Costa Rica at the 1988 Summer Olympics

Sporting event delegation

Costa Rica at the
1988 Summer Olympics

IOC code| CRC
NOC| Comité Olímpico de Costa Rica
Website| www.concrc.org (in Spanish)
in Seoul
Competitors| 16 in 6 sports
Flag bearer | Sigrid Niehaus[1]
Medals
Ranked 36th|

Gold

Silver

Bronze

Total

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Costa Rica competed at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea. Silvia Poll won the nation's first Olympic medal, a silver.

## Medalists

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Medal  | Name  | Sport  | Event  | Date

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Silver | Silvia Poll | Swimming | Women's 200 metre freestyle | 21 September

## Competitors

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The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.[2]

Sport  | Men  | Women  | Total

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Athletics | 3 | 1 | 4
Boxing | 1 | – | 1
Judo | 1 | – | 1
Shooting | 1 | 0 | 1
Swimming | 2 | 6 | 8
Weightlifting | 1 | – | 1
Total | 9 | 7 | 16

## Athletics

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Main article: Athletics at the 1988 Summer Olympics

Men
Track and road events
Athlete  | Event  | Final

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Time  | Rank
Juan Amores | Marathon | 2:24:49  | 45
Ronald Lanzoni | 2:23:45  | 40
Luis López | 2:32:43  | 68

Women
Track and road events
Athlete  | Event  | Heat  | Semifinal  | Final

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Time  | Rank  | Time  | Rank  | Time  | Rank
Maureen Stewart | 800 metres | 2:08.17  | 26  | Did not advance

## Boxing

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Main article: Boxing at the 1988 Summer Olympics

Athlete  | Event  | Round of 64  | Round of 32  | Round of 16  | Quarterfinals  | Semifinals  | Final

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Opposition
Result  | Opposition
Result  | Opposition
Result  | Opposition
Result  | Opposition
Result  | Opposition
Result  | Rank
Humberto Aranda | Welterweight | Bye  |  Naea (SAM)
W RSC R2  |  Dydak (POL)
L 1–4  | Did not advance

## Judo

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Main article: Judo at the 1988 Summer Olympics

Athlete  | Event  | Round of 64  | Round of 32  | Round of 16  | Quarterfinals  | Semifinals  | Repechage  | Final

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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  |  Dahlin (SWE)
L Koka  | Did not advance

## Shooting

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Main article: Shooting at the 1988 Summer Olympics

Men
Athlete  | Event  | Qualification  | Final

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Points  | Rank  | Points  | Rank
Mariano Lara | 10 m air pistol | 563  | 42  | Did not advance

## Swimming

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Main article: Swimming at the 1988 Summer Olympics

Men
Athlete  | Event  | Heats  | Final A/B

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Time  | Rank  | Time  | Rank
Eric Greenwood | 100 m backstroke | 1:03.11  | 45  | Did not advance
200 m backstroke | 2:15.42  | 35  | Did not advance
200 m individual medley | 2:15.64  | 43  | Did not advance
Horst Niehaus | 100 m backstroke | 1:01.91  | 42  | Did not advance
200 m backstroke | 2:12.83  | 34  | Did not advance
200 m individual medley | 2:16.16  | 44  | Did not advance

Women
Athlete  | Event  | Heats  | Final A/B

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Time  | Rank  | Time  | Rank
Natasha Aguilar | 200 m freestyle | 2:10.22  | 34  | Did not advance
Marcela Cuesta | 100 m butterfly | 1:07.66  | 33  | Did not advance
Montserrat Hidalgo | 100 m breaststroke | 1:18.42  | 36  | Did not advance
200 m breaststroke | 2:44.72  | 37  | Did not advance
Carolina Mauri | 50 m freestyle | 27.96  | 33  | Did not advance
100 m freestyle | 1:00.14  | 41  | Did not advance
Sigrid Niehaus | 100 m breaststroke | 1:16.65  | 35  | Did not advance
200 m breaststroke | 2:45.35  | 38  | Did not advance
Sylvia Poll | 100 m freestyle | 56.16  | 5 FA | 55.90  | 5
200 m freestyle | 1:59.22  | 2 FA | 1:58.67  |
100 m backstroke | 1:03.21  | 6 FA | 1:03.34  | 6
Natasha Aguilar
Marcela Cuesta
Carolina Mauri
Sylvia Poll | 4 × 100 m freestyle relay | 3:59.67  | 12  | Did not advance
Sylvia Poll
Sigrid Niehaus
Marcela Cuesta
Carolina Mauri | 4 × 100 m medley relay | 4:31.75  | 15  | Did not advance

## Weightlifting

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Main article: Weightlifting at the 1988 Summer Olympics

Athlete  | Event  | Snatch  | Clean & jerk  | Total  | Rank

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Result  | Rank  | Result  | Rank
Rafael Elizondo | 82.5 kg | 117.5  | 18  | 147.5  | 16  | 265.0  | 16

## References

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1. ^ "Flagbearers for Costa Rica". olympedia.org. OlyMADMen. Retrieved 24 December 2023.
2. ^ Costa Rica at the 1988 Summer Olympics

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