| Seychelles at the 2016 Summer Olympics | |
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| IOC code | SEY |
| NOC | Seychelles Olympic and Commonwealth Games Association |
| inRio de Janeiro | |
| Competitors | 10 in 6 sports |
| Flag bearer | Rodney Govinden[1] |
| Medals |
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| Summer Olympics appearances (overview) | |
Seychelles competed at the2016 Summer Olympics inRio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 5 to 21 August 2016. This was the nation's eighth appearance at the Summer Olympics, with the exception of the1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul because of its partial support to the North Korean boycott.
TheSeychelles Olympic and Commonwealth Games Association (SOCGA) sent the nation's largest delegation to the Games since1992. A total of ten athletes, eight men and two women, were selected to the Seychellois squad across six sports (athletics, boxing, judo, sailing, swimming, and weightlifting).[1]
Finn yachtsmanAllan Julie etching his name into the history records as the oldest participant (aged 39) of the Seychellois squad and the first to compete in five Olympic Games. Apart from Julie, three other athletes were returning Olympians; all of them participated in their second Games, including high jumperLissa Labiche, lightweight boxerAndrique Allisop, and half-heavyweight judokaDominic Dugasse (men's 100 kg). Six Seychellois athletes made their Olympic debut in Rio de Janeiro, with Laser sailorRodney Govinden acting as the nation's flag bearer in the opening ceremony.[1] The Seychelles, however, has yet to win its first Olympic medal.
Seychelles received universality slots fromIAAF to send two athletes (one male and one female) to the Olympics.[1][2][3]
| Athlete | Event | Heat | Semifinal | Final | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | ||
| Ned Azemia | Men's 400 m hurdles | 50.74NR | 8 | did not advance | |||
| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Final | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Distance | Position | Distance | Position | ||
| Lissa Labiche | Women's high jump | 1.85 | =29 | did not advance | |
Seychelles entered one boxer who competed in the men's lightweight division into the Olympic boxing tournament. 2012 OlympianAndrique Allisop had claimed his Olympic spot with a box-off victory at the2016 African Qualification Tournament inYaoundé,Cameroon.[4]
| Athlete | Event | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank | ||
| Andrique Allisop | Men's lightweight |  Joyce (IRL)L 0–3 | did not advance | ||||
Seychelles qualified one judoka for the men's half-heavyweight category (100 kg) at the Games. London 2012 OlympianDominic Dugasse earned a continental quota spot from the African region, as Seychelles' top-ranked judoka outside of direct qualifying position in the IJF World Ranking List of May 30, 2016.[5][6]
| Athlete | Event | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Repechage | Final /BM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank | ||
| Dominic Dugasse | Men's −100 kg | Bye |  Darwish (EGY)L 000–100 | did not advance | |||||
Seychellois sailors qualified one boat in each of the following classes through the individual fleet World Championships, and African qualifying regattas.[7][8]
| Athlete | Event | Race | Net points | Final rank | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | M* | ||||
| Jean-Marc Gardette | Men's RS:X | 36 | 35 | 33 | 31 | 23 | 31 | 29 | 35 | DNF | 32 | 33 | EL | 355 | 33 | |
| Rodney Govinden | Men's Laser | 45 | 41 | 37 | 43 | 37 | 41 | 41 | 43 | 38 | — | EL | 365 | 45 | ||
| Allan Julie | Men's Finn | 17 | 23 | 21 | 17 | 18 | 23 | 23 | 22 | 23 | — | EL | 197 | 23 | ||
M = Medal race; EL = Eliminated – did not advance into the medal race
Seychelles received a Universality invitation fromFINA to send two swimmers (one male and one female) to the Olympics.[1][9][10]
| Athlete | Event | Heat | Semifinal | Final | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
| Adam Viktora | Men's 50 m freestyle | 24.32 | 56 | did not advance | |||
| Alexus Laird | Women's 100 m backstroke | 1:03.33 | 27 | did not advance | |||
Seychelles received an invitation from the Tripartite Commission to send Rick Confiance in the men's featherweight category (62 kg) to the Olympics, which signified the nation's Olympic return to the sport after an eight-year hiatus.[1]
| Athlete | Event | Snatch | Clean & Jerk | Total | Rank | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Result | Rank | Result | Rank | ||||
| Rick Yves Confiance | Men's −62 kg | 105 | 14 | 127 | 13 | 232 | 13 |
