2016 Summer Olympics / Participants (Benin)

BEN

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Benin took part in the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro . It was the eleventh participation in the Summer Olympics. The Comité National Olympique et Sportif Béninois nominated six athletes in four sports.

Participants by sport

fencing

Athletes	competition	1 round		2nd round		Round of 16		Quarter finals		Semifinals / classification		Final / placement		rank
		opponent	Result	opponent	Result	opponent	Result	opponent	Result	opponent	Result	opponent	Result
Men
Yémi Apithy	Saber single	Max Hartung	9:15	eliminated

Judo

Athletes	competition	1 round		2nd round		Quarter finals		Semi-finals / consolation round		Final / 3rd place		rank
		opponent	Result	opponent	Result	opponent	Result	opponent	Result	opponent	Result
Men
Celtus Williams Abiola Dossou Yovo	up to 90 kg	C. Slides	100s1: 001s1	M. Nyman	000s2: 100s0	eliminated						9

athletics

Running and walking

Athletes	competition	Round 1		Semifinals		final		rank
		time	rank	time	rank	time	rank
Women
Noélie Yarigo	800 m	1: 59.12 min	5	1: 59.78 min	13	eliminated		13
Men
Didier Kiki	200 m	22.27 s	76	eliminated				76

swim

Athletes	competition	leader		Semifinals		final		rank
		time	rank	time	rank	time	rank
Women
Laraïba Seibou	50 m freestyle	33.01 s	77	eliminated				77
Men
Laraïba Seibou	50 m freestyle	27.32 s	77	eliminated				77

Web links

• Benin. Official website of the Olympic Movement. The International Olympic Committee ( IOC ), accessed August 1, 2016 . 

Individual evidence

1. ^ "Judo Resultsbook" ( Memento from August 23, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) (PDF) Website of the Rio Olympics. Retrieved August 22, 2016. (English).