Tunisia at the Olympics
List of medalists
Table:
Medal

Name

Games

Sport

Event

Silver
Mohammed Gammoudi
1964 Tokyo
Athletics
Men's 10,000 m

Bronze
Habib Galhia
1964 Tokyo
Boxing
Men's light welterweight

Gold
Mohammed Gammoudi
1968 Mexico City
Athletics
Men's 5000 m

Bronze
Mohammed Gammoudi
1968 Mexico City
Athletics
Men's 10,000 m

Silver
Mohammed Gammoudi
1972 Munich
Athletics
Men's 5000 m

Bronze
Fethi Missaoui
1996 Atlanta
Boxing
Men's light welterweight

Gold
Oussama Mellouli
2008 Beijing
Swimming
Men's 1500 m freestyle

Gold
Oussama Mellouli
2012 London
Swimming
Men's 10km marathon

Gold
Habiba Ghribi
2012 London
Athletics
Women's 3000 m steeplechase

Bronze
Oussama Mellouli
2012 London
Swimming
Men's 1500 m freestyle

Bronze
Inès Boubakri
2016 Rio de Janeiro
Fencing
Women's Foil

Bronze
Oussama Oueslati
2016 Rio de Janeiro
Taekwondo
Men's 80 kg

Bronze
Marwa Amri
2016 Rio de Janeiro
Wrestling
Women's freestyle 58 kg

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Mohammed Tlili ben Abdallah ( Arabic : محمد التليلي بن عبدالله ) , also known as Moham ( m ) ed Gammoudi , ( born February 11 , 1938 ) is a Tunisian athlete who competed as a long distance runner in international track and field competitions . He represented Tunisia in the Tokyo , Mexico City , and Munich Olympiads and recorded four medals , including a gold medal in the 5000 metres event in Mexico City . Gammoudi was also competitive at 10,000 metres . Born in Sidi Aïch , in Tunisia , Mohammed Gammoudi was one of the pioneers of the African long distance running revolution that changed the face of the sport in the final decades of the 20th century .
The 1964 Summer Olympics , officially known as the Games of the XVIII Olympiad ( Japanese : 第十八回オリンピック競技大会 , Hepburn : Dai Jūhachi-kai Orinpikku Kyōgi Taikai ) , was an international multi-sport event held in Tokyo , Japan , from 10 to 24 October 1964 . Tokyo had been awarded the organization of the 1940 Summer Olympics , but this honour was subsequently passed to Helsinki because of Japan 's invasion of China , before ultimately being cancelled because of World War II . The 1964 Summer Games were the first Olympics held in Asia , and the first time South Africa was barred from taking part due to its apartheid system in sports . ( South Africa was , however , allowed to compete at the 1964 Summer Paralympics , also held in Tokyo , where it made its Paralympic Games debut . ) Tokyo was chosen as the host city during the 55th IOC Session in West Germany , on 26 May 1959 . These games were also the first to be telecast internationally without the need for tapes to be flown overseas , as they had been for the 1960 Olympics four years earlier . The games were telecast to the United States using Syncom 3 , the first geostationary communication satellite , and from there to Europe using Relay 1 . These were also the first Olympic Games to have color telecasts , albeit partially . Certain events like the sumo wrestling and judo matches , sports huge in Japan , were tried out using Toshiba 's new colour transmission system , but only for the domestic market . History surrounding the 1964 Olympics was chronicled in the 1965 documentary film Tokyo Olympiad , directed by Kon Ichikawa . The games were scheduled for mid-October to avoid the city 's midsummer heat and humidity and the September typhoon season . The previous Olympics in Rome in 1960 started in late August and experienced hot weather .
At the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo , the athletics competition included 36 events , 24 for men and 12 for women . The women 's 400 metres and women 's pentathlon events were newly introduced at these Games . There were a total number of 1016 participating athletes from 82 countries .
The men 's 10,000 metres was the longest of the seven men 's track races in the Athletics at the 1964 Summer Olympics program in Tokyo . It was held on 14 October . 38 athletes from 23 nations entered , with 6 more not starting the event . The event was held as a single heat .
Habib Galhia ( Arabic : حبيب قلحية , May 14 , 1941 - December 25 , 2011 ) was a Tunisian boxer , who won the bronze medal in the men 's Light Welterweight ( 67 kg ) category at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo , Japan . He was the first Tunisian to win an Olympic medal . Habib participated also in 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City and he finished the competition in the rank 17T .
The boxing competition at the 1964 Summer Olympics was held from 11 to 23 October . The competition was for men only and there were ten weight classes .
The light welterweight class in the boxing at the 1964 Summer Olympics competition was the fifth-lightest class . Light welterweights were limited to those boxers weighing less than 63.5 kilograms . 35 boxers from 35 nations competed .
The 1968 Summer Olympics ( Spanish : Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1968 ) , officially known as the Games of the XIX Olympiad , was an international multi-sport event held in Mexico City , Mexico , from October 12 to the 27th . These were the first Olympic Games to be staged in Latin America and the first to be staged in a Spanish-speaking country . They were the first Games to use an all-weather ( smooth ) track for track and field events instead of the traditional cinder track . The 1968 Games were the third to be held in the last quarter of the year , after the 1956 Games in Melbourne and the 1964 Games in Tokyo . The Mexican Student Movement of 1968 happened concurrently and the Olympic Games were correlated to the government 's repression . The United States won the most gold and overall medals for the last time until 1984 .
At the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City , 36 athletics events were contested , 24 for men and 12 for women . There were a total number of 1031 participating athletes from 93 countries . These games were notable for a number of Olympic firsts and numerous world records . These included :
The Men 's 5000 metres competition at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City , Mexico . The event was held at the University Olympic Stadium on October 15-17 .
The official results of the Men 's 10,000 metres Race at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City , Mexico held on Sunday October 13 , 1968 . There were a total number of 37 competitors from 23 nations . The great rivalry between East African neighbors Ethiopia and Kenya . While Abebe Bikila had won the Marathon in the two previous Olympics to show Ethiopia 's ability , this was Kenya 's first ever gold medal , with Naftali Temu outsprinting leader Mamo Wolde on the home straight . Distance running has never been the same , with the two countries battling for virtually every major title since .
The 1972 Summer Olympics ( German : Olympische Sommerspiele 1972 ) , officially known as the Games of the XX Olympiad , was an international multi-sport event held in Munich , West Germany , from 26 August to 11 September 1972 . The sporting nature of the event was largely overshadowed by the Munich massacre in the second week , in which eleven Israeli athletes and coaches and a West German police officer at Olympic village were killed by Black September terrorists . The 1972 Summer Olympics were the second Summer Olympics to be held in Germany , after the 1936 Games in Berlin , which had taken place under the Nazi regime . The West German Government had been eager to have the Munich Olympics present a democratic and optimistic Germany to the world , as shown by the Games ' official motto , Die Heiteren Spiele , or the cheerful Games . The logo of the Games was a blue solar logo ( the Bright Sun ) by Otl Aicher , the designer and director of the visual conception commission . The Olympic mascot , the dachshund Waldi , was the first officially named Olympic mascot . The Olympic Fanfare was composed by Herbert Rehbein . The Soviet Union won the most gold and overall medals . The Olympic Park ( Olympiapark ) is based on Frei Otto 's plans and after the Games became a Munich landmark . The competition sites , designed by architect Günther Behnisch , included the Olympic swimming hall , the Olympics Hall ( Olympiahalle , a multipurpose facility ) and the Olympic Stadium ( Olympiastadion ) , and an Olympic village very close to the park . The design of the stadium was considered revolutionary , with sweeping canopies of acrylic glass stabilized by metal ropes , used on such a large scale for the first time .
At the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich , 38 events in athletics were contested , 24 for men and 14 for women . There were a total number of 1324 participating athletes from 104 countries .
The Men 's 5000 metres at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich , West Germany took place on 7 and 10 September 1972 . Having won the 10,000 metres a week earlier , Lasse Virén controlled the pace through the first 2000 metres in 5:32.61 . David Bedford , tired of the slow pace , passing Viren and leading a crowd to go around to a faster pace . As the pace accelerated , Javier Álvarez came from the rear around the field to take the point for the next kilometre . At 3200 metres , Nikolay Sviridov challenged for the lead . Steve Prefontaine took the lead at 3400 metres . Over the next lap , Viren came from sixth place in line to mark Prefontaine . Viren was in turn marked by Emiel Puttemans . A five man breakaway formed . With 850 metres to go , Viren passed Prefontaine . Down the back stretch , Prefontaine strained back into the lead . 50 metres before the bell , Viren took the lead again , with Mohammed Gammoudi breaking off the remaining group to mark the leaders .
Fethi Missaoui ( Arabic : فتحي الميساوي , born January 8 , 1974 ) was a Tunisian boxer . Missaoui won the light welterweight bronze medal at the 1996 Summer Olympics .
The 1996 Summer Olympics , officially known as the Games of the XXVI Olympiad , commonly known as Atlanta 1996 , and also referred to as the Centennial Olympic Games , were an international multi-sport event that was held from July 19 to August 4 , 1996 , in Atlanta , Georgia , U.S . These Games , which were the fourth Summer Olympics to be hosted by the United States , marked the centennial of the 1896 Summer Olympics in Athens - the inaugural edition of the modern Olympic Games . They were also the first since 1924 to be held in a different year from a Winter Olympics , under a new IOC practice implemented in 1994 to hold the Summer and Winter Games in alternating , even-numbered years . More than 10,000 athletes from 197 National Olympic Committees competed in 26 sports , including the Olympic debuts of beach volleyball , mountain biking , and softball , as well as the new disciplines of lightweight rowing and women 's football ( soccer ) . 24 countries made their Summer Olympic debut in Atlanta , including eleven former Soviet republics participating for the first time as independent nations . The hosting United States led the medal count with a total of 101 medals , and the most gold ( 44 ) and silver ( 32 ) medals out of all countries . The U.S. topped the medal count for the first time since 1984 , and for the first time since 1968 in a non-boycotted Summer Olympics . Notable performances during competition included those of Andre Agassi - who became the first men 's singles tennis player to combine a career Grand Slam with an Olympic gold medal , Donovan Bailey - who set a new world record of 9.84 for the men 's 100 meters , and Lilia Podkopayeva - who became the second gymnast to win an individual event gold after winning the all-round title in the same Olympics . The festivities were marred by violence on July 27 , when Eric Rudolph detonated pipe bombs at Centennial Olympic Park - a downtown park that was built to serve as a public focal point for the Games ' festivities , killing 1 and injuring 111 . In 2003 , Rudolph confessed to the bombing and a series of related attacks on abortion centers and a gay bar , and was sentenced to life in prison . He claimed that the bombing was meant to protest the U.S. government 's sanctioning of abortion on demand . The Games turned a profit , helped by record revenue from sponsorship deals and broadcast rights , and reliance on private funding ( as opposed to the extensive public funding used on later Olympics ) , among other factors .
Boxing at the 1996 Summer Olympics took place in the Alexander Memorial Coliseum in Atlanta . The boxing schedule began on 20 July and ended on 4 August . Twelve boxing events were contested , with the participation of 355 athletes from 97 countries . There was significant controversy surrounding judging of the fight between Floyd Mayweather of the US and Serafim Todorov of Bulgaria , with Todorov winning the semi-final bout which , according to many observers , was won by Mayweather .
Oussama Ous Mellouli ( Arabic : أسامة الملولي ; born 16 February 1984 ) is a Tunisian swimmer who competes in the freestyle and medley events . He is a three-time Olympic medalist , is an African record holder , and trains with the USC Trojans team based at the University of Southern California , where he studied as a computer science undergraduate and swam collegiately . Since returning from an Adderall related drugs ban , Oussama Mellouli has been the 1500 m freestyle World champion at the 2009 World Aquatics Championships with a winning time of 14:37.28 , then the second best performance of all time . Mellouli was the gold medalist in the 1500 freestyle at the 2008 Olympics , the bronze medalist in the 1500 freestyle at the 2012 Olympics , and the gold medalist in the 10 km marathon swim at the 2012 Olympics . He is the first Olympian to win medals in both the open water and the pool in a single Olympics
The 2008 Summer Olympics , officially known as the Games of the XXIX Olympiad ( Chinese : 第二十九届夏季奥林匹克运动会 ; pinyin : Dì Èrshíjiǔ Jiè Xiàjì Àolínpǐkè Yùndònghuì ) and commonly known as Beijing 2008 , was an international multi-sport event that was held from 8 to 24 August 2008 in Beijing , China . [ b ] A total of 10,942 athletes from 204 National Olympic Committees ( NOCs ) competed in 28 sports and 302 events ( one event more than those scheduled for the 2004 Summer Olympics ) . This was the first time that China had hosted the Summer Olympics , but the third time that the Games had been held in East Asia , following the 1964 Olympics in Tokyo , Japan , and the Seoul 1988 Summer Olympics . These were the second summer Olympic Games staged in a Communist country , after the Moscow 1980 Summer Olympics and the third in a developing country after the Mexico City 1968 Summer Olympics and the 1980 Summer Olympics in the Soviet Union and the first overall Olympics to be hosted by a Communist state since the former Yugoslavia hosted the 1984 Winter Olympics in Sarajevo . Beijing was awarded the 2008 Games over four competitors on 13 July 2001 , having won a majority of votes from members of the International Olympic Committee ( IOC ) after two rounds of voting . The Government of the People 's Republic of China promoted the Games and invested heavily in new facilities and transport systems . A total of 37 venues were used to host the events , including twelve constructed specifically for the 2008 Olympics . The equestrian events were held in Hong Kong , making this the third Olympics for which the events were held under the jurisdiction of two different NOCs . [ c ] The sailing events were contested in Qingdao , while the football events took place across several different cities . The official logo for the 2008 Games , titled Dancing Beijing , featured a stylised calligraphic character jīng ( 京 , means capital ) in reference to the host city . The Beijing Olympics was watched by 3,500,000,000 people worldwide and featured the longest distance for an Olympic Torch relay . The event sets numerous world and Olympics records in the history of sports , and is also the most expensive Summer Olympics of all time and second-most expensive overall , after the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi .
The swimming competitions at the 2008 Summer Olympics took place from 9 to 17 August 2008 at the Beijing National Aquatics Centre . The newly introduced open water marathon events ( 10 km ) were held on 20 and 21 August 2008 at Shunyi Olympic Rowing-Canoeing Park . Swimming featured 34 events ( 17 male , 17 female ) , including two 10 km open-water marathons . The remaining 32 were contested in a 50 m long course pool within the Olympic Park . United States claimed a total of 31 medals ( 12 golds , 9 silver , and 10 bronze ) in the leaderboard to maintain its standings as the most successful nation in swimming . A stellar performance in the pool also made an Olympic history for Michael Phelps , who captured eight gold medals to break Mark Spitz 's 1972 record , a total of seven , at a single Games . Despite the male swimmers failing to attain a single gold in swimming , Australia managed to repeat a second-place effort on its third consecutive Olympics with 20 medals ( six golds , six silver , and eight bronze ) . Meanwhile , Great Britain finished third with a total of six medals by the benefit of a sterling long-distance freestyle double from Rebecca Adlington . A total of 25 world records and 65 Olympic records were set during the competition .
The men 's 1500 metre freestyle event at the 2008 Olympic Games took place on 15 and 17 August at the Beijing National Aquatics Center in Beijing , China . Competing at his third Games , Oussama Mellouli made an Olympic milestone to become Tunisia 's first ever gold medalist in 48 years . He denied Australia 's Grant Hackett a third straight title in the event , touching the wall first in an African record of 14:40.84 . Hanging with the leaders through the first two-thirds of the race , Mellouli moved into the lead at the 1,100-metre mark , and held off Hackett 's sprinted finish on the final lap . This was also a retribution for Mellouli , who served an 18-month doping ban from FINA for using the banned stimulant Adderall . Trying to become the first male swimmer to win three gold medals in the same event , Hackett collected a silver in 14:41.53 . Meanwhile , Canada 's Ryan Cochrane powered home with a bronze in 14:42.69 , finishing ahead of Russia 's Yuri Prilukov ( 14:43.21 ) . U.S. swimmer Larsen Jensen , silver medalist in Athens four years earlier , placed fifth with a time 14:48.16 , and was followed in the sixth spot by Great Britain 's David Davies in 14:52.11 . Chinese duo Zhang Lin ( 14:55.20 ) and Sun Yang ( 15:05.12 ) rounded out the finale . Earlier in the prelims , Cochrane established a new Olympic record of 14:40.84 in heat three , until Hackett cleared the 14:40 barrier , and lowered the record to 14:38.92 in the final heat of five .
The 2012 Summer Olympics , formally the Games of the XXX Olympiad and commonly known as London 2012 , was an international multi-sport event that was held from 27 July to 12 August 2012 in London , United Kingdom . The first event , the group stage in women 's football , began on 25 July at the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff , followed by the opening ceremony on 27 July . 10,768 athletes from 204 National Olympic Committees ( NOCs ) participated . Following a bid headed by former Olympic champion Sebastian Coe and then-Mayor of London Ken Livingstone , London was selected as the host city on 6 July 2005 during the 117th IOC Session in Singapore , defeating bids from Moscow , New York City , Madrid , and Paris . London became the first city to host the modern Olympics three times , having previously hosted the Summer Games in 1908 and in 1948 . Construction for the Games involved considerable redevelopment , with an emphasis on sustainability . The main focus was a new 200-hectare ( 490-acre ) Olympic Park , constructed on a former industrial site at Stratford , East London . The Games also made use of venues that already existed before the bid . The Games received general praise for their organisation , with the volunteers , the British military and public enthusiasm praised particularly highly . The opening ceremony , directed by Danny Boyle , received widespread acclaim throughout the world , particular praise from the British public and a minority of widely ranging criticisms from some social media sites . During the Games , Michael Phelps became the most decorated Olympic athlete of all time , winning his 22nd medal . Saudi Arabia , Qatar , and Brunei entered female athletes for the first time , so that every currently eligible country has sent a female competitor to at least one Olympic Games .
The swimming competitions at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London took place from 28 July to 4 August at the Aquatics Centre . The open-water competition took place from 9 to 10 August in Hyde Park . Swimming featured 34 events ( 17 male , 17 female ) , including two 10 km open-water marathons in Hyde Park 's Serpentine Lake . The remaining 32 were contested in a 50 m long course pool within the Olympic Park . United States claimed a total of 31 medals ( 16 golds , 9 silver , and 6 bronze ) in the leaderboard to maintain its supremacy as the most successful nation in swimming . Brought by an unprecedented sporting domination , Michael Phelps emerged as the most decorated Olympian of all time after winning six more medals at these Games to bring his total after the 2012 games to 22 ( 18 golds , 2 silver , and 2 bronze ) . Battling against the Americans for an overall medal count , China mounted to an unexpected second-place effort on the leaderboard with a tally of 10 medals ( five golds , three silver , and bronze ) after striking a superb double from Sun Yang in long-distance freestyle ( both 400 and 1500 m ) and Ye Shiwen in the individual medley ( both 200 and 400 m ) . Meanwhile , France ended on a spectacular fashion in third spot with a total of seven medals ( four golds , two silver , and one bronze ) , followed by the Netherlands with four , including two golds from Ranomi Kromowidjojo in sprint freestyle ( both 50 and 100 m ) , and South Africa with three . For the first time since 1992 , Australia delivered an underwhelming performance with only a single triumph in the freestyle relay , but managed to bring home a total of ten medals . After not winning a gold in swimming since 2004 , Japan produced the most medals in the post-war era to build a tally of eleven ( three silver and eight bronze ) . In the post-techsuit era , a total of nine world records and twenty five Olympic records were set during the competition .
The men 's marathon swim over a distance of 10 kilometres at the 2012 Olympic Games in London took place on 10 August in the Serpentine at Hyde Park . Outclassing a vast field of rivals , Tunisia 's Oussama Mellouli built a historic milestone as the first ever swimmer to capture Olympic titles in both pool and open water . Around the 7 km mark , Mellouli quickly opened up a three-body-length lead over a small pack of swimmers , and maintained a fast pace to claim his second gold and third career medal in 1:49:55.1 . Chasing for two more Olympic medals in a grueling race , Germany 's Thomas Lurz finished behind the leader by 3.4 seconds with a silver in 1:49:58.5 , while Canada 's Richard Weinberger , who pulled off a powerful lead on the first lap , grabbed the bronze in 1:50:00.3 . Greece 's Spyridon Gianniotis , the reigning world champion , mounted a spirited challenge against Mellouli , Lurz and Weinberger in pursuit , but dropped back in the last 200 metres to fourth in 1:50:05.3 . Enjoying a massive support from the home crowd at Hyde Park , Great Britain 's Daniel Fogg struggled to maintain his form after the fourth lap , but pushed himself further from behind with a spectacular swim to claim a fifth spot in 1:50:37.3 . Fogg was followed in sixth and seventh respectively by Russian duo Sergey Bolshakov ( 1:50:40.1 ) and Vladimir Dyatchin ( 1:50:42.8 ) , while Lurz 's teammate Andreas Waschburger , who led both the third and fourth lap ahead of Mellouli and Weinberger , faded down the stretch to pick up the eighth spot in 1:50:44.4 . Bulgaria 's four-time Olympian Petar Stoychev finished ninth in 1:50:46.2 to hold off a fast-charging American open water swimmer Alex Meyer ( 1:50:48.2 ) by exactly two full-body lengths apart from the distance . As the remaining swimmers completed the race in a magnificent fashion , Guam 's 16-year-old teen Benjamin Schulte , dubbed as Benny the Bream by the crowd , fought off audaciously throughout the open-water course to round out the field with a twenty-fifth place time in 2:03:35.1 .
Habiba Ghribi ( born 9 April 1984 ) is a Tunisian middle- and long-distance runner who specialises in the 3000 metres steeplechase . She won the gold medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics , giving her country its first Olympic medal by a woman . She is also the Tunisian record holder in the event , having run 9:05.36 at the Memorial van Damme in Brussels in September 2015 . Ghribi competed at the IAAF World Cross Country Championships a number of times but found greater success on the track , winning a steeplechase silver at the 2006 African Championships in Athletics and a bronze in the 1500 metres at the 2009 Mediterranean Games . She represented Tunisia at the 2008 Beijing Olympics , finishing thirteenth in the first ever women 's Olympic steeplechase race . In the 2016 Müller Anniversary Games , she won the women 's 3000m steeplechase . She was voted the Best Sportswoman of 2009 by the Arabic daily newspaper Assahafa .
The athletics competitions at the 2012 Olympic Games in London were held during the last 10 days of the Games , on 3-12 August . Track and field events took place at the Olympic Stadium in east London . The road events , however , started and finished on The Mall in central London . Over 2,000 athletes from 201 nations competed in 47 events in total , with both men and women having a very similar schedule of events . Men competed in 24 events and women in 23 , of which 21 were the same for both . The women 's schedule lacked the 50 km race walk and included 100 m hurdles and heptathlon as opposed to the men 's 110 m hurdles and decathlon . The youngest participant in the athletics competition was Andorran 15-year-old Cristina Llovera while the oldest was 46-year-old Ukrainian Oleksandr Dryhol . South African Oscar Pistorius became the first amputee sprinter to compete at the Olympics .
The Women 's 3000 metres steeplechase at the 2012 Summer Olympics took place on 4-6 August at the Olympic Stadium . From the gun in the final , reigning world champion Yuliya Zaripova sprinted out to the lead and dictated the pace . But rather than continuing to accelerate , she slowed , with the rest of the field bunching behind with nobody willing to go around . The pack slowly disintegrated by attrition . With 3 laps to go a group of seven had separated , including all three Ethiopians , plus Milcah Chemos Cheywa , Mercy Wanjiku Njoroge and Habiba Ghribi , all still behind Zaripova . On the 6th lap , defending champion and World Record holder Gulnara Galkina , already off the back , made a right turn and stepped off the track . The pace quickened , losing Etenesh Diro and Njoroge at the water jump . Zaripova just continued to accelerate . On the back stretch Ghribi looked to be clear of the other three but almost put her hand out so as not to pass Zaripova . From that point , Zaripova just extended her lead with Ghribi clearly in second place . Sofia Assefa broke away from her teammate Hiwot Ayalew . Down the home stretch Cheywa made a late run but Assefa held on for the bronze medal .
The men 's 1500 metre freestyle event at the 2012 Summer Olympics took place on 3-4 August at the London Aquatics Centre in London , United Kingdom . Shaking off a potential false start due to fan noise , China 's Sun Yang put together a marvelous swim with a relentless attack on his world record to strike a long-distance freestyle double at the Olympic Games for the first time , since the Soviet Union 's Vladimir Salnikov did so in 1980 . Leading from the start , Sun quickly dropped two seconds under a world-record pace , as he pulled away further from the rest of the field to smash his own standard with a stunning gold-medal time in 14:31.02 . Trailing behind the leader by 8.61 seconds on a dominant fashion , Canada 's Ryan Cochrane held off a close battle from Tunisia 's defending champion Oussama Mellouli for the silver in an American record of 14:39.63 . Meanwhile , Mellouli faded down the stretch to pick up a bronze in 14:40.31 , edging out of South Korea 's Park Tae-hwan ( 14:50.61 ) by a wide margin of 10.3 seconds . Italian teenager Gregorio Paltrinieri finished fifth in 14:51.92 , while U.S. swimmer Connor Jaeger posted a sixth-place time of 14:52.99 . Poland 's Mateusz Sawrymowicz ( 14:54.32 ) and Great Britain 's Daniel Fogg ( 15:00.76 ) rounded out a historic finale . Notable swimmers missed the final including Jaeger 's teammate Andrew Gemmell , Ukraine 's Sergiy Frolov , Hungary 's Gergő Kis , and British home favorite David Davies , bronze medalist in Athens eight years earlier .
Inès Boubakri ( Arabic : إيناس بوبكري ; born 28 December 1988 ) is a Tunisian foil fencer . She is a two-time Olympian , who won a bronze medal at the 2016 Summer Olympics , and is a member of Association sportive de Bourg-la-Reine in France , under head coach Yann Detienne .
The 2016 Summer Olympics ( Portuguese : Jogos Olímpicos de Verão de 2016 ) , [ a ] officially known as the Games of the XXXI Olympiad ( Portuguese : Jogos da XXXI Olimpíada ) and commonly known as Rio 2016 , was an international multi-sport event that was held from 5 to 21 August 2016 in Rio de Janeiro , Brazil , with preliminary events in some sports beginning on 3 August . These were the first Olympic Games ever to be held in South America and the fourth to be held in a developing country , after the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico , the 1980 Summer Olympics in the Soviet Union , and the 2008 Summer Olympics in China . More than 11,000 athletes from 205 National Olympic Committees took part , including first time entrants Kosovo , South Sudan , and the Refugee Olympic Team . With 306 sets of medals , the games featured 28 Olympic sports , including rugby sevens and golf , which were added to the Olympic program in 2009 . These sporting events took place at 33 venues in the host city and at five separate venues in the Brazilian cities of São Paulo , Belo Horizonte , Salvador , Brasília , and Manaus . These were the first Summer Olympic Games to take place under the International Olympic Committee ( IOC ) presidency of Thomas Bach . The host city Rio de Janeiro was announced at the 121st IOC Session in Copenhagen , Denmark , on 2 October 2009 . Rio became the first South American city ever to host the Olympic Games . These were the first games to be held in a Portuguese-speaking country , the first summer edition to be held entirely in the host country 's winter season , the first since 1968 to be held in Latin America , and the first since 2000 to be held in the Southern Hemisphere . The United States topped the medal table , winning the most gold and overall medals , 46 and 121 , as well as its 1,000th Summer Olympic gold medal overall . Great Britain finished second and became only the second country in modern Olympic history to increase its tally of medals in the Olympiad immediately after it had been host nation . China finished third .
The fencing competitions at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro took place from 6 to 14 August at the Carioca Arena 3 inside the Barra Olympic Park in Barra da Tijuca . Around 212 fencers ( an equal distribution between men and women ; and eight came from the host nation Brazil ) competed in 10 events ( six individual and four team ) . Similar to 2008 and 2012 , the International Fencing Federation maintained the format of ten events and the rotation system , as the men 's team sabre and the women 's team foil have been dropped from the program only at these Games .
The women 's foil competition in fencing at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro was held on 10 August at the Carioca Arena 3 .
Oussama Oueslati ( born 24 March 1996 ) is a Tunisian taekwondo athlete . He represented Tunisia at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro and won a bronze medal in the men 's 80 kg . He was the flag bearer for Tunisia in the closing ceremony .
Taekwondo at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro took place from 17 to 20 August at the Carioca Arena 3 inside the Barra Olympic Park in Barra da Tijuca . Around 128 taekwondo fighters competed in eight weight categories ; four for men , and four for women .
The men 's 80 kg Taekwondo competition at the 2016 Summer Olympics was held on 19 August , at the Carioca Arena 3 . This event featured five-time Olympian and three-time Olympic medalist Steven López , representing United States . López has competed in every Olympic game since 2000 .
Marwa Amri ( born 8 January 1989 ) is a Tunisian freestyle wrestler . She was born in Tunis . She represented Tunisia in the women 's lightweight freestyle competition at the 2008 , 2012 and 2016 Summer Olympics . She is the first woman from Africa win an Olympic medal in wrestling .
Wrestling at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro took place from 14 to 21 August at the Carioca Arena 2 in Barra da Tijuca . Wrestling had been split into two disciplines , freestyle and Greco-Roman , which were further divided into different weight categories . Men competed in both disciplines whereas women only participated in the freestyle events , with 18 gold medals awarded . Wrestling had been contested at every modern Summer Olympic Games , except Paris 1900 . Around 344 wrestlers competed in 18 events at the 2016 Summer Olympics . In September 2013 , a new change to the rules and guidelines of the sport had been instituted and overhauled by the International Olympic Committee and FILA ( now known as the United World Wrestling ) . A single Olympic weight class was removed each from the men 's freestyle and Greco-Roman wrestling to add two more weights for the women . Other changes in wrestling at these Games also featured a single-round tournament within a six-minute limit , instead of two-round or tiebreaker .
Women 's freestyle 58 kg competition at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro , Brazil , took place on August 17 at the Carioca Arena 2 in Barra da Tijuca . This freestyle wrestling competition consists of a single-elimination tournament , with a repechage used to determine the winner of two bronze medals . The two finalists face off for gold and silver medals . Each wrestler who loses to one of the two finalists moves into the repechage , culminating in a pair of bronze medal matches featuring the semifinal losers each facing the remaining repechage opponent from their half of the bracket . Each bout consists of a single round within a six-minute limit . The wrestler who scores more points in each round is the winner of that rounds ; the bout ends when one wrestler has won two rounds ( and thus the match ) . The medals for the competition were presented by Habu Ahmed Gumel , IOC member , Nigeria , and the gifts were presented by Pedro Gama Filho , United World Wrestling board member .