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El salvadors olympic competion.
This timeline will show you the years that El Salvador competed in the Olympic games, along with some other interesting facts! -
Mexico City, Mexico
This was El Salvador's first Olympic game that they competed in. They sent 60 athletes which competed in: cycling, athletics, weightlifting, football, sailing, shooting and swimming. They won no medals.
Swimmer Salvador Vilanova was selected to carry El Salvador's flag in the opening ceremony. -
Munich, Germany
El Salvador sent 11 athletes to this years Olympic games and none won any medals. They competed in swimming and shooting and swimmer Salvador Vilanova was the flag bearer once again. -
Los Angels, United States Of America
El Salvador sent 10 athletes to the Los Angels Olympic games and once again none won any medals. They competed in Judo, wrestling swimming and shooting. Kriscia Garcia was selected to carry El Salvador's flag. -
Seoul, North Korea
6 athletes were sent to compete in this years Olympics and none won any medals. They competed in: Athletics, boxing, judo and wrestling. Gustavo Manzur was selected to carry his nations flag to the opening ceremony. -
Barcelona, spain
El Salvador sent the least amount of competitors to this years Olympic games, they sent only four athletes which competed in: Swimming, athletics and judo. Maria Jose Marenco was selected to wield her nations flag in the opening ceremony. Once again El Salvador won no medals. -
Atlanta, USA
8 athletes were sent to compete in this years Olympic games. They competed in: athletics, judo, swimming, cycling and weightlifting. Juan Vargas was chosen to carry El Salvador's flag to the opening ceremony. They won no medals. -
Sydney, Australia
8 El Salvadorian athletes were sent to the Sydney Olympics, none of which won any medals. The 8 athletes competed in: athletics, archery, cycling, judo, shooting, swimming, and weightlifting. Eva Dimas was chosen to hold El Salvador's flag at the opening ceremony. -
Athens, Greece
Only 7 El Salvadorian athletes were sent to the Athens Olympics, none won any medals which is a trend you will have seen throughout El Salvador's Olympic game history. The 7 athletes competed in: Athletics, archery, cycling, shooting, swimming and weightlifting. Evalyn Garcia who is a cyclist for El Salvador was chosen to wield El Salvador's flag in the opening ceremony. -
Beijing, China
In the 2008 Olympics, El Salvador competed in more sports than any other year. 11 athletes were sent and they competed in 9 sports. The sports were: Athletics, cycling, judo, rowing, shooting, tennis, weightlifting, swimming and wrestling. Eva Dimas who also carried the flag in the Sydney Olympics carried the flag in the opening ceremony once again. -
London, England
10 El Salvadorian athletes competed in the 2012 London Olympics and once again none won any medals. They competed in: Athletics, rowing, swimming, cycling, judo, shooting and weightlifting. The person who was chosen to wield the flag was Evalyn Garcia who also carried the flag in the 2004 Olympics. -
Rio, Brazil
A mere 6 competitors are going to this years Rio Olympics. These 6 competitors are competing in: Archery, Athletics, judo, sailing, shooting and swimming. The flag wielder has not yet been chosen out of the 6 competitors.
