Mozambique competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 5 to 21 August 2016. This was the nation's tenth consecutive appearance at the Summer Olympics.
The Mozambique National Olympic Committee () sent a team of six athletes, five men and one woman, to compete in four different sports at the Games. Among the sports represented by the athletes, Mozambique marked its Olympic debut in flatwater canoeing.
The majority of the Mozambican roster made their Olympic debut in Rio de Janeiro, except for hurdler Kurt Couto, who attended his fourth straight Games as the most experienced competitor. Other notable athletes included Dutch-born butterfly swimmer and 2014 Youth Olympian Jannah Sonnenschein, the lone female of the team, and the canoeing tandem of Mussa Chamaune and Joaquim Lobo, who acted as the nation's flag bearer in the opening ceremony.
Mozambique, however, failed to win a single Olympic medal since the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, where middle-distance runner Maria Mutola became the nation's first ever champion in the women's 800 metres.
Athletics (track and field)
Mozambican athletes have so far achieved qualifying standards in the following athletics events (up to a maximum of 3 athletes in each event):
Track & road events AthleteEventHeat SemifinalFinalResultRankResultRankResultRankKurt CoutoMen's 400 m hurdles49.74 SB6 did not advance
Canoeing
Sprint Mozambique qualified one boat for the men's C-2 1000 m into the Olympic canoeing regatta through the 2016 African Sprint Qualifying Tournament, signifying the nation's Olympic debut in the sport.
AthleteEventHeatsSemifinalsFinalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankMussa ChamauneMen's C-1 1000 m5:00.4547 Q5:07.2818did not advanceJoaquim LoboMen's C-1 200 m44.9496did not advanceMussa ChamauneJoaquim LoboMen's C-2 1000 m4:14.0025 Q4:23.9654 FB4:38.73211 Qualification Legend: FA = Qualify to final (medal); FB = Qualify to final B (non-medal)
Judo
Mozambique qualified one judoka for the men's half-middleweight category (81 kg) at the Games. Marlon Acácio earned a continental quota spot from the African region as Mozambique's top-ranked judoka outside of direct qualifying position in the IJF World Ranking List of May 30, 2016.
AthleteEventRound of 64Round of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsRepechageFinal / OppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRankMarlon AcácioMen's −81 kgL 000–100did not advance
Swimming
Mozambique received a Universality invitation from FINA to send two swimmers (one male and one female) to the Olympics.
AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankIgor MogneMen's 100 m freestyle50.6545did not advanceJannah SonnenscheinWomen's 100 m butterfly1:04.2139did not advance
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