El Salvador at the 2024 Summer Olympics

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El Salvador at the
2024 Summer Olympics
Flag of El Salvador.svg
IOC code ESA
NOC El Salvador Olympic Committee
Website www.teamesa.org  (in Spanish)
in Paris
26 July 2024 (2024-07-26) – 11 August 2024 (2024-08-11)
Competitors8 (7 men and 1 woman) in 7 sports
Flag bearer Uriel Canjura & Celina Márquez
Medals
Gold
0
Silver
0
Bronze
0
Total
0
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)

El Salvador competed at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France from 26 July to 11 August 2024. The nation made its official Olympic debut at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, Mexico. Salvadoran athletes have participated in every Games of the Olympiad since that time, excluding those held in 1976 and 1980, when the nation joined the American-led boycott in protest of the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan.

Contents

Competitors

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

SportMenWomenTotal
Archery 101
Badminton 101
Judo 101
Sailing 101
Shooting 101
Surfing 101
Swimming 112
Total718

Archery

El Salvador entered one archer for Paris 2024 in the men's individual recurve competition through the allocations of universality places.

AthleteEventRanking roundRound of 64Round of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal / BM
ScoreSeedOpposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank
Oscar Ticas Men's individual 64353Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Wang  (CHN)
L 0–6
Did not advance

Badminton

For the first time, El Salvador entered one badminton players into the Olympic tournament based on the BWF Race to Paris Rankings.

AthleteEventGroup stageEliminationQuarter-finalSemi-finalFinal / BM
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
RankOpposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank
Uriel Canjura Men's singles Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Louda  (CZE)
L (12–21, 10–21)
Flag of Singapore.svg  Loh  (SGP)
L (13–21, 16–21)
3Did not advance

Judo

For the first time since 2016, El Salvador qualified one judoka for the following weight class at the Games. Jairo Moreno (men's 60 kg) qualified for the games through the allocations of universality places. [1]

AthleteEventRound of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsRepechageFinal / BM
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Jairo Moreno Men's −60 kg Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Verstraeten  (BEL)
L 00–01
Did not advance

Sailing

Salvadoran sailors secured a quota place in the following events, through the allocations of Emerging Nations Program.

Medal race events
AthleteEventRaceNet pointsFinal rank
12345678910M*
Enrique Arathoon Men's ILCA 7 433163416151917CanceledEL12020

Shooting

For the first time since 2016, El Salvador shooters achieved one quota places for Paris 2024 based on the allocations of universality spots. [2]

AthleteEventQualificationFinal
PointsRankPointsRank
Israel Gutierrez Men's 10 m air rifle 621.146Did not advance
Men's 50 m rifle 3 positions 576-20x40

Surfing

El Salvador entered one surfer to compete for the games, marking the country's debut in the sport. Bryan Pérez obtained one spots for his nations through the allocations universality spots. [3]

AthleteEventRound 1Round 2Round 3QuarterfinalSemifinalFinal / BM
ScoreRankOpposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Bryan Pérez Men's shortboard 7.533 R2Flag of Morocco.svg  Boukhiam  (MAR)
L 12.60–14.60
Did not advance

Swimming

El Salvador entered one male swimmer and one female swimmer to compete for the games. [4]

AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinal
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Nixon Hernández Men's 100 m freestyle 52.7365Did not advance
Celina Márquez Women's 100 m backstroke 1:04.5532Did not advance

References

  1. "OLYMPIC GAMES PARIS 2024 (NATIONS)". International Judo Federation . Retrieved 9 July 2024.
  2. "Quota Places by Nation and Number". issf-sports.org/. ISSF. 14 June 2024. Retrieved 14 June 2024.
  3. "Bryan Perez and Candelaria Resano Awarded Universality Slots Into Paris 2024 Olympics". Surfer. 26 April 2024. Retrieved 27 April 2024.
  4. "Olympic Games Paris 2024 Athletes". World Aquatics . Retrieved 20 July 2024.