| Indonesia at the 2016 Summer Olympics | |
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| IOC code | INA |
| NOC | Indonesian Olympic Committee |
| Website | www |
| in Rio de Janeiro | |
| Competitors | 28 in 7 sports |
| Flag bearers | Maria Natalia Londa (opening)[1] Volunteer – ROOG (closing) |
| Officials | Raja Sapta Oktohari (Chief de Mission) |
| Medals Ranked 46th |
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| Summer Olympics appearances (overview) | |
Indonesia competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 5 to 21 August 2016. This was the nation's fifteenth appearance at the Summer Olympics.
The National Sports Committee of Indonesia (Indonesian: Komite Olahraga Nasional Indonesia, KONI) confirmed a team of 28 athletes, 17 men and 11 women, to compete across seven sports at the Games.[2][3] Three of them obtained their spots to compete in athletics and swimming through wild card entries, with the rest of the team directly qualifying for the Games on merit. Among the sporting events the nation competed in, Indonesia made its Olympic debut in men's team archery and BMX cycling, as well as its return to rowing after 12 years.
The Indonesian roster featured ten returning Olympians, with three of them headed to their third straight Games: badminton shuttler Liliyana Natsir, along with her partner Tontowi Ahmad, in the mixed doubles, and two-time bronze medalists Eko Yuli Irawan and Triyatno in weightlifting. Other notable Indonesian athletes included Beijing 2008 champion Hendra Setiawan in the men's badminton doubles and long jumper and reigning Asian Games champion Maria Natalia Londa, who was appointed as the nation's flag bearer in the opening ceremony.[4]
Indonesia left Rio de Janeiro with three Olympic medals (one gold and two silvers), improving its medal tally from London four years earlier. Among the nation's medalists were badminton players Ahmad and Natsir, who both bounced back from their fourth-place finish in London to secure the mixed doubles gold, and weightlifting rookie Sri Wahyuni Agustiani, who won Indonesia's first medal of the Games with a silver in the women's 48 kg.[5][6] Meanwhile, Irawan set a historic milestone as the first Indonesian weightlifter to win medals across three Olympic Games, winning a silver in the men's 62 kg to complement his two previous bronze medals.[7]
- ^ "Maria Londa Jadi Pembawa Bendera Indonesia di Pembukaan Olimpiade" [Maria Londa will be the flag bearer of Indonesia in the Rio de Janeiro Olympic Opening] (in Indonesian). ANGOP. 19 July 2016. Retrieved 20 July 2016.
- ^ "28 Indonesian athletes to vie in Rio Olympics". Business Standard. 14 July 2016. Retrieved 19 October 2016.
- ^ "Indonesia to send 28 athletes to Rio Olympics". Antara. 14 July 2016. Retrieved 19 October 2016.
- ^ Prathlavi, Niken (14 July 2016). "Bye bye Jakarta, hello Brazil – Indonesia ready for Rio". The Jakarta Post. Retrieved 19 October 2016.
- ^ "Rio 2016: Mixed Doubles Tontowi and Liliyana Present Gold on Independence Day". Jakarta Globe. 17 August 2016. Archived from the original on 21 August 2016. Retrieved 19 October 2016.
- ^ "Sri Wahyuni wins first medal". The Jakarta Post. 8 August 2016.
- ^ Harsanto, Damar (9 August 2016). "Indonesia scores second Olympic silver in weightlifting". The Jakarta Post. Retrieved 19 October 2016.