Tajikistan at the 2016 Summer Olympics

{{infobox country at games

| NOC = TJK

| NOCname = National Olympic Committee of the Republic of Tajikistan

| games = Summer Olympics

| year = 2016

| flagcaption =

| oldcode =

| website = {{url|www.olympic.tj }} {{in lang|tg}}

| location = Rio de Janeiro

| competitors = 7

| sports = 4

| flagbearer = Dilshod Nazarov{{cite news|title=Дилшод Назаров – парчамбардори Тоҷикистон дар маросими ифтитоҳи Олимпиадаи Рио-2016|trans-title=Dilshod Nazarov – the flag bearer at the Olympic opening ceremony in Rio|language=tg|url=http://olympic.tj/news/2965-dilshod-nazarov-parchambardori-to1207ikiston-dar-marosimi-iftito1203i-olimpiadai-rio-2016.html|publisher=National Olympic Committee of Tajikistan|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160722164508/http://olympic.tj/news/2965-dilshod-nazarov-parchambardori-to1207ikiston-dar-marosimi-iftito1203i-olimpiadai-rio-2016.html|archive-date=22 July 2016|df=dmy-all}}

| rank = 54

| gold = 1

| silver = 0

| bronze = 0

| officials =

| appearances = auto

| app_begin_year = 1996

| app_end_year =

| summerappearances =

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| seealso = {{flagIOC|RU1}} (1900–1912)
{{flagIOC|URS}} (1952–1988)
{{flagIOC|EUN|1992 Summer}} (1992)

}}

Tajikistan competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 5 to 21 August 2016. This was the nation's sixth consecutive appearance at the Summer Olympics in the post-Soviet era.

The National Olympic Committee of the Republic of Tajikistan sent the nation's smallest delegation to the Olympics since 2000. Seven athletes, five men and two women, were selected to the Tajikistan team across four different sports (athletics, boxing, judo, and swimming).{{cite news|title=Two more Tajik athletes qualify to take part in Rio 2016 Olympic Games|url=http://www.news.tj/en/news/two-more-tajik-athletes-qualify-take-part-rio-2016-olympic-games|publisher=Asia-Plus|date=13 July 2016|access-date=13 July 2016|archive-date=14 July 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160714155731/http://news.tj/en/news/two-more-tajik-athletes-qualify-take-part-rio-2016-olympic-games|url-status=dead}} For the first time since its official debut in 1996, Tajikistan did not register any of its athletes in wrestling at these Games.

Among the nation's athletes on the roster were London 2012 lightweight boxer Anvar Yunusov, 15-year-old freestyle swimmer Anastasia Tyurina, who made history as Tajikistan's youngest ever Olympian, and hammer thrower and reigning Asian Games champion Dilshod Nazarov, who became the first ever Tajikistani to compete in four successive Olympic Games. The oldest and most experienced participant (aged 30), Nazarov reprised his role to lead the Tajikistan delegation for the second time as the team captain and flag bearer in the opening ceremony, the first having done so eight years earlier in Beijing.

Tajikistan left Rio de Janeiro with a historic first Olympic gold medal, won by Nazarov.{{cite news|title=Hammer thrower Nazarov wins first gold for Tajikistan|url=https://www.olympic.org/news/hammer-thrower-nazarov-wins-first-gold-for-tajikistan|publisher=Olympics|date=19 August 2016|access-date=18 August 2021}}{{cite news|first=Mark|last=Trevelyan|title=Nazarov wins men's hammer for Tajikistan's first gold|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-olympics-rio-athletics-m-hammer-idUSKCN10V030|publisher=Reuters|date=19 August 2016|access-date=4 October 2016}}

Medalists

{{further information|2016 Summer Olympics medal table|List of 2016 Summer Olympics medal winners}}

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Medal ! Name ! Sport ! Event ! Date
{{gold medal}}	{{sortname\|Dilshod\|Nazarov}}	Athletics	Men's hammer throw	{{dts\|20 August}}

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Medal

! Name

! Sport

! Event

! Date

Athletics

Men's hammer throw

Athletics

{{main article|Athletics at the 2016 Summer Olympics|Athletics at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Qualification}}

Tajik athletes have so far achieved qualifying standards in the following athletics events (up to a maximum of 3 athletes in each event):{{cite web|title=iaaf.org – Top Lists|url=http://www.iaaf.org/statistics/toplists/index.html|publisher=IAAF|access-date=18 April 2015}}{{cite web|title=IAAF Games of the XXX Olympiad – Rio 2016 Entry Standards|url=http://www.insidethegames.biz/media/file/559/IAAF%20Rio%202016%20standards.pdf|publisher=IAAF|access-date=18 April 2015}}{{cite web|title=Кристина Пронженко выступит на Олимпиаде в Рио. Вопрос по Атабоеву остается открытым (Christina Pronzhenko will perform at the Olympic Games in Rio. The question remains open for Ataboevu) [Russian]|url=http://avesta.tj/2016/07/15/kristina-pronzhenko-vystupit-na-olimpiade-v-rio-vopros-po-ataboevu-ostaetsya-otkrytym/|publisher=Avesta|access-date=18 July 2016}}

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;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

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rowspan="2"\|Athlete !rowspan="2"\|Event !colspan="2"\|Heat !colspan="2"\|Semifinal !colspan="2"\|Final
style="font-size:95%" !Result !Rank !Result !Rank !Result !Rank
align=center \|align=left\|Kristina Pronzhenko \|align=left\|Women's 200 m \|25.53 \|8 \|colspan=4\|Did not advance

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rowspan="2"|Athlete

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!colspan="2"|Heat

!colspan="2"|Semifinal

!colspan="2"|Final

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!Result

!Rank

!Result

!Rank

!Result

!Rank

align=center

|align=left|Kristina Pronzhenko

|align=left|Women's 200 m

|25.53

|colspan=4|Did not advance

;Field events

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rowspan="2"\|Athlete !rowspan="2"\|Event !colspan="2"\|Qualification !colspan="2"\|Final
style="font-size:95%" !Distance !Position !Distance !Position
align=center \|align=left\|Dilshod Nazarov \|align=left\|Men's hammer throw \|76.39 \|3 q \|78.68 \|{{gold01}}

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rowspan="2"|Athlete

!rowspan="2"|Event

!colspan="2"|Qualification

!colspan="2"|Final

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!Distance

!Position

!Distance

!Position

align=center

|align=left|Dilshod Nazarov

|align=left|Men's hammer throw

|76.39

|3 q

|78.68

|{{gold01}}

Boxing

{{main article|Boxing at the 2016 Summer Olympics|Boxing at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Qualification}}

Tajikistan entered one boxer to compete in the men's lightweight division in the Olympic boxing tournament. London 2012 Olympian Anvar Yunusov claimed his Olympic place with a quarterfinal victory at the 2016 AIBA World Qualifying Tournament in Baku, Azerbaijan.{{cite news|title=World Olympic Qualifier Quarter-Finals see Haiti, Iraq, Tajikistan and Turkmenistan among 23 nations to confirm quota places at Rio 2016|url=http://www.aiba.org/blog/world-olympic-qualifier-quarter-finals-see-haiti-iraq-tajikistan-turkmenistan-among-23-nations-confirm-quota-places-rio-2016/|publisher=AIBA|date=24 June 2016|access-date=24 June 2016}}

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rowspan="2"\|Athlete !rowspan="2"\|Event !Round of 32 !Round of 16 !Quarterfinals !Semifinals !colspan=2\|Final
style="font-size:95%" !Opposition Result !Opposition Result !Opposition Result !Opposition Result !Opposition Result !Rank
align=center \|align=left\|Anvar Yunusov \|align=left\|Men's lightweight \|{{flagIOCathlete\|Shan J\|CHN\|2016 Summer}} W 3–0 \|{{flagIOCathlete\|Conceição\|BRA\|2016 Summer}} L {{abbr\|TKO\|Technical knockout}} \|colspan=4\|Did not advance

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rowspan="2"|Athlete

!rowspan="2"|Event

!Round of 32

!Round of 16

!Quarterfinals

!Semifinals

!colspan=2|Final

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!Opposition
Result

!Rank

align=center

|align=left|Anvar Yunusov

|align=left|Men's lightweight

|{{flagIOCathlete|Shan J|CHN|2016 Summer}}
W 3–0

|{{flagIOCathlete|Conceição|BRA|2016 Summer}}
L {{abbr|TKO|Technical knockout}}

|colspan=4|Did not advance

Judo

{{main article|Judo at the 2016 Summer Olympics|Judo at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Qualification}}

Tajikistan qualified two judokas for each of the following weight classes at the Games: Men's -90kg and Men's +100 kg. Komronshokh Ustopiriyon was ranked among the top 22 eligible judokas for men in the IJF World Ranking List of May 30, 2016, while Mukhamadmurod Abdurakhmonov at men's half-heavyweight (+100 kg) earned a continental quota spot from the Asian region, as the highest-ranked Tajik judoka outside of direct qualifying position.{{cite news|url=http://www.intjudo.eu/News/cikk3913|title=IJF Officially Announces Qualified Athletes for Rio 2016 Olympic Games|date=23 June 2016|publisher=International Judo Federation|access-date=24 June 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160707205937/http://www.intjudo.eu/News/cikk3913|archive-date=7 July 2016|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}

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!rowspan="2"|Athlete

!rowspan="2"|Event

!Round of 64

!Round of 32

!Round of 16

!Quarterfinals

!Semifinals

!Repechage

!colspan=2|Final / {{abbr|BM|Bronze medal match}}

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!Opposition
Result

!Rank

align=center

|align=left|Komronshokh Ustopiriyon

|align=left|Men's −90 kg

|{{n/a|Bye}}

|{{flagIOCathlete|Liparteliani|GEO|2016 Summer}}
L 000–100

|colspan=6|Did not advance

align=center

|align=left|Mukhamadmurod Abdurakhmonov

|align=left|Men's +100 kg

|{{n/a}}

|{{flagIOCathlete|García|CUB|2016 Summer}}
L 000–100

|colspan=6|Did not advance

Swimming

Tajikistan received a Universality invitation from FINA to send two swimmers (one male and one female) to the Olympics.{{cite web|title=Swimming World Rankings|url=http://www.fina.org/H2O/index.php?option=com_wrapper&view=wrapper&Itemid=805|publisher=FINA|access-date=14 March 2015}}{{cite news|title=Rio 2016 – FINA Swimming Qualification System|url=http://www.fina.org/H2O/docs/events/rio2016/2014-07%20-%20Rio%202016%20-%20Qualification%20System%20-%20FINAL%20-%20Swimming%20-%20EN.pdf|format=PDF|work=Rio 2016|publisher=FINA|access-date=23 January 2015}}

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rowspan="2"\|Athlete !rowspan="2"\|Event !colspan="2"\|Heat !colspan="2"\|Semifinal !colspan="2"\|Final
style="font-size:95%" !Time !Rank !Time !Rank !Time !Rank
align=center \|align=left\|Olim Qurbonov \|align=left\|Men's 50 m freestyle \|25.77 \|62 \|colspan=4\|Did not advance
align=center \|align=left\|Anastasia Tyurina \|align=left\|Women's 50 m freestyle \|31.15 \|73 \|colspan=4\|Did not advance

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!colspan="2"|Heat

!colspan="2"|Semifinal

!colspan="2"|Final

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!Time

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!Time

!Rank

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