Cayman Islands at the 2016 Summer Olympics | |
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IOC code | CAY |
NOC | Cayman Islands Olympic Committee |
Website |
www |
in Rio de Janeiro | |
Competitors | 5 in 3 sports |
Flag bearer | Ronald Forbes [1] |
Medals |
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Summer Olympics appearances ( overview) | |
Cayman Islands competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 5 to 21 August 2016. This was the nation's tenth appearance at the Summer Olympics.
Cayman Islands Olympic Committee selected a total of five athletes, three men and two women, for the Games across three different sports (athletics, sailing, and swimming), matching its roster size from London 2012. [2] Among the sports represented by the athletes, Cayman Islands marked its Olympic return in sailing after a sixteen-year absence.
The Caymanian team featured swimming siblings Geoffrey and Lara Butler, Laser Radial sailor Florence Allan, track sprinter Kemar Hyman, and hurdler Ronald Forbes, who joined Kareem Streete-Thompson as the only athletes to compete in three editions of the Games. [2] The most experienced member of the team, Forbes was chosen by the committee to lead the delegation for the second time as Cayman Islands' flag bearer in the opening ceremony. [1] [3] Cayman Islands, however, has yet to win its first Olympic medal.
Caymanian athletes 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 | ||||
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Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | ||
Ronald Forbes | Men's 110 m hurdles | 14.67 | 6 | — | did not advance | ||||
Kemar Hyman | Men's 100 m | Bye | 10.34 | 7 | did not advance |
Cayman Islands received an invitation from the Tripartite Commission to send a sailor competing in the Laser Radial class to the Olympics, signifying the nation's comeback to the sport for the first time since 2000.
Athlete | Event | Race | Net points | Final rank | ||||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | M* | ||||
Florence Allan | Women's Laser Radial | 35 | 34 | 31 | 36 | DNF | 32 | 34 | 33 | 36 | EL | 308 | 36 |
M = Medal race; EL = Eliminated – did not advance into the medal race
Cayman Islands received a Universality invitation from FINA to send two swimmers (one male and one female) to the Olympics. [6] [7] [8]
Athlete | Event | Heat | Semifinal | Final | |||
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Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
Geoffrey Butler | Men's 400 m freestyle | 4:07.87 | 48 | — | did not advance | ||
Lara Butler | Women's 100 m backstroke | 1:04.98 | 29 | did not advance |
Cayman Islands at the 2016 Summer Olympics | |
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IOC code | CAY |
NOC | Cayman Islands Olympic Committee |
Website |
www |
in Rio de Janeiro | |
Competitors | 5 in 3 sports |
Flag bearer | Ronald Forbes [1] |
Medals |
|
Summer Olympics appearances ( overview) | |
Cayman Islands competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 5 to 21 August 2016. This was the nation's tenth appearance at the Summer Olympics.
Cayman Islands Olympic Committee selected a total of five athletes, three men and two women, for the Games across three different sports (athletics, sailing, and swimming), matching its roster size from London 2012. [2] Among the sports represented by the athletes, Cayman Islands marked its Olympic return in sailing after a sixteen-year absence.
The Caymanian team featured swimming siblings Geoffrey and Lara Butler, Laser Radial sailor Florence Allan, track sprinter Kemar Hyman, and hurdler Ronald Forbes, who joined Kareem Streete-Thompson as the only athletes to compete in three editions of the Games. [2] The most experienced member of the team, Forbes was chosen by the committee to lead the delegation for the second time as Cayman Islands' flag bearer in the opening ceremony. [1] [3] Cayman Islands, however, has yet to win its first Olympic medal.
Caymanian athletes 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 | ||||
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Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | ||
Ronald Forbes | Men's 110 m hurdles | 14.67 | 6 | — | did not advance | ||||
Kemar Hyman | Men's 100 m | Bye | 10.34 | 7 | did not advance |
Cayman Islands received an invitation from the Tripartite Commission to send a sailor competing in the Laser Radial class to the Olympics, signifying the nation's comeback to the sport for the first time since 2000.
Athlete | Event | Race | Net points | Final rank | ||||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | M* | ||||
Florence Allan | Women's Laser Radial | 35 | 34 | 31 | 36 | DNF | 32 | 34 | 33 | 36 | EL | 308 | 36 |
M = Medal race; EL = Eliminated – did not advance into the medal race
Cayman Islands received a Universality invitation from FINA to send two swimmers (one male and one female) to the Olympics. [6] [7] [8]
Athlete | Event | Heat | Semifinal | Final | |||
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Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
Geoffrey Butler | Men's 400 m freestyle | 4:07.87 | 48 | — | did not advance | ||
Lara Butler | Women's 100 m backstroke | 1:04.98 | 29 | did not advance |