United Arab Emirates at the 2016 Summer Olympics
| United Arab Emirates at the Olympic Games | ||||||||||||
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| At the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 6 in 3 sports | |||||||||||
| Medals | Gold 0 |
Silver 0 |
Bronze 0 |
Total 0 |
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| Olympic history (summary) | ||||||||||||
| Summer Games | ||||||||||||
United Arab Emirates is scheduled to compete at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, from 5 to 21 August 2016.
Athletics
Emirati athletes have so far achieved qualifying standards in the following athletics events (up to a maximum of 3 athletes in each event):[1][2]
- Women's 1500 m – 1 quota place (Betlhem Desalegn)
- Women's 10000 m – 1 quota place (Alia Saeed Mohammed)
Cycling
Road
United Arab Emirates has qualified one rider in the men's Olympic road race by virtue of his top two individual ranking at the 2015 Asian Championships, signifying the nation's Olympic comeback to the sport for the first time since 1996.[3][4]
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yousif Mirza | Men's road race |
Shooting
Emirati shooters have achieved quota places for the following events by virtue of their best finishes at the 2014 and 2015 ISSF World Championships, the 2015 ISSF World Cup series, and Asian Championships, as long as they obtained a minimum qualifying score (MQS) as of March 31, 2016.[5]
- Men
| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Semifinal | Final | |||
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| Points | Rank | Points | Rank | Points | Rank | ||
| Double trap | |||||||
| Skeet | |||||||
Qualification Legend: Q = Qualify for the next round; q = Qualify for the bronze medal (shotgun)
See also
References
- ↑ "iaaf.org – Top Lists". IAAF. Retrieved 18 April 2015.
- ↑ "IAAF Games of the XXX Olympiad – Rio 2016 Entry Standards" (PDF). IAAF. Retrieved 18 April 2015.
- ↑ "Leung Chun-wing all but seals Olympics road race place for Hong Kong cycling". South China Morning Post. 13 February 2015. Retrieved 14 February 2015.
- ↑ "UCI announces men's road Olympic quotas". Cyclingnews.com. 18 January 2016. Retrieved 20 January 2016.
- ↑ "Quota places by Nation and Name". ISSF. 23 June 2014. Retrieved 8 September 2014.