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. 16 competitors, 11 men and 5 women, took part in 18 events in 6 sports.

Competitors

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Archery

In its third archery competition at the Olympics, and first since

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, Costa Rica entered a female archer for the first time. She did not advance to the elimination rounds. Women's Individual Competition: * Patricia Obregon ** Ranking round — 57th place (0-0)

Athletics

Men's 100m metres * Henry Daley Colphon ** Heat — 11.11 (→ did not advance) Men's 5,000 metres * José Luis Molina ** Heat — 14:09.22 (→ did not advance) Men's 10,000 metres * Miguel Angel Vargas ** Heat — 30:13.06 (→ did not advance) Men's Marathon * Luis Lopez — 2:30.26 (→ 65th place) Men's 400m Hurdles * Alex Foster ** Heat — 52.93 (→ did not advance, no ranking) Women's Marathon *

Vilma Peña Vilma Peña (born 28 March 1960) is a Costa Rican long-distance runner. She competed in the women's marathon at the 1992 Summer Olympics The 1992 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1992, ca, Jocs Olímpics d'estiu de 19 ...

— 3:03.34 (→ 33rd place)

Canoeing

Men's Kayak Singles Slalom * Joaquin García * Ferdinand Steinvorth * Gabriel Álvarez Women's Kayak Singles Slalom * Gilda Montenegro

Fencing

; Men's sabre * Esteban Mullins

Shooting

Mixed Skeet * Alvaro Guardia

Swimming

Women's 100m Backstroke *

Silvia Poll Sylvia Úrsula Poll Ahrens (born September 24, 1970 in Managua, Nicaragua) is an Olympic and National Record holding swimmer from Costa Rica. At the 1988 Olympics, she won Costa Rica's first Olympic medal, when she garnered the silver in the ...

** Heat – 1:02.88 ** B-Final – 1:03.57 (→ 15th place) Women's 200m Backstroke *

** Heat – 2:11.66 ** Final – 2:12.97 (→ 7th place)

References

External links

Official Olympic Reports
Nations at the 1992 Summer Olympics

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