1996 Summer Olympics / Participant (Ecuador)
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Ecuador took part in the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta for the ninth time in the Summer Olympics. The team consisted of 19 athletes, 17 of whom were male and two were female. They started in 18 competitions in seven sports. During the opening ceremony on July 19, 1996, the swimmer Felipe Delgado carried the flag of Ecuador into the Olympic Stadium.
Flag bearer
Swimmer Felipe Delgado carried the flag of Ecuador during the opening ceremony on July 19 at the Centennial Olympic Stadium .
Medalist
With a gold medal won, the first ever Olympic medal for Ecuador, the Ecuador team finished 49th in the medal table .
gold
- Jefferson Pérez : Athletics , 20 kilometers walking
Attendees
The youngest participant was the sailor Gastón Vedani at 19 years and 123 days, the oldest participant was the shooter Margarita de Falconí at 51 years and 212 days.
Surname | Age | gender | sport | Result (s) |
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Paulo Caicedo | 26th | male | Cycling | Road racing |
Pablo Campana | 23 | male | tennis | 9th place in doubles |
Héctor Chiles | 25th | male | Cycling | Road racing |
Margarita de Falconí | 51 | Female | Shooting sports | 39th place with the air pistol |
Felipe Delgado | 23 | male | swim | 25th place in the 50-meter freestyle; 38th place in the 100-meter freistyle; 40th place in the 200-meter freestyle; 15th place with the 100-meter freestyle relay |
Roberto Delgado | 21st | male | swim | 15th place with the 100-meter freestyle relay; 16th place with the 200-meter freestyle relay; 44th place over 100 meter butterfly |
Thompson García | 25th | male | Boxing | 17th place in the heavyweight division |
Silvio Guerra | 27 | male | athletics | 10th place in the second preliminary run over 10,000 meters |
Luis Hernández | 23 | male | Boxing | 17th place in the welterweight division |
Nicolás Lapentti | 19th | male | tennis | 9th place in doubles; 33rd place in the individual |
Luis Morejón | 23 | male | tennis | 33rd place in the individual |
Jefferson Perez | 22nd | male | athletics | Gold over 20 kilometers of walking |
Pedro Rodríguez | 29 | male | Cycling | Road racing |
Javier Santos | 24 | male | swim | 15th place with the 100-meter freestyle relay; 16th place with the 200-meter freestyle relay |
Julio Santos | 19th | male | swim | 15th place with the 100-meter freestyle relay; 16th place with the 200-meter freestyle relay |
Martha Tenorio | 29 | Female | athletics | marathon |
Andrés Vasconcellos | 22nd | male | swim | 16th place with the 200-meter freestyle relay; 39th place over 200 meter butterfly |
Gastón Vedani | 19th | male | sailing | 50th place in the laser |
Rolando Vera | 31 | male | athletics | 22nd place in the marathon |
literature
- Volker Kluge : Summer Olympic Games. Chronicle IV. Seoul 1988 - Atlanta 1996. Sportverlag Berlin, Berlin 2002, ISBN 3-328-00830-6 .
- Official report on the 1996 Summer Olympics. Part three. ( PDF file; 26.90 MB )
Web links
- Ecuador at the 1996 Summer Olympics in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )