2008 Summer Olympics / Participant (Ecuador)

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In 2008, Ecuador took partin the Summer Olympics forthe twelfth time. The Comité Olímpico Ecuatoriano nominated 25 athletes in 9 sports. Ecuador won a silver medal through Jefferson Pérez in the 20 km walk , which was his second Olympic medal and the second medal in the Olympic history of Ecuador. Pérez hadalready won the gold medal in the same competitionat the 1996 Summer Games in Atlanta .

Medalist

silver

Surname	sport	category
Jefferson Perez	athletics	20 km walking

Boxing

• José Luis Meza

  Class up to 48 kg

  Round of 16 (1st round bye): loss to Paddy Barnes (8:14) 

• Carlos Góngora

  Class up to 75 kg

  1st round: Victory against Konstantin Buga (14: 7) 

  Round of 16: Victory against Georgios Gazis (12: 1) 

  Quarter-finals: loss to Vijender Kumar (4-7) 

• Luis Porozo

  Class up to 57 kg

  1st round: Victory against Roberto Navarro (3: 3, tiebreaker +) 

  Round of 16: Loss to Li Yang (5-6) 

Weightlifting

• Eduardo Guadamud

  Men, class up to 94 kg

  not placed (tearing: 165 kg, pushing: no valid attempt)

• Alexandra Escobar

  Women, class up to 58 kg

  5th place, 223 kg (snatch: 99 kg; push: 124 kg)

Judo

• Roberto Ibáñez

  Men, class up to 66 kg

  1st round (best 32): loss to Sasha Mehmedovic 

• Glenda Miranda

  Women, class up to 48 kg

  1st round: loss to Yanet Bermoy 

  Consolation round: defeat against Ludmilla Bogdanowa 

• Carmen Chalá

  Women, class over 78 kg

  1st round (best 32): loss to Nihel Cheikh Rouhou 

athletics

discipline	Men	Women
100 m	Franklin Nazareno lead time: 10.60 seconds (eliminated, 52nd place)
200 m	Franklin Nazareno lead time: 21.26 seconds (eliminated, 49th place)
800 m	Byron Piedra did not start
1500 meter run	Byron Piedra lead: 3: 45.57 min. (Eliminated, 42nd place)
marathon	Franklin Tenorio 2:29:05 hours (65th place)	Sandra Ruales 2:35:53 hours (43rd place)
20 km walking	Jefferson Pérez 1:19:15 hours (2nd place) Rolando Saquipay 1:22:32 hours (20th place) Andrés Chocho 1:27:09 hours (38th place)	Johana Ordóñez 1:36:26 hours (36th place)
50 km of walking	Fausto Quinde 3:59:28 hours (25th place) Xavier Moreno 4:07:04 hours (36th place)
Long jump	Hugo Chila 7.77 m (24th place)

Cycling

• Emilio Falla

  Men, BMX singles

  Quarter-finals, 1st run: 6th place (not qualified for the semi-finals)

shoot

• Carmen Malo

  Women, sport pistol 25m

  40th place, 559 points

swim

• Yamilé Bahamonde

  Women, 50 m freestyle

  44th place (eliminated in the preliminary run), 26.54 sec.

• Marco Camargo

  Men, 100 m butterfly

  64th place (eliminated in the preliminary run), 57.48 sec.

Taekwondo

• Lorena Benítez

  Women, over 67 kg

  Round of 16: loss to Carmen Marton (0-2) 

tennis

• Nicolás Lapentti

  Men, singles

  1st round: defeat against Paul-Henri Mathieu (6-7, 2-6) 

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Comité Olímpico cree que Ecuador puede cosechar medallas en 4 disciplinas , El Comercio , August 3, 2008
2. ↑ 25 Ecuadorian athletes get tickets to Beijing Olympics , Xinhua , July 1, 2008