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competed at the

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in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 5 to 21 August 2016. This was the nation's sixteenth appearance at the Olympics, although it had previous competed in most editions under the name ''Burma''. Myanmar did not attend the

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in Montreal for political reasons. Myanmar Olympic Committee sent a team of seven athletes, four men and three women, to compete in five different sports at the Olympics. The nation's roster size was relatively larger by a single athlete than those sent to both Beijing 2008 and London 2012 with six each. Most of them were awarded places in their respective sporting events through wild card entries and Tripartite Commission invitations, with the exception of pistol shooter

Ye Tun Naung Ye Tun Naung (born 26 May 1983 in Minhla) is a Burmese sport shooter who competes in pistol events. In 2014 he represented Myanmar in 2014 Asian Games. In 2015 he won silver in 3rd World Cup stage and secured quota for Myanmar in 2016 Summer Ol ...

, who qualified directly for the Games on merit. Half-heavyweight judoka

Yan Naing Soe Yan Naing Soe (born 31 January 1979) is a Burmese judoka. He competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in the men's 100 kg event, in which he was eliminated in the third round by Karl-Richard Frey. He was the flag bearer for Myanmar at the Parade o ...

led the delegation as the nation's flag bearer in the opening ceremony. Myanmar, however, has yet to win its first Olympic medal.

San Yu Htwe San Yu Htwe (born 14 October 1986) is a Burmese recurve archer from Mindat. She competed in the archery competition at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, where she ranked at #51 in the ranking round. She defeated Taru Kuoppa in the f ...

, who arrived in Rio de Janeiro on a Tripartite Commission invitation, overwhelmed some of the highest-ranked archers in two elimination rounds to produce a best result for Myanmar at the Games, before falling short of the third round to South Korea's defending champion Ki Bo-bae.

Archery

Myanmar has received an invitation from the Tripartite Commission to send a female archer to the Olympic tournament.

Athletics

Myanmar has received universality slots from

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to send two athletes (one male and one female) to the Olympics. ;Track & road events

Judo

Myanmar has received an invitation from the Tripartite Commission to send a judoka competing in the men's half-heavyweight category (100 kg) to the Olympics.

Shooting

Myanmar has qualified one shooter in the men's pistol events by virtue of

's performances in the

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series and Asian Championships, as long as he obtained a minimum qualifying score (MQS) by March 31, 2016. Qualification Legend: Q = Qualify for the next round; q = Qualify for the bronze medal (shotgun)

Swimming

Myanmar have received a Universality invitation from FINA to send two swimmers (one male and one female) to the Olympics.

References

External links

* {{Country at games navbox, Myanmar, Summer Olympics Nations at the 2016 Summer Olympics

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