Costa Rica at the 1988 Summer Olympics

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Costa Rica at the Olympic Games

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IOC code  CRC
NOC Comité Olímpico de Costa Rica
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At the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul
Competitors 15 in 5 sports
Medals
Rank: 36		 Gold
0		 Silver
1		 Bronze
0		 Total
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Costa Rica competed at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, Korea. Silvia Poll won the nation's first ever Olympic medal.

Contents

[edit] Medals

[edit] Image:Med_2.png Silver

[edit] Results and competitors by event

[edit] Athletics

Men's Marathon

  • Ronald Lanzoni — 2:23.45 (→ 40th place)
  • Juan Amores — 2:24.49 (→ 45th place)
  • Luis López — 2:32.43 (→ 68th place)

[edit] Boxing

  • Humberto Aranda

[edit] Judo

  • Henry Núñez Nájera

[edit] Swimming

Men's 100m Backstroke

  • Horst Niehaus
    1. Heat – 1:01.91 (→ did not advance, 42nd place)
  • Eric Greenwood
    1. Heat – 1:03.11 (→ did not advance, 45th place)

Men's 200m Backstroke

  • Horst Niehaus
    1. Heat – 2:12.83 (→ did not advance, 34th place)
  • Eric Greenwood
    1. Heat – 2:15.42 (→ did not advance, 35th place)

Men's 200m Individual Medley

  • Eric Greenwood
    1. Heat – 2:15.64 (→ did not advance, 43rd place)
  • Horst Niehaus
    1. Heat – 2:16.16 (→ did not advance, 44th place)


Women's 50m Freestyle

  • Carolina Mauri
    1. Heat – 27.96 (→ did not advance, 33rd place)

Women's 100m Freestyle

  • Silvia Poll
    1. Heat – 56.16
    2. Final – 55.90 (→ 5th place)
  • Carolina Mauri
    1. Heat – 1:00.14 (→ did not advance, 41st place)

Women's 200m Freestyle

  • Silvia Poll
    1. Heat – 1:59.22
    2. Final – 1:58.67 (→ Image:Med_2.png Silver Medal)
  • Natasha Aguilar
    1. Heat – 2:10.22 (→ did not advance, 34th place)

Women's 100m Backstroke

  • Silvia Poll
    1. Heat – 1:03.21
    2. Final – 1:03.34 (→ 6th place)

Women's 100m Breaststroke

  • Sigrid Niehaus
    1. Heat – 1:16.65 (→ did not advance, 35th place)
  • Montserrat Hidalgo
    1. Heat – 1:18.42 (→ did not advance, 36th place)

Women's 200m Breaststroke

  • Montserrat Hidalgo
    1. Heat – 2:44.72 (→ did not advance, 37th place)
  • Sigrid Niehaus
    1. Heat – 2:45.35 (→ did not advance, 38th place)

Women's 100m Butterfly

  • Marcela Cuesta
    1. Heat – 1:07.66 (→ did not advance, 33rd place)

Women's 4x100m Freestyle Relay

  • Natasha Aguilar, Marcela Cuesta, Carolina Mauri, and Silvia Poll
    1. Heat – 3:59.67 (→ did not advance, 12th place)

Women's 4x100m Medley Relay

  • Silvia Poll, Sigrid Niehaus, Marcela Cuesta, and Carolina Mauri
    1. Heat – 4:31.75 (→ did not advance, 15th place)

[edit] Weightlifting

  • Rafael Elizondo

[edit] References


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