Back ساحل العاج في الألعاب الأولمبية الصيفية 2016 Arabic کۆتدیڤوار لە ئۆڵۆمپیادی ھاوینەی ٢٠١٦ CKB Pobřeží slonoviny na Letních olympijských hrách 2016 Czech Elfenbenskysten ved sommer-OL 2016 Danish Olympische Sommerspiele 2016/Teilnehmer (Elfenbeinküste) German Costa de Marfil en los Juegos Olímpicos de Río de Janeiro 2016 Spanish Elevandiluurannik 2016. aasta suveolümpiamängudel Estonian Côte d'Ivoire aux Jeux olympiques d'été de 2016 French Elefántcsontpart a 2016. évi nyári olimpiai játékokon Hungarian Costa d'Avorio ai Giochi della XXXI Olimpiade Italian
| Ivory Coast at the 2016 Summer Olympics | |
|---|---|
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| IOC code | CIV |
| NOC | Comité National Olympique de Côte d'Ivoire |
| in Rio de Janeiro | |
| Competitors | 12 in 6 sports |
| Flag bearer | Murielle Ahouré[1] |
| Medals Ranked 51st |
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| Summer Olympics appearances (overview) | |
Ivory Coast, also known as Côte d'Ivoire and officially as the Republic of Côte d'Ivoire, competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 5 to 21 August 2016. This was the nation's fourteenth appearance at the Summer Olympics.
The Ivory Coast National Olympic Committee (French: Comité National Olympique de Côte d'Ivoire) selected a team of 12 athletes, five men and seven women, to compete in six different sports at these Games, overhauling the roster size set in London 2012 by two athletes. For the fourth time in the nation's Olympic history, Ivory Coast was represented by more female than male athletes.[2]
More than half of the Ivorian roster were rookies at the Games, with archer Philippe Kouassi, taekwondo fighter Ruth Gbagbi, and sprinters Ben Youssef Meïté and Murielle Ahouré, top eight finalist in both 100 and 200 metres, returning for their second appearance from London 2012.[2] As the most experienced member of the team, Ahouré was selected by the committee to carry the Ivorian flag in the opening ceremony.[1]
Ivory Coast left Rio de Janeiro with two Olympic medals, adding them to the silver won by sprinter Gabriel Tiacoh in the men's 400 metres at Los Angeles 1984. These medals were awarded to Gbagbi (women's 67 kg) and fellow taekwondo fighter Cheick Sallah Cissé (men's 80 kg), who emerged himself as the Ivory Coast's first ever Olympic champion.[3]
- ^ a b Ahoutou, Guillaume (28 July 2016). "Jeux Olympiques 2016: Murielle Ahouré porte-drapeau de la Côte d'Ivoire" [2016 Olympics: Murielle Ahouré will be Ivory Coast's flag bearer] (in French). Linfodrome.ci.
- ^ a b "La Côte d'Ivoire présente aux JO de Rio avec 12 athlètes (CIO)" [Côte d'Ivoire presented the 12 athletes for the Rio Olympics] (in French). Imatin.net. 2 August 2016. Archived from the original on 8 September 2016. Retrieved 14 September 2016.
- ^ "Cisse's last-gasp taekwondo gold first for Ivory Coast". Olympics. 2 August 2016. Retrieved 14 September 2016.