Guatemala at the 1976 Summer Olympics | |
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IOC code | GUA |
NOC | Guatemalan Olympic Committee |
Website | www |
in Montreal | |
Flag bearer | Edgar Tornez [1] |
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Summer Olympics appearances (overview) | |
Guatemala competed at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
The Guatemala national football team represents Guatemala in men's international football and is controlled by the Federación Nacional de Fútbol de Guatemala. Founded in 1919, it has been affiliated to FIFA since 1946, as a member of CONCACAF.
Guatemala competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia.
Guatemala competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, United States. 26 competitors, 25 men and 1 woman, took part in 20 events in 11 sports.
Guatemala competed at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. 14 competitors, 12 men and 2 women, took part in 27 events in 7 sports.
Guatemala competed at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea. 28 competitors, 25 men and 3 women, took part in 16 events in 8 sports.
Guatemala competed in the Summer Olympic Games for the first time at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland. 21 competitors, 20 men and 1 woman, took part in 26 events in 6 sports.
Guatemala competed at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany. Eight competitors, all men, took part in ten events in three sports.
Guatemala competed at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, USSR.
Guatemala competed in the Winter Olympic Games for the first time at the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
Guatemala first participated at the Olympic Games in 1952, but then missed the next three Olympiads. Guatemala has sent athletes to compete in every Summer Olympic Games since 1968. The nation has participated in the Winter Olympic Games once, in 1988.
Guatemala, officially the Republic of Guatemala, is a country in Central America. It is bordered to the north and west by Mexico, to the northeast by Belize, to the east by Honduras, and to the southeast by El Salvador. It is hydrologically bordered to the south by the Pacific Ocean and to the northeast by the Gulf of Honduras.
Guatemala sent a delegation to compete at the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing, People's Republic of China. The delegation consisted of a single competitor, runner Cesar Lopez.
Guatemala have been irregular participants in the Paralympic Games. The country made its début at the 1976 Summer Paralympics in Toronto, with a delegation of eleven athletes to compete in archery, dartchery, swimming, table tennis and weightlifting. It was then absent in 1980, and returned in 1984, with a delegation of two swimmers and two weightlifters. It sent a single weightlifter to the 1988 Games, then was absent for sixteen years, before returning for the 2004 Paralympics, represented by two runners. Visually impaired 5,000m runner César López was the sole Guatemalan competitor in 2008. Guatemala has never taken part in the Winter Paralympics.
Guatemala competed at the 2004 Summer Paralympics in Athens, Greece. The team included one man and one woman, but won no medals.
Juan Ignacio Maegli Agüero is a Guatemalan sailor who competed at the 2008 and 2012 Summer Olympics in the Laser class event where he finished 33rd and 9th respectively. He was the flag bearer for Guatemala during the 2012 Olympic opening ceremony.
Guatemala competed at the 1988 Summer Paralympics in Seoul, South Korea. 1 competitor from Guatemala won a single gold medal and finished 38th medal table.
The Guatemala International is an open badminton tournament held in Guatemala. The tournament has been an International Series level in 1997, 1998, 1999, 2003, 2012, 2013, 2016, then in 2009 categorized as Future Series level, and in 2010, 2011, 2014, 2015 categorized as International Challenge by the Badminton World Federation. The tournament is sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation, so the players can improved their point in world ranking.
Carlos Castañeda Mendez is a former Guatemalan footballer who was a member of the Guatemala national team and represented Guatemala at the 1988 Olympic Games.
Guatemala competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. Originally scheduled to take place from 24 July to 9 August 2020, the Games were postponed to 23 July to 8 August 2021, because of the COVID-19 pandemic. It was the nation's fifteenth appearance at the Summer Olympics since its debut in 1952, despite failing to register any athletes in three other editions.
The Guatemala national badminton team represents Guatemala in international badminton team competitions. The Guatemalan team is controlled by the National Badminton Federation of Guatemala. Guatemala have only participated in the Sudirman Cup once in 1997.