Suriname at the 2012 Summer Olympics
| Suriname at the 2012 Summer Olympics |
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| IOC code | SUR | ||||||||
| NOC | Suriname Olympic Committee | ||||||||
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| Competitors | 5 in 3 sports | ||||||||
| Flag bearer |
Chinyere Pigot (opening) Kirsten Nieuwendam (closing) |
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| Summer Olympics appearances (overview) | |||||||||
Suriname competed at the 2012 Summer Olympic Games 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.
Suriname has selected 2 athletes by a wildcard.
Suriname was given a wild card.
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