# Gabon at the 2016 Summer Olympics

Gabon competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 5 to 21 August 2016. This was the nation's tenth appearance at the Olympics.
Gabon Olympic Committee (French: Comité Olympique Gabonais) sent a total of six athletes, four men and two women, to compete in four different sports at these Games. The nation's roster was relatively smaller by nearly three quarters of its size from London 2012, where Gabon registered a team of 26 athletes. Among the sports represented by the athletes, Gabon made its Olympic debut in swimming.
Among the Gabonese athletes on the team were sprinters Wilfried Bingangoye and Ruddy Zang Milama, and taekwondo fighter Anthony Obame, who established history as the nation's first ever Olympic medalist, earning the silver in the men's heavyweight category (+80 kg) four years earlier. The most successful athlete of the Games, Obame led the team as Gabon's first male flag bearer in the opening ceremony since 1996.
Gabon, however, left Rio de Janeiro without a single Olympic medal, failing to reproduce it from the previous Games. Silver medalist Anthony Obame was eliminated by Mahama Cho of Great Britain in taekwondo, failing to achieve his successful performance from his appearance in the 2012 Summer Olympics.

## Athletics (track and field)

Gabonese athletes have so far achieved qualifying standards in the following athletics events (up to a maximum of 3 athletes in each event):

### 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

| Athlete | Event | Heat | Heat | Quarterfinal | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank |
| Wilfried Bingangoye | Men's 100 m | 11.03 | 5 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Ruddy Zang Milama | Women's 100 m | Bye | Bye | 11.67 | 7 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Judo

Gabon has qualified two judokas for each of the following weight classes at the Games. Sarah Myriam Mazouz was ranked among the top 14 eligible judokas for women in the IJF World Ranking List of May 30, 2016, while Paul Kibikai at men's half-middleweight (81 kg) earned a continental quota spot from the African region as Gabon's top-ranked judoka outside of direct qualifying position.
| Athlete | Event | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Repechage | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Paul Kibikai | Men's −81 kg | Bye | Al-Aameri (IRQ) W 000–000 S | Nagase (JPN) L 000–100 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Sarah Myriam Mazouz | Women's −78 kg | — | Bye | Powell (GBR) L 000–100 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Swimming

Gabon has received a Universality invitation from FINA to send a male swimmer for the first time to the Olympics.
| Athlete | Event | Heat | Heat | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Maël Ambonguilat | Men's 50 m freestyle | 27.21 | 75 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Taekwondo

Gabon entered one athlete into the taekwondo competition at the Olympics. 2012 Olympic silver medalist Anthony Obame qualified automatically for the men's heavyweight category (+80 kg) by finishing in the top 6 WTF Olympic rankings.
| Athlete | Event | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Repechage | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Anthony Obame | Men's +80 kg | Cho (GBR) L 6–12 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |