Costa Rica at the 2024 Summer Paralympics

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Costa Rica at the
2024 Summer Paralympics
Flag of Costa Rica.svg
IPC code CRC
NPC Comité Paralímpico de Costa Rica
in Paris, France
August 28, 2024 (2024-08-28) – September 8, 2024 (2024-09-08)
Competitors8 (5 men and 3 women) in 6 sports
Flag bearers Andres Molina
Maria del Pilar Riveros
Medals
Ranked 49th
Gold
2
Silver
0
Bronze
0
Total
2
Summer Paralympics appearances (overview)

Costa Rica competed at the 2024 Summer Paralympics in Paris, France, from 28 August to 8 September, 2024.

Contents

Medalists

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.

SportMenWomenTotal
Archery 112
Athletics 202
Shooting 011
Swimming 011
Taekwondo 101
Wheelchair tennis 101
Total538

Archery

Costa Rica entered one male and one female archers into the games by virtue of their result at the 2023 World Para Archery Championships in Plzeň, Czech Republic and 2023 Parapan American Games in Santiago, Chile. [1]

AthleteEventRanking RoundRound of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinals
ScoreSeedOpposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank
Diego Quesada Arias Men's individual compound 31332Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Ai  (CHN)
L DNS
Did not advance
María del Pilar Riveros Women's individual compound 68110Flag of Australia.svg  Tanner  (AUS)
L 133–137
Did not advance
Diego Quesada Arias
María del Pilar Riveros
Mixed team compound 99413Flag of Brazil.svg  Charão  /
Gögel  (BRA)
L DNS
Did not advance

Athletics

Costa Rican track and field athletes achieved quota places for the following events based on their results at the 2023 World Championships, 2024 World Championships, or through high performance allocation, as long as they meet the minimum entry standard (MES).

Key
Track & road events
AthleteEventHeatFinal
ResultRankResultRank
Ernesto Fonseca Men's 100 m T51 24.807
Men's 200 m T51 46.10 SB7
Sherman Guity Men's 100 m T64 10.721 Q10.65 PRGold medal icon.svg
Men's 200 m T64 22.291 Q21.32Gold medal icon.svg

Shooting

For the first time, Costa Rica entered one para-shooter's after achieved quota places for the following events by virtue of their best finishes at the 2022, 2023 and 2024 world cup, 2022 World Championships, 2023 World Championships and 2023 Parapan American Games, as long as they obtained a minimum qualifying score (MQS). [2]

Women
AthleteEventQualificationFinal
PointsRankPointsRank
Paola Maria Arana Loria P2 – 10 m air pistol SH1 517-7x18Did not advance

Swimming

Women
AthleteEventHeatsFinal
ResultRankResultRank
Camila Haase Women's 100 m breaststroke SB8 DSQDid not advance
Women's 200 m individual medley SM9 3:07.2115Did not advance

Taekwondo

AthleteEventFirst roundQuarterfinalsSemifinalsRepechage 1Repechage 2Final / BM
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Andres Molina Men's 80 kg Flag of Aruba.svg  Loonstra  (ARU)
W 12–10
Flag of Uzbekistan.svg  Toshtemirov  (UZB)
L 5–22
Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Dombayev  (KAZ)
L 7–18
Did not advance

Wheelchair tennis

AthleteEventRound of 64Round of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal / BM
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank
José Pablo Gil Men's singles Flag of the United States.svg  Stroud  (USA)
L 3–6,1–6
Did not advance

See also

References

  1. "Olszewska serves two thrillers to grab Paris 2024 quota and reach final". World Archery. 21 July 2023.
  2. "Quota Allocation After Santiago-2023" (PDF). Paralympics . 13 October 2023. Retrieved 13 October 2023.