| Mauritania at the 2016 Summer Olympics | |
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| IOC code | MTN |
| NOC | Comité National Mauritanien |
| inRio de Janeiro | |
| Competitors | 2 in 1 sport |
| Flag bearer | Jidou El Moctar[1] |
| Medals |
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| Summer Olympics appearances (overview) | |
Mauritania competed at the2016 Summer Olympics inRio de Janeiro, Brazil, which was held from 5 to 21 August 2016. The country's participation at Rio de Janeiro marked its ninth appearance in the Summer Olympics since its debut at the1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles.
The Mauritanian delegation featured only two athletes, resulting the country to have one of the smallest delegations at the Games. Among them weresprintersJidou El Moctar andHouleye Ba, that were selected viauniversality slots from theIAAF, as the country had no athletes that met the time standards for any events. Moctar reprised hisLondon 2012 role as flag bearer for theopening ceremony, whilst a volunteer carried it for theclosing ceremony.[1] Ultimately, neither Moctar nor Ba progressed beyond the heats of their events, leaving the Games without a single medal for the Mauritanians at these Games.
Mauritania has receiveduniversality slots from IAAF to send two athletes (one male and one female) to the Olympics.[2][3][4]
| Athlete | Event | Heat | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | ||
| Jidou El Moctar | Men's 100 m | 11.44 | 7 | did not advance | |||||
| Houleye Ba | Women's 800 m | 2:43.52 | 8 | — | did not advance | ||||
