1996 Summer Olympics / Participant (El Salvador)
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El Salvador took part in the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta for the sixth time in the Summer Olympics. The team consisted of eight athletes, six of whom were men and two women. They competed in five sports in ten competitions. On July 19, Vargas carried the flag of El Salvador during the opening ceremony in the Olympic Stadium.
Flag bearer
The judoka Juan Vargas carried the Flag of El Salvador during the opening ceremony on 19 July 1996 in Centennial Olympic Stadium .
Attendees
The youngest participant in El Salvador was the swimmer Francisco Suriano at 17 years and 365 days, the oldest was the judoka Juan Vargas at 32 years and 360 days.
| Surname | Age | gender | sport | Result (s) |
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| Rubén Benítez | 23 | male | athletics | 6th place in the fifth heat over 100 meters |
| Francisco Cáceres | 21st | male | Weightlifting | 31st place in featherweight |
| Arely Franco | 27 | Female | athletics | 7th place in the sixth heat over 400 meters |
| Maureen Kaila | 31 | Female | Cycling | 5th place in the points race; Road racing |
| Rubén Piñeda | 22nd | male | swim | 37th place over 100 meter butterfly |
| Carlos Ramírez | 26th | male | Judo | 34th place in the semi-lightweight |
| Francisco Suriano | 17th | male | swim | 37th place over 100 meter chest; 33rd place over 200-meter chest |
| Juan Vargas | 32 | male | Judo | 21st place in the lightweight category |
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
- El Salvador at the 1996 Summer Olympics in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
