1996 Summer Olympics / Participant (Bolivia)

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Bolivia took part in the 1996 Summer Olympics for the ninth time in the Summer Olympics. The team consisted of eight athletes, six of whom were men and two women. They started in nine competitions in five sports. The youngest participant was the swimmer Ximena Escalera at 16 years and 199 days, the oldest was the athlete Policarpio Calizaya at 33 years and 329 days. The Bolivian flag was carried into the Olympic Stadium by Policarpio Calizaya during the opening ceremony on July 19, 1996.

Attendees

Surname	Age	gender	sport	Result (s)
Policarpio Calizaya	33	male	athletics	91st place in the marathon
Jorge Castellón	27	male	athletics	9th place in the sixth heat over 100 meters
Ximena Escalera	16	Female	swim	35th place on the 100 meter back
Tony Inglesias	23	male	Diving	27th place off the board; 30th place from the tower
Geovanna Irusta	20th	Female	athletics	34th place over 10-kilometer walking
Claus Martínez	20th	male	Cycling	1000 meter sprint
David Pereyra	20th	male	swim	58th place over 100 meter butterfly
Miguel Robles	21st	male	fencing	40th place in the saber singles

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

• Bolivia at the 1996 Summer Olympics in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )