Olympic history of Panama
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Panama , whose NOK , the Comité Olímpico de Panamá , was founded in 1934 andrecognizedby the IOC in1947, has participated in the Summer Olympics since 1928. In 1932, 1936 and 1956 they did not participate. In 1980 the Moscow Games were boycotted. So far, no athletes have been sent to the Winter Games. Young athletes have taken part in both of the youth summer games that have been held so far.
Overview
Summer games
The first Olympic team in Panama consisted of swimmer Adán Gordón in 1928, who was Panama's first Olympic athlete on August 7, 1928. The first woman in the country to take part in the Olympic Games was the sprinter Jean Holmes on September 1, 1960 .
Panama decided not to take part in the 1932, 1936 and 1956 Games. The country followed the US call for a boycott and stayed away from Moscow in 1980.
In addition to swimming (since 1928) and athletics (since 1948), Panamanian athletes took part in the following sports weightlifting (since 1952), wrestling (since 1960), boxing and judo (since 1964), basketball (since 1968), fencing ( since 1984), shooting and canoeing (since 1996), taekwondo (since 2012) and gymnastics (since 2016).
The athlete Lloyd LaBeach won bronze medals over 100 and 200 meters in London in 1948, making it Panama's first medalist. 28 years later, in 1976 in Montreal, another Panamanian athlete was able to qualify for a final. Guy Abrahams finished fifth over 100 meters. It should then take another 28 years until the next finals. In 2004 in Athens Bayano Kamani finished fifth in the 400 meter hurdles. Irving Saladino was then able to win the third Panama medal after 60 years in Beijing in 2008. At the same time, it was the country's first Olympic victory when Saladino won the long jump. In 2016 in Rio de Janeiro, Alonso Edward finished seventh over 100 meters.
Youth games
Seven young athletes, six boys and one girl, competed in athletics, basketball and horse riding at the first 2010 Summer Youth Olympic Games in Singapore . Sprinter Mateo Edward finished eighth over 100 meters.
In 2014 in Nanjing , eight Panamanian athletes, six boys and two girls, took part. They competed in athletics, swimming, golf, and gymnastics. Medals could not be won at either event.
IOC member
The finance manager and then President of the Panamanian NOK, Melitón Sánchez Rivas , was a member of the IOC from 1998 to 2014. He has been an honorary member since 2015.
Overview of the participants
Summer games
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| 1896-1924 | not participated | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 1928 | 1 | 1 | 0 | Adán Gordón | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
| 1932-1936 | not participated | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 1948 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 32 | ||||||||||||||
| 1952 | 1 | 1 | 0 | Carlos Chavez | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
| 1956 | not participated | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 1960 | 6th | 2 | 4th | 4th | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||||||
| 1964 | 10 | 6th | 4th | 4th | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||||
| 1968 | 16 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 12 | |||||||||||||||
| 1972 | 7th | 7th | 0 | Donaldo Arza | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | |||||||||||||
| 1976 | 8th | 7th | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||||
| 1980 | not participated | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 1984 | 8th | 7th | 1 | José Díaz López | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||
| 1988 | 6th | 6th | 0 | Manuel Gutiérrez | 1 | 2 | 3 | ||||||||||||||
| 1992 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| 1996 | 7th | 5 | 2 | Eileen Marie Coparropa | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| 2000 | 6th | 4th | 2 | Eileen Marie Coparropa | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||
| 2004 | 4th | 3 | 1 | Eileen Marie Coparropa | 2 | 2 | |||||||||||||||
| 2008 | 5 | 3 | 2 | Jesika Jiménez | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 52 | |||||||||||
| 2012 | 8th | 6th | 2 | Jesika Jiménez | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||
| 2016 | 10 | 4th | 6th | Alonso Edward | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
| total | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 93 | ||||||||||||||||
Winter games
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| total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | |||||
Youth Summer Games
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| 2010 | 7th | 6th | 1 | Enrique Grenald | 2 | 4th | 1 | ||||||||
| 2014 | 8th | 6th | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
| total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | ||||||||||
Youth Winter Games
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| 2012-2016 | not participated | |||||||||
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Medalist
Gold medals
| Surname | Games | sport | discipline | annotation |
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| Irving Saladino | 2008 Beijing | athletics | Long jump | first Olympic victory |
Silver medals
So far (as of 2017) no medal winners
Bronze medals
| Surname | Games | sport | discipline | annotation |
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| Lloyd LaBeach | 1948 London | athletics | 100 meters | first medal win |
| Lloyd LaBeach | 1948 London | athletics | 200 metres |
Medals by sport
| sport | gold | silver | bronze | total |
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| athletics | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| total | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
Medal table
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| Olympic Summer Games | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 93 |
| winter Olympics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
| total | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 94 |
Web links
- Panama in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )
- Panama on Olympic.org - The Official website of the Olympic movement (English)
- Website of the Panamanian NOK (span.)
