Costa Rica at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Costa Rica at the 1996 Summer Olympics
IOC code	CRC
NOC	Comité Olímpico de Costa Rica
Website	www.concrc.org (in Spanish)
in Atlanta
Competitors	11 (6 men and 5 women) in 6 sports
Flag bearer	Henry Núñez[1]
Medals Ranked 49th	Gold 1 Silver 0 Bronze 0 Total 1
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
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Costa Rica competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, United States. Claudia Poll won the nation's first ever gold medal.^[2] This was Costa Rica's second Olympic medal in 10 Olympic appearances. The only previous one, a silver medal, was won by Claudia's sister Silvia Poll at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea.

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Gold	Claudia Poll	Swimming	Women's 200 metre freestyle	21 July

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.^[3]

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Athletics	1	1	2
Canoeing	1	1	2
Cycling	1	0	1
Diving	0	1	1
Judo	2	0	2
Swimming	1	2	3
Total	6	5	11

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Men

Track and road events

Athlete	Event	Heats		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
José Luis Molina	Marathon	—	2:17:49	24

Women

Track and road events

Athlete	Event	Heats		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Zoila Stewart	400 metres	52.66	33	Did not advance

Canoeing

Main article: Canoeing at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Slalom

Athlete	Event	Run 1	Rank	Run 2	Rank	Best	Rank
Roger Madrigal	Men's K-1	180.34	30	219.97	40	180.34	39
Gilda Montenegro	Women's K-1	371.97	28	265.93	24	265.93	28

Cycling

Main article: Cycling at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Mountain biking

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
José Andrés Brenes	Men's cross-country	2:25:51	6

Diving

Main article: Diving at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Women

Athlete	Event	Preliminary		Semifinal		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Daphne Hernández	3 metre springboard	151.11	30	Did not advance
	10 metre platform	217.77	26	Did not advance

Judo

Main article: Judo at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage			Final
							Round 1	Round 2	Round 3
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Henry Núñez	–71 kg	Bye	Ghomi (IRI) L	Did not advance
Ronny Gómez	–95 kg	Nazriev (TJK) L	Did not advance

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Heats		Final A/B
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Juan José Madrigal	100 m breaststroke	1:05.47	34	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Heats		Final A/B
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Melissa Mata	200 m butterfly	2:23.89	33	Did not advance
Claudia Poll	200 m freestyle	1:59.87	2 FA	1:58.16
	400 m freestyle	4:12.07	6 FA	4:10.00	5

See also

• Costa Rica at the 1995 Pan American Games

Notes

1. "Henry Núñez". olympedia.org. OlyMADMen. Retrieved 24 December 2023.
2. "Claudia Poll first Costa Rican Olympic gold medalist, International Women's Day". Archived from the original on 2021-08-08. Retrieved 2021-08-08.
3. Costa Rica at the 1996 Summer Olympics

References

• Official Olympic Reports
• International Olympic Committee results database