Olympic Summer Games 1996 / Participant (Guinea-Bissau)
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Guinea-Bissau took part in the 1996 Summer Olympics in the US metropolis of Atlanta with three male athletes in three competitions in two sports.
It was Guinea-Bissau's first participation in the Summer Olympics .
Flag bearer
Wrestler Talata Embalo carried the Guinea-Bissau flag during the opening ceremony on July 19 at the Centennial Olympic Stadium .
Attendees
The youngest participant was the athlete Amarildo Almeida at 20 years and 134 days, the oldest was the wrestler Talata Embalo at 32 years and 245 days.
| Surname | Age | gender | sport | Result (s) |
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| Amarildo Almeida | 20th | male | athletics | 8th place in the third heat over 100 meters |
| Fernando Arlete I. | 27 | male | athletics | 7th place in the third heat over 800 meters |
| Talata Embalo | 32 | male | Wrestling | 21st place in the bantamweight freestyle |
literature
- Volker Kluge : Summer Olympic Games. Chronicle IV. Seoul 1988 - Atlanta 1996. Sportverlag Berlin, Berlin 2002, ISBN 3-328-00830-6 .
- Official report on the 1996 Summer Olympics. Part three. ( PDF file; 26.90 MB )
Web links
- Guinea-Bissau at the 1996 Summer Olympics in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
