El Salvador first competed in the
Olympic Games
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at the
1968 Summer Olympics
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in
Mexico City
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,
Mexico
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. It has participated in every
Games of the Olympiad since that time, excluding those held in
1976
Events January
* January 3 – The International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights enters into force.
* January 5 – The Pol Pot regime proclaims a new constitution for Democratic Kampuchea.
* January 11 – The 1976 ...
and
1980, when the nation joined the
American-led boycott in protest of the
Soviet invasion of Afghanistan. They have never competed in the
Olympic Winter Games. El Salvador has not earned a medal at any Olympic Games.
Athletes from El Salvador have represented their nation in 13 sports. A total of 118 Salvadoran athletes have competed at the Olympic Games.
Swimming
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(28 athletes) and
athletics
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(27 athletes) have fetched the most participation from El Salvador.
The Comité Olímpico de El Salvador was created in 1925 and recognized by the
International Olympic Committee
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in 1938.
Medal tables
Medals by Summer Games
Athletes by sport
Summer Olympics
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Top finishes by sport
Summer Olympics
Summer Olympic Games
1968 Mexico City
Though the
International Olympic Committee
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recognized
El Salvador's
National Olympic Committee (Comité Olímpico de El Salvador) in 1938, the nation's first
Olympic Games
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participation did not occur until the
1968 Summer Olympics
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in
Mexico City
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,
Mexico
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.
["El Salvador at the 1968 Ciudad de México Summer Games."]
Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved on 15 March 2014. The contingent of 60 athletes marked the largest in El Salvador's Olympic participation. Salvadorian athletes competed in seven sports (athletics, cycling, football, sailing, shooting, swimming, and weightlifting) but won no medals. Both the all-time youngest and oldest Olympic participants from El Salvador competed at these games.
[ Swimmer Rubén Guerrero (13 years, 351 days) swam in five events: the Men's 400 meters Freestyle, 1,500 meters Freestyle, 4 × 100 meters Freestyle Relay, 100 meters Butterfly, and 200 meters Individual Medley. Roberto Soundy (68 years, 229 days) finished 54th in the Mixed Trap Shooting event. Swimmer Salvador Vilanova was selected to carry his nation's flag during the opening ceremony.]["El Salvador."]
Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved on 15 March 2014.
1972 Munich
El Salvador's presence was much reduced when the nation sent only 11 athletes to the 1972 Summer Olympics
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in Munich
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, West Germany
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.["El Salvador at the 1972 München Summer Games."]
Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved on 15 March 2014. These athletes competed in swimming and shooting events, marking the lowest number of contested sports in El Salvador's Olympic history. Swimmer Salvador Vilanova was once again selected to carry his nation's flag during the opening ceremony.[
]
1984 Los Angeles
No athletes were sent to the 1976 Summer Olympics
Events January
* January 3 – The International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights enters into force.
* January 5 – The Pol Pot regime proclaims a new constitution for Democratic Kampuchea.
* January 11 – The 1976 P ...
,1976 Summer Olympics Official Report from the Organizing Committee
, vol. 1, p. 132. and El Salvador took part in the boycott of the 1980 Summer Olympics.
El Salvador returned to Olympic competition by sending ten athletes to participate in the 1984 Summer Olympics
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in Los Angeles
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, California
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, United States
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.["El Salvador at the 1984 Los Angeles Summer Games."]
Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved on 15 March 2014. El Salvador competed in athletics, judo, swimming, shooting, and wrestling. Long-distance runner Kriscia García was chosen to carry her nation's flag during the opening ceremony.[
]
1988 Seoul
Six athletes were sent to compete at the 1988 Summer Olympics
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in Seoul
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, South Korea
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.["El Salvador at the 1988 Seoul Summer Games."]
Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved on 15 March 2014. Salvadorian athletes competed in athletics, boxing, judo, and wrestling. Wrestler Gustavo Manzur was chosen to carry his nation's flag during the opening ceremony.[
]
1992 Barcelona
El Salvador sent its smallest-ever contingent of athletes to the 1992 Summer Olympics
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in Barcelona
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, Spain
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.["El Salvador at the 1992 Barcelona Summer Games."]
Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved on 15 March 2014. Four athletes participated in athletics, judo, and swimming. Swimmer María José Marenco was selected to carry her nation's flag during the opening ceremony.[
]
1996 Atlanta
Eight Salvadorian athletes competed in the 1996 Summer Olympics
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in Atlanta
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, Georgia
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.["El Salvador at the 1996 Atlanta Summer Games."]
Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved on 15 March 2014. They competed in five events: athletics, judo, swimming, cycling, and weightlifting. Cyclist Maureen Kaila Vergara finished fifth, only six points off of the podium, in the first Women's Point Race to be contested at an Olympics.[ Judoka ]Juan Vargas
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was selected to carry his nation's flag during the opening ceremony.[
]
2000 Sydney
El Salvador sent eight athletes to the 2000 Summer Olympics
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in Sydney, Australia.["El Salvador at the 2000 Sydney Summer Games."]
Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved on 15 March 2014. They competed in seven sports: athletics, archery, cycling, judo, shooting, swimming, and weightlifting. Weightlifter Eva Dimas
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Biography
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was chosen to carry her nation's flag during the opening ceremony.[
]
2004 Athens
Seven athletes were sent to represent El Salvador at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens
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, Greece
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.["El Salvador at the 2004 Athina Summer Games."]
Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved on 15 March 2014. The athletes participated in seven sports: athletics, archery, cycling, shooting, swimming, and weightlifting. Cyclist Evelyn García
Evelyn Yesenia García Marroquín (born December 29, 1982) is a Salvadoran cycle racer, who specialises as an all-rounder, having won time-trials and mountain stages in the past. She has won the Vuelta a El Salvador on two occasions, the only ...
was chosen to carry her nation's flag during the opening ceremony.[
]
2008 Beijing
El Salvador competed in more sports at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing
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, China, than at any other games in their history.["El Salvador at the 2008 Beijing Summer Games."]
Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved on 15 March 2014. Eleven athletes competed in nine sports: athletics, cycling, judo, rowing, shooting, swimming, tennis, weightlifting, and wrestling. Pistol shooter Luisa Maida
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Mai ...
finished in eighth place in the Women's Sporting Pistol (25 meters), only 15.2 points away from medaling.[ Weightlifter Eva Dimas, who also carried the flag in 2000, was selected to carry her nation's flag during the opening ceremony.][
]
2012 London
Ten Salvadorian athletes were sent to represent their nation at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London
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, United Kingdom
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.["El Salvador at the 2012 London Summer Games."]
Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved on 15 March 2014. The nation had representation in seven sports: athletics, rowing, swimming, cycling, judo, shooting, and weightlifting. Cyclist Evelyn García, who also carried the flag in 2004, was selected to carry her nation's flag during the opening ceremony.[
]
See also
* List of Salvadorian Olympians
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* El Salvador at the Paralympics
References
External links
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