Cayman Islands at the 2016 Summer Olympics

Cayman Islands at the
2016 Summer Olympics

IOC code CAY
NOC Cayman Islands Olympic Committee
Website www.caymanolympic.org.ky
in Rio de Janeiro
Competitors 5 in 3 sports
Flag bearer Ronald Forbes[1]
Medals
Gold Silver Bronze Total
0 0 0 0
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.

Athletics (track and field)

Caymanian 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
  • NM = No mark
Men
Track & road events
Athlete Event Heat Quarterfinal Semifinal Final
Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank
Ronald Forbes 110 m hurdles 14.67 6 N/A Did not advance
Kemar Hyman 100 m Bye 10.34 7 Did not advance

Sailing

Cayman Islands has 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.

Women
Athlete Event Race Net points Final rank
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 M*
Florence Allan Laser Radial 35 34 31 36 DNF DNF 32 34 33 36 EL 308 36

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

Swimming

Cayman Islands have 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
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Geoffrey Butler Men's 400 m freestyle 4:07.87 48 N/A Did not advance
Lara Butler Women's 100 m backstroke 1:04.98 29 Did not advance

See also

References

  1. 1 2 Morales, Kevin (4 August 2016). "Forbes to serve as Cayman's flag bearer at Rio 2016". Cayman 27. Retrieved 5 August 2016.
  2. 1 2 Whittaker, James (19 July 2016). "Five Cayman athletes ready for Rio". Cayman Compass. Retrieved 13 September 2016.
  3. ↑ "Ronald Forbes named Cayman Islands flag bearer". The Cayman Reporter. 5 August 2016. Retrieved 13 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. ↑ "Swimming World Rankings". FINA. Archived from the original on 1 January 1970. Retrieved 14 March 2015.
  7. ↑ "Men's Final Entry List" (PDF). FINA. Retrieved 20 July 2016.
  8. ↑ "Women's Final Entry List" (PDF). FINA. Retrieved 20 July 2016.
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