Olympic history of Suriname

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The umbrella organization of the Olympic movement in Suriname is the Surinaams Olympic Comité (SOC). The SOC was founded in 1959 and recognized by the International Olympic Committee during its session in Munich that same year .

Suriname has been taking part in the Summer Olympics since 1968. In 1980, the country followed the US call for a boycott and stayed away from Moscow for the Games. 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

Siegfried Esajas on arrival in Rome 1960

The first Olympic team in Suriname consisted of a track and field athlete. The middle-distance runner Siegfried Willem (Wim) Esajas was to become the first Olympian in his country . But Esajas had overslept on the day of the competition and did not show up for the start of the 800-meter run. Thus, on October 13, 1968, the sprinter Edward George (Eddy) Monsels became the first Surinamese participant in the Olympic Games. The first women of Suriname at the Olympic Games were sprinter Yvette Bonapart and middle distance runner Letitia Vriesde on September 24, 1988 in Seoul .

In addition to track and field athletes, judoka (since 1972), swimmers (since 1984), cyclists (since 1988) and badminton players (since 1996) also took part.

Suriname's most successful Olympian was swimmer Anthony Nesty . In 1988 in Seoul he won the gold medal over 100 meters dolphin. He finished eighth over the 200-meter distance. Four years later in Barcelona he won bronze again over the 100-meter course. It was the only Olympic medal ever given by an athlete from Suriname.

Youth games

Five young athletes, two boys and three girls, competed in athletics, badminton, swimming and taekwondo at the first 2010 Summer Youth Olympic Games in Singapore .

In 2014, six athletes, four boys and two girls, competed in the same sports in Nanjing . The athlete Miguel van Assen became a youth Olympic champion in the triple jump.

Overview of the participants

Summer games

year	Athletes			Flag bearer	sports					Medals				rank
	total	Men	Women										Total
1896-1956	not participated
1960	1	1	0	Wim Esajas	1
1964	not participated
1968	1	1	0	Eddy Monsels	1
1972	2	2	0	Samuel Monsels	1	1
1976	3	3	0		2	1
1980	not participated
1984	5	5	0	Siegfried Cruden	2	1	2
1988	6th	4th	2	Anthony Nesty	3	1	1	1		1			1	29
1992	6th	5	1	Tommy Asinga	2		3	1				1	1	54
1996	7th	5	2	Enrico Linscheer	2		4th		1
2000	4th	2	2	Letitia Vriesde	2		2
2004	4th	2	2	Letitia Vriesde	2		2
2008	4th	2	2	Anthony Nesty	2		2
2012	5	3	2	Chinyere Pigot	2		2		1
2016	6th	4th	2	Soeren Opti	2	1	2		1
total										1	0	1	2	94

Winter games

year	Athletes			Flag bearer	sports	Medals
	total	m	w						total	rank
1924-2018	not participated
total						0	0	0	0	-

Youth Summer Games

year	Athletes			Flag bearer	sports				Medals
	total	m	w									total	rank
2010	5	2	3	Tosh van Dijk	1	1	2	1
2014	6th	4th	2		2	1	2	1	1			1
total									1	0	0	1	49

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

Surname	Games	sport	discipline	annotation
Anthony Nesty	1988 Seoul	swim	100 meters dolphin	first Olympic victory and medal win

Silver medals

So far (as of 2018) no medal winners

Bronze medals

Surname	Games	sport	discipline	annotation
Anthony Nesty	1992 Barcelona	swim	100 meters dolphin

Medals by sport

sport	gold	silver	bronze	total
swim	1	0	1	2
total	1	0	1	2

Medal table

Olympic games

				total	rank
Olympic Summer Games	1	0	1	2	94
winter Olympics	0	0	0	0	-
total	1	0	1	2	95

Youth Olympic Games

				total	rank
Youth Olympic Summer Games	1	0	0	1	62
winter Olympics	0	0	0	0	-
total	1	0	0	1	66

Web links

• Suriname in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )
• Suriname on Olympic.org  - The Official website of the Olympic movement (English)
• http://search.la84.org/search?site=default_collection&proxycustom=%3CHOME/%3E

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Participant was registered, but did not take part in the competition