El Salvador at the 2012 Summer Olympics | |
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IOC code | ESA |
NOC | El Salvador Olympic Committee |
Website | www |
in London | |
Competitors | 10 in 7 sports |
Flag bearers | Evelyn García (opening) Melissa Mikec (closing) |
Medals |
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Summer Olympics appearances (overview) | |
El Salvador competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, United Kingdom, from 27 July to 12 August 2012. This was the nation's tenth appearance at the Olympics.
Comité Olímpico de El Salvador sent a total of 10 athletes to the Games, 5 men and 5 women, to compete in 7 sports. Rifle shooter Melissa Mikec, wife of Serbian athlete Damir Mikec, chose to compete for her nation's team, despite also having Serbian citizenship on account of her marriage to Mikec. [1] Road cyclist Evelyn García, who was at her third Olympic Games, reprised her role as El Salvador's flag bearer at the opening ceremony, the first being done in 2004. El Salvador, however, has yet to win its first Olympic medal.
Comité Olímpico de El Salvador selected a team of 10 athletes, 5 men and 5 women, to compete in 7 sports. [2] Road cyclist Evelyn García, at age 29, was the oldest athlete of the team, while rower Roberto López was the youngest at age 18.
Athletes from El Salvador achieved qualifying standards in the following athletics events (up to a maximum of 3 athletes in each event at the 'A' Standard, and 1 at the 'B' Standard): [3] [4]
Athlete | Event | Final | |
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Result | Rank | ||
Emerson Esnal Hernández | 50 km walk | 3:53:57 NR | 27 |
Athlete | Event | Heat | Semifinal | Final | |||
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Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | ||
Nataly Landaverde | 1500 m | 4:18.26 NR | 15 | did not advance |
Athlete | Event | Time | Rank |
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Evelyn García | Women's road race | 3:35:56 | 26 |
Athlete | Event | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Repechage | Final / BM | |
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Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank | ||
Carlos Figueroa | Men's −66 kg | Mehmedovic (CAN) L 0000–0010 | did not advance |
El Salvador qualified the following boats:
Athlete | Event | Heats | Repechage | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | |||||
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Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
Roberto López | Single sculls | 7:23.75 | 4 R | 7:27.75 | 5 SE/F | Bye | 7:57.89 | 3 FE | 7:41.32 | 29 |
Athlete | Event | Heats | Repechage | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | |||||
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Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
Camila Vargas Palomo | Single sculls | 8:01:60 | 5 R | 7:53:38 | 1 QF | 8:07:67 | 6 SC/D | 7:57.22 | 3 FC | 8:19.75 | 16 |
Qualification Legend: FA=Final A (medal); FB=Final B (non-medal); FC=Final C (non-medal); FD=Final D (non-medal); FE=Final E (non-medal); FF=Final F (non-medal); SA/B=Semifinals A/B; SC/D=Semifinals C/D; SE/F=Semifinals E/F; QF=Quarterfinals; R=Repechage
Athlete | Event | Qualification | Final | ||
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Points | Rank | Points | Rank | ||
Melissa Mikec | 10 m air rifle | 392 | 39 | did not advance | |
50 m rifle 3 positions | 560 | 45 | did not advance |
Athlete | Event | Heat | Final | ||
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Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
Rafael Alfaro | 400 m individual medley | 4:35.80 | 35 | did not advance |
Athlete | Event | Heat | Final | ||
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Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
Pamela Benítez | 800 m freestyle | 9:02.66 | 33 | did not advance |
Qualifiers for the latter rounds (Q) of all events were decided on a time only basis, therefore positions shown are overall results versus competitors in all heats.
El Salvador qualified the following athletes:
Athlete | Event | Snatch | Clean & Jerk | Total | Rank | ||
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Result | Rank | Result | Rank | ||||
Julio Salamanca | Men's −62 kg | 110 | 12 | 150 | 11 | 260 | 11 |
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