Costa Rica at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Sporting event delegation

Costa Rica at the
2000 Summer Olympics

IOC code| CRC
NOC| Comité Olímpico de Costa Rica
Website| www.concrc.org (in Spanish)
in Sydney
Competitors| 7 (5 men and 2 women) in 5 sports
Flag bearer | Karina Fernández
Medals
Ranked 69th|

Gold

Silver

Bronze

Total

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Costa Rica competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. The nation bagged two bronze medals at the 2000 Games.

Both medals were won in swimming by Claudia Poll. These medals doubled Costa Rica's overall Olympic medal haul to four. All four medals had been claimed in swimming. Previously, Claudia had won Costa Rica's first ever Olympic gold medal at the 1996 Games.[1] Eight years earlier, Claudia's sister Silvia Poll won the silver medal in Women's 200 meter freestyle at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea.[2] This was the first Olympic medal ever for a Costa Rican athlete.

## Medalists

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Medal  | Name  | Sport  | Event  | Date

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Bronze | Claudia Poll | Swimming | Women's 200 metre freestyle | 19 September
Bronze | Claudia Poll | Swimming | Women's 400 metre freestyle | 17 September

## Competitors

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

Sport  | Men  | Women  | Total

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Athletics | 1 | 0 | 1
Cycling | 1 | 0 | 1
Swimming | 2 | 1 | 3
Tennis | 1 | 0 | 1
Triathlon | 0 | 1 | 1
Total | 5 | 2 | 7

## Results by event

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### Athletics

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Men's Marathon

* José Luis Molina
* Final – 2:20:37 (→ 39th place)

### Cycling

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#### Cross Country Mountain Bike

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Men's Individual Competition

* José Adrián Bonilla
* Final – 2:30:02.72 (→ 33rd place)

### Swimming

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Men's 50m Freestyle

* Estebán Blanco
* Preliminary Heat – 23.72 (→ did not advance)

Men's 100m Breaststroke

* Juan José Madrigal
* Preliminary Heat – 01:05.14 (→ did not advance)

Men's 200m Breaststroke

* Juan José Madrigal
* Preliminary Heat – 02:24.49 (→ did not advance)

Women's 200m Freestyle

* Claudia Poll
* Preliminary Heat – 02:00.11
* Semi-final – 01:59.63
* Final – 01:58.81 (→  Bronze Medal)

Women's 400m Freestyle

* Claudia Poll
* Preliminary Heat – 04:09.33
* Final – 04:07.83 (→  Bronze Medal)

Women's 800m Freestyle

* Claudia Poll
* Preliminary Heat – DNS (→ did not advance)

### Tennis

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Men's singles

* Juan Antonio Marín

### Triathlon

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Women's Individual Competition:

* Karina Fernández – DNF

## See also

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* Costa Rica at the 1999 Pan American Games

## References

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* Wallechinsky, David (2004). The Complete Book of the Summer Olympics (Athens 2004 Edition). Toronto, Canada. ISBN 1-894963-32-6.
* International Olympic Committee (2001). The Results. Retrieved 12 November 2005.
* Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (2001). Official Report of the XXVII Olympiad Volume 1: Preparing for the Games. Retrieved 20 November 2005.
* Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (2001). Official Report of the XXVII Olympiad Volume 2: Celebrating the Games. Retrieved 20 November 2005.
* Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (2001). The Results. Retrieved 20 November 2005.
* International Olympic Committee Web Site

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1. ^ "Claudia Poll first Costa Rican Olympic gold medalist, International Women's Day". Archived from the original on 8 August 2021. Retrieved 22 April 2024.
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