| Saint Lucia at the 2016 Summer Olympics | |
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| IOC code | LCA |
| NOC | Saint Lucia Olympic Committee |
| Website | www |
| inRio de Janeiro | |
| Competitors | 5 in 3 sports |
| Flag bearer | Levern Spencer[1] |
| Medals |
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| Summer Olympics appearances (overview) | |
Saint Lucia competed at the2016 Summer Olympics inRio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 5 to 21 August 2016. This was the nation's sixth consecutive appearance at the Summer Olympics.
Saint Lucia Olympic Committee sent a team of five athletes, two men and three women, to compete only in sailing, swimming, and track and field at the Games, matching the nation's roster size withSydney 2000 and beating the record by a single athlete set in bothBeijing 2008 andLondon 2012.[2] Two Saint Lucian athletes were awarded universality places to compete in their respective sporting events, while the rest of the team qualified directly for the Games on merit.
High jumper and Pan American Games championLevern Spencer spearheaded the Saint Lucian delegation for the third consecutive time, as the oldest and most experienced competitor (aged 32) and the nation's flag bearer in the opening ceremony.[1] Other notable athletes on the roster featured Spencer's teammateJeanelle Scheper and ex-NFL running back turned track sprinterJahvid Best.[3] Saint Lucia, however, has yet to win its first ever Olympic medal.
Athletes from Saint Lucia have so far achieved qualifying standards in the following athletics events (up to a maximum of 3 athletes in each event):[4][5]
| Athlete | Event | Heat | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | ||
| Jahvid Best | Men's 100 m | Bye | 10.39 | 7 | did not advance | ||||
| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Final | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Distance | Position | Distance | Position | ||
| Jeanelle Scheper | Women's high jump | 1.89 | 25 | did not advance | |
| Levern Spencer | 1.94 | =1Q | 1.93 | 6 | |
Saint Lucia has received an invitation from the Tripartite Commission to send a sailor competing in the Laser Radial class to the Olympics.[6]
| Athlete | Event | Race | Net points | Final rank | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | M* | ||||
| Stephanie Devaux-Lovell | Women's Laser Radial | 29 | 25 | 30 | 30 | 29 | 24 | 3 | 27 | 30 | EL | 226 | 29 | |
M = Medal race; EL = Eliminated – did not advance into the medal race
Saint Lucia has received a Universality invitation fromFINA to send a male swimmer to the Olympics.[7][8][9]
| Athlete | Event | Heat | Semifinal | Final | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
| Jordan Augier | Men's 50 m freestyle | 23.28 | 45 | did not advance | |||
