| Guatemala at the 1996 Summer Olympics | |
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| IOC code | GUA |
| NOC | Guatemalan Olympic Committee |
| Website | www |
| in Atlanta | |
| Competitors | 26 (25 men, 1 woman) in 11 sports |
| Flag bearer | Julio René Martínez |
| Medals |
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| Summer Olympics appearances (overview) | |
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. [1]
The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games. [2]
| Sport | Men | Women | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| Athletics | 6 | 0 | 6 |
| Badminton | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Canoeing | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Cycling | 6 | 0 | 6 |
| Fencing | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Judo | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Sailing | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Shooting | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| Swimming | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Weightlifting | 1 | – | 1 |
| Wrestling | 1 | – | 11 |
| Total | 25 | 1 | 26 |
| Athlete | Event | Heat | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
| Luis Martínez | Marathon | — | 2:29.55 | 82 | |||||
| Luis Fernando García | 20 km walk | 1:28:28 | 43 | ||||||
| Julio René Martínez | DQ | ||||||||
| Roberto Oscal | DQ | ||||||||
| Julio César Urías | 50 km walk | 3:56:27 | 17 | ||||||
| Hugo López | DQ | ||||||||
| Athlete | Event | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final / BM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank | ||
| Kenneth Erichsen | Men's singles |  Olsson (SWE)L 12–15, 15–6, 15–17 | did not advance | |||||
| Athlete | Event | Run 1 | Run 2 | Best | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
| Benjamin Kvanli | K-1 | 182.28 | 164.34 | 164.34 | 33 | ||
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Felipe López | Road race | DNF | |
| Omar Ochoa | DNF | ||
| Márlon Paniagua | DNF | ||
| Edvin Santos | DNF | ||
| Anton Villatoro | DNF | ||
| Time trial | 1:10:34 | 25 | |
| Athlete | Event | Points | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sergio Godoy | Men's points race | 0 | 20 |
One woman represented Guatemala in 1996.
| Athlete | Event | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final / BM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank | ||
| Carmen Rodríguez | Individual foil |  Ohayon (ISR)L 2–15 | did not advance | 40 | ||||
| Athlete | Event | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | 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 | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank | ||
| Juan González | –71 kg |  Hajtos (HUN)L | did not advance | ||||||||
| Rodolfo Cano | –86 kg |  Gill (CAN)L | did not advance | ||||||||
| Athlete | Event | Race | Total | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | Points | Rank | ||
| Cristian Ruata | Mistral | 44 | 44 | 43 | 41 | 43 | 38 | 43 | — | 296 | 45 | |||
| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Final | Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Points | Rank | Points | Rank | Points | Rank | ||
| Sergio Sánchez | 10 m air pistol | 573 | 36 | did not advance | |||
| 50 m pistol | 563 | 8 | 94.1 | 5 | 657.1 | 8 | |
| Attila Solti | 10 m running target | 570 | 8 | 97.0 | 6 | 667.0 | 8 |
| Juan Carlos Romero | Skeet | 118 | 26 | did not advance | |||
| Francisco Romero Arribas | 113 | 45 | did not advance | ||||
| Athlete | Event | Heat | Final | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||||
| Juan Luis Bocanegra | 100 m freestyle | 54.05 | 58 | did not advance | |||
| Roberto Bonilla | 200 m breaststroke | 2:21.86 | 29 | did not advance | |||
| Athlete | Event | Snatch (kg) | Clean & Jerk (kg) | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | Result | 1 | 2 | 3 | Result | |||
| Luis Medrano | -54 kg | 100.0 | 100.0 | 120.0 | 120.0 | 220.0 | ||||
| Athlete | Event | Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 3 | Semifinal | Repechage 1 | Repechage 2 | Repechage 3 | Repechage 4 | Bronze semifinal | Final / BM / Pl. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank | ||
| Mynor Ramírez | –48 kg |  Eiter (USA)L 0-12 | did not advance |  Jacob (NGR)L 0-3 | did not advance | |||||||
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