Togo at the 2016 Summer Olympics

Togo at the 2016 Summer Olympics
IOC code	TOG
NOC	Comité National Olympique Togolais
in Rio de Janeiro
Competitors	5 in 3 sports
Flag bearer	Adzo Kpossi[1]
Medals	Gold Silver Bronze Total 0 0 0 0
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
1972 1976–1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016

Togo 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.

The Togo National Olympic Committee (French: Comité National Olympique Togolais, CNOT) sent a team of five athletes, two men and three women, to compete only in athletics, swimming, and rowing at the Games.^[2] All of them made their Olympic debut in Rio de Janeiro, except for freestyle swimmer Adzo Kpossi, who established history for Togo by becoming the youngest athlete of the Games four years earlier. The lone returning Olympian from London 2012, Kpossi led the delegation as Togo's flag bearer in the opening ceremony.^[1]

Togo, however, left Rio de Janeiro without a single medal for the second consecutive time, failing to reproduce it from the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, where slalom kayaker Benjamin Boukpeti bagged the bronze.

Athletics

Togo has received universality slots from IAAF to send two athletes (one male and one female) to the Olympics.^[3][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		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Fabrice Dabla	Men's 200 m	21.36	7	N/A		Did not advance
Prénam Pesse	Women's 100 m	12.38	4	Did not advance

Rowing

Togo has received an invitation from the Tripartite Commission to send a rower in the women's single sculls to the Rio regatta, signifying the nation's Olympic debut in the sport.

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechage		Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Claire Akossiwa	Women's single sculls	9:56.43	5 R	9:04.76	4 SE/F	Bye		9:25.60	4 FF	9:54.54	32

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

Swimming

Togo has received a Universality invitation from FINA to send two swimmers (one male and one female) to the Olympics.^[6][7][5]

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Eméric Kpegba	Men's 50 m freestyle	27.67	80	Did not advance
Adzo Kpossi	Women's 50 m freestyle	33.44	79	Did not advance

References

1. "Remise de drapeau aux athlètes togolais pour les J.O de Rio 2016" [Flag bearer named, as Togolese athletes are heading to Rio 2016] (in French). iciLome.com. 27 July 2016. Retrieved 27 July 2016.
2. "Au moins 5 athlètes togolais seront présents à Rio" [At least 5 Togolese athletes will be present in Rio] (in French). République Togolaise. 1 August 2016. Retrieved 4 October 2016.
3. "iaaf.org – Top Lists". IAAF. Retrieved 18 April 2015.
4. "IAAF Games of the XXX Olympiad – Rio 2016 Entry Standards" (PDF). IAAF. Retrieved 18 April 2015.
5. "JO Rio 2016 : Cinq Togolais déjà qualifiés pour les Jeux" [2016 Olympics: Five Togolese athletes qualified for the Games] (in French). Africa Top Sports. 7 July 2016. Retrieved 19 July 2016.
6. "Swimming World Rankings". FINA. Retrieved 14 March 2015.
7. "Rio 2016 – FINA Swimming Qualification System" (PDF). Rio 2016. FINA. Retrieved 23 January 2015.