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Senegal at the 2016 Summer Olympics

Senegal at the 2016 Summer Olympics
IOC code	SEN
NOC	Comité National Olympique et Sportif Sénégalais
inRio de Janeiro
Competitors	22 in 7 sports
Flag bearer	Isabelle Sambou[1]
Medals	Gold 0 Silver 0 Bronze 0 Total 0
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
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Senegal competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, from August 5 to 21, 2016. It was the nation's fourteenth consecutive appearance at the Summer Olympics since its debut in 1964.

The Senegalese National Olympic and Sports Committee (French: Comité National Olympique et Sportif Sénégalais, CNOSS) confirmed a team of 22 athletes, 6 men and 16 women, to compete in seven different sports at the Games.^[2] The nation's full roster in Rio de Janeiro was roughly nine athletes smaller than those sent to the London Games and also featured more female athletes than males for the third time in its Summer Olympic history. Women's basketball was the only collective sport in which Senegal had representatives at the Games, returning to the Olympic scene for the first time since 2000.

The Senegalese roster featured four returning Olympians from London 2012; among them were French-born épée fencer Alexandre Bouzaid, hammer thrower Amy Sene, judoka Hortense Diédhiou, who became the nation's first female athlete to compete in four Olympic Games. Meanwhile, freestyle wrestler Isabelle Sambou, who narrowly missed out the nation's first medal in twenty-four years, led the delegation as the most successful athlete of the previous Games and as Senegal's flag bearer in the opening ceremony.^[1]

Senegal, however, failed to win its first Olympic medal since the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, where Amadou Dia Bâ obtained the silver in the men's 400 m hurdles.

Athletics[edit]

Senegalese athletes have so far achieved qualifying standards in the following athletics events (up to a maximum of 3 athletes in each event):^[3][4]

Key

• Note–Ranks given for track events are within the athlete's heat only
• Q = Qualified for the next round
• q = Qualified for the next round as a fastest loser or, in field events, by position without achieving the qualifying target
• NR = National record
• N/A = Round not applicable for the event
• Bye = Athlete not required to compete in round

Track & road events

Field events

Basketball[edit]

Women's tournament[edit]

Senegal women's basketball team qualified for the Olympics by winning the gold medal and clinching the outright Olympic berth at the AfroBasket Women 2015inYaoundé, Cameroon, signifying the nation's return to the sport for the first time since 2000.^[5]

Team roster

The following is the Senegal roster for the women's basketball tournament of the 2016 Summer Olympics.^[6]

Senegal women's national basketball team – 2016 Summer Olympics roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Name Age – Date of birth Height Club Ctr. G 4 Oumoul Thiam 26 – (1990-02-03)3 February 1990 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in) C.D. Promete G 5 Aya Traoré 33 – (1983-07-27)27 July 1983 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) CB Conquero PG 6 Bintou Diémé 32 – (1984-02-01)1 February 1984 1.67 m (5 ft 6 in) Tarbes Gespe Bigorre PG 7 Fatou Dieng 32 – (1983-08-18)18 August 1983 1.67 m (5 ft 6 in) CB Al-Qázeres F 8 Mame Diodio Diouf 31 – (1984-12-15)15 December 1984 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) Reus Deportiu C 9 Lala Wane 27 – (1989-07-05)5 July 1989 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in) Wasquehal Fémina PF 10 Astou Traoré 35 – (1981-04-30)30 April 1981 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) Saint-Amand C 11 Maimouna Diarra 25 – (1991-01-30)30 January 1991 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) Primeiro de Agosto PF 12 Mame-Marie Sy 31 – (1985-03-25)25 March 1985 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) ESB Villeneuve-d'Ascq PF 13 Oumou Touré 28 – (1988-02-18)18 February 1988 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in) Toulouse C 14 Marie-Sadio Rosche 28 – (1987-08-10)10 August 1987 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) Avenir Basket Chartres G 15 Aida Fall 29 – (1986-10-11)11 October 1986 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) AL Le Havre	Head coach Mamadou Gaye Assistant coach(es) Papa Courbary Elhadji Diop Legend (C) Team captain Club – describes last club before the tournament Age – describes age on 6 August 2016

Group play

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	United States	5	5	0	520	316	+204	10	Quarter-finals
2	Spain	5	4	1	387	333	+54	9
3	Canada	5	3	2	340	347	−7	8
4	Serbia	5	2	3	385	406	−21	7
5	China	5	1	4	371	428	−57	6
6	Senegal	5	0	5	309	482	−173	5

United States	121–56	Senegal
Scoring by quarter: 35–9, 29–12, 30–17, 27–18
Pts: three players15 Rebs: Fowles, Griner7 Asts: Bird8		Pts: Dieng10 Rebs: Diarra, Ay. Traoré5 Asts: Dieng4

Senegal	64–101	China
Scoring by quarter: 21–26, 17–21, 15–26, 11–28
Pts: As. Traoré16 Rebs: Diarra8 Asts: Dieng4		Pts: Shao, Sun Mengr.17 Rebs: Lu7 Asts: Zhao6

Senegal	58–68	Canada
Scoring by quarter: 10–17, 14–16, 17–22, 17–13
Pts: Traore24 Rebs: Diarra9 Asts: Diémé6		Pts: Nurse14 Rebs: Tatham10 Asts: Langolis6

Spain	97–43	Senegal
Scoring by quarter: 26–11, 20–8, 25–13, 26–11
Pts: Torrens14 Rebs: Nicholls7 Asts: four players5		Pts: Sy16 Rebs: Diarra6 Asts: three players2

Senegal	88–95	Serbia
Scoring by quarter: 15–27, 28–28, 23–21, 22–19
Pts: As. Traoré30 Rebs: As. Traoré8 Asts: Diouf8		Pts: Petrović20 Rebs: Page8 Asts: A. Dabović8

Canoeing[edit]

Slalom[edit]

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.^[7][8]

Fencing[edit]

Senegal has entered one fencer into the Olympic competition. French-born 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.^[9]

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	Men's épée	Bye	Boczkó (HUN) L 9–15	Did not advance

Judo[edit]

Senegal has qualified one judoka for the women's lightweight category (57 kg) at the Games. Three-time Olympian Hortense Diédhiou earned a continental quota spot from the African region, as the highest-ranked Senegalese judoka outside of direct qualifying position in the IJF World Ranking List of May 30, 2016.^[10][11]

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Hortense Diédhiou	Women's −57 kg	Verhagen (NED) L 000–100	Did not advance

Swimming[edit]

Senegal has received a Universality invitation from FINA to send two swimmers (one male and one female) to the Olympics.^[12][13][14]

Taekwondo[edit]

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.^[15]

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Balla Dièye	Men's −68 kg	Robak (POL) L 12–15	Did not advance

Wrestling[edit]

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.^[16]

Key:

• VT – Victory by Fall.
• PP – Decision by Points – the loser with technical points.
• PO – Decision by Points – the loser without technical points.
• ST – Technical superiority – the loser without technical points and a margin of victory of at least 8 (Greco-Roman) or 10 (freestyle) 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	Erdenebat (MGL) W 3–1 PP	Bonne (CUB) L 1–3 PP	Did not advance					10

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	Bye	Nguyễn (VIE) W 5–0 VT	Yoshida (JPN) L 0–3 PO	Did not advance	Bye	Synyshyn (AZE) L 0–3 PO	Did not advance	8

References[edit]

External links[edit]

• Senegal at the 2016 Summer OlympicsatSR/Olympics (archived)