Olympic history of Guatemala

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Guatemala , whose NOK , the Comité Olímpico Guatemalteco , was founded in 1947 andrecognizedby the IOC in the same year, first sent athletes to the Summer Olympics in 1952. From 1968 on, Guatemala took part in all summer games. For the only time to date, a delegation was sent to the Winter Games in 1988. In 2010 and 2014, the country took part in the Youth Summer Games.

General overview

Summer games

The painter Antonia Matos submitted the painting Course of Pirogues to the 1932 Olympic Art Competitions . The picture received an honorable mention in the painting category.

The first Olympic team in Guatemala consisted of athletes, cyclists, fencers, shooters, swimmers and weightlifters in Helsinki in 1952. The first Olympians in the country were on July 20, 1952, the wrestlers Oswaldo Johnston, Marco Girón and Aristides Pérez and the athletes José Julio Barillas, Victorio Solares and Luis Velásquez . On July 21st, sprinter Graviola Ewing became the first woman in Guatemala to take part in the Olympic Games.

It was not until 16 years later, in 1968 in Mexico City, that Guatemala took part in the Olympic Games again. This time there were boxers, weightlifters and a soccer team. With two wins in three preliminary round games, u. a. a 1-0 over Czechoslovakia, the football team qualified for the quarter-finals. Here they were defeated by the Hungarians, the later Olympic champions, with 0: 1.

In 1976, Guatemalans were represented for the first time in riding and sailing. In shooting, Edgardo Zachrisson reached 6th place in skeet shooting. In 1980 Moscow rowers took part for the first time. Oswaldo Mendéz was fourth in show jumping. In 1988 in Seoul a Guatemalan gymnast competed for the first time, in 1992 in Barcelona a modern pentathlon, in 1996 in Atlanta a badminton player, a canoeist and two judoka. 8th place in Atlanta was achieved by the marksmen Sergio Sánchez with the free pistol and Attila Solti on the target.

In 2000 in Sydney a Taekwondoin from Guatemala was used for the first time. In 2004, the Taekwondo Heidy Juarez reached fourth place in the middleweight division. The first medal was won in London in 2012. The walker Erick Barrondo won the silver medal over 20 kilometers.

Winter games

For the first and so far only time, Guatemala took part in the Winter Olympics in Calgary in 1988. Six winter sports enthusiasts competed in alpine and cross-country skiing. The first winter Olympians were the brothers Dag and Ricardo Burgos on February 15, 1988, who competed in cross-country skiing. The first Guatemalan woman at the Winter Games was cross-country skier Fiamma Smith.

Youth games

Guatemala took part in the 2010 Summer Youth Games in Singapore with twelve young people . The shooter Geraldine Solórzano won the bronze medal with the air pistol. The gymnast Ana Sofia Goméz was fifth in the all-around event and also reached two apparatus finals. She finished fourth on the balance beam and on the floor.

In 2014 in Nanjing , 20 young people took part. Two participants won bronze medals in mixed teams. These medals are counted towards the medal table of the mixed teams. Stefanie Brand won bronze in show jumping with the North American show jumping team. The shooter Wilmar Madrid also won bronze in the air pistol team.

Members of the IOC

Guatemala has an IOC member. The diplomat and businessman Willi Kaltschmitt Luján was elected an IOC member in 1988. He has been a board member since 2012.

Overview of the participations

Summer games

year	Athletes			Flag bearer	sports																		Medals
	total	m	w																							total	rank
1896-1948	not participated
1952	21st	20th	1	Doroteo Flores	6th	5	3	3	1	3
1956-1964	not participated
1968	48	47	1	Teodoro Palacios	5	4th		9	3	5	1	2	19th
1972	8th	8th	0	Victor Castellanos	3			1		4th
1976	28	26th	2	Edgar Tornez				5			1		17th	3	2
1980	10	10	0	Carlos Silva				5			1			1	1	2
1984	24	20th	4th	Oswaldo Méndez	7th	1		4th	6th		2	1		1	1	1
1988	28	25th	3	Carlos Silva	2	5		1	1	1		1	17th				1
1992	14th	12	2	Julio Sandoval				3	5	1	1	2					1	1
1996	26th	25th	1	Julio René Martínez	6th	6th	1	4th	2	1	1				1				1	1	2
2000	15th	14th	1	Attila Solti	7th	1		3	1		1										1	1
2004	18th	11	7th	Gisela Morales	5	2		1	4th		1							1	1			3
2008	12	9	3	Kevin Cordón	4th			1	1		1	1		1	1			1	1
2012	19th	12	7th	Juan Ignacio Maegli	6th	1		2	1		2				2		1	1	1		1	1		1		1	69
2016	21st	15th	6th	Ana Sofia Gomez	9	1		2	2		1				1		1	2	1		1
total																							0	1	0	1	115

Winter games

year	Athletes			Flag bearer	sports		Medals
	total	m	w							total	rank
1924-1984	not participated
1988	6th	5	1	Alfredo Rego	4th	2
1992-2018	not participated
total							0	0	0	0	-

Youth Summer Games

year	Athletes			Flag bearer	sports												Medals
	total	m	w																	total	rank
2010	12	6th	6th	Elvin Calderon	1	1	1	1	2	3	2	1							1	1	84
2014	20th	10	10		1	1	2	1		1	1		1	4th	4th	4th
total																			1	1	100

Youth Winter Games

year	Athletes			Flag bearer	sports	Medals
	total	m	w						total	rank
2012-2016	not participated
total						0	0	0	0	-

Medalist

Gold medals

So far (as of 2017) no gold medals

Silver medals

Surname	Games	sport	discipline	annotation
Erick Barrondo	2012 London	athletics	20 km walking	first medal win

Bronze medals

So far (as of 2017) no bronze medal

Medals by sport

sport	gold	silver	bronze	total
athletics	0	1	0	1
total	0	1	0	1

Medal table

Olympic games

				total	rank
Olympic Summer Games	0	1	0	1	115
winter Olympics	0	0	0	0	-
total	1	1	0	2	116

Youth Olympic Games

				total	rank
Youth Olympic Summer Games	0	0	1	1	100
Youth Olympic Winter Games	0	0	0	0	-
total	0	0	1	1	101

Web links

• Guatemala in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
• Guatemala on Olympic.org  - The Official website of the Olympic movement (English)