Costa Rica at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Costa Rica at the
1996 Summer Olympics
IOC codeCRC
NOCComité Olímpico de Costa Rica
Websitewww.concrc.org (in Spanish)
in Atlanta
Competitors11 (6 men and 5 women) in 6 sports
Flag bearer Henry Núñez[1]
Medals
Ranked 49th
Gold
1
Silver
0
Bronze
0
Total
1
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)

Costa Rica competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, United States. Claudia Poll won the nation's first ever gold medal.[2] This was Costa Rica's second Olympic medal in 10 Olympic appearances. The only previous one, a silver medal, was won by Claudia's sister Silvia Poll at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea.

Medalists

Medal Name Sport Event Date
 Gold Claudia Poll Swimming Women's 200 metre freestyle 21 July

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.[3]

Sport Men Women Total
Athletics 1 1 2
Canoeing 1 1 2
Cycling 1 0 1
Diving 0 1 1
Judo 2 0 2
Swimming 1 2 3
Total 6 5 11

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 1996 Summer Olympics
Men
Track and road events
Athlete Event Heats Quarterfinal Semifinal Final
Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank
José Luis Molina Marathon — 2:17:49 24
Women
Track and road events
Athlete Event Heats Quarterfinal Semifinal Final
Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank
Zoila Stewart 400 metres 52.66 33 Did not advance

Canoeing

Main article: Canoeing at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Slalom

Athlete Event Run 1 Rank Run 2 Rank Best Rank
Roger Madrigal Men's K-1 180.34 30 219.97 40 180.34 39
Gilda Montenegro Women's K-1 371.97 28 265.93 24 265.93 28

Cycling

Main article: Cycling at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Mountain biking

Athlete Event Time Rank
José Andrés Brenes Men's cross-country 2:25:51 6

Diving

Main article: Diving at the 1996 Summer Olympics
Women
Athlete Event Preliminary Semifinal Final
Points Rank Points Rank Points Rank
Daphne Hernández 3 metre springboard 151.11 30 Did not advance
10 metre platform 217.77 26 Did not advance

Judo

Main article: Judo at the 1996 Summer Olympics
Men
Athlete Event Round of 64 Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Repechage Final
Round 1 Round 2 Round 3
Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Rank
Henry Núñez –71 kg Bye  Ghomi (IRI)
L 		Did not advance
Ronny Gómez –95 kg  Nazriev (TJK)
L 		Did not advance

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 1996 Summer Olympics
Men
Athlete Event Heats Final A/B
Time Rank Time Rank
Juan José Madrigal 100 m breaststroke 1:05.47 34 Did not advance
Women
Athlete Event Heats Final A/B
Time Rank Time Rank
Melissa Mata 200 m butterfly 2:23.89 33 Did not advance
Claudia Poll 200 m freestyle 1:59.87 2 FA 1:58.16 1st place, gold medalist(s)
400 m freestyle 4:12.07 6 FA 4:10.00 5

See also

Notes

  1. ^ "Henry Núñez". olympedia.org. OlyMADMen. Retrieved 24 December 2023.
  2. ^ "Claudia Poll first Costa Rican Olympic gold medalist, International Women's Day". Archived from the original on 2021-08-08. Retrieved 2021-08-08.
  3. ^ Costa Rica at the 1996 Summer Olympics

References


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