Ivory Coast at the 2016 Summer Olympics

Ivory Coast at the Olympic Games
Flag of Ivory Coast IOC code  CIV NOC Comité National Olympique de Côte d'Ivoire
At the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro
Competitors	9 in 3 sports
Medals	Gold 0	Silver 0	Bronze 0	Total 0
Olympic history (summary)
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Côte d'Ivoire 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 at the Olympics, with the exception of the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow because of the United States boycott.

Archery

Two Ivorian archers qualified each for both the men's and women's individual recurve by obtaining one of the three Olympic places available from the 2016 African Archery Championships in Windhoek, Namibia.^[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
	Men's individual
	Women's individual

Athletics

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

• Men's 100 m – 2 quota places (Hua Wilfried Koffi, Ben Youssef Meïté)
• Men's 200 m – 1 quota place (Hua Wilfried Koffi)
• Women's 100 m – 2 quota places (Murielle Ahouré, Marie-Josée Ta Lou)
• Women's 200 m – 2 quota places (Murielle Ahouré, Marie-Josée Ta Lou)

Taekwondo

Côte d'Ivoire entered three athletes into the taekwondo competition at the Olympics. Cheick Sallah Cisse qualified automatically for the men's welterweight category (80 kg) by finishing in the top 6 WTF Olympic rankings.^[4] Meanwhile, 2012 Olympian Ruth Gbagbi and debutant Mamina Koné secured the remaining spots on the Ivory Coast team by virtue of their top two finish respectively in the women's welterweight (67 kg) and heavyweight category (+67 kg) at the 2016 African Qualification Tournament in Agadir, Morocco.^[5]

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Bronze Medal	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Cheick Sallah Cisse	Men's −80 kg
Ruth Gbagbi	Women's −67 kg
Mamina Koné	Women's +67 kg

References

1. "Egypt Qualifies 2 at Rio 2016 African Qualification Tournament". World Archery Federation. 31 January 2016. Retrieved 31 January 2016.
2. "iaaf.org – Top Lists". IAAF. Retrieved 18 April 2015.
3. "IAAF Games of the XXX Olympiad – Rio 2016 Entry Standards" (PDF). IAAF. Retrieved 18 April 2015.
4. "First Wave of 24 Taekwondo Athletes Qualifies for 2016 Rio Olympics". World Taekwondo Federation. 6 December 2015. Retrieved 7 December 2015.
5. "Ten countries secure Rio 2016 places at taekwondo African Qualification Tournament". World Taekwondo Federation. 8 February 2016. Retrieved 8 February 2016.