title: Yemen at the 2016 Summer Olympics
text: # Yemen at the 2016 Summer Olympics
  
  Yemen competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 5 to 21 August 2016. This was the nation's seventh consecutive appearance at the Summer Olympics, since its reunification in 1990.
  
  Three Yemeni athletes, two men and one woman, were selected to the team to compete each in athletics, judo, and swimming. All of them made their Olympic debut in Rio de Janeiro, with lightweight judoka Zeyad Mater leading the Yemeni delegation as the nation's flag bearer in the opening ceremony. Yemen, however, has yet to win its first ever Olympic medal.
  
  ## Athletics
  
  Yemen has received a universality slot from IAAF to send a male athlete to the Olympics.
  
  ### 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
  
  | Athlete | Event | Heat | Heat | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Athlete | Event | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank |
  | Mohammed Rageh | Men's 1500 m | 3:58.99 | 14 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
  
  ## Judo
  
  Yemen has received an invitation from the Tripartite Commission to send a judoka competing in the men's lightweight category (73 kg) to the Olympics.
  
  | Athlete | Event | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Repechage | Final / BM | Final / BM |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
  | Zeyad Mater | Men's −73 kg | Bye | Scvortov (UAE) L 000–010 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
  
  ## Swimming
  
  Yemen has received a Universality invitation from FINA to send two swimmers to the Olympics, signifying the nation's Olympic return to the sport after an eight-year hiatus.
  
  | Athlete | Event | Heat | Heat | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
  | Nooran Ba Matraf | Women's 100 m butterfly | 1:11.16 | 43 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
  