Cook Islands at the 2012 Summer Olympics

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Cook Islands at the
2012 Summer Olympics
Flag of the Cook Islands.svg
IOC code COK
NOC Cook Islands Sports and National Olympic Committee
Website www.oceaniasport.com/cookis
in London
Competitors8 in 5 sports
Flag bearers Helema Williams (opening) [1]
Luisa Peters (closing)
Medals
Gold
0
Silver
0
Bronze
0
Total
0
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)

Cook Islands , represented by eight athletes, competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London from 27 July to 12 August 2012. This was the nation's seventh appearance at the Olympics.

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Cook Islands Sports and National Olympic Committee sent the nation's largest delegation to these Olympic games. A total of 8 athletes, 3 men and 5 women, had competed in 5 different sporting events; half of them had been given Universality places by the International Olympic Committee. For the first time in its history, Cook Islands was represented by more female than male athletes at an Olympic event. Slalom and sprint canoeing was the nation's only sport to debut at these Olympic games. Laser Radial sailor Helema Williams was the nation's flag bearer at the opening ceremony. Cook Islands, however, has yet to win an Olympic medal.

Athletics

Men
AthleteEventHeatQuarterfinalSemifinalFinal
ResultRankResultRankResultRankResultRank
Patrick Tuara 100 m 11.728did not advance
Women
AthleteEventHeatQuarterfinalSemifinalFinal
ResultRankResultRankResultRankResultRank
Patricia Taea 100 m 12.473did not advance
Key

Canoeing

The Cook Islands have qualified boats for the following events.

Slalom

AthleteEventPreliminarySemifinalFinal
Run 1RankRun 2RankBestRankTimeRankTimeRank
Ella Nicholas Women's K-1 118.6915118.2916118.2918did not advance – Report Archived 2012-12-08 at archive.today

Sprint

AthleteEventHeatsSemifinalsFinal
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Joshua Utanga Men's K-1 200 m 38.9666did not advance
Men's K-1 1000 m 4:32.0648did not advance

Sailing

Cook Islands has qualified 1 boat for each of the following events

Women
AthleteEventRaceNet pointsFinal rank
12345678910M*
Helema Williams Laser Radial 41403940402839393440EL33941

M = Medal race; EL = Eliminated – did not advance into the medal race;

Swimming

The Cook Islands has gained two "Universality places" from the FINA. [2]

Men
AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinal
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Zachary Payne 50 m freestyle 25.2641did not advance
Women
AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinal
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Celeste Brown 50 m freestyle 29.3654did not advance

Weightlifting

AthleteEventSnatchClean & JerkTotalRank
ResultRankResultRank
Luisa Peters Women's +75 kg 82131001318212

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  2. "FINA Universality Places" (PDF). FINA. 6 July 2012. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 July 2012. Retrieved 6 July 2012.