Back لبنان في الألعاب الأولمبية الصيفية 2016 Arabic لوبنان لە ئۆڵۆمپیادی ھاوینەی ٢٠١٦ CKB Libanon ved sommer-OL 2016 Danish Olympische Sommerspiele 2016/Teilnehmer (Libanon) German Líbano en los Juegos Olímpicos de Río de Janeiro 2016 Spanish Libanon kesäolympialaisissa 2016 Finnish Liban aux Jeux olympiques d'été de 2016 French 2016 ग्रीष्मकालीन ओलंपिक में लेबनान Hindi Libanon a 2016. évi nyári olimpiai játékokon Hungarian Libano ai Giochi della XXXI Olimpiade Italian
| Lebanon at the 2016 Summer Olympics | |
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| IOC code | LIB |
| NOC | Lebanese Olympic Committee |
| Website | www |
| in Rio de Janeiro | |
| Competitors | 9 in 7 sports |
| Flag bearer | Nacif Elias[1] |
| Medals |
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| Summer Olympics appearances (overview) | |
Lebanon competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 5 to 21 August 2016. This was the nation's 17th appearance at the Summer Olympics. Lebanon did not attend the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, as a response to the Suez Crisis.
The Lebanese Olympic Committee sent a total of nine athletes, four men and five women, to compete in seven sports at the Games.[2] The Lebanese team featured two returning Olympians from London 2012: American-born foil fencer Mona Shaito and world's top-ranked shooter Ray Bassil in the women's trap. Almost half of the roster, including Bassil and slalom canoeist Richard Merjan, were granted invitations by the Tripartite Commission to the Games, due to their recent achievements.[3] Meanwhile, half-middleweight judoka and Brazil-raised athlete Nacif Elias, who was later disqualified for an allegedly illegal joint lock on Argentina's Emmanuel Lucenti in his opening bout, led the Lebanese squad as the nation's flag bearer in the opening ceremony.[1][4]
Lebanon, however, failed to win its first Olympic medal, since the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, where Greco-Roman wrestler Hassan Bchara took the bronze in the super heavyweight category.
- ^ a b Lucente, Adam (4 August 2016). "Top Brazilian judo fighter comes home to Lebanon for Rio Olympics". Al-Monitor. Retrieved 19 September 2016.
- ^ "These are the Lebanese athletes who will represent our country in 2016 Rio Olympic Games". Sports 961. 27 May 2016. Archived from the original on 26 October 2016. Retrieved 28 May 2016.
- ^ Khalaf, Rayana (9 June 2016). "8 Lebanese athletes set to compete at Rio 2016". StepFeed. Retrieved 19 September 2016.
- ^ Khalaf, Rayana (12 August 2016). "Disqualification of Lebanese athlete #Rio2016 stirs controversy". StepFeed. Retrieved 19 September 2016.