Saint Lucia at the 2016 Summer Olympics explained

Noc:LCA
Nocname:Saint Lucia Olympic Committee
Games:Summer Olympics
Year:2016
Location:Rio de Janeiro
Competitors:5
Sports:3
Flagbearer:Levern Spencer[1]
Gold:0
Silver:0
Bronze:0
Appearances:auto
App Begin Year:1996

Saint Lucia competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 5 to 21 August 2016. This was the nation's sixth consecutive appearance at the Summer Olympics.

Saint Lucia Olympic Committee sent a team of five athletes, two men and three women, to compete only in sailing, swimming, and track and field at the Games, matching the nation's roster size with Sydney 2000 and beating the record by a single athlete set in both Beijing 2008 and London 2012.[2] Two Saint Lucian athletes were awarded universality places to compete in their respective sporting events, while the rest of the team qualified directly for the Games on merit.

High jumper and Pan American Games champion Levern Spencer spearheaded the Saint Lucian delegation for the third consecutive time, as the oldest and most experienced competitor (aged 32) and the nation's flag bearer in the opening ceremony.[1] Other notable athletes on the roster featured Spencer's teammate Jeanelle Scheper and ex-NFL running back turned track sprinter Jahvid Best.[3] Saint Lucia, however, has yet to win its first ever Olympic medal.

Athletics (track and field)

See main article: article, Athletics at the 2016 Summer Olympics and Athletics at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Qualification. Athletes from Saint Lucia have so far achieved qualifying standards in the following athletics events (up to a maximum of 3 athletes in each event):[4] [5]

Track & road events
Field events
AthleteEventQualificationFinal
DistancePositionDistancePosition
Jeanelle Scheperalign=left rowspan=2Women's high jump1.8925did not advance
Levern Spencer1.94=1 Q1.936

Sailing

See main article: article, Sailing at the 2016 Summer Olympics and Sailing at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Qualification. Saint Lucia has received an invitation from the Tripartite Commission to send a sailor competing in the Laser Radial class to the Olympics.[6]

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

Swimming

See main article: article, Swimming at the 2016 Summer Olympics and Swimming at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Qualification. Saint Lucia has received a Universality invitation from FINA to send a male swimmer to the Olympics.[7] [8] [9]

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: The Flagbearers for the Rio 2016 Opening Ceremony. International Olympic Committee. 5 August 2016.
  2. News: Terry. Finisterre. Five-member team to represent St. Lucia at Rio 2016. St. Lucia News Online. 24 July 2016. 28 September 2016.
  3. News: Paul. Myerberg. Ex-NFL player Jahvid Best enjoys Olympic experience. USA Today. 13 August 2016. 28 September 2016.
  4. Web site: iaaf.org – Top Lists. IAAF. 18 April 2015.
  5. Web site: IAAF Games of the XXX Olympiad – Rio 2016 Entry Standards. IAAF. 18 April 2015.
  6. News: Richard. Aspland. Rio 2016 – Stephanie selected as one of four sailing Tripartite places. Sail World. 6 June 2016. 7 June 2016.
  7. Web site: Swimming World Rankings. FINA. 14 March 2015.
  8. News: Rio 2016 – FINA Swimming Qualification System. PDF. Rio 2016. FINA. 23 January 2015.
  9. News: Jordan Augier to compete in 2016 Summer Olympics. Terry. Finisterre. 10 July 2016. St. Lucia News Online. 19 July 2016. 29 April 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190429195452/https://www.stlucianewsonline.com/jordan-augier-to-compete-in-2016-summer-olympics/. dead.