Ecuador
Ecuador ( ; ; Quechua: ''Ikwayur''; Shuar: ''Ecuador'' or ''Ekuatur''), officially the Republic of Ecuador ( es, República del Ecuador, which literally translates as "Republic of the Equator"; Quechua: ''Ikwadur Ripuwlika''; Shuar: ' ...
competed at the
2000 Summer Olympics
The 2000 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXVII Olympiad and also known as Sydney 2000 ( Dharug: ''Gadigal 2000''), the Millennium Olympic Games or the Games of the New Millennium, was an international multi-sport event held from ...
in
Sydney,
Australia.
Jefferson Pérez
Jefferson Leonardo Pérez Quezada (born 1 July 1974) is an Ecuadorian retired race walker. He specialized in the 20 km event, in which he won the first two medals his country achieved in the Olympic Games.
He won the gold medal at the 199 ...
, who won a gold medal at the
1996 Summer Olympics
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, won 4th place in the
20km walk.
Results and competitors by event
Athletics
Athletics may refer to:
Sports
* Sport of athletics, a collection of sporting events that involve competitive running, jumping, throwing, and walking
** Track and field, a sub-category of the above sport
* Athletics (physical culture), competi ...
Men's Marathon
*
Silvio Guerra
Silvio Román Guerra Burbano (born September 18, 1968 in San Gabriel, Carchi) an Ecuadorian runner.
Career
A member of ''Concentración Deportiva de Pichincha'' he represented Ecuador at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, United States, the ...
** Final – 2:16.27 (→ 14th place)
Men's 20 km Road Walk
*
Jefferson Pérez
Jefferson Leonardo Pérez Quezada (born 1 July 1974) is an Ecuadorian retired race walker. He specialized in the 20 km event, in which he won the first two medals his country achieved in the Olympic Games.
He won the gold medal at the 199 ...
** Final – 1:20.18 (→ 4th place)
Women's Marathon
*
Martha Tenorio
Martha Tenorio Pancar (born August 6, 1966) is an Ecuadorian retired female long-distance runner. She competed for her native country at three consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1992. Tenorio carried the flag for Ecuador at the opening c ...
** Final – 2:33.54 (→ 25th place)
Judo
is an unarmed modern Japanese martial art, Olympic sport (since 1964), and the most prominent form of jacket wrestling competed internationally.『日本大百科全書』電子版【柔道】(CD-ROM version of Encyclopedia Nipponica, "Judo"). ...
Men's Extra-Lightweight
*
Juan Barahona
**Round One – Bye
**Round Two – Lost to
Gheorghe Kurgheleasvili (MDA)
Women's Heavyweight
*
Carmen Chalá
**Round One – Lost to
Colleen Rosensteel (USA)
Shooting
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Women's Air Pistol, 10 metres
*
Carmen Malo
** 21st place (tied)
Swimming
Swimming is the self-propulsion of a person through water, or other liquid, usually for recreation, sport, exercise, or survival. Locomotion is achieved through coordinated movement of the limbs and the body to achieve hydrodynamic thrust that r ...
Men's 50m Freestyle
*
Julio Santos
** Preliminary Heat – 22.83 (→ did not advance, 19th place)
Men's 100m Freestyle
*
Felipe Delgado
** Preliminary Heat – 52.78 (→ did not advance, 56th place)
Men's 100m Butterfly
*
Roberto Delgado
** Preliminary Heat – 56.07 (→ did not advance, 46th place)
Men's 200m Butterfly
*
Roberto Delgado
** Preliminary Heat – 02:08.18 (→ did not advance, 43rd place)
Weightlifting
Men
See also
*
Ecuador at the 1999 Pan American Games
References
Ecuador Olympic Committee*Wallechinsky, David (2004). ''The Complete Book of the Summer Olympics (Athens 2004 Edition)''. Toronto, Canada. .
*International Olympic Committee (2001)
The Results Retrieved 12 November 2005.
*Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (2001)
Official Report of the XXVII Olympiad Volume 1: Preparing for the Games Retrieved 20 November 2005.
*Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (2001)
Official Report of the XXVII Olympiad Volume 2: Celebrating the Games Retrieved 20 November 2005.
*Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (2001)
The Results Retrieved 20 November 2005.
International Olympic Committee Web Sitesports-reference
Nations at the 2000 Summer Olympics
2000 Summer Olympics
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