwa Eid Naser)
• Women's 400 m – 2 quota places (Kemi Adekoya, Salwa Eid Naser)
• Women's 1500 m – 1 quota place (Mimi Belete, Tigist Gashaw)
• Women's 5000 m – 1 quota place (Mimi Belete)
• Women's 400 m hurdles – 1 quota place (Adekoya Oluwakemi)
• Women's 3000 m steeplechase – 2 quota place (Ruth Jebet, Tigest Getent)
• Women's marathon – 3 quota places

Wrestling

Bahrain has qualified one wrestler for the men's freestyle 65 kg into the Olympic competition as a result of his semifinal triumph at the first meet of the World Qualification Tournament, signifying the nation's debut in the sport.^[3][4]

Key:

• VT - Victory by Fall.
• PP - Decision by Points - the loser with technical points.
• PO - Decision by Points - the loser without technical points.

Men's freestyle

Athlete	Event	Qualification	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Adam Batirov	−65 kg

References

1. "iaaf.org – Top Lists". IAAF. Retrieved 18 April 2015.
2. "IAAF Games of the XXX Olympiad – Rio 2016 Entry Standards" (PDF). IAAF. Retrieved 18 April 2015.
3. "Wrestling for Rio 2016". United World Wrestling. Retrieved 19 September 2015.
4. May, William (24 April 2016). "Batirov Adds Bahrain to Rio 2016 Wrestling Events at 1st World OG Qualifier". United World Wrestling. Retrieved 25 April 2016.