Guatemala at the
1996 Summer Olympics
IOC codeGUA
NOCGuatemalan Olympic Committee
Websitewww.cog.org.gt (in Spanish)
in Atlanta
Competitors26 (25 men, 1 woman) in 11 sports
Flag bearer Julio René Martínez
Medals
Gold
0
Silver
0
Bronze
0
Total
0
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)

Guatemala competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, United States. 26 competitors, 25 men and 1 woman, took part in 20 events in 11 sports.[1]

Competitors

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

Sport Men Women Total
Athletics 6 0 6
Badminton 1 0 1
Canoeing 1 0 1
Cycling 6 0 6
Fencing 0 1 1
Judo 2 0 2
Sailing 1 0 1
Shooting 4 0 4
Swimming 2 0 2
Weightlifting 1 – 1
Wrestling 1 – 11
Total 25 1 26

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 1996 Summer Olympics
Key
Men
Track & road events
Athlete Event Heat Quarterfinal Semifinal Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Luis Martínez Marathon — 2:29.55 82
Luis Fernando García 20 km walk 1:28:28 43
Julio René Martínez DQ
Roberto Oscal DQ
Julio César Urías 50 km walk 3:56:27 17
Hugo López DQ

Badminton

Main article: Badminton at the 1996 Summer Olympics
Athlete Event Round of 64 Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinal Semifinal Final / BM
Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank
Kenneth Erichsen Men's singles  Olsson (SWE)
L 12–15, 15–6, 15–17 		did not advance

Canoeing

Main article: Canoeing at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Slalom

Men
Athlete Event Run 1 Run 2 Best
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Benjamin Kvanli K-1 182.28 164.34 164.34 33

Cycling

Main article: Cycling at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Road

Men
Athlete Event Time Rank
Felipe López Road race DNF
Omar Ochoa DNF
Márlon Paniagua DNF
Edvin Santos DNF
Anton Villatoro DNF
Time trial 1:10:34 25

Track

Athlete Event Points Rank
Sergio Godoy Men's points race 0 20

Fencing

Main article: Fencing at the 1996 Summer Olympics

One woman represented Guatemala in 1996.

Women
Athlete Event Round of 64 Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinal Semifinal Final / BM
Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Rank
Carmen Rodríguez Individual foil  Ohayon (ISR)
L 2–15 		did not advance 40

Judo

Main article: Judo at the 1996 Summer Olympics
Men
Athlete Event Round of 64 Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinal Semifinal Repechage 1 Repechage 2 Repechage 3 Final / BM
Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Rank
Juan González –71 kg  Hajtos (HUN)
L 		did not advance
Rodolfo Cano –86 kg  Gill (CAN)
L 		did not advance

Sailing

Main article: Sailing at the 1996 Summer Olympics
Men
Athlete Event Race Total
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Points Rank
Cristian Ruata Mistral 44 44 43 DSQ 41 43 38 45 43 — 296 45

Shooting

Main article: Shooting at the 1996 Summer Olympics
Men
Athlete Event Qualification Final Total
Points Rank Points Rank Points Rank
Sergio Sánchez 10 m air pistol 573 36 did not advance
50 m pistol 563 8 94.1 5 657.1 8
Attila Solti 10 m running target 570 8 97.0 6 667.0 8
Juan Carlos Romero Skeet 118 26 did not advance
Francisco Romero Arribas 113 45 did not advance

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 1996 Summer Olympics
Men
Athlete Event Heat Final
Time Rank Time Rank
Juan Luis Bocanegra 100 m freestyle 54.05 58 did not advance
Roberto Bonilla 200 m breaststroke 2:21.86 29 did not advance

Weightlifting

Main article: Weightlifting at the 1996 Summer Olympics
Athlete Event Snatch (kg) Clean & Jerk (kg) Total
1 2 3 Result 1 2 3 Result
Luis Medrano -54 kg 100.0 102.5 102.5 100.0 120.0 120.0 125.0 120.0 220.0

Wrestling

Main article: Wrestling at the 1996 Summer Olympics
Freestyle
Athlete Event Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 Semifinal Repechage 1 Repechage 2 Repechage 3 Repechage 4 Bronze semifinal Final / BM / Pl.
Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank
Mynor Ramírez –48 kg  Eiter (USA)
L 0-12 		did not advance  Jacob (NGR)
L 0-3 		did not advance

See also

References

  1. ^ "Guatemala at the 1996 Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 2012-11-28. Retrieved 2012-02-12.
  2. ^ Guatemala at the 1996 Summer Olympics

External links


National Olympic Committees at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, United States
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