Costa Rica at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Costa Rica at the 2000 Summer Olympics
IOC code	CRC
NOC	Comité Olímpico de Costa Rica
Website	www.concrc.org  (in Spanish)
in Sydney
Competitors	7 (5 men and 2 women) in 5 sports
Flag bearer	Karina Fernández
Medals Ranked 69th	Gold 0 Silver 0 Bronze 2 Total 2
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
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Costa Rica competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. The nation bagged two bronze medals at the 2000 Games.

Both medals were won in swimming by Claudia Poll. These medals doubled Costa Rica's overall Olympic medal haul to four. All four medals had been claimed in swimming. Previously, Claudia had won Costa Rica's first ever Olympic gold medal at the 1996 Games. ^[1] Eight years earlier, Claudia's sister Silvia Poll won the silver medal in Women's 200 meter freestyle at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea. ^[2] This was the first Olympic medal ever for a Costa Rican athlete.  

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Bronze	Claudia Poll	Swimming	Women's 200 metre freestyle	19 September
Bronze	Claudia Poll	Swimming	Women's 400 metre freestyle	17 September

Competitors

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

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Athletics	1	0	1
Cycling	1	0	1
Swimming	2	1	3
Tennis	1	0	1
Triathlon	0	1	1
Total	5	2	7

Results by event

Athletics

Men's Marathon

• José Luis Molina
  • Final – 2:20:37 (→ 39th place)

Cycling

Cross Country Mountain Bike

Men's Individual Competition

• José Adrián Bonilla
  • Final – 2:30:02.72 (→ 33rd place)

Swimming

Men's 50m Freestyle

• Estebán Blanco
  • Preliminary Heat – 23.72 (→ did not advance)

Men's 100m Breaststroke

• Juan José Madrigal
  • Preliminary Heat – 01:05.14 (→ did not advance)

Men's 200m Breaststroke

• Juan José Madrigal
  • Preliminary Heat – 02:24.49 (→ did not advance)

Women's 200m Freestyle

• Claudia Poll
  • Preliminary Heat – 02:00.11
  • Semi-final – 01:59.63
  • Final – 01:58.81 (→ Bronze Medal)

Women's 400m Freestyle

• Claudia Poll
  • Preliminary Heat – 04:09.33
  • Final – 04:07.83 (→ Bronze Medal)

Women's 800m Freestyle

• Claudia Poll
  • Preliminary Heat – DNS (→ did not advance)

Tennis

Men's singles

• Juan Antonio Marín

Triathlon

Women's Individual Competition:

• Karina Fernández – DNF

See also

• Costa Rica at the 1999 Pan American Games

References

• Wallechinsky, David (2004). The Complete Book of the Summer Olympics (Athens 2004 Edition). Toronto, Canada. ISBN   1-894963-32-6.
• International Olympic Committee (2001). The Results . Retrieved 12 November 2005.
• Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (2001). Official Report of the XXVII Olympiad Volume 1: Preparing for the Games. Retrieved 20 November 2005.
• Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (2001). Official Report of the XXVII Olympiad Volume 2: Celebrating the Games. Retrieved 20 November 2005.
• Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (2001). The Results. Retrieved 20 November 2005.
• International Olympic Committee Web Site

1. "Claudia Poll first Costa Rican Olympic gold medalist, International Women's Day". Archived from the original on 8 August 2021. Retrieved 22 April 2024.
2. Silvia Poll. sports-reference.com
3. Costa Rica at the 2000 Summer Olympics