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

Results by event

Athletics

Men's Marathon

• José Luis Molina — 2:17.49 (→ 24th place)

Women's 400 meters

• Zoila Stewart
  • Heat — 52.66 (→ did not advance)

Canoeing

Men's Kayak Singles Slalom

• Roger Madrigal

Women's Kayak Singles Slalom

• Gilda Montenegro

Cycling

Mountain Bike

Men's Cross Country

• José Andres Brenes
  • Final — 2:25:51 (→ 6th place)

Diving

Women's 3m Springboard

• Daphne Hernández
  • Preliminary Heat — 151.11 (→ did not advance, 30th place)

Women's 10m Platform

• Daphne Hernández
  • Preliminary Heat — 217.77 (→ did not advance, 26th place)

Judo

Men's Lightweight

• Henry Núñez

Men's Half-Heavyweight

• Ronny Gómez

Swimming

Men's 100m Breaststroke

• Juan José Madrigal
  • Preliminary Heat – 1:05.47 (→ did not advance, 34th place)

Women's 200m Freestyle

• Claudia Poll
  • Preliminary Heat – 1:59.87
  • Final – 1:58.16 (→ Gold Medal)

Women's 400m Freestyle

• Claudia Poll
  • Preliminary Heat – 4:12.07
  • Final – 4:10.00 (→ 5th place)

Women's 200m Butterfly

• Melissa Mata

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