El Salvador at the 1984 Summer Olympics

El Salvador at the 1984 Summer Olympics
IOC code	ESA
NOC	El Salvador Olympic Committee
Website	www.teamesa.org  (in Spanish)
in Los Angeles
Competitors	10 (9 men and 1 woman) in 5 sports
Flag bearer	Kriscia García
Medals	Gold 0 Silver 0 Bronze 0 Total 0
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El Salvador competed at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California, United States, from 28 July to 12 August 1984. This was the nation's third appearance at the Olympics. The nation previously missed the 1976 Summer Olympics and participated in the 1980 Summer Olympics boycott.

Comité Olímpico de El Salvador sent a total of 10 athletes to the Games, 9 men and 1 women, to compete in 5 sports. Long-distance runner Kriscia García was chosen to carry her nation's flag during the opening ceremony.

Competitors

Comité Olímpico de El Salvador selected a team of 10 athletes, 9 men and 1 women, to compete in 5 sports. ^[1] Trap shooter Julio González, at age 40, was the oldest athlete of the team, while swimmer Juan Miranda was the youngest at age 16. The following is the list of number of competitors participating in the Games.

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Athletics	3	1	4
Judo	2	0	2
Shooting	1	0	1
Swimming	2	0	2
Wrestling	1	0	1
Total	9	1	10

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 1984 Summer Olympics

Men

Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Aldo Salandra	100 m	11.31	7	did not advance
	200 m	22.90	7	did not advance
René Lopez	400 m	48.71	8	did not advance
Luis Campos	20 km walk	—						1:48:45	37

Women

Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Kriscia García	1500 m	—		4:38.00	12	did not advance
	3000 m	9:42.28	9	—		did not advance

Judo

Main article: Judo at the 1984 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Repechage 3	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Fredy Torres	65 kg	Sergio Sano  (BRA) L	did not advance						=20
Juan Vargas	71 kg	Auck Kalwihzi  (ZAM) W	Byeong-Keun Ahn  (KOR) L	did not advance	Kieran Foley  (IRL) L	did not advance			=9

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 1984 Summer Olympics

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Salvador Salguero	100 m backstroke	1:04.99	38	did not advance
	200 m backstroke	2:21.75	32	did not advance
Juan Miranda	100 m butterfly	1:04.33	45	did not advance
	200 m butterfly	2:38.32	34	did not advance

Shooting

Main article: Shooting at the 1984 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Final
		Score	Rank
Julio González Suvillaga	Trap	124	69

Wrestling

Main article: Wrestling at the 1984 Summer Olympics

Men's Freestyle

Athlete	Event	Eliminatory round						Final	Rank
		Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Round 5	Round 6 / 7
Gustavo Manzur	68 kg	Singh  (IND) L0–14	Knosp  (FRG) L 2:34	Did not advance					AC

Men's Greco-Roman

Athlete	Event	Eliminatory round						Final	Rank
		Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Round 5	Round 6 / 7
Gustavo Manzur	62 kg	Dietsche  (SUI) L0–12	Kim  (KOR) L 0:20	Did not advance					AC

References

1. "El Salvador at the 1984 Los Angeles Summer Games." Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved on 18 March 2014.

External links

• Official Olympic Results