El Salvador at the 2012 Summer Olympics

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El Salvador at the
2012 Summer Olympics
Flag of El Salvador.svg
IOC code ESA
NOC El Salvador Olympic Committee
Website www.teamesa.org  (in Spanish)
in London
Competitors10 in 7 sports
Flag bearers Evelyn García (opening)
Melissa Mikec (closing)
Medals
Gold
0
Silver
0
Bronze
0
Total
0
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.

Contents

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.

Competitors

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.

Athletics

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]

Key
Men
AthleteEventFinal
ResultRank
Emerson Esnal Hernández 50 km walk 3:53:57 NR 27
Women
AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinal
ResultRankResultRankResultRank
Nataly Landaverde 1500 m 4:18.26 NR 15did not advance

Cycling

Road

AthleteEventTimeRank
Evelyn García Women's road race 3:35:5626

Judo

AthleteEventRound of 64Round of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsRepechageFinal / BM
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Carlos Figueroa Men's −66 kg Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Mehmedovic  (CAN)
L 0000–0010
did not advance

Rowing

El Salvador qualified the following boats:

Men
AthleteEventHeatsRepechageQuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Roberto López Single sculls 7:23.754 R7:27.755 SE/FBye7:57.893 FE7:41.3229
Women
AthleteEventHeatsRepechageQuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Camila Vargas Palomo Single sculls 8:01:605 R7:53:381 QF8:07:676 SC/D7:57.223 FC8:19.7516

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

Shooting

Women
AthleteEventQualificationFinal
PointsRankPointsRank
Melissa Mikec 10 m air rifle 39239did not advance
50 m rifle 3 positions 56045did not advance

Swimming

Men
AthleteEventHeatFinal
TimeRankTimeRank
Rafael Alfaro 400 m individual medley 4:35.8035did not advance
Women
AthleteEventHeatFinal
TimeRankTimeRank
Pamela Benítez 800 m freestyle 9:02.6633did 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.

Weightlifting

El Salvador qualified the following athletes:

AthleteEventSnatchClean & JerkTotalRank
ResultRankResultRank
Julio Salamanca Men's −62 kg 110121501126011

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