Paraguay at the 2012 Summer Olympics

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Paraguay at the
2012 Summer Olympics
Flag of Paraguay (1990-2013).svg
IOC code PAR
NOC Comité Olímpico Paraguayo
Website www.cop.org.py  (in Spanish)
in London
Competitors8 in 6 sports
Flag bearer Benjamin Hockin
Medals
Gold
0
Silver
0
Bronze
0
Total
0
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)

Paraguay competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, from 27 July to 12 August 2012. This was the nation's eleventh appearance at the Olympics, except the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow because of its partial support to the United States boycott.

Contents

Comité Olímpico Paraguayo sent a total of 8 athletes, an equal share between men and women, to compete in 6 sports. Javelin thrower Leryn Franco, who competed at her third Olympics, was considered one of the most beautiful women in these Olympic Games, because of her professional career as a model and a beauty pageant contestant. [1] Freestyle swimmer Benjamin Hockin, who played for Great Britain in Beijing, and embraced British roots to represent his mother's home land, became the nation's flag bearer at the opening ceremony. Paraguay, however, failed to win a single Olympic medal in London, since the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, where the men's football team won the silver.

Athletics

Paraguayan athletes have so far 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): [2] [3]

Key
Men
AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinal
ResultRankResultRankResultRank
Augusto Stanley 400 m 47.216Did not advance
Women
AthleteEventQualificationFinal
DistancePositionDistancePosition
Leryn Franco Javelin throw 51.4534Did not advance

Judo

AthleteEventRound of 64Round of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsRepechageFinal / BM
Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Rank
Abraham Acevedo Men's −66 kg ByeFlag of Andorra.svg  García  (AND)
L 0001–0020		Did not advance

Rowing

Paraguay has qualified the following boat by invitation.

Women
AthleteEventHeatsRepechageQuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Gabriela Mosqueira Single sculls 7:52.073 QFBye8:14.365 SC/D8:10.156 FD8:34.5120

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

Swimming

Paraguayan swimmers have so far achieved qualifying standards in the following events (up to a maximum of 2 swimmers in each event at the Olympic Qualifying Time (OQT), and 1 at the Olympic Selection Time (OST)): [4] [5]

Men
AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinal
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Benjamin Hockin 100 m freestyle 50.1232Did not advance
200 m freestyle 1:48.9129Did not advance
100 m butterfly 53.6535Did not advance
Women
AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinal
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Karen Riveros 100 m freestyle 59.8641Did not advance

Table tennis

Paraguay has so far qualified one table tennis player.

AthleteEventPreliminary roundRound 1Round 2Round 3Round 4QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal / BM
Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Rank
Marcelo Aguirre Men's singles ByeFlag of Ukraine.svg  Didukh  (UKR)
L 3–4		Did not advance

Tennis

AthleteEventRound of 64Round of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal / BM
Opposition
Score		Opposition
Score		Opposition
Score		Opposition
Score		Opposition
Score		Opposition
Score		Rank
Verónica Cepede Royg Women's singles Flag of the United States.svg  Lepchenko  (USA)
L 5–7, 7–6(8–6), 2–6		Did not advance

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References

  1. ↑ "Hottest Olympian Leryn Franco Leaves London With Admirers, But No Medals". The Inquistr. 9 August 2012. Retrieved 10 September 2012.
  2. ↑ "iaaf.org – Top Lists". IAAF. Retrieved 20 August 2011.
  3. ↑ IAAF Games of the XXX Olympiad – London 2012 ENTRY STANDARDS (PDF), IAAF, retrieved 20 August 2011
  4. ↑ "Swimming World Rankings". FINA. Retrieved 29 September 2011.
  5. ↑ FÉDÉRATION INTERNATIONALE DE NATATION – Swimming (PDF), FINA, retrieved 29 September 2011
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