Tunisia at the 2016 Summer Olympics

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IOC codeTUN
NOCTunisian Olympic Committee
Websitewww.cnot.org.tn (in French)
Competitors61 in 17 sports
Tunisia at the
2016 Summer Olympics
IOC codeTUN
NOCTunisian Olympic Committee
Websitewww.cnot.org.tn (in French)
in Rio de Janeiro
Competitors61 in 17 sports
Flag bearer Oussama Mellouli[1]
Medals
Ranked 75th
Gold
0
Silver
0
Bronze
3
Total
3
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)

Tunisia competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 5 to 21 August 2016. Since the nation's official debut in 1960, Tunisian athletes have appeared in every edition of the Summer Olympic Games, except the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow because of the nation's partial support for the US-led boycott.

The Tunisian Olympic Committee (French: Comité National Olympique Tunisien, CNOT) fielded a team of 61 athletes, 40 men and 21 women, to compete in 17 sports at the Games.[2] It was the nation's second-largest delegation sent to the Olympics, relatively smaller by 22 athletes than in London four years earlier. Men's handball was the only team-based sport in which Tunisia qualified for the Games. Among the sports represented by the nation's athletes, Tunisia made its Olympic debut in beach volleyball, as well as returning to table tennis after a twelve-year absence.

The Tunisian roster was highlighted by two accomplished Olympians from London 2012: long-distance swimmer Oussama Mellouli and steeplechaser Habiba Ghribi. At 32 years old and headed to his fifth Games, Mellouli emerged himself as Tunisia's most successful Olympian of all time, with three medals (two golds and one bronze), and the first swimmer to dominate at both the pool and open water in Olympic history. Because of his successes, Mellouli was selected to carry the nation's flag at the opening ceremony.[1][3] Meanwhile, Ghribi, a three-time Olympian, established a historic milestone for her country in London, when she became the first Tunisian woman to earn an Olympic medal.

Apart from Mellouli and Ghribi, 18 Tunisian athletes previously competed in London, including fencing sisters Azza and Sarra Besbes, tennis players Malek Jaziri and Ons Jabeur, three-time Olympic judoka Nihal Chikhrouhou (women's +78 kg) and Houda Miled (women's 70 kg), race walker Hassanine Sebei, and freestyle wrestler Marwa Amri.

Tunisia returned home from Rio de Janeiro with three bronze medals; each of them was awarded to the Tunisian athletes in fencing, taekwondo, and wrestling, respectively, for the first time. Moreover, it matched the overall tally achieved in London four years earlier. Among the medalists were Amri (women's 58 kg), three-time Olympic fencer Inès Boubakri (women's foil), and taekwondo fighter Oussama Oueslati (men's 80 kg).[4]

Medal Name Sport Event Date
 BronzeInès BoubakriFencingWomen's foil10 August
 BronzeMarwa AmriWrestlingWomen's freestyle 58 kg17 August
 BronzeOussama OueslatiTaekwondoMen's 80 kg19 August

Athletics (track and field)

Habiba Ghribi after winning the silver medal in the 2012 Summer Olympics, which has since been upgraded to gold following the disqualification of the original gold medalist.

Tunisian athletes have so far achieved qualifying standards in the following athletics events (up to a maximum of 3 athletes in each event):[5][6]

Seven athletes were named to Tunisia's track and field team for the Games, with Habiba Ghribi looking to defend her Olympic title in the women's 3000 m steeplechase.[7]

Key
  • Note–Ranks given for track events are within the athlete's heat only
  • Q = Qualified for the next round
  • q = Qualified for the next round as a fastest loser or, in field events, by position without achieving the qualifying target
  • NR = National record
  • N/A = Round not applicable for the event
  • Bye = Athlete not required to compete in round
Track & road events
Men
Athlete Event Heat Semifinal Final
Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank
Amor Ben Yahia 3000 m steeplechase 8:23.12 4 q — DSQ
Wissem Hosni Marathon — DNF
Atef Saad — 2:19:50 62
Hassanine Sebei 20 km walk — 1:23:44 36
Mohamed Sghaier 400 m hurdles 50.09 5 Did not advance
Women
Athlete Event Heat Final
Result Rank Result Rank
Habiba Ghribi 3000 m steeplechase 9:18.71 4 Q 9:28.75 12
Chahinez Nasri 20 km walk — 1:42:57 60

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.[8]

Athlete Event Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Rank
Bilel Mhamdi Men's bantamweight  Suntele (LES)
W 3–0		  Melián (ARG)
L 0–3		 Did not advance
Hassen Chaktami Men's heavyweight Bye  Russo (ITA)
L 0–3		 Did not advance

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
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Mohamed Ali Mrabet Men's K-1 1000 m 3:35.084 8 Q 3:43.145 8 FB 3:45.122 16
Khaled Houcine Men's C-1 200 m 42.499 7 Did not advance
Afef Ben Ismail Women's K-1 500 m 2:08.170 7 Did not advance

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.[9]

Athlete Event Time Rank
Ali Nouisri Men's road race Did not finish

Fencing

Tunisia has entered five 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.[10] 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.

Athlete Event Round of 64 Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinal Semifinal Final / BM
Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Rank
Mohamed Ayoub Ferjani Men's foil Bye  Davis (GBR)
L 7–15		 Did not advance
Farès Ferjani Men's sabre —  Montano (ITA)
L 11–15		 Did not advance
Sarra Besbes Women's épée Bye  Costa (BRA)
W 15–8		  Kirpu (EST)
W 15–11		  Sun Yw (CHN)
L 11–14		 Did not advance
Inès Boubakri Women's foil Bye  Mohamed (EGY)
W 15–4		  Nishioka (JPN)
W 15–10		  Harvey (CAN)
W 15–13		  Di Francisca (ITA)
L 9–12		  Shanaeva (RUS)
W 15–11		 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Azza Besbes Women's sabre Bye  Mikina (AZE)
W 15–12		  Kozaczuk (POL)
W 15–12		  Brunet (FRA)
L 14–15		 Did not advance

Handball

Judo

Tunisia has qualified a total of four judokas for the following weight classes at the Games. Hela Ayari, Faicel Jaballah, and two-time Olympian Nihal Chikhrouhou were ranked among the top 22 eligible judokas for men and top 14 for women in the IJF World Ranking List of May 30, 2016, while Houda Miled at women's middleweight (70 kg) earned a continental quota spot from the African region, as the highest-ranked Tunisian judoka outside of direct qualifying position.[13][14]

Athlete Event Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Repechage Final / BM
Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Rank
Faicel Jaballah Men's +100 kg  Bor (HUN)
L 000–101		 Did not advance
Hela Ayari Women's −52 kg Bye  Miranda (BRA)
L 000–100		 Did not advance
Houda Miled Women's −70 kg  Conway (GBR)
L 000–100		 Did not advance
Nihal Chikhrouhou Women's +78 kg Bye  Cerić (BIH)
W 000–000 S		  Andéol (FRA)
L 000–000 S		 Did not advance  Sayit (TUR)
L 000–100		 Did not advance 7

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.[15]

Athlete Event Heats Repechage Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Mohamed Taieb Men's single sculls 7:37.95 4 R 7:27.18 4 SE/F Bye 8:02.05 2 FE 7:53.36 27
Nour El-Houda Ettaieb
Khadija Krimi		 Women's lightweight double sculls 7:43.33 5 R 8:33.49 6 SC/D — 8:29.45 4 FD 7:56.26 20

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.[16]

Athlete Event Race Net points Final rank
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 M*
Youssef Akrout Men's Laser 21 29 34 26 39 32 37 35 16 27 — EL 257 34
Ines Gmati Women's Laser Radial 28 23 32 23 21 31 19 28 31 34 — EL 235 30
Hedi Gharbi
Rihab Hammami		 Mixed Nacra 17 18 DNF 18 21 19 20 20 18 20 19 18 20 EL 211 20

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

Shooting

Olfa Charni competing in the final of the women's air pistol at the 2011 Pan Arab Games.

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.[17]

Athlete Event Qualification Semifinal Final
Points Rank Points Rank Points Rank
Olfa Charni Women's 10 m air pistol 384 9 — Did not advance
Women's 25 m pistol DNF Did not advance

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

Swimming

Tunisian swimmers have so far achieved qualifying standards in the following events (up to a maximum of 2 swimmers in each event at the Olympic Qualifying Time (OQT), and potentially 1 at the Olympic Selection Time (OST)):[18][19]

Athlete Event Heat Semifinal Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Ahmed Mathlouthi Men's 200 m freestyle 1:50.39 =41 Did not advance
Men's 400 m freestyle 3:52.00 35 — Did not advance
Men's 200 m individual medley 2:04.95 27 Did not advance
Oussama Mellouli Men's 1500 m freestyle 15:07.78 21 — Did not advance
Men's 10 km open water — 1:53:06.1 12

Table tennis

Tunisia has entered one athlete into the table tennis competition at the Games. Saifa Saidani had claimed the Olympic spot in the women's singles by virtue of her top two finish at the 2016 African Qualification Tournament in Khartoum, Sudan.[20]

Athlete Event Preliminary Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final / BM
Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Rank
Safa Saidani Women's singles  Meshref (EGY)
L 0–4		 Did not advance

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.[21]

Athlete Event Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Repechage Final / BM
Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Rank
Oussama Oueslati Men's −80 kg  Rafalovich (UZB)
W 11–8		  Liu W-t (TPE)
W 1–0		  Cisse (CIV)
L 6–7		 Bye  Lopez (USA)
W 14–5		 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Yassine Trabelsi Men's +80 kg  Castillo (CUB)
L 4–13		 Did not advance
Rahma Ben Ali Women's −57 kg  Hamada (JPN)
L 0–9		 Did not advance

Tennis

Tunisia has entered two tennis players into the Olympic tournament. London 2012 Olympian Malek Jaziri (world no. 63) qualified directly for the men's singles as one of the top 56 eligible players in the ATP World Rankings as of June 6, 2016, while Ons Jabeur (world no. 188) had claimed one of six ITF Olympic women's singles places, as Africa's top-ranked player outside of direct qualifying position in the WTA World Rankings.[22][23]

Athlete Event Round of 64 Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final / BM
Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Rank
Malek Jaziri Men's singles  Tsonga (FRA)
L 6–4, 5–7, 3–6		 Did not advance
Ons Jabeur Women's singles  Kasatkina (RUS)
L 6–3, 6–7(4–7), 1–6		 Did not advance

Volleyball

Beach

Tunisia has qualified the men's beach volleyball team for the Olympics by winning the CAVB Continental Cup final in Abuja, Nigeria, signifying the nation's Olympic debut in the sport.[24]

Athlete Event Preliminary round Standing Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final / BM
Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Rank
Mohamed Arafet Naceur
Choaib Belhaj Salah		 Men's Pool C
 Dalhausser – Lucena (USA)
L 0 – 2 (7–21, 13–21)
 Lupo – Nicolai (ITA)
L 0 – 2 (17–21, 13–21)
 Ontiveros – Virgen (MEX)
L 0 – 2 (10–21, 10–21)		 4 Did not advance

Weightlifting

Tunisia has qualified one male and one female weightlifter for the Rio Olympics by virtue of a top five national finish (for men) and top four (for women), respectively, at the 2016 African Championships.[25] The team must allocate these places to individual athletes by June 20, 2016.[26]

Athlete Event Snatch Clean & Jerk Total Rank
Result Rank Result Rank
Karem Ben Hnia Men's −69 kg 147 6 177 DNF 147 DNF
Yosra Dhieb Women's +75 kg 111 13 138 11 249 11

Wrestling

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