Costa Rica at the 1984 Summer Olympics

Costa Rica at the 1984 Summer Olympics
IOC code	CRC
NOC	Comité Olímpico de Costa Rica
Website	www.concrc.org  (in Spanish)
in Los Angeles
Competitors	30 in 5 sports
Flag bearer	Mariano Lara [1]
Medals	Gold 0 Silver 0 Bronze 0 Total 0
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
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Costa Rica competed at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, United States. The Costa Rican contingent comprised 30 competitors in 5 sports. They did not win any medals.

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 1984 Summer Olympics

Men's 100 metres

• Glen Abrahams (7th place, Heat 10) (→ did not advance)

Men's 200 metres

• Glen Abrahams (8th place, Heat 2) (→ did not advance)

Men's 5000 metres

• Orlando Mora
  • Heat — 14:33.49 (→ did not advance)

Men's 10,000 metres

• Orlando Mora
  • Heat — 30:49.43 (→ did not advance)

Men's Marathon

• Ronald Lanzoni ^[a] — did not finish (→ no ranking)

Football

Main article: Football at the 1984 Summer Olympics

Men's Team Competition

• Preliminary Round (Group D)
  • Costa Rica – United States 0 – 3
  • Costa Rica – Egypt 1 – 4
  • Costa Rica – Italy 1 – 0
• Quarter Finals
  • → Did not advance
• Team Roster:
  • ( 1.) Marco Antonio Rojas
  • ( 4.) César Hines
  • ( 5.) Marvin Obando
  • ( 6.) German Chavarria
  • ( 7.) Juan Arnoldo Cayasso
  • ( 8.) Carlos Santana
  • ( 9.) Leonidas Flores
  • (10.) Enrique Rivers
  • (11.) Evaristo Coronado
  • (12.) Minor Alpizar
  • (13.) Carlos Toppings
  • (14.) Guillermo Guardia
  • (15.) Enrique Díaz
  • (16.) Álvaro Solano
  • (17.) Miguel Simpson
  • (18.) Luis Galagarza
  • (22.) Alejandro González

Judo

Main article: Judo at the 1984 Summer Olympics

Men's extra lightweight

• Ronny Sanabria ^[a] (=18th)

Men's half-lightweight

• Andrés Sancho (=32nd)

Men's lightweight

• Alvaro Sanabria ^[a] (=19th)

Men's half-middleweight

• Javier Condor (=34th)

Shooting

Main article: Shooting at the 1984 Summer Olympics

Men's 50 metre pistol

• Mariano Lara ^[b] (25th)

Men's 10 metre air rifle

• Roger Cartín ^[a] (52nd)

Women's 10 metre air rifle

• Elizabeth Jagush ^[c] (32nd)

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 1984 Summer Olympics

Event	Athlete	Result
Men's 200 metre breaststroke	Andrey Aguilar [a]	Heat 4; 2:27.69 - 29th
Men's 200 metre butterfly		Heat 5; 2:08.74 - 30th
Men's 200 metre individual medley		Heat 1; 2:11.63 - 26th

Notes

1. also competed in the 1980 Summer Olympics
2. also competed at the 1980 and 1988 Summer Olympics
3. also competed as Elizabeth Bourland for the United States at the 1996 Summer Olympics

References

1. "Flagbearers for Costa Rica". olympedia.org. OlyMADMen . Retrieved 24 December 2023.

• Official Olympic Reports