| Panama at the 2016 Summer Olympics | |
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| IOC code | PAN |
| NOC | Comité Olímpico de Panamá |
| Website | www |
| in Rio de Janeiro | |
| Competitors | 10 in 7 sports |
| Flag bearer | Alonso Edward[1] |
| Medals |
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| Summer Olympics appearances (overview) | |
Panama competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 5 to 21 August 2016. This was the nation's seventeenth appearance at the Summer Olympics, since its debut in 1928.
Panama Olympic Committee (Spanish: Comité Olímpico de Panamá) sent the nation's largest delegation to the Games since 1968, with the women outnumbering the men for the first time in its history. A total of 10 athletes, 4 men and 6 women, were selected to the Panamanian squad across seven sports.[2] Artistic gymnastics and women's boxing were the only sporting events in which Panama had its debut in Rio de Janeiro.
Among the nation's athletes on the roster, three of them returned from London 2012, including taekwondo fighter Carolena Carstens (women's 57 kg), breaststroke swimmer Édgar Crespo, who attended his third straight Games as the most experienced competitor, and sprinter Alonso Edward, who was nominated by the committee to carry the Panamanian flag at the opening ceremony.[1][3]
Panama, however, failed to win a single Olympic medal, since the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, where Irving Saladino became the nation's first ever champion in the long jump. At the Games, Edward improved upon his false start disaster from London 2012 to produce Panama's most substantial result with a seventh-place finish in the final of the men's 200 metres.[4]
- ^ a b Calvo, Rafael (17 July 2016). "Alonso Edward, el abanderado para Rio 2016" [Alonso Edward, the flagbearer for Rio 2016] (in Spanish). Panama City, Panama: La Prensa. Retrieved 28 September 2016.
- ^ "Delegación con diez atletas a Río, 2016" [Delegation of ten athletes in Rio 2016] (in Spanish). La Estrella de Panamá. 14 July 2016. Retrieved 28 September 2016.
- ^ Rodríguez, Tomás (16 July 2016). "Alonso Edward abanderado de Panamá para los Juegos Olímpicos de Río" [Alonso Edward will be Panama's flag bearer for the Rio Olympics] (in Spanish). Panama: TVN. Retrieved 28 September 2016.
- ^ "Alonso Edward es séptimo en los 200 metros de Río 2016" [Alonso Edward finished seventh in the 200 metres of Rio 2016] (in Spanish). RPC-TV. 18 August 2016. Retrieved 28 September 2016.