2016 Summer Olympics / Participants (Burundi)

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Burundi took part in the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro . It was the sixth participation in the Summer Olympic Games. The Comité National Olympique du Burundi nominated nine athletes in three sports.

The flag bearer at the opening ceremony was the athlete Olivier Irabaruta . At the closing ceremony , the swimmer Billy-Scott Irakoze led the delegation.

Medals

Medal table

Medal table Burundi
space	sport				total
1	athletics	0	1	0	1

Medalist

silver

Surname	sport	competition
Francine Niyonsaba	athletics	800 m

Participants by sport

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
Women
Antoinette Gasongo	up to 52 kg	J. Ramos	000s0: 102s0	eliminated								17th

athletics

Running and walking

Athletes	competition	leader		Semifinals		final		rank
		time	rank	time	rank	time	rank
Women
Francine Niyonsaba	800 m	1: 59.84 min	13	1: 59.59 min	2	1: 56.49 min	2	silver
Diane Nukuri	10,000 m	-		-		31: 28.69 min	13	13
Men
Antoine Gakeme	800 m	1: 47.46	26th	eliminated				26th
Olivier Irabaruta	5000 m	13: 44.08 min	34	-		eliminated		34
Olivier Irabaruta	10,000 m	-		-		28: 32.75 min	27	27
Abraham Niyonkuru	marathon	-		-		not finished
Celestin Nihorimbere	marathon	-		-		2:29:38 h	115	115

swim

Athletes	competition	leader		Semifinals		final		rank
		time	rank	time	rank	time	rank
Women
Elsie Uwamahoro	50 m freestyle	33.70 s	80	eliminated				80
Men
Billy-Scott Irakoze	100 m freestyle	26.36 s	66	eliminated				66

Web links

• Burundi. Official website of the Olympic Movement. The International Olympic Committee ( IOC ), accessed August 3, 2016 . 

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Rio 2016 Opening Ceremony - Flag Bearers. (PDF) International Olympic Committee , August 5, 2016, accessed on August 7, 2016 . 
2. ↑ Rio 2016 Closing Ceremony - Flag Bearers. (PDF) International Olympic Committee , August 21, 2016, accessed on August 21, 2016 . 
3. ^ "Judo Resultsbook" ( Memento from August 23, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) (PDF) Website of the Rio Olympics. Retrieved August 22, 2016. (English).