| American Samoa at the 2016 Summer Olympics | |
|---|---|
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| IOC code | ASA |
| NOC | American Samoa National Olympic Committee |
| inRio de Janeiro | |
| Competitors | 4 in 3 sports |
| Flag bearer | Tanumafili Jungblut[1] |
| Medals |
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| Summer Olympics appearances (overview) | |
American Samoa competed at the2016 Summer Olympics inRio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 5 to 21 August 2016. This was the nation's eighth consecutive appearance at the Summer Olympics.
Four American Samoan athletes, three men and one woman, were selected for the Games, competing only in athletics, judo, and weightlifting; all of them made their Olympic debut in Rio de Janeiro through wild card entries and universality places, without having qualified. Among the nation's athletes were American-born sprintersIsaac Silafau andJordan Mageo (the lone female of the team), lightweight judokaBenjamin Waterhouse (men's 73 kg), and weightlifterTanumafili Jungblut, who led the delegation as American Samoa's flag bearer in the opening ceremony.[1][2] American Samoa, however, has yet to win its first ever Olympic medal.
American Samoa has received universality slots fromIAAF to send two athletes (one male and one female) to the Olympics.[3][4]
| Athlete | Event | Heat | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
| Isaac Silafau | Men's 100 m | 11.51 | 5 | Did not advance | |||||
| Jordan Mageo | Women's 100 m | 13.72 | 6 | Did not advance | |||||
American Samoa has qualified one judoka for the men's lightweight category (73 kg) at the Games. Benjamin Waterhouse earned a continental quota spot from the Oceania region as the nation's lone judoka outside of direct qualifying position in the IJF World Ranking List of May 30, 2016.[5]
| 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 | ||
| Benjamin Waterhouse | Men's −73 kg | Bye |  Repiyallage (SRI)L 000–101 | Did not advance | |||||
American Samoa has received an invitation from the Tripartite Commission to send Tanumafili Jungblut in the men's middle-heavyweight category (94 kg) to the Olympics, signifying the nation's Olympic return to the sport for the first time since2004.
| Athlete | Event | Snatch | Clean & jerk | Total | Rank | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Result | Rank | Result | Rank | ||||
| Tanumafili Jungblut | Men's −94 kg | DNF | — | — | — | DNF | |
