Costa Rica at the 1996 Summer Olympics

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Costa Rica at the
1996 Summer Olympics
Flag of Costa Rica.svg
IOC code CRC
NOC Comité Olímpico de Costa Rica
Website www.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.

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Medalists

MedalNameSportEventDate
Gold medal icon.svg 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]

SportMenWomenTotal
Athletics 112
Canoeing 112
Cycling 101
Diving 011
Judo 202
Swimming 123
Total6511

Athletics

Men
Track and road events
AthleteEventHeatsQuarterfinalSemifinalFinal
ResultRankResultRankResultRankResultRank
José Luis Molina Marathon 2:17:4924
Women
Track and road events
AthleteEventHeatsQuarterfinalSemifinalFinal
ResultRankResultRankResultRankResultRank
Zoila Stewart 400 metres 52.6633Did not advance

Canoeing

Slalom

AthleteEventRun 1RankRun 2RankBestRank
Roger Madrigal Men's K-1 180.3430219.9740180.3439
Gilda Montenegro Women's K-1 371.9728265.9324265.9328

Cycling

Mountain biking

AthleteEventTimeRank
José Andrés Brenes Men's cross-country 2:25:516

Diving

Women
AthleteEventPreliminarySemifinalFinal
PointsRankPointsRankPointsRank
Daphne Hernández 3 metre springboard 151.1130Did not advance
10 metre platform 217.7726Did not advance

Judo

Men
AthleteEventRound of 64Round of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsRepechageFinal
Round 1Round 2Round 3
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Henry Núñez –71 kg ByeFlag of Iran.svg  Ghomi  (IRI)
L
Did not advance
Ronny Gómez –95 kg Flag of Tajikistan.svg  Nazriev  (TJK)
L
Did not advance

Swimming

Men
AthleteEventHeatsFinal A/B
TimeRankTimeRank
Juan José Madrigal 100 m breaststroke 1:05.4734Did not advance
Women
AthleteEventHeatsFinal A/B
TimeRankTimeRank
Melissa Mata 200 m butterfly 2:23.8933Did not advance
Claudia Poll 200 m freestyle 1:59.872 FA1:58.16Gold medal icon.svg
400 m freestyle 4:12.076 FA4:10.005

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