| Liechtenstein at the 2016 Summer Olympics | |
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| IOC code | LIE |
| NOC | Liechtenstein Olympic Committee |
| Website | www |
| inRio de Janeiro | |
| Competitors | 3 in 2 sports |
| Flag bearers | Julia Hassler (opening) Christoph Meier (closing) |
| Medals |
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| Summer Olympics appearances (overview) | |
Liechtenstein competed at the2016 Summer Olympics inRio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 5 to 21 August 2016. Since the nation's official debut in1936, Liechtensteinian athletes have appeared in every edition of theSummer Olympic Games, except for two occasions. Liechtenstein did not register any athletes at the1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, and eventually joined theUnited States-led boycott when Moscow hosted the1980 Summer Olympics. The 2016 delegation included two swimmers, Christoph Meier and Julia Hassler, and tennis player Stephanie Vogt. Two of the athletes debuted in the2012 Summer Olympics, with long-distance freestyle swimmer Julia Hassler leading the squad as thenation's flag bearer in the opening ceremony. Liechtenstein has yet to win a Summer Olympic medal.
Liechtenstein participated in seventeenSummer Olympic Games between its debut in the1936 Summer Olympics inBerlin, Germany, and the 2016 Summer Olympics inRio de Janeiro, Brazil. The highest number of Liechtensteiners participating at any one Summer Games was 12 in the1988 Summer Olympics inSeoul, South Korea.[1] No Liechtensteiner has ever won a medal at the Summer Olympics. However, Liechtenstein has won nine medals at theWinter Olympic Games.[1] All of the Liechtensteiner participants competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics through invitations byFINA or theITF.[2][3][4] Hassler was chosen to be Liechtenstein's flag bearer during theParade of Nations of the opening ceremony while Meier bore the flag during the closing ceremony.[5][6]
Liechtenstein received a universality invitation fromFINA to send two swimmers (one male and one female) to the Olympics.[7][8][3]Christoph Meier made his Olympic debut by competing in the men's 400 m individual medley event whileJulia Hassler made her second appearance, with the first being in London 2012.[9] At the2012 Summer Olympics, she was one of three athletes to compete forLiechtenstein. She swam the400 and800 freestyles, finishing twenty-seventh in the 400[10] and 17th in the 800.[11] Meier finished eighth in his heat and twenty-second overall with a time of 4:19.19 seconds, which set a national record but did not qualify him for the finals.[12][13] Hassler started in the second lane. She came second in her heat and twenty-first overall with a time of 8:38.19 seconds. Hassler was eight seconds off the slowest qualifying time of 8:25.55 seconds byMireia Belmonte ofSpain.[14][15]
| Athlete | Event | Heat | Final | ||
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| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
| Christoph Meier | Men's 400 m individual medley | 4:19.19 | 22 | did not advance | |
| Julia Hassler | Women's 800 m freestyle | 8:38.19 | 21 | did not advance | |
Liechtenstein received an invitation from the Tripartite Commission to send London 2012 OlympianStephanie Vogt (world no. 274) in the women's singles for her second time into the Olympic tennis tournament.[16][2] In the round of 64, Vogt lost both sets, losing the first 3–6 and the second 1–6 againstJohanna Konta ofGreat Britain. Konta reached the quarterfinals after she beatSvetlana Kuznetsova ofRussia in the third round, but was knocked out in the last eight byAngelique Kerber ofGermany.[17][18] Following the loss, Vogt announced that she would pause her tennis career and enroll in theSwiss Federal Institute of Technology inZürich.[19]
| Athlete | Event | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final /BM | |
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| Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank | ||
| Stephanie Vogt | Women's singles |  Konta (GBR)L 3–6, 1–6 | did not advance | |||||
