Bahrain competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 5 to 21 August 2016. This nation marked its ninth consecutive appearance at the Summer Olympics.
The Bahrain Olympic Committee fielded a team of 35 athletes, 21 men and 14 women, across four different sports at the Games. It was the nation's largest ever delegation sent to the Olympics, roughly a triple of its full roster size at any edition since it debuted in 1984. Among the sports represented by the nation's athletes, Bahrain marked its Olympic debut in wrestling. More than fifty percent of the nation's roster were born outside Bahrain; majority of its athletes hailed from select African countries, particularly in Nigeria, Ethiopia, and Kenya.
Notable Bahraini athletes featured sprinters Abubakar Abbas and Ali Khamis in the men's 400 metres, London 2012 Olympians Mimi Belete and Shitaye Eshete (both came from Ethiopia), Kenyan-born marathon runner and 2015 world bronze medalist Eunice Kirwa, Jamaican-born sprinters Kemarley Brown and Andrew Fisher, Russian-born freestyle wrestler Adam Batirov, and freestyle swimmer Farhan Saleh, who eventually carried the nation's flag at the opening ceremony, the first by a male since 2004.
Bahrain left Rio de Janeiro with two medals (one gold and one silver), signifying its most successful outcome in Olympic history. These medals were awarded to Bahrain's first ever Olympic champion Ruth Jebet in the women's 3000 m steeplechase, and Kirwa, who earned a silver in the women's marathon.
Medalists
Medal Name Sport Event Date Ruth Jebet Athletics Women's 3000 m steeplechase Eunice Kirwa Athletics Women's marathon
Athletics
Bahraini athletes have so far achieved qualifying standards in the following athletics events (up to a maximum of 3 athletes in each event): The track and field team was named on May 11, 2016, including track star Abubakar Abbas, 2014 Asian Games champion Kemi Adekoya, and two-time silver medalist Mimi Belete.
Track & road events Men AthleteEventHeat QuarterfinalSemifinalFinalResultRankResultRankResultRankResultRankKemarley Brown100 mcolspan=2 10.131 Q10.135Did not advanceAndrew Fishercolspan=2 10.122 QDid not advanceSalem Eid Yaqoob200 m20.191 Qcolspan=2 20.435Did not advanceAbubakar Abbas400 mcolspan=2 Did not advanceAli Khamis45.121 Qcolspan=2 44.493 q44.36 NR6Abraham Rotich800 mcolspan=2 Did not advanceBenson Seurei1500 m3:38.827 qcolspan=2 3:40.538Did not advanceZouhair Aouad5000 mcolspan=4 Did not advanceBirhanu Balew13:19.834 Qcolspan=4 13:09.269Albert Kibichii Rop13:24.952 Qcolspan=4 13:08.797Nelson Cherutich3000 m steeplechase8:35.87 9colspan=4 Did not advanceJohn Kibet Koech8:28.816colspan=4 Did not advanceHassan Chani10000 mcolspan=6 Abraham Cherobencolspan=6 27:31.8610El Hassan El-Abbassicolspan=6 28:20.1726Alemu BekeleMarathoncolspan=6 Isaac Korircolspan=6
Women AthleteEventHeat QuarterfinalSemifinalFinalResultRankResultRankResultRankResultRankHajar Alkhaldi100 mcolspan=2 11.596Did not advanceIman Essa Jasimcolspan=2 11.727Did not advanceEdidiong Odiong200 m22.741 Qcolspan=2 22.846Did not advanceOluwakemi Adekoya400 m50.722 Qcolspan=2 50.884Did not advanceTigist Gashaw1500 m4:10.9611colspan=2 Did not advanceMimi Belete5000 m15:29.7210colspan=4 Did not advanceDalila Abdulkadir Gosacolspan=4 Did not advanceRuth Jebet3000 m steeplechase9:12.621 Qcolspan=4 8:59.75Tigest Mekonin9:49.9212colspan=4 Did not advanceRose ChelimoMarathoncolspan=6 2:27:368Shitaye Eshetecolspan=6 Eunice Kirwacolspan=6 2:24:13
Shooting
Bahrain has received an invitation from ISSF to send Mahmood Haji in the men's rifle events to the Olympics.
AthleteEventQualificationFinalPointsRankPointsRankMahmood HajiMen's 50 m rifle prone612.646Did not advance Qualification Legend: Q = Qualify for the next round; q = Qualify for the bronze medal (shotgun)
Swimming
Bahrain has received a Universality invitation from FINA to send two swimmers (one male and one female) to the Olympics.
AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankFarhan SalehMen's 50 m freestyle24.6158Did not advanceFatema AlmahmeedWomen's 50 m freestyle32.2874Did not advance
Wrestling
Bahrain has qualified one wrestler for the men's freestyle 65 kg into the Olympic competition as a result of his semifinal triumph at the initial meet of the World Qualification Tournament in Istanbul, signifying the nation's debut in the sport.
Men's freestyle AthleteEventQualificationRound of 16QuarterfinalSemifinalRepechage 1Repechage 2Final / OppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRankAdam Batirov−65 kgL 1–3 PPDid not advance14
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