Mauritania competed at the
2016 Summer Olympics in
Rio de Janeiro
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, Brazil, which was held from 5 to 21 August 2016. The country's participation at Rio de Janeiro marked its ninth appearance in the Summer Olympics since its debut at the
1984 Summer Olympics
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in Los Angeles.
The Mauritanian delegation featured only two athletes, resulting the country to have one of the smallest delegations at the Games. Among them were
sprinters Jidou El Moctar and
Houleye Ba, that were selected via universality slots from the
IAAF, as the country had no athletes that met the time standards for any events. Moctar reprised his
London 2012
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role as flag bearer for the
opening ceremony, whilst a volunteer carried it for the
closing ceremony
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[ Ultimately, neither Moctar nor Ba progressed beyond the heats of their events, leaving the Games without a single medal for the Mauritanians at these Games.
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Athletics (track and field)
Mauritania has received universality slots from IAAF to send two athletes (one male and one female) to the Olympics.
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Nations at the 2016 Summer Olympics
2016
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Olympics