Tuvalu at the 2016 Summer Olympics

Tuvalu competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 5 to 21 August 2016.

The country's participation at Rio de Janeiro marked its third consecutive appearance at the Summer Olympics since its debut in 2008.

[2][4] Tuvalu has received a universality slot from IAAF to send a male athlete to the Olympics.

[5] However, he has also previously participated in the 2015 Pacific Games in Papua New Guinea and the 2015 World Championships in Athletics in Beijing.

[6][7] Before the event, Tuvalu's assistant secretary of the Ministry of Education Tufoua Panapa said "we're one of the smallest countries.

Etimoni Timuani competed in the men's 100 m as the single athlete from Tuvalu, the only NOC to send one athlete to the 2016 Games.