Senegal at the 2016 Summer Olympics

Senegal at the Olympic Games
Flag of Senegal IOC code  SEN NOC Comité National Olympique et Sportif Sénégalais
At the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro
Competitors	17 in 5 sports
Medals	Gold 0	Silver 0	Bronze 0	Total 0
Olympic history (summary)
Summer Games
1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016
Winter Games
1984 1988 1992 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014

Senegal is scheduled to compete at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, from August 5 to 21, 2016. This will be the nation's fourteenth consecutive appearance at the Summer Olympics since its debut in 1964.

Basketball

Women's tournament

Senegal women's basketball team qualified for the Olympics by winning the gold medal and clinching the outright Olympic berth at the AfroBasket Women 2015 in Yaoundé, Cameroon.^[1]

Team roster

• Women's team event – 1 team of 12 players

Group play

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Canada	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Quarter-finals
2	OQT 4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	United States	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	Senegal	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
5	Serbia	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
6	OQT 2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

First match(es) will be played on 6 August 2016. Source:
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head results; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored.

Canoeing

Slalom

Senegal has qualified one canoeist in the men's C-1 class by obtaining a top finish and an outright Olympic berth at the 2015 African Canoe Slalom Championships in Sagana, Kenya.^[2][3]

Athlete	Event	Preliminary						Semifinal		Final
		Run 1	Rank	Run 2	Rank	Best	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
	Men's C-1

Fencing

Senegal has entered one fencer into the Olympic competition. French import and 2012 Olympian Alexandre Bouzaid had claimed a spot in the men's épée, as the highest ranking fencer from Africa outside the world's top eight qualified teams in the FIE Adjusted Official Rankings.^[4]

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Alexandre Bouzaid	Individual épée

Taekwondo

Senegal entered one athlete into the taekwondo competition at the Olympics. Balla Dièye secured a spot in the men's lightweight category (68 kg) by virtue of his top two finish 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
Balla Dièye	Men's −68 kg

Wrestling

Senegal has qualified two wrestlers for each of the following weight classes into the Olympic competition, as a result of their semifinal triumphs at the 2016 African & Oceania Qualification Tournament.^[6]

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
Adama Diatta	−57 kg

Women'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
Isabelle Sambou	−53 kg

References

1. "Senegal clinch 11th AfroBasket Women title and qualify for 2016 Rio Olympics". FIBA. 3 October 2015. Retrieved 4 October 2015.
2. Diandy, Hyacinthe (8 November 2015). "Médaillé d’or aux championnats d’Afrique du Kenya : Jean-Pierre Bourhis, premier Africain en Canoë qualifié pour les Jo 2016" [Jean-Pierre Bourhis wins gold medal at the African Canoe Slalom Champs; goes to 2016 Olympics] (in French). Senegal: Le Quotidien. Retrieved 9 November 2015.
3. "Three more nations enter the Rio race". International Canoe Federation. 10 November 2015. Retrieved 10 November 2015.
4. "Russia top as Olympic qualification by ranking ends". FIE. 5 April 2016. Retrieved 6 April 2016.
5. "Ten countries secure Rio 2016 places at taekwondo African Qualification Tournament". World Taekwondo Federation. 8 February 2016. Retrieved 8 February 2016.
6. "Wrestling for Rio 2016". United World Wrestling. Retrieved 19 September 2015.