title: Suriname at the 2012 Summer Olympics
text: # Suriname at the 2012 Summer Olympics
  
  Suriname competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, from 27 July to 12 August 2012. This was the nation's twelfth appearance at the Olympics.
  
  Five Surinamese athletes, three men and two women, were selected to the team, competing only in track and field, badminton, and swimming. All of them received their spots by wild card entries, without having qualified. Freestyle swimmer Chinyere Pigot, an accounting student at the University of Connecticut, was Suriname's flag bearer at the opening ceremony.
  
  ## Athletics
  
  Suriname has selected 2 athletes by a wildcard.
  
  ### 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
  
  ### Men
  
  | Athlete | Event | Heat | Heat | Quarterfinal | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Athlete | Event | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank |
  | Jurgen Themen | 100 m | 10.55 | 1 Q | 10.53 | 6 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
  
  ### Women
  
  | Athlete | Event | Heat | Heat | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Athlete | Event | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank |
  | Kirsten Nieuwendam | 200 m | 24.07 | 8 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
  
  ## Badminton
  
  Suriname was given a wild card.
  
  | Athlete | Event | Group Stage | Group Stage | Elimination | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final / BM | Final / BM |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Athlete | Event | Opposition Score | Rank | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank |
  | Virgil Soeroredjo | Men's singles | Sasaki (JPN) L 7–21, 12–21 | 2 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
  
  ## Swimming
  
  ### Men
  
  | Athlete | Event | Heat | Heat | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
  | Diguan Pigot | 100 m breaststroke | 1:05.55 | 43 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
  
  ### Women
  
  | Athlete | Event | Heat | Heat | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
  | Chinyere Pigot | 50 m freestyle | 26.30 | 40 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
  