Tunisia at the 2016 Summer Olympics

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Tunisia is scheduled to compete at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 5 to 21 August 2016. This will be the nation's fourteenth appearance at the Olympics, with the exception of the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow because of its partial support to the US-led boycott.

Athletics

Habiba Ghribi after winning the silver medal in the 2012 Summer Olympics.

Tunisian athletes have so far achieved qualifying standards in the following athletics events (up to a maximum of 3 athletes in each event):^[1]^[2]

Men's 400 m hurdles – 1 quota place (Mohamed Sghaier)
Men's 3000 m steeplechase – 1 quota place (Amor Ben Yahia)
Men's marathon – 1 quota place (Abdulaziz Charfi)
Men's 20 km walk – 1 quota place (Hassanine Sebei)
Women's 3000 m steeplechase – 1 quota place (Habiba Ghribi)
Women's 20 km walk – 1 quota place (Chahinez Nasri)

Boxing

Tunisia has entered two boxers to compete in each of the following weight classes into the Olympic boxing tournament. Bilel Mhamdi and Hassen Chaktami had claimed their Olympic spots at the 2016 African Qualification Tournament in Yaoundé, Cameroon.^[3]

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Bilel Mhamdi	Bantamweight
Hassen Chaktami	Heavyweight

Canoeing

Sprint

Tunisia has qualified three boats for the following distances into the Olympic canoeing regatta through the 2016 African Sprint Qualifying Tournament.

Athlete	Event	Heats		Semifinals		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Mohamed Ali Mrabet	Men's K-1 1000 m
Khaled Houssine	Men's C-1 200 m
Afef Ben Ismail	Women's K-1 500 m

Qualification Legend: FA = Qualify to final (medal); FB = Qualify to final B (non-medal)

Cycling

Road

Tunisia has qualified one rider in the men's Olympic road race by virtue of his top 10 individual ranking in the 2015 UCI Africa Tour.^[4]

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Rafaâ Chtioui	Men's road race

Fencing

Tunisia has entered four fencers into the Olympic competition. Two-time Olympian Ines Boubakri had claimed a spot on the Tunisian team in the women's foil by finishing among the top 14 in the FIE Adjusted Official Rankings, while sisters Azza (women's sabre) and Sarra Besbes (women's épée) and debutant Mohamed Ayoub Ferjani (men's foil) did the same feat as the highest-ranked fencer coming from the Africa zone.^[5] Ferjani's brother Farès rounded out the Tunisian roster by virtue of a top finish in the men's sabre at the African Zonal Qualifier in Algiers, Algeria.

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Mohamed Ayoub Ferjani	Individual foil
Farès Ferjani	Individual sabre	—

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Sarra Besbes	Individual épée
Ines Boubakri	Individual foil	—
Azza Besbes	Individual sabre

Handball

Men's tournament

Tunisia men's handball team qualified for the Olympics by virtue of a top two finish at the first meet of the Olympic Qualification Tournament in Gdańsk.^[6]

Team roster

Men's team event – 1 team of 14 players

Rowing

Tunisia has qualified one boat each in the men's single sculls and the women's lightweight double sculls for the Games at the 2015 African Continental Qualification Regatta in Tunis.^[7]

Men

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechage		Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Mohamed Taieb	Single sculls

Women

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechage		Semifinals		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Nour El-Houda Ettaieb Khadija Krimi	Lightweight double sculls

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

Sailing

Tunisian sailors have qualified one boat in each of the following classes through the 2014 ISAF Sailing World Championships, the individual fleet Worlds, and African qualifying regattas.^[8]

Men

Athlete	Event	Race											Net points	Final rank
Athlete	Event	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	M*	Net points	Final rank
Youssef Akrout	Laser

Women

Athlete	Event	Race											Net points	Final rank
Athlete	Event	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	M*	Net points	Final rank
Ines Gmati	Laser Radial

Mixed

Athlete	Event	Race													Net points	Final rank
Athlete	Event	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	M*	Net points	Final rank
Hedi Gharbi Rihab Hammami	Nacra 17

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

Shooting

Tunisia has qualified one shooter in the women's pistol events by virtue of her best finish at the African Continental Championships and other selection competitions, as long as she obtained a minimum qualifying score (MQS) as of March 31, 2016.^[9]

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Olfa Charni	25 m pistol

Qualification Legend: Q = Qualify for the next round; q = Qualify for the bronze medal (shotgun)

Table tennis

Tunisia has entered one athlete into the table tennis competition at the Games. Saifa Saidani secured a spot in the women's singles by virtue of her top two finish at the 2016 African Qualification Tournament in Khartoum, Sudan.^[10]

Athlete	Event	Preliminary round	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Safa Saidani	Women's singles

Taekwondo

Tunisia entered three athletes into the taekwondo competition at the Olympics. Oussama Oueslati, Yassine Trabelsi, and Rahma Ben Ali secured the spots on the Tunisian team by virtue of their top two finish respectively in the men's welterweight (80 kg), men's heavyweight (+80 kg), and women's lightweight category (57 kg) at the 2016 African Qualification Tournament in Agadir, Morocco.^[11]

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Bronze Medal	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Oussama Oueslati	Men's −80 kg
Yassine Trabelsi	Men's +80 kg
Rahma Ben Ali	Women's −57 kg

Wrestling

Tunisia has qualified four wrestlers for each of the following weight classes into the Olympic tournament by virtue of a top two finish at the 2016 African & Oceania Qualification Tournament.^[12]

Key:

VT - Victory by Fall.
PP - Decision by Points - the loser with technical points.
PO - Decision by Points - the loser without technical points.

Men's freestyle

Athlete	Event	Qualification	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Mohamed Saadaoui	−86 kg
Slim Trabelsi	−125 kg

Women's freestyle

Athlete	Event	Qualification	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Marwa Amri	−58 kg
Hela Riabi	−63 kg

References

^ "iaaf.org – Top Lists". IAAF. Retrieved 18 April 2015.
^ "IAAF Games of the XXX Olympiad – Rio 2016 Entry Standards" (PDF). IAAF. Retrieved 18 April 2015.
^ "Weekend's finalists confirmed as first boxers from African Olympic qualification event secure quota places for Rio". AIBA. 18 March 2016. Retrieved 19 March 2016.
^ "UCI announces men's road Olympic quotas". Cyclingnews.com. 18 January 2016. Retrieved 20 January 2016.
^ "Russia top as Olympic qualification by ranking ends". FIE. 5 April 2016. Retrieved 6 April 2016.
^ "Tunisia and Poland qualify for Rio 2016". IHF. 9 April 2016. Retrieved 10 April 2016.
^ "African qualifying regatta awards 10 more places in Rio 2016 Olympic Games rowing events". Rio 2016. 14 October 2015. Retrieved 21 October 2015.
^ "Rio 2016 Olympic Laser Spots Snapped Up At Santander 2014 ISAF Worlds". ISAF. Retrieved 14 September 2014.
^ "Quota places by Nation and Name". ISSF. 23 June 2014. Retrieved 8 September 2014.
^ Marshall, Ian (18 February 2016). "Saifa Saidani Continues Amazing Run, Joins Offiong Edem in Rio". ITTF. Retrieved 18 February 2016.
^ "Ten countries secure Rio 2016 places at taekwondo African Qualification Tournament". World Taekwondo Federation. 8 February 2016. Retrieved 8 February 2016.
^ "Wrestling for Rio 2016". United World Wrestling. Retrieved 19 September 2015.

[1] "iaaf.org – Top Lists". IAAF. Retrieved 18 April 2015.

[2] "IAAF Games of the XXX Olympiad – Rio 2016 Entry Standards" (PDF). IAAF. Retrieved 18 April 2015.

[3] "Weekend's finalists confirmed as first boxers from African Olympic qualification event secure quota places for Rio". AIBA. 18 March 2016. Retrieved 19 March 2016.

[4] "UCI announces men's road Olympic quotas". Cyclingnews.com. 18 January 2016. Retrieved 20 January 2016.

[5] "Russia top as Olympic qualification by ranking ends". FIE. 5 April 2016. Retrieved 6 April 2016.

[6] "Tunisia and Poland qualify for Rio 2016". IHF. 9 April 2016. Retrieved 10 April 2016.

[7] "African qualifying regatta awards 10 more places in Rio 2016 Olympic Games rowing events". Rio 2016. 14 October 2015. Retrieved 21 October 2015.

[isaf-8] "Rio 2016 Olympic Laser Spots Snapped Up At Santander 2014 ISAF Worlds". ISAF. Retrieved 14 September 2014.

[issf-9] "Quota places by Nation and Name". ISSF. 23 June 2014. Retrieved 8 September 2014.

[10] Marshall, Ian (18 February 2016). "Saifa Saidani Continues Amazing Run, Joins Offiong Edem in Rio". ITTF. Retrieved 18 February 2016.

[11] "Ten countries secure Rio 2016 places at taekwondo African Qualification Tournament". World Taekwondo Federation. 8 February 2016. Retrieved 8 February 2016.

[12] "Wrestling for Rio 2016". United World Wrestling. Retrieved 19 September 2015.

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