| Grenada at the 2016 Summer Olympics | |
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| IOC code | GRN |
| NOC | Grenada Olympic Committee |
| Website | www |
| inRio de Janeiro | |
| Competitors | 7 in 2 sports |
| Flag bearer | Kirani James[1] |
| Medals Ranked 69th |
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| Summer Olympics appearances (overview) | |
Grenada competed at the2016 Summer Olympics inRio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 5 to 21 August 2016. This was the nation's ninth consecutive appearance at the Summer Olympics.
Grenada Olympic Committee sent a total of seven athletes, five men and two women, to the Games, competing only in athletics and swimming.[2] The Grenadian team featured two returning athletes from London 2012; decathleteKurt Felix and track sprinterKirani James, who became the nation's first ever Olympic champion, earning the gold in the men's 400 metres. As the most successful athlete of the Games, James was selected to carry the Grenadian flag for the second consecutive time in the opening ceremony.[3]
Grenada left Rio de Janeiro with an Olympic silver medal won by James in themen's 400 metres, unable to defend his title from the previous Games.[4]
| Medal | Name | Sport | Event | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Silver | Kirani James | Athletics | Men's 400 m | 14 August |
Grenadian athletes have so far achieved qualifying standards in the following athletics events (up to a maximum of 3 athletes in each event):[5][6]
| Athlete | Event | Heat | Semifinal | Final | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | ||
| Kirani James | Men's 400 m | 44.93 | 1Q | 44.02 | 1Q | 43.76 | |
| Bralon Taplin | 45.15 | 1Q | 44.44 | 1Q | 44.45 | 7 | |
| Kanika Beckles | Women's 400 m | 52.41 | 5 | Did not advance | |||
| Athlete | Event | 100 m | LJ | SP | HJ | 400 m | 110H | DT | PV | JT | 1500 m | Final | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kurt Felix | Result | 10.93 | 7.42 | 14.77 | 2.07 | 49.14SB | 14.79 | 45.10 | 4.50 | 69.92PB | 4:30.53PB | 8323 | 9 |
| Points | 876 | 915 | 776 | 868 | 855 | 875 | 769 | 760 | 888 | 741 | |||
| Lindon Victor | Result | 10.83 | 7.11 | 14.80 | 1.98 | 49.80 | 15.74 | 53.24 | 4.40 | 63.54 | 4:44.73 | 7998 | 16 |
| Points | 899 | 840 | 777 | 785 | 824 | 762 | 938 | 731 | 791 | 651 |
Grenada has received a Universality invitation fromFINA to send two swimmers (one male and one female) to the Olympics.[7][8]
| Athlete | Event | Heat | Semifinal | Final | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
| Corey Ollivierre | Men's 100 m breaststroke | 1:08.68 | 46 | Did not advance | |||
| Oreoluwa Cherebin | Women's 100 m butterfly | 1:10.40 | 41 | Did not advance | |||
