Costa Rica competed at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. 16 competitors, 11 men and 5 women, took part in 18 events in 6 sports. They did not win any medals.

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.

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! width=180|Sport

! width=55|Men

! width=55|Women

! width=55|Total

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| align=left|Archery

| 0 || 1 || 1

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| align=left|Athletics

| 6 || 2 || 8

|-

| align=left|Canoeing

| 3 || 1 || 4

|-

| align=left|Fencing

| 1 || 0 || 1

|-

| align=left|Shooting

| 1 || 0 || 1

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| align=left|Swimming

| 0 || 1 || 1

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! Total || 11 || 5 || 16

|}

Archery

In its third archery competition at the Olympics, and first since 1980, Costa Rica entered a female archer for the first time. She did not advance to the elimination rounds.

Women's Individual Competition:

  • Patricia Obregon
  • Ranking round — 57th place (0-0)

Athletics

Men's 100m metres

  • Henry Daley Colphon
  • Heat — 11.11 (→ did not advance)

Men's 5,000 metres

  • José Luis Molina
  • Heat — 14:09.22 (→ did not advance)

Men's 10,000 metres

  • Miguel Angel Vargas
  • Heat — 30:13.06 (→ did not advance)

Men's Marathon

  • Luis Lopez — 2:30.26 (→ 65th place)

Men's 400m Hurdles

  • Alex Foster
  • Heat — 52.93 (→ did not advance, no ranking)

Women's Marathon

  • Vilma Peña — 3:03.34 (→ 33rd place)

Canoeing

Men's Kayak Singles Slalom

  • Joaquin García
  • Ferdinand Steinvorth
  • Gabriel Álvarez

Women's Kayak Singles Slalom

  • Gilda Montenegro

Fencing

;Men's sabre

  • Esteban Mullins

Shooting

Mixed Skeet

  • Alvaro Guardia

Swimming

Women's 100m Backstroke

  • Silvia Poll
  • Heat – 1:02.88
  • B-Final – 1:03.57 (→ 15th place)

Women's 200m Backstroke

  • Silvia Poll
  • Heat – 2:11.66
  • Final – 2:12.97 (→ 7th place)

See also

  • Costa Rica at the 1991 Pan American Games

References

  • Official Olympic Reports