2016 Summer Olympics / Participants (Fiji)
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Fiji participated in the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro . It was the 14th participation in the Summer Olympics. The Fiji Association of Sports and National Olympic Committee nominated 52 athletes in ten sports, making it by far the largest team in the country in its Olympic history, mainly due to the surprising participation of the soccer team and the introduction of 7-a-side rugby , the country's nationalsportIt was thanks to this that the men also dominated internationally at the time.
The country's 7-a-side rugby players became the first ever to win a medal in Fiji's gold.
Participants by sport
Archery
| Athletes | competition | qualification | 1 round | 2nd round | Round of 16 | Quarter finals | Semifinals | final | rank | |||||||
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| Rings | rank | opponent | Result | opponent | Result | opponent | Result | opponent | Result | opponent | Result | opponent | Result | |||
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| Rob Elder | singles | 635 | 56 |
Wei Chun-heng
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0: 6 (75:85) | eliminated | 33 | |||||||||
Boxing
| Athletes | competition | 1 round | Round of 16 | Quarter finals | Semifinals | final | rank | |||||
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| opponent | Result | opponent | Result | opponent | Result | opponent | Result | opponent | Result | |||
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| Winston Hill | Welter weight up to 69 kg |
Vladimir Margarjan
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0: 3 | eliminated | 17th | |||||||
Soccer
| competition | Men |
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| Athletes |
Filipe Baravilala Nickel Chand Jale Dreloa Setareki Hughes Anish Khem Roy Krishna Samuela Nabenia Praneel Naidu Shaneel Naidu (TW) Ratu Nakalevu Alvin Singh Kolinio Sivoki Simione Tamanisau (TW) Antonio Tuivuna Joseph Turagabeci Iosefo Verevou Saula Warana Tevita |
| Trainer |
Frank Farina ( )
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| Group stage |
 South Korea 0: 8 (0: 1) Mexico 1: 5 (1: 0) Germany 0:10 (0: 6)  |
| Quarter finals | eliminated |
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| final | |
| placement | - |
Weightlifting
| Athletes | competition | Tear | Bump | Duel | rank | |||
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| Weight | rank | Weight | rank | Weight | rank | |||
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| Apolonia Vaivai | Class up to 69 kg | 88 kg | 15th | 113 kg | 11 | 201 kg | 11 | 11 |
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| Manueli Tulo | Class up to 56 kg | 106 kg | 16 | 136 kg | 13 | 242 kg | 13 | 13 |
Judo
| Athletes | competition | 1 round | 2nd round | Quarter finals | Semi-finals / consolation round | Final / 3rd place | rank | |||||
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| opponent | Result | opponent | Result | opponent | Result | opponent | Result | opponent | Result | |||
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| Josateki Naulu | Class up to 81 kg |
S. Sobirov 
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001s0: 100s1 | eliminated | 17th | |||||||
athletics
Running and walking
| Athletes | competition | leader | Round 1 | Semifinals | final | rank | ||||
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| time | rank | time | rank | time | rank | time | rank | |||
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| Sisilia Seavula | 100 m | 12.34 s | 8th | 12.48 s | 63 | eliminated | 63 | |||
Jumping and throwing
| Athletes | competition | qualification | final | rank | ||
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| Width / height | rank | Width / height | rank | |||
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| Leslie Copeland | Javelin throw | 76.04 m | 17th | eliminated | 17th | |
rugby
| competition | Women | Men |
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| Athletes |
Merewai Cumu Raijeli Daveua Rusila Nagasau Litia Naiqato Timaima Ravisa Viniana Riwai Asena Rokomarama Ana Maria Roqica Timaima Tamoi Rebecca Tavo Lavenia Tinai Luisa Tisolo |
Apisai Domolailai Osea Kolinisau Semi Kunatani Viliame Mata Samisoni Nasagavesi Leone Nakarawa Vatemo Ravouvou Savenaca Rawaca Kitione Taliga Josua Tuisova Jerry Tuwai Jasa Veremalua |
| Trainer |
Chris Cracknell ( ) |
Ben ryan ( )
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| Group stage |
 United States (12: 7) Australia (0:36) Colombia (36: 0)  |
 Brazil (40:12) Argentina (21:14) United States (24:19)
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| Quarter finals |
Great Britain (7:26) |
 New Zealand (12: 7)
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| Semifinals | - |
 Japan (20: 5)
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| final | - |
Great Britain (43: 7)
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| Placement games |
United States (7:12) Spain (21: 0) |
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| placement | 8th place | 1st place 
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shoot
| Athletes | competition | qualification | final | Rings / discs |
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| Rings / discs |
rank | Rings / discs |
rank | ||||
| Men | |||||||
| Glenn Kable | Trap | 112 | 23 | eliminated | 112 | 23 | |
swim
| Athletes | competition | leader | Semifinals | final | rank | |||
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| time | rank | time | rank | time | rank | |||
| Women | ||||||||
| Matelita Buadromo | 200 m freestyle | 2: 05.49 min | 40 | eliminated | 40 | |||
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| Meli Malani | 50 m freestyle | 23.88 s | 51 | eliminated | 51 | |||
Table tennis
| Athletes | competition | 1 round | 2nd round | 3rd round | 4th round | Quarter finals | Semifinals | final | rank | |||||||
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| opponent | Result | opponent | Result | opponent | Result | opponent | Result | opponent | Result | opponent | Result | opponent | Result | |||
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| Sally Yee | singles |
Offiong Edem
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0: 4 | eliminated | ||||||||||||
Web links
- Fiji. Official website of the Olympic Movement. The International Olympic Committee ( IOC ), accessed July 25, 2016 .
- Fiji on rio2016.com (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ "Judo Resultsbook" ( Memento from August 23, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) (PDF) Website of the Rio Olympics. Retrieved August 22, 2016. (English).
