Bermuda at the 2016 Summer Olympics

Bermuda competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 5 to 21 August 2016. Since the nation's official debut in 1936, Bermudian athletes have appeared in every edition of the Summer Olympic Games, but did not attend the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow because of the nation's partial support for the US-led boycott.

Bermuda at the 2016 Summer Olympics
IOC code	BER
NOC	Bermuda Olympic Association
Website	www.olympics.bm
in Rio de Janeiro
Competitors	8 in 5 sports
Flag bearer	Tyrone Smith[1]
Medals	Gold 0 Silver 0 Bronze 0 Total 0
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
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The Bermuda Olympic Association sent a total of eight athletes, four per gender, to compete in five different sports at the Games, matching its roster size with London 2012.^[2] Two of them returned for their third Olympic appearance in Rio de Janeiro: triathlete Flora Duffy and long jumper Tyrone Smith, who finished twelfth in the final at the previous Games. The most successful and experienced member of the team, Smith was appointed by the committee to carry the Bermudian flag in the opening ceremony.^[1] Among the sports represented by the athletes, Bermuda marked its Olympic return in rowing for the first time since 1972. However, Bermuda failed to send an athlete in equestrian for the first time since 1976.

Bermuda, however, failed to collect its first Olympic medal, since the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, where Clarence Hill won the bronze in men's heavyweight boxing. Unable to end her nation's 40-year drought on the podium, Duffy produced the best result for the Bermudans at the Games, finishing eighth in the women's triathlon.^[3]

Athletics (track and field)

Main articles: Athletics at the 2016 Summer Olympics and Athletics at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Bermudan athletes have so far achieved qualifying standards in the following athletics events (up to a maximum of 3 athletes in each event):^[4][5]

Key

• Note–Ranks given for track events are within the athlete's heat only
• Q = Qualified for the next round
• q = Qualified for the next round as a fastest loser or, in field events, by position without achieving the qualifying target
• NR = National record
• N/A = Round not applicable for the event
• Bye = Athlete not required to compete in round

Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Harold Houston	Men's 200 m	20.85	6	Did not advance

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Tyrone Smith	Men's long jump	7.81	16	Did not advance

Rowing

Main articles: Rowing at the 2016 Summer Olympics and Rowing at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Bermuda has qualified one boat in the women's single sculls for the Games at the 2016 Latin American Continental Qualification Regatta in Valparaiso, Chile, signifying the nation's Olympic return to the sport for the first time since 1972.^[6]

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechage		Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Michelle Pearson	Women's single sculls	8:22.15	3 QF	Bye		7:34.00	4 SC/D	8:05.78	2 FC	7:34.41	16

Qualification Legend: FA=Final A (medal); FB=Final B (non-medal); FC=Final C (non-medal); FD=Final D (non-medal); FE=Final E (non-medal); FF=Final F (non-medal); SA/B=Semifinals A/B; SC/D=Semifinals C/D; SE/F=Semifinals E/F; QF=Quarterfinals; R=Repechage

Sailing

Main articles: Sailing at the 2016 Summer Olympics and Sailing at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Bermuda has qualified a boat in the Laser Radial class by virtue of a top finish for North America at the 2016 ISAF World Cup regatta in Miami, Florida, United States.^[7] Another boat was also awarded to the Bermudian sailor competing in the Laser boat through a Tripartite Commission invitation.

Athlete	Event	Race											Net points	Final rank
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	M*
Cameron Pimentel	Men's Laser	31	45	41	27	44	42	39	34	42	39	EL	339	41
Cecilia Wollmann	Women's Laser Radial	32	28	33	35	35	33	34	33	32	32	EL	291	34

M = Medal race; EL = Eliminated – did not advance into the medal race

Swimming

Main articles: Swimming at the 2016 Summer Olympics and Swimming at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Bermuda has received a Universality invitation from FINA to send two swimmers (one male and one female) to the Olympics.^[8][9][10]

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Julian Fletcher	Men's 100 m breaststroke	1:02.73	40	Did not advance
Rebecca Heyliger	Women's 50 m freestyle	26.54	52	Did not advance

Triathlon

Main articles: Triathlon at the 2016 Summer Olympics and Triathlon at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Bermuda has entered one triathlete to compete at the Games. Remarkably going to her third Olympics, world no. 6 seed Flora Duffy was ranked among the top 40 eligible triathletes in the women's event based on the ITU Olympic Qualification List as of 15 May 2016.^[11][12]

Athlete	Event	Swim (1.5 km)	Trans 1	Bike (40 km)	Trans 2	Run (10 km)	Total Time	Rank
Flora Duffy	Women's	19:08	0:52	1:01:29	0:41	36:15	1:58:25	8

See also

• Bermuda at the 2015 Pan American Games

References

1. "Long Jumper Tyrone Smith to Carry Bermuda Flag". Bermuda Olympic Association. 5 August 2016. Archived from the original on 31 May 2019. Retrieved 10 August 2016.
2. "Bermuda Team For 2016 Olympics Announced". Bernews. 23 June 2016. Retrieved 12 September 2016.
3. Burgess, Don (23 June 2016). "Flora Duffy Finishes 8th in Olympics". Bernews. Retrieved 12 September 2016.
4. "iaaf.org – Top Lists". IAAF. Retrieved 18 April 2015.
5. "IAAF Games of the XXX Olympiad – Rio 2016 Entry Standards" (PDF). IAAF. Retrieved 18 April 2015.
6. "Olympic qualification spots confirmed for the Americas". FISA. 20 April 2016. Retrieved 20 April 2016.
7. "Rio 2016 spots decided at Sailing World Cup Miami presented by Sunbrella". ISAF. 29 January 2016. Archived from the original on 11 March 2016. Retrieved 30 January 2016.
8. "Swimming World Rankings". FINA. Archived from the original on 6 January 2011. Retrieved 14 March 2015.
9. "Rio 2016 – FINA Swimming Qualification System" (PDF). Rio 2016. FINA. Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 February 2015. Retrieved 23 January 2015.
10. "Bermuda Team For 2016 Olympics Announced". Bernews. 24 June 2016. Retrieved 16 July 2016.
11. Wright, Stephen (17 May 2016). "Pimentel hoping for Olympic wild card". Bermuda: The Royal Gazette. Retrieved 18 May 2016.
12. "National Federations select athletes for Rio Olympics". International Triathlon Union. 18 May 2016. Retrieved 26 May 2016.

External links

• Bermuda at the 2016 Summer Olympics at SR/Olympics (archived)