Luxembourg competed at the

2016 Summer Olympics The 2016 Summer Olympics ( pt, Jogos Olímpicos de Verão de 2016), officially the Games of the XXXI Olympiad ( pt, Jogos da XXXI Olimpíada) and also known as Rio 2016, was an international multi-sport event held from 5 to 21 August 20 ...

in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 5 to 21 August 2016. Since the nation's official debut in

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, Luxembourgish athletes have appeared in every edition of the

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throughout the modern era, with the exception of the sparsely attended

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and

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, and the

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in Los Angeles at the period of the worldwide Great Depression. Luxembourg Olympic and Sporting Committee selected a team of 10 athletes to compete in five sports at the Games. The nation's roster in Rio de Janeiro was also a replication to those sent to

Athens 2004 The 2004 Summer Olympics ( el, Θερινοί Ολυμπιακοί Αγώνες 2004, ), officially the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad ( el, Αγώνες της 28ης Ολυμπιάδας, ) and also known as Athens 2004 ( el, Αθήνα 2004), ...

, but had an equal share between men and women with five each. Among the sports represented by the athletes, Luxembourg staged its Olympic comeback in track and field from a 12-year absence. The Luxembourg team featured six returning Olympians. Five of them competed at London 2012, with the exception of professional road cyclist Fränk Schleck, who staged an eight-year comeback to his third and final Olympic circuit in Rio de Janeiro before retiring from the sport. Other notable Luxembourgian athletes were swimmers

Raphaël Stacchiotti Raphaël Stacchiotti (born 9 March 1992 in Luxembourg City) is a Luxembourgish swimmer, who specialized in the freestyle and individual medley events. He is a four-time Olympian (2008, 2012, 2016 and 2020), a multiple-time Luxembourgian record h ...

and

Laurent Carnol Laurent Carnol (born 17 October 1989) is a Luxembourgish swimmer, who specialized in breaststroke events. Carnol set national records of 1:01.39 (100 m) and 2:09.78 (200 m) in the men's breaststroke at the 2010 European Aquatics Championships in ...

, table tennis player and four-time Olympian

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, and world no. 44 tennis player Gilles Müller, who led the team as the nation's flag bearer in the opening ceremony. Luxembourg, however, failed to win its first Olympic medal, since the

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in Helsinki, where middle-distance runner Josy Barthel took home the men's 1500 m title.

Athletics

Luxembourgish athletes have so far achieved qualifying standards in the following athletics events (up to a maximum of 3 athletes in each event), signifying the nation's Olympic return to the sport for the first time since

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: ;Track & road events

Cycling

Road

Luxembourgish riders qualified for the following quota places in the men's and women's Olympic road race by virtue of their best individual ranking in the

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(for men) and top 22 national finish in the 2016 UCI World Ranking (for women).

Swimming

Luxembourgish 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)):

Table tennis

Luxembourg has entered one athlete into the table tennis competition at the Games. Remarkably going to her fifth Olympics,

granted an invitation from ITTF to compete in the women's singles as one of the next seven highest-ranked eligible players, not yet qualified, on the Olympic Ranking List.

Tennis

Luxembourg has entered one tennis player into the Olympic tournament. London 2012 Olympian Gilles Müller (world no. 44) qualified directly for the men's singles as one of the top 56 eligible players in the

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World Rankings as of June 6, 2016.

References

External links

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