1996 Summer Olympics / Participant (Costa Rica)
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Costa Rica took part in the 1996 Summer Olympics for the tenth time in the Summer Olympics. The team consisted of eleven athletes, six of whom were men and five were women. They started in 13 competitions in six sports.
Flag bearer
The judoka Henry Nuñez carried the Flag of Costa Rica during the opening ceremony on 19 July 1996 in Centennial Olympic Stadium .
Medalist
With a gold medal won, the Costa Rica team finished 49th in the medal table .
gold
- Claudia Poll : Swimming , 200-meter freestyle
Attendees
The youngest participant was the swimmer Melissa Mata at 16 years and 124 days, the oldest was the cyclist José Andrés Brenes at 31 years and 225 days.
| Surname | Age | gender | sport | Result (s) |
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| José Andrés Brenes | 31 | male | Cycling | 6th place with a mountain bike |
| Ronny Gomez | 30th | male | Judo | 31st place in the light heavyweight division |
| Daphne Hernández | 20th | Female | Diving | 30th place off the board; Place 26 from the tower |
| Juan José Madrigal | 22nd | male | swim | 34th place over 100 meter chest |
| Roger Madrigal | 24 | male | Canoe slalom | 39th place in the individual |
| Melissa Mata | 16 | Female | swim | 33rd place over 200 meter butterfly |
| José Luis Molina | 31 | male | athletics | 24th place in the marathon |
| Gilda Montenegro | 29 | Female | Canoe slalom | 28th place in the individual |
| Henry Nuñez | 27 | male | Judo | 21st place in the lightweight category |
| Claudia Poll | 23 | Female | swim | Gold in the 200-meter freestyle; 5th place in the 400 meter freestyle |
| Zoila Stewart | 27 | Female | athletics | 5th place in the seventh preliminary run over 400 meters |
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
- Costa Rica at the 1996 Summer Olympics in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
