Fiji at the 2016 Summer Olympics

Fiji at the Olympic Games

Flag of Fiji
IOC code  FIJ
NOC Fiji Association of Sports and National Olympic Committee
Websitewww.fijiolympiccommittee.com
At the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro
Competitors 45 in 5 sports
Medals Gold
0		 Silver
0		 Bronze
0		 Total
0
Olympic history (summary)
Summer Games
Winter Games

Fiji is scheduled to compete at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 5 to 21 August 2016. This will be the nation's fourteenth appearance, having taken part in every summer games since 1956 except the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, and the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow due to the American-led boycott.

Archery

One Fijian archer has qualified for the men's individual recurve at the Olympics with a top two finish at the Oceania Qualification Tournament in Nuku'alofa.[1]

Athlete Event Ranking round Round of 64 Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final / BM
Score Seed Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Rank
Rob Elder Men's individual

Football

Men's tournament

Fiji men's football team qualified for the Olympics by winning the Olympic qualifying final at the 2015 Pacific Games Football Tournament in Papua New Guinea.[2][3]

Team roster
Group play
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Fiji 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Quarter-finals
2  South Korea 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3  Mexico 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4  Germany 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played on 4 August 2016. Source: Rio2016
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal differential; 3) Goals scored; 4) Repeat 1–3 for matches between teams still tied; 5) Lots drawn by FIFA

4 August 2016 (2016-08-04)
17:00

Fiji  Match 4  South Korea

7 August 2016 (2016-08-07)
13:00

Fiji  Match 12  Mexico

10 August 2016 (2016-08-10)
16:00

Germany  Match 19  Fiji

Golf

Vijay Singh, a three times major winner and former world number one, announced in April 2016 that he would not compete in Rio due to concerns over the Zika virus.[4]

Rugby sevens

Men's tournament

The Fijian men's rugby sevens team qualified for the Olympics by having achieved one of the top four places at the 2014–15 Sevens World Series.[5][6]

Team roster

Women's tournament

The Fijian women's rugby sevens team qualified for the Olympics by winning the 2015 FORU Women's Sevens Championships.[7]

Team roster

Shooting

Fiji has qualified one shooter in the men's trap by securing one of the available Olympic berths at the 2015 Oceania Continental Championships in Sydney, Australia.[8][9]

Men
Athlete Event Qualification Semifinal Final
Points Rank Points Rank Points Rank
Glenn Kable Trap

Table tennis

Fiji has entered one athlete into the table tennis competition at the Games for the first time in the nation's Olympic history. Sally Yee secured a spot in the women's singles by virtue of her top three finish at the 2016 Oceania Qualification Tournament in Bendigo, Australia.[10]

Athlete Event Preliminary round Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 Round 4 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final / BM
Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Rank
Sally Yee Women's singles

References

  1. ↑ "Tonga and Fiji archers qualify for Olympics". Nuku'alofa Times. 14 April 2016. Retrieved 14 April 2016.
  2. ↑ "Fiji win penalty shoot-out to qualify for men’s football tournament at Rio 2016 Games". Rio 2016. 13 July 2015. Retrieved 15 July 2015.
  3. ↑ "Fiji fairytale continues with Rio ticket". FIFA. 12 July 2015. Retrieved 15 July 2015.
  4. ↑ "Vijay Singh to bypass Olympics in Rio due to Zika virus". Sky Sports. Reuters. 13 April 2016. Retrieved 20 April 2016.
  5. ↑ "SA and Fiji qualify for Rio Olympics". SuperSport. 9 May 2015. Retrieved 10 May 2015.
  6. ↑ "South Africa and Fiji seal Rugby Sevens berths at Rio 2016 Olympics". ESPN. Retrieved 10 May 2015.
  7. ↑ Pavitt, Michael (15 November 2015). "Australia and Fiji earn Rio 2016 rugby sevens berths by clinching Oceania Rugby Sevens Championship titles". Inside The Games. Retrieved 16 November 2015.
  8. ↑ "Quota places by Nation and Name". ISSF. 23 June 2014. Retrieved 8 September 2014.
  9. ↑ "Aussies dominate Championship with four more quotas". Australian Olympic Committee. 29 November 2015. Retrieved 29 November 2015.
  10. ↑ Marshall, Ian (25 March 2016). "Names Decided for Final Stage of Oceania Olympic Games Qualifier". ITTF. Retrieved 25 March 2016.
This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the Saturday, April 30, 2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.