| Costa Rica at the 1988 Summer Olympics | |
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| IOC code | CRC |
| NOC | Comité Olímpico de Costa Rica |
| Website | www |
| in Seoul | |
| Competitors | 16 in 6 sports |
| Flag bearer | Sigrid Niehaus [1] |
| Medals Ranked 36th |
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| Summer Olympics appearances (overview) | |
Costa Rica competed at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea. Silvia Poll won the nation's first ever Olympic medal, a silver.
| Medal | Name | Sport | Event | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Silver | Silvia Poll | Swimming | Women's 200 metre freestyle | 21 September |
The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games. [2]
| Sport | Men | Women | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| Athletics | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| Boxing | 1 | – | 1 |
| Judo | 1 | – | 1 |
| Shooting | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Swimming | 2 | 6 | 8 |
| Weightlifting | 1 | – | 1 |
| Total | 9 | 7 | 16 |
| Athlete | Event | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | ||
| Juan Amores | Marathon | 2:24:49 | 45 |
| Ronald Lanzoni | 2:23:45 | 40 | |
| Luis López | 2:32:43 | 68 | |
| Athlete | Event | Heat | Semifinal | Final | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
| Maureen Stewart | 800 metres | 2:08.17 | 26 | Did not advance | |||
| Athlete | Event | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank | ||
| Humberto Aranda | Welterweight | Bye |  Naea (SAM)W RSC R2 |  Dydak (POL)L 1–4 | Did not advance | |||
| 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 |  Dahlin (SWE)L Koka | Did not advance | |||||||
| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Final | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Points | Rank | Points | Rank | ||
| Mariano Lara | 10 m air pistol | 563 | 42 | Did not advance | |
| Athlete | Event | Heats | Final A/B | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
| Eric Greenwood | 100 m backstroke | 1:03.11 | 45 | Did not advance | |
| 200 m backstroke | 2:15.42 | 35 | Did not advance | ||
| 200 m individual medley | 2:15.64 | 43 | Did not advance | ||
| Horst Niehaus | 100 m backstroke | 1:01.91 | 42 | Did not advance | |
| 200 m backstroke | 2:12.83 | 34 | Did not advance | ||
| 200 m individual medley | 2:16.16 | 44 | Did not advance | ||
| Athlete | Event | Heats | Final A/B | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
| Natasha Aguilar | 200 m freestyle | 2:10.22 | 34 | Did not advance | |
| Marcela Cuesta | 100 m butterfly | 1:07.66 | 33 | Did not advance | |
| Montserrat Hidalgo | 100 m breaststroke | 1:18.42 | 36 | Did not advance | |
| 200 m breaststroke | 2:44.72 | 37 | Did not advance | ||
| Carolina Mauri | 50 m freestyle | 27.96 | 33 | Did not advance | |
| 100 m freestyle | 1:00.14 | 41 | Did not advance | ||
| Sigrid Niehaus | 100 m breaststroke | 1:16.65 | 35 | Did not advance | |
| 200 m breaststroke | 2:45.35 | 38 | Did not advance | ||
| Sylvia Poll | 100 m freestyle | 56.16 | 5 FA | 55.90 | 5 |
| 200 m freestyle | 1:59.22 | 2 FA | 1:58.67 | | |
| 100 m backstroke | 1:03.21 | 6 FA | 1:03.34 | 6 | |
| Natasha Aguilar Marcela Cuesta Carolina Mauri Sylvia Poll | 4 × 100 m freestyle relay | 3:59.67 | 12 | Did not advance | |
| Sylvia Poll Sigrid Niehaus Marcela Cuesta Carolina Mauri | 4 × 100 m medley relay | 4:31.75 | 15 | Did not advance | |
| Athlete | Event | Snatch | Clean & jerk | Total | Rank | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Result | Rank | Result | Rank | ||||
| Rafael Elizondo | 82.5 kg | 117.5 | 18 | 147.5 | 16 | 265.0 | 16 |
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