Honduras at the 2016 Summer Olympics

Honduras at the 2016 Summer Olympics
IOC code	HON
NOC	Comité Olímpico Hondureño
Website	cohonduras.com (Spanish)
in Rio de Janeiro
Competitors	26 in 8 sports
Flag bearer	Rolando Palacios[1]
Medals	Gold Silver Bronze Total 0 0 0 0
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016

Honduras competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 5 to 21 August 2016. This was the nation's eleventh appearance at the Summer Olympics.

Honduran Olympic Committee (Spanish: Comité Olímpico Hondureño) sent the nation's second-largest delegation to the Games, matching its roster size with Beijing 2008. A total of 26 athletes, 25 men and 1 woman, were selected to the Honduran team across eight sports, with the men's football squad returning for its third consecutive appearance at these Games.^[2] Among the Honduran athletes were weightlifter Cristopher Pavón, butterfly swimmer Allan Gutiérrez, taekwondo fighter Miguel Ferrera, and track sprinter Rolando Palacios, who led the squad as the nation's flag bearer in the opening ceremony.^[1]

Honduras narrowly missed out on its first ever Olympic medal in Rio de Janeiro, as the men's football team, led by captain Bryan Acosta, suffered a 2–3 defeat to the Nigerians for the bronze.^[3]

Athletics

Honduras has received a universality slot from IAAF to send a male athlete to the Olympics.:^[4][5]

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

Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Rolando Palacios	Men's 200 m	21.32	7	Did not advance

Boxing

Honduras has entered one boxer to compete only in the men's lightweight division into the Olympic boxing tournament. Teofimo Lopéz had claimed his Olympic spot with a semifinal victory at the 2016 American Qualification Tournament in Buenos Aires, Argentina.^[6]

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Teofimo Lopéz	Men's lightweight	Oumiha (FRA) L 0–3	Did not advance

Football

Men's tournament

Honduras men's football team qualified for the Olympics by attaining a top two finish at the 2015 CONCACAF Men's Olympic Qualifying Championship in the United States.^[7]

Team roster

The following is the Honduras final squad in the men's football tournament of the 2016 Summer Olympics.^[8] On 28 July, Kevin López left the squad due to injury and was replaced by Marcelo Espinal.^[9]

Head coach: Jorge Luis Pinto

0#0	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	2016 club
1	GK	Luis López	13 September 1993 (aged 22)	0	0	Real España
2	DF	Jonathan Paz	18 June 1995 (aged 21)	0	0	Deportivo Real Sociedad
3	DF	Marcelo Pereira	27 May 1995 (aged 21)	0	0	Motagua
4	DF	Kevin Álvarez	3 August 1996 (aged 20)	0	0	Olimpia
5	DF	Allans Vargas	25 September 1993 (aged 22)	0	0	Real España
6	MF	Bryan Acosta (c)	24 November 1993 (aged 22)	0	0	Real España
7	MF	Brayan Ramírez	16 June 1994 (aged 22)	0	0	Juticalpa
8	DF	Johnny Palacios*	20 December 1986 (aged 29)	0	0	Olimpia
9	FW	Anthony Lozano	25 April 1993 (aged 23)	0	0	Tenerife
10	MF	Óscar Salas	8 December 1993 (aged 22)	0	0	Olimpia
11	MF	Marcelo Espinal	24 February 1993 (aged 23)	0	0	Unattached
12	FW	Romell Quioto*	9 August 1991 (aged 24)	0	0	Olimpia
13	MF	Jhow Benavídez	26 December 1995 (aged 20)	0	0	Real España
14	MF	Elder Torres	14 April 1995 (aged 21)	0	0	Real Monarchs
15	MF	Allan Banegas	4 October 1993 (aged 22)	0	0	Marathón
16	DF	Brayan García	26 May 1993 (aged 23)	0	0	Vida
17	FW	Alberth Elis	12 February 1996 (aged 20)	0	0	Olimpia
18	GK	Harold Fonseca	8 October 1993 (aged 22)	0	0	Juticalpa

* Over-aged player.

Group play

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Portugal	3	2	1	0	5	2	+3	7	Quarter-finals
2	Honduras	3	1	1	1	5	5	0	4
3	Argentina	3	1	1	1	3	4	−1	4
4	Algeria	3	0	1	2	4	6	−2	1

Source: Rio2016 & FIFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

Honduras  v  Algeria

4 August 2016 15:00

Honduras	3–2	Algeria
Quioto  13' Pereira  33' Lozano  79'	Report (Rio2016) Report (FIFA)	Bendebka  68' Bounedjah  85'

Estádio Olímpico João Havelange, Rio de Janeiro Attendance: 20,000[10] Referee: Sandro Ricci (Brazil)

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Honduras  v  Portugal

7 August 2016 15:00

Honduras	1–2	Portugal
Elis  1'	Report (Rio2016) Report (FIFA)	Figueiredo  21' Paciência  36'

Estádio Olímpico João Havelange, Rio de Janeiro Attendance: 32,928[11] Referee: Roddy Zambrano (Ecuador)

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Argentina  v  Honduras

10 August 2016 13:00

Argentina	1–1	Honduras
Martínez  90+3'	Report (Rio2016) Report (FIFA)	Lozano  75' (pen.)

Estádio Nacional Mané Garrincha, Brasília Attendance: 16,029[12] Referee: Antonio Mateu Lahoz (Spain)

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Quarterfinal

South Korea  v  Honduras

13 August 2016 19:00

South Korea	0–1	Honduras
	Report (Rio2016) Report (FIFA)	Elis  59'

Mineirão, Belo Horizonte Attendance: 36,704[13] Referee: Gehad Grisha (Egypt)

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Semifinal

Brazil  v  Honduras

17 August 2016 13:00

Brazil	6–0	Honduras
Neymar  1', 90+1' (pen.) Gabriel Jesus  26', 35' Marquinhos  51' Luan  79'	Report (Rio2016) Report (FIFA)

Maracanã, Rio de Janeiro Attendance: 52,457[14] Referee: Ovidiu Hațegan (Romania)

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Bronze medal match

Honduras  v  Nigeria

20 August 2016 13:00

Honduras	2–3	Nigeria
Lozano  71' Pereira  86'	Report (Rio2016) Report (FIFA)	Sadiq  34', 56' Umar  49'

Mineirão, Belo Horizonte Attendance: 9,091[15] Referee: Sandro Ricci (Brazil)

Judo

Honduras has qualified one judoka for the men's heavyweight category (+100 kg) at the Games. Cuban-born Ramón Pileta earned a continental quota spot from the Pan American region as Honduras' top-ranked judoka outside of direct qualifying position in the IJF World Ranking List of May 30, 2016.^[16][17]

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Ramón Pileta	Men's +100 kg	R Silva (BRA) L 000–110	Did not advance

Swimming

Honduras has received a Universality invitation from FINA to send two swimmers (one male and one female) to the Olympics.^[18][19]

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Allan Gutiérrez Castro	Men's 100 m butterfly	55.20	39	Did not advance
Sara Pastrana	Women's 200 m freestyle	2:03.19	38	Did not advance

Taekwondo

Honduras received an invitation from the Tripartite Commission to send Beijing 2008 Olympian Miguel Ferrera in the men's welterweight category (80 kg) into the Olympic taekwondo competition.^[20]

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Miguel Ferrera	Men's −80 kg	Khodabakhshi (IRI) L 1–13 PTG	Did not advance

Weightlifting

Honduras has received an invitation from the Tripartite Commission to send London 2012 Olympian Cristopher Pavón in the men's middle-heavyweight category (94 kg) to the Olympics.^[21]

Athlete	Event	Snatch		Clean & Jerk		Total	Rank
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Cristopher Pavón	Men's −94 kg	145	15	180	15	325	15

See also

• Honduras at the 2015 Pan American Games

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